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Drilling: A Guide to Successful Backreaming - Real-Time Case Histories
Sponsored by Study Group - Drilling
Wednesday 11-Feb-09 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM CST
Speaker: Richard May, Well Optimization and Technology Manager
Schlumberger
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Petroleum Club - Coastal Room
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Details for "Drilling: A Guide to Successful Backreaming - Real-Time Case Histories"
Backreaming is the practice of pumping and rotating the drillstring while simultaneously pulling out of the hole. When reliable top drive drilling systems (TDS) on conventional drilling rigs were introduced over 25 years ago, the practice of backreaming became a popular technique in the driller’s toolbox for tripping out of hole initially in deviated wells.
In general, backreaming operations have become a popular solution to poor hole conditions while pulling out of hole, but they are also notorious for causing the very same problems they are supposed to prevent, such as stuck pipe. If backreaming is not done properly, it may complicate the operations, cause wellbore stability issues, higher ECDs, and it may also cause stuck pipe incidents due to packoffs.
This presentation, based on SPE 116555, focuses on one of the industry’s most controversial subjects, reviews the implications of backreaming by using real-time data and case histories, and suggests proven procedures to trouble-free backreaming. It recommends the conditions that require backreaming and also suggests wellbore conditions that are not recommended for backreaming. More importantly, it proposes key drilling parameters that need to be monitored when backreaming. These include pump pressure, torque, hookload, cuttings rate and downhole measurements (if available) to detect and prevent backreaming induced operational problems.
Richard May
Richard currently serves as Well Optimization and Technology manager for a 14-rig HT/HP integrated drilling project in Villahermosa, Mexico Richard was born and raised in Venezuela, and has over 34 years experience in international drilling operations, engineering and project management, including work in over 20 different countries. He joined Schlumberger's IPM group in 1996 and has worked on projects throughout Latin America. Richard has a BBA in engineering and management from Texas A&I University.
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