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continues to monitor pressure in the Sakhalin for the frst company, including

Drilling annulus of both wells, confrming that successful feld trial technology manager for no buildup has occurred since system of the Cytadel ZX the Wellbore Intervention deployment. The frst well is now on- packer. He gradu- product line and line and producing 280MMscf/day. These ated from Texas manager of the Packer wells were excellent candidates for feld A&M University with

Customer Product trials, as fuid loss to the formation dur- a Mechanical

Development group. ing cementing operations is an on-going Engineering degree.

Pleasants has 36 years’ issue. oil and gas industry

Chuck Pleasants is technology director for experience. He holds a BSME degree from

The company has also developed the Baker Hughes’ Wellbore Construction Texas A&M University Kingsville. He serves conventionally sized systems, includ- product line. He has held various manage- on the SPE 19LH task force to develop a ing 5-1/2in. x 9-5/8in. and 9-7/8in. x ment roles over his 16 year career at the liner hanger industry standard. 13-3/8in.

As government regulations and indus- try standards continue to evolve, a more intense focus will be placed on reduc- ing annular fow prior to, during, and after completion of primary cement jobs.

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The long string completion systems that contain a secondary mechanical pressure barrier, i.e., annular casing packer, above

GO DEEP the uppermost hydrocarbon zone should help to alleviate the concerns as outlined by BOEM/BSEE.

Basil Joseph is an engineering manager for Wellbore Integrity at Baker Hughes.

Joseph started his career in the in the automotive industry, simulating the macro dynamics of powertrain systems. He joined the oil and gas sector in 2006 as a project engineer. He holds a MSME [Master of Science in Mechanical engineering] from Michigan State

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University. holds 9,200 feet of 2-1/2" diameter Quantum-12 and lifts up to 90,000 pounds. holds 9,200 feet of 2-1/2" diameter Quantum-12 and lifts up to 90,000 pounds. holds 9,200 feet of 2-1/2" diameter Quantum-12 and lifts up to 90,000 pounds.

Mark Knebel is the product line manager of Wellbore Integrity and Specialty

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Hughes. He is

Samson high-performance winch lines go deeper than steel wire: responsible for the > 85% lighter than same > greater capacity in marketing and new size steel wire ultra-deep water product development of technologies for annular isolation, multilaterals, and > reduces deck weight > neutrally buoyant solid expandables. He has had a 30 year

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Texas A&M University.

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Ammar Munshi is a design engineer for on the Perdido Spar winch line project.

Baker Hughes. He works in new product development within the completions and ® production product lines, and has been

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