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Tannehill Oilfield prospect 4-5 miles N. of Aspermont Texas

When it comes to well placement services, there's no one-size-fits-all approach. Every asset has different needs for targeted reservoirs within an asset. For some, a Rotary Steerable System paired with an Azimuthal Resistivity LWD tool is necessary. For others, a conventional assembly with only a bulk gamma ray curve or azimuthal gamma ray will suffice. It's important to understand the unique requirements of each asset to maximize efficiency and success. Geosteering services typically fall within <1% of an AFE, but it can make a significant impact on your well. Failure to properly geosteer your well could result in costly setbacks such as having to sidetrack, a bit trip, spending extra time trying to put a stage away during completion, or even lost production. I have always been a big believer in geosteering. After spending the last 5.5 years in a very complex basin I see an even greater need for it, especially if you are getting into your tier 2 or 3 wells within your asset. Give me a call at 405-627-0758 or email me at jesse.w.merchant@gmail.com to discuss specific needs and goals for your projects.

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#SAGD Development of #McMurray Formation: producer wells (green), paralleled by steam injection wells (red), and down-spaced by infill producers (blue). New infill wells tend to be longer and closer to reservoir base, speaking to advances in drilling and geosteering technologies. #geosteering #oilandgasservices #chinookconsulting

We've been talking about Managed Pressure Drilling in the last few modules, but that leaves the question, "How do I get pipe down? What might that scenario look like?" So, this week we'll take a look at Managed Pressure Casing operations using the same well we've been discussing and compare it with a Conventional run. We'll also take a brief look at an example Floated Managed Pressure Casing run. Will it match YOUR well? Probably not (unless you're drilling in the area this well is based on...), but hopefully it gives you ideas for some of the more difficult wells on your schedule. Take a look. Talk to HXR Drilling Services - Extended Reach Drilling or SafeKick about your upcoming ERD, Complex, Horizontal, Narrow-Margin, or Deepwater wells. #drilling #drillingengineering #offshore

On this day in 1901, the Spindletop oilfield was discovered on a salt dome south of Beaumont, marking the birth of the modern petroleum industry. Pattillo Higgins, the "prophet of Spindletop," and others had tried for years to find oil on Spindletop Hill, but with no success. In 1899, however, Higgins hooked up with Anthony F. Lucas. Despite negative reports from contemporary geologists, Lucas remained convinced that oil was in the salt domes of the Gulf Coast. On January 10, mud began bubbling from a well that Lucas had spudded in the previous October. The startled roughnecks fled as six tons of four-inch drilling pipe came shooting up out of the ground. After several minutes of quiet, mud, then gas, then oil spurted out. The Lucas geyser, found at a depth of 1,139 feet, blew a stream of oil over 100 feet high until it was capped nine days later. The discovery of the Spindletop oilfield had an almost incalculable effect on world and Texas history. Investors spent billions of dollars throughout the Lone Star State in search of oil and natural gas. The cheap fuel they found helped to revolutionize American transportation and industry. Many of the major oil companies were born at Spindletop or grew to major corporate size because of their involvement at Spindletop, including Texaco, Gulf Oil Corporation, Magnolia Petroleum Company, and Exxon Company, U.S.A. 📷: The Portal to Texas History #Oil #texas #transportation #texaco #beaumont #oilandgasindustry #commidities #industry #naturalgas #texaco #GulfOilCorporation #magnolia #PetroleumCompany #exxon

Early in my career in the oil and gas industry we drilled a Devonian Shale well by reverse circulation, pumping down the annulus and circulating up the drill pipe. To further protect the formation we used air dryers to keep as much moisture as possible off the rock formations. Worked well after we made some basic bit modifications in the field. How much damage is caused to horizontal well formations by circulating the mud and cuttings up the annulus? Just wondering if it might be a good test to drill some horizontal Marcellus wells using reverse circulation. Think it wouldn’t hurt to try in other basins.

Announcing an opportunity to purchase the shares of an Oilfield Transportation & Picker Company located in Northern Alberta. The industry of oil patch drilling requires heavy lifting from specialized equipment such as crane, picker trucks, and a variety of other equipment that can efficiently (and safely) maneuver heavy, hazardous loads. Routine maintenance is also crucial to keep oil refineries up and running, requiring heavy equipment to be brought onsite. Oilfield transportation companies are therefore central to the productivity of drilling teams and the general success of the industry. There is some introductory information here including a 1-min teaser video.  https://lnkd.in/gzUkziKd At Murphy Business we are focused on serving main street and lower mid-market businesses.  #BusinessOpportunities #MarketMovers #MurphyBusiness #SuccessStories #murphybusiness #businessbroker #businessbrokerage #businessforsale #buyabusiness #sellabusiness #sellmybusiness #murphybusinesses #mergersandacquisitions #mainstreetbusinesses

As commercial frac’ing turns 75 years old this year, Brian Dorfman, Kevin Fisher and Carl T Montgomery look back at the history of proppant use and delivery in this great article: https://lnkd.in/gqkSds2H It is amazing what you can do in 75 years - especially against the low reference point of the first commercial frac job. On that job they used 150 pounds of 20/40 Ottawa sand and mixed it with napalm – gasoline with some thickeners – in a 55-gal drum. Many other changes are discussed in the article - let me highlight three. One massive change since then: scale. Never mind the size of the “blender tub” – average proppant mass per well has increased more than five orders of magnitude – from three (50-lbs) sacks per well to a unit train per well (20,000,000 lbs). Another big change: distance of transportation. During 2010 – 2014 the industry used some ceramics and resin coated proppants, and bulk transport was often done with ships, trains, and trucks, carrying these proppant thousands of miles. Also, like in 1949, courser white sand was transported by rail from Minnesota and Wisconsin to all shale basins and locally distributed by trucks. Today, that transportation is reduced to tens of miles or just miles, all done exclusively by truck, from in-basin mines, or mini-mines that provide (mostly 100-mesh) local sand that is “good enough” for shale production enhancement. Finally, the first well’s production more than doubled from 24 to 52 barrels of oil per day (bopd), setting the stage for fracturing’s economic success, initially in conventional reservoirs. A modern shale well would produce nothing if it wasn’t frac’d. A typical North American unconventional well produces 1,000s bopd in its first few months and hundreds of thousands to a million barrels over its decades-long lifetime. That’s 75 years of progress. #shale #frac #innovation #energy #oil #gas #oilgas

Last week, we spent some time discussing how MW affects ROP, with the consensus being that it has a negative effect. How much of a negative effect, however, varied greatly, with a 1 ppg change yielding decreases in the 300% - 500% range in some studies, with others seeing a small to ~30% decrease. This week, we'll look at an actual well, monitored on-site by HXR ERD Specialists, that had two MW increases in the same section, the first .5 ppg, the second .6 ppg, and see if MW was the overriding factor, or if some other things may have been going on. For more information, contact HXR Drilling Services - Extended Reach Drilling or SafeKick about your upcoming ERD, Complex, Horizontal, Narrow-Margin, or Deepwater wells. #drilling #drillingengineering #offshore