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At Balance Technical Library - 2007 Listing
At Balance regularly publishes technical articles about the application of its pressure control technology and new product developments.

As much as possible we co-author with our customers to share our MPD knowledege and experience with the rest of the drilling industry.

The list below includes short descrtiptions of and links to recent articles published in upstream journals. It also inlcudes links to abstracts of technical papers published through organizations such as the SPE and the IADC.

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IADC Drilling GOM

Drilling Risk Reduction with Automated Bottomhole Pressure Control In Deepwater GOM Brown Fields

Don Reitsma, and Paul Fredericks, At Balance Americas LLC

IADC Drilling GOM Conference, December 5, 2007, Galveston Texas

Modified automated pressure-control technology offers smaller footprint for land MPD operations

Don Reitsma, Paul Fredericks, At Balance; Roger Suter, M-I SWACO
MPD with DAPC system proves successful on Auger TLP redevelopment program in GOM

Mark J Chustz, Shell; James May, Smith Services; Don Reitsma, Paul Fredericks, At Balance Americas; Scott Dickinson, Larry D Smith, Signa Engineering

Multi-service system achieves new level of pressure control in Myanmar shallow gas well

Paul Fredericks, At Balance; Henk Boer, Petronas Carigali; Maximo Hernandez, IntelliServ; Paul Bond, Baker Hughes INTEQ
IADC World Drilling

Implementation Results of First Offshore Application of Downhole Measurements on Wired Pipe Telemetry in a Managed Pressure Drilling Environment

Maximo Hernandez, Michael Reeves, Lamar Farnsworth, David Fish, IntelliServ Inc.; Don Reitsma, Russell Morris, Paul Fredericks, At Balance; Runggai, Hendrik Boer, Petronas Carigali; Bond, Aravindh Kaniappan, Ralf Zaeper, Baker Hughes INTEQ

IADC World Drilling Conference & Exhibition, Paris, France 13-Jun-2007
SPE MPD ATW

MPD (Constant BHP Control) with Applied Surface Pressure

Don Reitsma, At Balance

SPE Managed Pressure Drilling Applied Technology Workshop, Kunming China, June 10-13 2007

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Managed Pressure Drilling with Dynamic Annular Pressure Control System Proves Successful in Redevelopment Program on Auger TLP in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Mark J. Chustz, Shell E&P; James May and Cameron Wallace, Smith Services; Don Reitsma and Paul Fredricks, At Balance Americas LLC; Scott Dickinson and Larry D. Smith, Signa Engineering Corporation

Copyright 2007
SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Operations Conference and Exhibition
This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2007 IADC/SPE Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Operations Conference and Exhibition held in Galveston, Texas, 28–29 March 2007.
SPE/IADC MPD UBO Conference

Successful Application of New Pressure-Control Technology Developed for Land-Based Managed Pressure Drilling Operations

Don Reitsma, and Paul Fredericks, At Balance Americas LLC; Roger Suter, MI Swaco

SPE/ IADC MPD UBO Conference & Exhibition, Galveston, March 2007

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