A concept that employs expandable-profile liners, developed to shutoff high-pressure water flows in drilling operations, has proven to be effective for isolating water influx from directional and ...

Expandable-tubular technology advances as the industry extends its application from the drilling environment, where carbon-steel expandable tubulars reduce the telescopic effects of well construction, ...

Once a well has been drilled, if it is to become a production well, the well must undergo completion. While drilling a well cuts through the rock formations and allows drilling engineers to reach the ...