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Four Baker Hughes Scientists Win SPE Outstanding Young
Professional Paper Contest
The SPE has recognized Baker Hughes employees: Sr. Research Chemist
Justin Debord, Ph.D., Sr. Development Engineer Piyush Srivastava,
Ph.D., Flow Meter Product Line Manager Tim Joo Ong, Ph.D. and
Scientist Brian LeCompte in the 2nd Annual Technical Conference &
Exhibition Young Professional Paper Contest.
Justin Debord, Ph.D.
Piyush Srivastava, Ph.D.
Tim Joo Ong, Ph.D.
Brian LeCompte
Justin and Piyush won the award for co-authoring a paper
“Development and Field Application of a Novel Non-Acid Calcium
Naphthenate Inhibitor.” Tim was recognized for his paper
“Qualification Testing Toward Utilizing a Downhole Flowmeter for
Production Optimization and Allocation in Nigeria.” Brian received
the award for being primary author on the paper “Evaluation of
Haynesville Shale Vertical Well Completions with a Mineralogy Based
Approach to Reservoir Geomechanics,” which was co-authored by Javier
Franquet and David Jacobi.
Alberta Government Recognizes Baker Hughes for Work Safety
 Baker Hughes has received a Work Safe Award from the Alberta Provincial Government. This award is significant in that it is awarded to less than one-half of one percent of all Alberta employers, and the criteria for consideration are strict.
BP Presents Safety Award to Baker Hughes Azerbaijan Mud Plant Team for 1000 Days without Days Away from Work Case
The Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Mud Plant in Azerbaijan achieved 1000 days
without a Days Away From Work Case (DAWFC). In recognition of this significant
achievement on August 21, Lina Serpa, BP Wells Manager, presented the “BP
President’s HSE Award" to the Azerbaijan team. The BP HSE department commented
on the very high standard of workplace organization, process ownership of the
workforce, compliant and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE),
and comprehensive safety culture with exemplary attitude of the employees at the
plant.
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upcoming
conferences to find out how our Best-in-Class products and services
can help you increase production and reduce costs.
LAGCOE (Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exhibition)
Lafayette, LA
October 27 - 29
SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysics)
Houston, TX
October 25 - 30
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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.
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
 Baker Hughes and BJ Services Introduce IntelliFrac™ Services
Baker Hughes Incorporated and BJ Services Company have launched the
IntelliFrac™ service, an integration of state-of-the-art fracturing
and production enhancement services from BJ with advanced microseismic services from Baker Hughes. The combined offering
enables operators to monitor fracture dimensions during stimulation
treatments and allows real-time control of fracture operations.
During hydraulic fracturing operations, the IntelliFrac service
monitors and measures the microseismic events that indicate key
fracture properties, including azimuth, height, length, volume and
complexity of the induced fractures. By understanding hydraulic
fracture propagation, operators can make better on-location
treatment management decisions, and in turn, reduce well completion
and stimulation risk and uncertainty. Once the microseismic data set
has been gathered and processed, operators can use the data to
optimize field development plans, and potentially reduce the number
of wellbores required to develop the field.
For information on the proposed merger of Baker Hughes and BJ
Services see
www.premieroilservices.com.
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
LATIN AMERICA
 Successful
15-Well HPHT Integrated Operations Project Underway for Offshore Mexico Operator
Baker Hughes is executing a 15-well HPHT project with BJ Services
under the first, major integrated operations contract for offshore
activity in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The contract was signed in
June 2008 and operations began in March 2009. Baker Hughes is
coordinating all drilling and completion services, including D&E,
drill and coring bits, well logging, liner hangers and fishing,
fluids, cementing and casing running. The wells are highly complex
with up to eight hole sections per well, over-pressured formations,
reduced operating geo-pressure windows, bottomhole temperatures
reaching 160°C (320°F), and major geological uncertainties. A total
of 18,403 m (60,377 ft) have been drilled in 527 cumulative
well-days without a Lost Time Accident (LTA). The combined Baker
Hughes/BJ Services technology and experience for the
IntelliFrac
service are being deployed
extensively.
The INTEQ
AutoTrak system is the standard drilling tool
in all applicable sections from 19-1/2" to 8-1/2" and has delivered
superior borehole quality. The operational efficiency of BJ casing
running services and Baker Atlas logging services is 100%.
DRILLING & EVALUATION
MIDDLE
EAST
 Kuwait
Operator Seals Troublesome Formation using Baker Hughes High
Performance water-based Solution
Baker Hughes recently assisted an Operator with drilling a known troublesome section in southern Kuwait. Previously, multiple offset wells had been attempted using an oil-base mud (OBM) system. Due to environmental, logistics and storage concerns associated with OBM, the operator was interested in an alternative solution. The Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
PER-FLEX™ High Performance Water-Based Mud (HPWBM) was selected, marking the first time for this mud system to be run in the Middle East. The PER-FLEX fluid was chosen for its ability to help seal micro-fractures in the troublesome Ratawi formation and aid with pore-pressure transmission reduction to help successfully drill the critical 12-1/4" hole-section.
The PER-FLEX system, which also contains Baker Hughes’ proprietary
MAX-PLEX™ and
MAX-SHIELD™ chemicals, allowed the Operator to successfully drill 1,489 ft of vertical open hole with improved rates of penetration and a maximum mud weight of 10.5 lb/gal. Improved wellbore stability resulted in better hole quality, which allowed the casing string to be run and set without problems. With the PER-FLEX system, Baker Hughes achieved the Operator’s goal of introducing an interchangeable HPWBM system that can easily be converted, depending on the type of inhibition and hole problems encountered.
DRILLING & EVALUATION
LATIN AMERICA
 Brazil
Operator Applies Baker Hughes Services to Successfully Drill Two
Offshore Pre-Salt HPHT Wells
An international oil company recently drilled two presalt high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) wells offshore Brazil. These wells, drilled in a complex deepwater environment, were finished significantly sooner than planned. Baker Hughes was part of the success of this project, supplying Hughes Christensen drill bits and Baker Hughes fluid and engineering services. Hughes Christensen
Quantec™ PDC
bits delivered very good results through hard carbonates below the salt.
Two 8-1/2" bits with a double row of back-up cutters were run through
these formations drilling 482 m (1,581 ft) at an average penetration
rate of 2.7 m/h (8.86 ft/hr).
Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
MAGMA-TEQ™ drilling fluid system provided the consistent fluid properties that are essential when utilizing HPHT
procedures. Baker Hughes
ADVANTAGE™ engineering software was used to plan HPHT hydraulics, swab/surge pressures and fluid compressibility, allowing the fluids engineers to optimize the downhole fluid viscosity and density for the efficient drilling of these wells.
DRILLING & EVALUATION
ASIA PACIFIC
 Chinese
Operator Acquires Oil Samples and Cement Bond Logs through Baker
Hughes Wireline Services
Baker Hughes recently completed a successful cased hole sampling job in China for a joint venture operation between a national oil company and a U.S. independent. Working in conjunction with our Chinese joint venture, China Petroleum Logging – Atlas Cooperation Service Company (LCC),
six oil samples (four of which were single-phase samples) were
collected at two depths and sent to an external lab for analysis.
The job included a run with the
Baker Atlas
Segmented Bond Tool™ (SBT™)
service to verify there were no significant voids behind the casing
in the desired sampling zones, two separate perforating runs to avoid any possible contamination between the two zones, and two successful runs of the
Baker Atlas
Reservoir Characterization Instrument™
(RCI™) service with the straddle packer module.
DRILLING & COMPLETION
U.S. LAND
 Williston
Basin Operator Drills Fastest Two-Section Lateral and Installs
18-Stage Completion with Baker Hughes Drilling and Completion Services
Baker Hughes recently helped a Williston Basin Operator establish several new drilling and completion records in the Bakken Shale play. Baker Hughes used the INTEQ 4-3/4"
X-treme™ motor technology and the
CoPilot™ service to drill the fastest two-section lateral to date in 6.42 days and followed suit by deploying the first Baker Oil Tools
Frac-Point™ extended stage system, enabling the Operator to frac the well with 18 stages using new frac sleeve technology. The real-time data provided by the CoPilot
service helped the Operator optimize the drilling parameters to realize the full potential of the 4-3/4" X-treme motor technology. The additional bending moment information contributed to improve wellbore quality, eliminating unnecessary slides, reducing the number of localized doglegs, and allowing the 18-stage Frac-Point completion to be run flawlessly.
DRILLING & COMPLETION
U.S. LAND
 West
Texas Operator Saves Lease by Restoring Production using Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids MICRO-CURE Remediation
Baker Hughes applied its wellbore remediation technology to help an independent Operator in West Texas save a field lease that was in jeopardy due to non-production. The operator’s well in Texas originally had two gas producing zones from perforations. Combined, the two zones produced approximately 700 Mcf/day. Over time, a hole developed in the casing, allowing oil-based mud (OBM) to enter the wellbore. The OBM damage in the wellbore subsequently eliminated all gas production. The well was shut in and reviewed for possible workover. The decision was made to re-enter the well, repair the hole and remove the wellbore damage using Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
MICRO-CURE™ cased-hole remediation system. The MICRO-CURE treatment was applied through production tubing in 32 feet of perforations in the lower zone and allowed to soak overnight. The well steadily increased production from zero to 1.4MMcf/day (surpassing the original production rate) and within three days, had increased to a maximum of 1.8 MMcfd.
PRODUCTION
CANADA
 Baker
Hughes Holds Grand Opening of New Blending Facility in
Leduc, Alberta
On September 9, Baker Hughes hosted the grand opening of its new Baker Petrolite
Leduc Blending Facility. The event included guided tours of the new
facility and was attended by approximately 200 people, which
included customers, employees, media and government officials. The
new facility houses a modern oil sands laboratory, a tank farm
capable of storing 18 x 125,000 liters (33,000 gallons) of raw
materials and finished product, and is capable of producing water
treating and fluid separation products. The plant will focus on oil
sands and mining markets and will bring chemical treatment resources
closer to customers in northern Alberta.
PRODUCTION
U.S. LAND
 U.S.
Operator Achieves Immediate Value in Centrilift VISION Trial
for ESP Monitoring
A U.S. operator has begun a four-month trial of ESP well monitoring using the Centrilift
VISION™ system. The system is monitoring ESPs operating in 130 wells. In the first two weeks of operations, the Operator has already acknowledged the immediate value that the service has brought to their field operations by optimizing ESP operations and avoiding costly failures. This trial opens the door to monitor nearly 2,000 ESP wells for the Operator with the opportunity to create multiple performance studies to support future installations for other customers and markets.
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