Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper describes strategies and techniques employed to extend the drilling reach in the Gullfaks field, offshore Norway. Field development plans were originally based upon deviated wells drilled to a maximum inclination of 60° and a maximum displacement of 3 km. Emerging horizontal drilling techniques encouraged a reevaluation of these field development plans. These techniques are now being implemented to increase the inclination and extend the reach to 5 km in support of the revised plan. The early success achieved has urged further consideration of extended-reach drilling to as much as 10 km.
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