The harsh downhole conditions of high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) encountered
in geothermal wells make the drilling operation challenging. Drilling in such environments …

As the demand for hydrocarbons increases, the search frontiers for petroleum and natural
gas deposits keep being pushed towards unconventional terrains. An example of an …

Growing demand for oil and gas is driving the exploration and production industry to look for
new resources in unexplored areas, and in deeper formations. According to the Bureau of …

The high-profile blowout at Macondo well in the US Gulf of Mexico, brought the challenges
and the risks of drilling into high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) fields increasingly into …

Abstract On April 20, 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
This turned out to be one of the worst environmental disasters in recent history. This high …

The harsh downhole conditions encountered in geothermal wells, specifically the high
temperatures (HT) together with the toughness of the rock found in many geothermal …

The selection of water-based mud for drilling a high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP)
well is the choice of many drilling mud engineers. This choice of mud is more attractive …

Current topside and downhole instrumentation at the wellsite has been developed to
manually conduct drilling operations. The emergence of automatic drilling-analysis software …

Lost circulation is a common downhole problem of drilling in geothermal and high-
temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) formations. Lost circulation material (LCM) is a regular …

The modern oil and gas industry, driven by a surging global energy demand, faces the
challenge of exploring deeper geological formations. Ensuring the robust performance of …