Gas kick events, characterised by an unexpected influx of formation gas during drilling, present significant operational and safety challenges. In recent years, researchers have increasingly ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG along with partner Enhanced Drilling established the latest Enhanced Kick Detection (“EKD”) system for rapid kick detection, which enables safe drilling rig operations. Notably, ...

Gushers are signs of failures – not successes. We vicariously enjoy movie scenes when a well gushes oil and showers characters such as those portrayed by James Dean in “Giant” and Daniel Day-Lewis in ...

Researcher Per Holand, a senior consult with Exprosoft, presented a risk model at the Ocean Energy Safety Institute’s (OESI) Public Technology Assessment Program Forum that shows earlier kick ...

Mud logging is the real-time “eyes and ears” of the wellbore during drilling—critical for kick detection, formation evaluation at bit time, operational optimization, and regulatory reporting. It ...

Closed-loop circulating provides pressure control in many drilling and completion applications for which conventional fluid return systems are inadequate. Flexible and scalable to the task, these ...