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Welcome to
Technology Update,
the Baker Hughes e-newsletter to inform you about our latest technologies for oil and gas drilling, formation evaluation,
completion and production.
COMPLETION
U.S. LAND
 Baker Hughes Achieves 24-Stage Openhole Isolation in Bakken Shale
Baker Hughes successfully ran a 24-stage completion in the Williston Basin for Whiting Petroleum Corp. This is among the largest number of stages ever run using a ball/sleeve method for isolation. The Baker Oil Tools
FracPoint™ EX multistage fracturing system (FracPoint EX) used on the Ogden 11-3H well allowed the single-trip isolation of 24 intervals with an 8,000-psi pressure rating, while achieving high frac rates through all the ball seats. The original FracPoint multistage system is highly effective for precisely and reliably isolating multiple stages in open holes while eliminating the costs and complexities of cementing and perforating. The FracPoint EX multistage fracturing system extends the FracPoint system’s capability to 24 stages.
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
CANADA
 Baker Hughes Inaugurates Integrated Oil Sands Service Facility in Fort McMurray
Baker Hughes Canada hosted a Grand Opening for its
new facility in Fort McMurray. The facility will be occupied by five product lines,
including oilfield chemicals, artificial lift, drill bits,
completion and intervention, and formation evaluation. The facility houses a dedicated oil sands laboratory for product development and testing, a warehouse capable of storing finished products and a heavy workshop space including six workshop bays and one self-contained docking bay.
This integrated service facility will give Baker Hughes an established presence and commitment to the oil sands market and the ability to respond to customer requirements in a timely and efficient manner.
DRILLING
U.S. LAND
 Baker Hughes
Helps Haynesville Shale Operator Drill HPHT Lateral
Over 6,400 ft
Baker Hughes has participated in an extended lateral drilled in the Haynesville Shale. A 6,423 ft (1958 m) horizontal section – from the end of the curve to end of the lateral – was drilled to a measured depth of 18,067 ft (5507 m) and a TVD
of 11,200 ft (3314 m). An independent operator asked Baker Hughes to design a drilling fluid to handle the HPHT environment and meet specified requirements for hydraulics, surge, and swab pressures associated with the extended reach well. A modified version of the
Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
CARBO-DRILL™ system was chosen and designed to meet the operator’s expectations. Baker Hughes’
Advantage™ hydraulics software was utilized throughout the well to monitor optimum pump rates and hole cleaning while maintaining minimum ECD.
The well was drilled in an environmentally sensitive area. Baker
Hughes onsite engineers and the rig crew took precautions to ensure
zero spills of drilling fluids products. The production casing was
then run to bottom and cemented in place, successfully completing
drilling operations.
DRILLING
AFRICA
 Operator in Libya Saves Seven Rig Days Using Baker Hughes Vertical Drilling Technology
Baker Hughes has successfully completed its INTEQ
VertiTrak™
deployment in the 17 1/2-in. hole section of an onshore well in Libya. The objective was to drill the section vertically faster than the offset wells through the unstable Claystone and Limestone stringers of
the Marada and Diba formations and complete it in
One Fast Run™. Baker Hughes introduced a combination of the 9 1/2-in. INTEQ VertiTrak System in conjunction with a 17 1/2-in. Hughes Christensen
Quantec™ PDC bit and the INTEQ
OnTrak™ platform to drill this long section in
one casing run. The Baker Hughes BHA delivered the long shoe-to-shoe run by drilling 6,828 ft (2081 m) in 116 drilling hours, 185 circulating hours with an average ROP of 58.9 ft/hr (18 m/hr). This outstanding run saved the client approximately
seven days of rig costs. The inclination was kept below 0.5° for most of the run and 13 3/8-in. casing was run to bottom and cemented with no issues. This success was possible through excellent teamwork and collaboration between the client and Baker Hughes.
DRILLING
ASIA PACIFIC
 MICRO-PRIME Spacer System Project to Clean and Displace Oil-based Mud in Timor Sea Wins Praise from Fluids Consultant
Baker Hughes successfully utilized the Baker
Hughes Drilling Fluids
MICRO-PRIME spacer system
(MICRO-PRIME) to clean and displace oil-based mud (OBM) on a recent well in the Timor Sea. This direct displacement was the first well in Australia to use the
Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids mesophase technology platform. The well was challenging from a number of perspectives: 4666 m (15,309 ft) in length with bottomhole temperatures of 135°C (275°F), high inclination of 55°–62°, and a variety of casing and liner sizes. An additional challenge was cleaning the wellbore through a 2 7/8-in. I.D. liner-hanger setting tool rather than pulling out of the hole and running a dedicated displacement string using a scraper and brush assembly. The liner-hanger tool restricted the pipe rotation to 60 rpm and also prevented reciprocation. More significantly, the MICRO-PRIME spacers were pumped at 8.5 bpm (considered slow by displacement standards) to achieve the programmed contact time for the spacer train. The success of this job can be summed up by a quote from the operator’s fluids consultant, “I think these products are the best I've ever used....you have to see it to believe it. It’s definitely a winner in my book. I recommend we use MICRO-PRIME/Mesophase products on all the completions all over the world.”
FORMATION EVALUATION
MIDDLE EAST
 Baker Hughes Conducts
Extensive Land-based 3D VSP Project in the Middle East for Kuwait Operator
Baker Hughes has successfully completed an
extensive land-based 3D VSP project in Kuwait. The borehole seismic data was acquired with the Baker Atlas
SeisXplorer™ service using the 100-level
tool deployed in the well for 17 days, while the vibrator team acquired close to 10,000 shot points. The job was extremely complex from both acquisition and logistics perspectives. The borehole seismic data is being processed to provide a high-resolution image for identifying formation fractures.
COMPLETION
AFRICA
 Nigerian Operator Saves $500,000 in Operating Costs with Baker Hughes Wellbore Cleaning Services
An operator in Nigeria used the Baker Oil Tools
VACS™ (Vectored Annulus Cleaning System) for a wellbore-cleaning job in the deepwater Agbami
Field. Baker Hughes sourced some of the equipment needed from local vendors. The VACS technology was used in the 9 5/8-in. casing as part of the completion process. Approximately 27 kg of debris, largely from perforating operations, was recovered. The well was cleaned and the packer plug latched and successfully retrieved in one trip, thus enabling the
operator to reduce planned rig time by one day and save an estimated $500,000 in operating costs.
PRODUCTION
EUROPE
 Chevron Recognizes Baker Hughes UK with a Performance Award for Production Chemical Services
Chevron Upstream Europe has recognized Baker Hughes UK as the organization with people most aligned with their organization’s key performance drivers, specifically for their efforts in the Captain Field
MAGNACIDE™ B Microbiocide project. Baker Hughes is the supplier of Baker Petrolite production chemical solutions for Chevron’s two main North Sea fields – Alba and Captain. This is the third year in a row that Baker Hughes has won a prestigious award from Chevron.
PRODUCTION
RUSSIA
 Baker Hughes Reaches ESP Leasing Milestone in Russia
Baker Hughes has achieved a significant milestone on a Centrilift ESP leasing project in Russia.
The Baker Hughes well count for the operator has doubled over the last year to reach 100 wells. The growth in
ESP systems is the result of the services performed by
Baker Hughes field specialists as much as the reliability of the systems. The services under this contract include supply, installation, start-up, operation and maintenance of ESP systems with flow range from 150 to 12,500 BFPD for oil recovery and water injection. Baker Hughes is the contractor of choice as a result of proactive application support, efficient inventory management, equipment reliability, and flawless execution of the customer requirements in artificial lift. The head of the
operator’s production department commented, “The Baker Hughes team has demonstrated high efficiency in operations and quality of ESP field services. You help us to overcome the most complicated issues associated with oil production.”
PRODUCTION
AFRICA
 Angola Operator Reduces Oil Content in Produced Water through Baker Hughes Technical Analysis
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Angola’s Block 15 was experiencing problems with high oil content (80-100 ppm) in its produced water. This contamination was preventing the
operator from going overboard with its produced water. The specification for overboard water in Angola is 40 ppm oil in water. The FPSO had been producing over capacity at 275,000
bbl of oil per day. The continued drilling and completion of new wells was adding complications of increased solids production and emulsion, which contributed to the produced water problem. The Baker Hughes on-site team, working together with the operator’s staff, led a
root cause analysis (RCA) to troubleshoot the problem. The RCA considered product selection, application of the product and mechanical changes to the system. Initial testing confirmed that the products in place were the best products for the application. The application of the
Baker Petrolite
TRETOLITE™ demulsifier was redistributed to the producing problem wells, and this action resulted in a reduction of the oil-in-water content from 80-100 ppm down to 30-40 ppm. Continued execution of the RCA also identified a faulty level controller in one of the separators. Once the controller problem was corrected, the oil in water dropped to 10 - 20 ppm. The
operator’s technical manager called this solution one of the year’s key technical achievements in Block 15.
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