Mike,
I am sure you have heard that the
17 ½" section was completed in text book
fashion in our fastest ever time. There is no doubt
that the expertise and training provided by K &
M was a major factor in helping us achieve this. The
fact that both rig and office personnel requested
that the surveillance services be continued for the
next section is a testimony to the value they place
on K & M services.
Thanks
and Regards,
Gerry Cooper
Supervising Drilling Engineer
Deepwater Well Operations
* Address: Conoco, P.O. Box 51266 Lafayette, LA. 70705
* Phone: (337) 269-2165; ETN 638-2165
*Mobile: (337) 849-5462
* Fax: (337) 269-2310
U Page: (337) 595-9509
* Email: gerry.cooper@usa.conoco.com
Mike/Jeff -
I just wanted to take a moment
and thank K&M for the excellent service that you
provided during our sidetrack drilling program in
1999. I don't think that we could have successfully
drilled our HZ26-1-7Sb well without your assistance.
I
am still awaiting the final reports for the 7SbRb
well (three sections) and the 19Sa well (one section).
If you need confirmation of the final format from
the draft reports that Mike Broderick provided when
he was here then I confirm that these are OK. Damian
did not leave a draft version, nor do a need one prior
to the final report. I spoke to him about it when
he finished the well and I think that he knows what
we are looking for.
I
reviewed Damians performance with our Drilling Supervisors
when the well had been completed. Both supervisors
provided positive feedback, but indicated that there
was some room for improvement. Specifically, he needs
to provide reports on a more timely basis and spend
more time on the rig floor and around the rig in general.
These may just be things that he needs to get used
to, but we do expect a high level of K&M visibility
when we are drilling. It also may be related to the
differences between Mike Broderick and he, and the
fact that everyone is used to Mike's routines. Nevertheless,
this will become more important this year when we
discontinue the use of the BHI Torque and Drag "expert".
Regarding
training for our rig based personnel; we are looking
at March 22-24. Please let us know if these dates
would be alright with you. The reason they are so
specific is that they catch several crews crossing
over on their 28/28 rotation. If we can set some dates
within the next week, we can sign the original three-day
course offer and send it back to you so you can start
planning.
Drilling
plans for 2000 have changed significantly due to problems
that we are having with our derrick refurbishment
project on the HZ/21-1 platform. At this point, we
do not expect to start drilling again until June 1st.
After that we will most likely be in continuous operation
until the end of the year, save for some completion
and rig move time.
Please let me know the status
of the final reports for the last two wells and whether
or not the training days are satisfactory to you.
Thanks again,
Gary
Gary A. McNair
Senior Drilling Engineer
CACT Operators Group
Shekou, PRC
(+86) 755-6691608 ext. 4223
(+86) 755-6891404 (Fax)
(+86) 13600154474 (Mobile)
gmcnair@actog.com
Mike,
You probably know all of this from
Russell, but I wanted to drop you a short note to
be sure.
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank you for your excellent support and service
during the drilling of our GWA-18. We have found that
most of the points you raised during the well design
review were correct e.g. conservative hydraulics for
12.1/4" section. The training your company provided
was as good as any course I have attended (Tony Krepp)
and feedback from the drill crews reflected this.
I believe that it was amongst some of the best money
we spent on the well.
I have been in contact with peers
at British Gas in Trinidad, Shell Expro Aberdeen and
Marathon Oil Aberdeen and given them the same feedback.
I understand that your invoice
has been signed and apologies for the delay. Shane
Dolan was expecting more from the "Skinny Guide"
and I would recommend giving him a short call in a
few weeks to address any perceived problems which
could interfere with K&M's future opportunities
at Woodside. Russell Conwell leaving to work for you
may have a bearing on this and I'm sure time will
improve the situation.
I'll check your quote, but there
was no mention of traveling expenses on your invoice,
were they not in addition to base course cost?
Regards,
Iain Hutchison
Drilling Engineer
Woodside Energy Limited
Tel. +61 8 9348 6037
Fax. +61 8 9348 4249
Mike,
I just wanted to take a few moments
of your valuable time to let you know what a great
job Mike Broderick did on the South China Sea Multilateral
Well HZ32-3. I and others were impressed that when
trouble was around the corner, Mike was letting us
know well enough ahead that we were able to mitigate
in time. We faced many situations, including but not
limited to the potential ability (or inability) to
lift the liner string, buckling problems, ECDs high
enough to collapse our liner shoe (as Phillips did),
negative impact of side forces in a high DLS section
uphole, T & D forces which, without Mike, would
have limited the length of completion interval, and
cost reduction (rig time) addressing hole cleaning,
mitigation of doglegs, mud properties, etc. I am sure
that Gary McNair has already recognized his value
to CACT operations but I just wanted to throw my two
cents in as well. He certainly made a believer out
of me regarding on-site T & D monitoring. Feel
free to call at the signature information below if
you would like to discuss further.
Ray Brister
Senior Drilling and Completions Engineer
Horizontal and Multilateral Technology
Drilling Technology Center
2202 Oil Center Court
Houston, Texas 77073
Phone: 281 230 2796
Fax: 281 230 2669
E-Mail: rbrister@chevrontexaco.com
Mike,
Before we moved on to 21-1-8Sa, I was given the task by our new Rig Ops Manager to address ROP as he had been reading morning reports on 32-3-3Sa in Beijing. I received some ideas from Baker and Schlumberger etc., but the only one with enough conviction to recommend a complete change in philosophy was Mike Broderick.
When we moved from a PDC environment to tri-cone bit technology, we doubled instantaneous ROP and more than doubled average ROP. The change in philosophy, combined with other modifications to our new approach, most of which was also suggested by Mike, put us 16 days and 1.4 MM USD ahead of schedule by landing point. Together, we have identified at a minimum, another $500,000 per well in lessons learned and best practices to be applied to our 2004 sidetrack projects. In summary, we now know that we have been quite conservative over the last few years and with Mike's assistance, look forward to setting new and extremely impressive technical limits in the next year.
Kudos to K&M T echnology and especially Mike Broderick for his keenness in technical expertise within a complex rig capacity environment. Feel free to call or email if you would like to discuss further.
Ray Brister
Senior Drilling Engineer
CACT Operators Group
Shekou, Shenzhen, P.R. China
Phone: 86 755 26691608 ext 4223
Phone: 86 755 26811135 (home)
Phone: 86 13600154474 (cell)
Fax: 86 755 26691606
Email: rbrister@actog.com
Comments from Previous Course
Attendees
" Good varied content, ERD
vs. Vertical. Not solely focused on horizontal wells.
Well designed process (Scott Fraser, Weatherford,
ERD Applications Engineer, Aberdeen 5-Day Feb 2002)
" Very well structured with
the benefits of two very knowledgeable and experienced
instructors (Paul Rundle, SmithBits, Applications
Engineer, Aberdeen 5-Day Feb 2002)
" A very practical and operational
oriented course without too much theory; many good
examples from various projects throughout the world;
excellent data and presentations; it will be recommended
in my organization (Conoco 5-Day May 2002)
" Great practical application
stuff; I like the "challenge the status quo"
attitude in the class and the use of real world examples
(Conoco 5-Day May 2002)
" All the information from
the instructor and feedback from the class made me
realize why I had some problems in the past with my
wells; thinking out of the box and understanding drilling
in the box (Conoco 5-Day May 2002)
" Practical applications and
case histories and "hindcasting" looks;
discussion amongst groups; unafraid of talking about
mistakes and learning from them; not afraid to mention
names of operators or vendors (big help); informal
atmosphere, minimal salesmanship; open to other ideas;
insightful look into practices and misconceptions;
reminders of past mess-ups (yours and mine) (Olli
Coker, Drilling Engineer, Conoco, 5-Day May 2002)
" The chance to interact with
other team members; the chance to reinforce good operational
practices to the team (Spinnaker June 2002)
" It was one of the few schools
that an experienced drilling engineer can attend and
be exposed to new ideas and concepts that compliment
and are reinforced by their experience (John Meek,
Sr. Drilling Engineer, Kerr-McGee, Aug 2001)
" By far the best pre-spud/
rig start-up class I have ever attended. No foolish
games or gimmicks designed to build teams, but end
up belittling all those in the class. Excellent teaching
without any arrogance. (Doug Withers, Nabors Alaska
Drilling, Phillips Course Sep 2001)
" The course has made me more
confident with the knowledge I already have. It filled
a lot of gaps and opened my eyes to things I considered
lower in priority. Thanks very much! (Chris Sugden,
Drilling Engineer, Kerr-McGee, June 2001)
" Unbiased, impartial, and
professional instructors and course material. Presented
in a methodical manner. Topics covered both planning
and operational matters. (Steve King, Drilling Supt,
Saudi Aramco, Anadrill Course Feb 2001)
" The balance between theory
and practical focus. The amount of discussion on drilling
fluids, stressing the importance of same. I believe
I learned much in the last three days. Mostly small
but important things. (Ray Gogan, Fluids Coordinator,
Woodside GWA, Feb 2001)
" If stuck pipe and well control
school was this good, BP would never spend another
nickel on a blow out or lost BHA."
" The course gave me a different
view of how an ERW can be drilled and how good drilling
operations are important (Texaco, Jan 2001)
" Truly a learning experience;
multiple speakers with different experience and ideas;
good information that can be applied in the future;
instructors have good experience; class room exercises;
review of actual case histories (5-Day Course, August
2001)
" Learned some different ways
to handle different potential hazards thrown at you
during the process of drilling hole. Good planning
and good standard practices will keep you from problems
in the first place. (Petroquest Apr 2002)
" This was my second school
put on by K&M; the first was with Conoco; I believe
most everyone drilling in the Gulf should attend.
(Devon Energy, June 2002)
" While listening you can
relate to the parts of the well where, by default,
what we were doing what we were supposed to and so
drilled successfully, and then what we did wrong when
it went badly. It showed that our ideas were wrong.
(ExxonMobil, Jade, January 2001)
" Presented new, very useful
information in professional manner. Wish I had been
able to learn this earlier in my career. (ExxonMobil,
Brain, March 2001)
" The introduction of
new techniques and ideas from other projects / parts
of the world, the instructors were knowledgeable and
operations oriented; a lot of good information. (Phillips,
Alpine, June 2001)
" Best course I've been on in ages - great presentation of techniques and actual case studies, excellent mix of formal presentation and interactive learning. ECD behaviour in horizontal wells were a revelation. (BP, July 2004)
