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At Balance Technical Library - 2008 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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AADE Fluids Conference


Managed Pressure Drilling Enables Operator to Reduce Mud Weight Below Pore Pressure And Improve Hydraulics And Hole Cleaning In Far East Depleted Offshore Field

Paul Fredericks, and Ian Johnston, At Balance Americas LLC

To be Presented at the AADE Fluids Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, 8-9 April 2008


IADC Deepwater Drilling


Staged Implementation of Automated Managed Pressure Drilling in Redevelopment Program for Depleted Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Fields – Applications and Results

Paul Fredericks, and D. Reitsma, At Balance Americas LLC

To be Presented at the IADC International Deepwater Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11-12 March 2008


(Read the abstract)


Managed Pressure Drilling Success Continues on Auger TLP

Mark Chustz, Sell E&P; Dwayne Dell, At Balance; Larry D. Smith, Signa Engineering

To be Presented at the IADC / SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 4-6 March 2008


(Read the abstract)


Successful Implementation of Closed-loop Multiservice Control System for Automated Pressure Management in a Shallow Gas Well Offshore Myanmar

Paul Fredericks, At Balance; Tom Tunggai, and Neil Hudson, Petronas Carigali; Maximo Hernandez, IntelliServ; Ralf Zaeper, Baker Hughes INTEQ

To be Presented at the IADC / SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 4-6 March 2008


(View the presentation)


Managed Pressure Drilling With Significantly Reduced Mud Weight Improves Economics In Depleted Offshore Malaysia Field Through Reduced Drill Time And Cost

Paul D. Fredericks, and Ian Johnston, At Balance; Hapiztuddin Mangor, Talisman Malaysia Ltd

Presented at the SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 28-29 January 2008.

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