While every effort is put forth before drilling begins to ensure a successful well, not every well hits hydrocarbons at a commercially productive level. Statistically, wildcat (or exploratory) wells ...

Formation testing and sampling tools with wireline (WFT) and formation pressures and sampling while-drilling (FPWD/FSWD) are widely used in exploration/appraisal and field development projects. During ...

A cased-hole formation tester proved to be a viable alternative for obtaining reservoir fluid samples and pressure data for characterizing an offshore China oil field. Click here to enlarge image ...

Initial flows from first test interval yields a combination of drilling mud, formation water, gas and traces of oil from the unstimulated perforated interval at a liquid rate between 240 to 290 ...

3D Energi has validated a new gas-condensate discovery in the offshore Otway Basin, with advanced formation testing confirming reservoir quality and deliverability at the Essington-1 exploration well ...

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