Decline curves have confirmed the economic benefit of underbalanced drilling. The completion separately produced water from below the oil-water contact and oil from the upper part of the pay zone and was an economic success, still flowing 50 BOPD at payout 14 months later. After flowing for more than three years years, other circumstances led to the well being conventionally completed-production declined to historic levels. Commitments for the other two case studies are still being finalized. The session will conclude with brief presentations focusing on practical approaches for prioritizing field operations and shared industry experience.
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Based on the approved elements in the plan, a cohesive marketing campaign for PTTC's FY99 activities will be implemented this fall. To better monitor and develop PTTC's products and services, the Board approved five program lines-exploration, drilling and completion, operations and production, reservoir and development, and environmental. PTTC is currently finalizing a code of ethics for adoption by the Board later this year. In addition, regional directors are working with headquarters staff to develop an operations plan to implement new program ideas. For the first of a series of columns on RLOs and their activities, we asked Doug Patchen, director of PTTC's Appalachian region, to provide insight into his operations.