High-Pressure , High-Temperature Well Construction

For help in preparation of this article, thanks to John Oliver, Dowell, Sugar Land, Texas, USA; and Demos Pafitis, Anadrill, Sugar Land, Texas. CemCADE, DensCRETE, FMP (Drilling fluids monitoring package), MudCADE, MUDPUSH, PRISM (precision recording for job supervision and monitoring) and ULTIDRILL are marks of Schlumberger. Drilling and completing wells in HPHT environments is difficult and dangerous. But as