October 23, 202627 min
Episode 356 | Wellbore Quality and Well Life
What are the implications for well life when we rush to get a well to TD? Justin and Matt discuss factors where a poor installation leads to issues with well life later.
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Better Fluids Equal Better Wells.
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October 16, 202639 min
Episode 355 | Ocean Freight
The oilfield uses a lot of globally sourced materials, and that requires moving them around. Justin and Matt talk ocean freight and the factors tied to rising costs.
October 9, 202628 min
Episode 354 | Rail Freight
What is driving rail costs? How does it impact product logistics? Justin and Matt run through some of the latest figures and factors.
October 2, 202628 min
Episode 353 | Trucking
Trucking rates continue to rise. Fuel is part of it, but Justin and Matt break down several other factors that make getting materials to the rig more challenging.
September 18, 202636 min
Episode 352 | Weight Material
What are the common characteristics of weight material? Justin and Matt talk barite and a few other materials.
September 10, 202640 min
Episode 351 | Performance Benchmarks
How do you rate performance? By well? By pad? By area? Justin and Matt discuss the application and limitation of drilling fluid performance benchmarks.
September 4, 202632 min
Episode 350 | Wellbore Stability Model Terminology
Get ready for a word salad! Justin and Matt run through wellbore stability terms and break down why it's so challenging to develop accurate models.
August 28, 202643 min
Episode 349 | Why are you using your base oil?
There are a lot of purported reasons to use a base oil, but how do those claims stack up? Justin and Matt try to break down how base oils are chosen.
August 19, 202621 min
Episode 348 | Oil Water Ratio
How much oil? How much water? What do they have to do with solids and flow properties? Justin and Matt break it down.
August 7, 202625 min
Episode 347 | Hole Cleaning in Unstable or Reactive Environments
Justin and Matt run through some things to think for hole cleaning about when the hole starts giving you trouble.
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