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Visual road map helps control drilling process

08/03/2009
By Bernd Reinboth and Arno Op de Weegh
Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008.The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH in Lower Saxony, Germany (Fig. 1).Fig. 1 shows one of the wells drilled. The drilling process assistant software includes a database that holds records of all area or rig specific drilling sequences, previous lessons learned, and lost-time accidents.The program also allows for the transfer of all essential sections of the drilling program into a one-page visual roadmap for each standard drilling, casing-liner, and cement sequence.Another feature of the software...
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