For most of the life of the oil industry, equipment manufacturers have spent time and money to develop elastomers that swell very little when exposed to oil or water. This is true for O-rings, packer ...

Annular pressure management is a critical safety and operational concern in deepwater gas wells. This field focuses on controlling the pressure buildup within the annular space—the gap between the ...

A project in which existing 7-in. liners were tied back to surface then cemented stopped casing leaks in the Sarir and Messla oil fields in Libya. Many wells operated by Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO) in ...

Repair of a casing leak on a well in the Magid field in eastern Libya required engineers to examine multiple scenarios for what may have caused the failure. Repair of a casing leak on a well in the ...

Concerns over hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shale deposits 10,000 feet to 15,000 feet below the earth’s surface gave rise to much US research into the potential for groundwater contamination. For a ...