Tuesday, February 10, 2015Registration open from 6:45 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.Event will start promptly at 7:30 a.m.The Houstonian Hotel - Juniper Room   Register early as seats are limited! Price will increase on February 3, 2015 at 5pm.     About the Executive Breakfast The Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section (SPE-GCS) …

An HPHT well in East Texas with a reservoir BHT of 334°F and approximately 13,900 psi reservoir pressure proved extremely challenging. Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) was originally selected to avoid a classic “Kick-Loss-Kick” scenario while drilling deep into the Austin Chalk formation.  One primary goal of MPD (“ascertaining the downhole pressure environment limits”) was accomplished, …