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New Book: Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells
31.01.2020
The first book on Permanent Plug and Abandonment is now available . You can download the book “Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells” here.
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DrillWell Final Report
18.12.2019
The DrillWell Final Report is now out. Get an overview of how DrillWell has contributed to the drilling and well cost reductions over the past years.
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Focus on digitalization technologies and P&A operations
30.09.2019
Annual DrillWell seminar 2019
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DrillWell Seminar 2019 - open for registration
30.06.2019
SOLA STRAND HOTEL - SEPTEMBER 24&25 - 2019
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DrillWell Annual Report 2018
29.03.2019
The 2018 DrillWell annual report is out now and is full of photos, stories and reports from our researchers. It gives broad information about the DrillWell R&D work and recent results.
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SPE/IADC Drilling Conference 2019
08.03.2019
DrillWell was well represented at the conference with eight papers
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Well in line with industry challenges
27.09.2018
Day two of the annual seminar showed that DrillWell’s research on cementing and P&A is well in line with the challenges that the industry is facing.
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DrillWell makes a difference
26.09.2018
Day one of the annual seminar showed that DrillWell’s research has a profound impact on drilling technology in the industry.
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Erich Suter managed his phD-Defense successfully
18.09.2018
The thesis was part of the DrillWell Geosteering project and was titled: "Novel Principles for Effective Earth Model grid Management while Geosteering".
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DrillWell Seminar 2018 - Open for Registration
02.08.2018
Don't miss this extraordinary seminar with cutting edge presentations on the digital transformation within drilling and well technology.
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Epic fourth colloquium at the Pulpit Rock
22.06.2018
Oil and gas industry representatives met with scientists to evaluate research results within the field of modelling of dynamic processes in drilling.
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DrillWell Annual Report 2017
10.04.2018
The 2017 DrillWell annual report is out now and is full of photos, stories and reports from our researchers. This is the best source of information on where DrillWell is and is well worth a read.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR MOBILITY AND COURSES IN DATA SCIENCE IN 2018
05.04.2018
The ongoing INTPART NorTex Data Science Cluster project offers several mobility and educational options. In 2018 the cluster is supporting R&D and Innovation activities across the participating organizations and institutions; Rice University, University of Texas-Austin, IRIS, GCE NODE and University of Agder.
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OTC 2018 NorTex Data Science Cluster Workshop
22.03.2018
GCE NODE in cooperation with IRIS has the pleasure of inviting you to the NorTex OTC 2018 Digitalization Workshop.
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SPE/IADC Drilling Conference 2018
09.03.2018
DrillWell was well represented at the conference with six papers and a presentation during the SPE DSATS symposium that took place the day before the conference.
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3D model validation
08.03.2018
Schlumberger validates 3D model with experimental data from DrillWell
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Meet a DrillWell Researcher
01.03.2018
Based at SINTEF in Trondheim, Thomas is working on a DrillWell project that studies the sealing ability of cement sheath throughout the life-cycle of the well, including after well abandonment.
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Reza Askarinezhad defended his Ph.D. thesis
06.02.2018
On Friday Ferbruary 2nd Reza Askarinezhad successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis at UiS: “Produced Water Management – Chemical Water Shutoff and Disproportionate Permeability Reduction”
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FRIPRO Mobility Grant
15.01.2018
DrillWell Post Doc, Ulf Jakob Aarsnes has been granted the FRIPRO Mobility Grant.
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Cementing experiments
04.12.2017
Ullrigg Drilling and Well Centre constructed and tested four annulus test assemblies, three of them with a model hole enlargement. Measurements showed that it is difficult to get good cement at all places inside and directly above the washout.
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DRILLWELL AT SPE WORKSHOP ON WELL INTEGRITY IN CANADA
03.11.2017
SPE Canada recently arranged a workshop on life cycle well integrity held in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Successful playback of data from Ivar Aasen
02.11.2017
DrillWell tested three models for analyzing drilling data by using historic data from the Ivar Aasen field.
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New safe artificial rock for plug and abandonment
04.09.2017
Based on his Ph.D research at DrillWell Mahmoud Khalifeh has developed a new material of geopolymers that could become a game changer for plug and abandonment operations.
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DRILLING DATA HUB DEMONSTRATION
10.10.2017
The prototype for a new data hub that acquires and processes real-time data from drilling operations was demonstrated in front of an enthusiastic industry audience at IRIS.
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DRILLWELL TECHNICAL SEMINAR 2017
05.10.2017
The two-day seminar proved that digitalization is an increasingly important factor for improving drilling and well technology. More than one hundred people attended the knowledge-packed seminar, which is new record.
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Recorded webinar
03.10.2017
The webinar with Eric Cayeux was recorded on Thursday October 28th and SPE members can view it free of charge. The webinar covers physical phenomena that influence automatic gain/loss detection during drilling operations.
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Rice 2017 Data Science Conference
29.09.2017
Sign up for the conference taking place from October 9-10 2017 in Houston.
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DrillWell technical seminar - day two
27.09.2017
CT scanning and X-ray are widely used in research and development of cementing and P&A technology.
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DrillWell technical seminar - day one
26.09.2017
Digitalization is an increasingly important factor for improving drilling and well technology.
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OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2017
12.06.2017
More than 64,700 attended the annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) at NRG Park in Houston 1-4 May. For DrillWell it presented a significant opportunity of networking and industry meetings.
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DrillWell paper in Journal of Petroleum Technology
25.05.2015
A paper by DrillWell PhD-student Fatemeh Moeinikia at University of Stavanger, "Probabilistic Cost and Time Estimation of Rigless Plug and Abandonment", was reproduced in the January edition of Journal of Petroleum Technology.
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SPE Intelligent Energy Conference
14.05.2014
At the SPE Intelligent Energy Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, April 1-3, 2014, Hardy B. Siahaan presented the paper “Possibilities of Using Wired Drill Pipe Telemetry During Managed Pressure Drilling in Extended Reach Wells”.
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Tubing left in hole test
14.05.2014
November 6, 2013, a full scale cementing test was performed at IRIS.
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