A success in managed pressure drilling
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
As one of BP's top 40 wells globally (and the only UK well qualifying for that category in 2012), the successful delivery of the Harding field's 'Producer North East 2a' well (referred to as PNE2a) was crucial to the business. Three previous attempts had been made to drill an extended reach well from the Harding Platform, in the centre of the field, to hydrocarbon-rich reservoir targets several kilometres away, but all ended without success. Mohamed was the operational drilling engineer during the execution of the third attempt in 2011, when the well reached 15,248ft measured depth before suffering formation fracture and total losses of the drilling fluid.