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     recent Articles

• J. Garner & B. Markus, WORLD OIL, January 2004, pp. 25-29
  " Controlling Sabotaged Oil Wells in a War Zone: Between Iraq and a Hard Spot"

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     Published Articles

Boots & Coots' personnel has published more technical papers on well control than any other well control company in the world.

  • Abel, L. W. and Shackelford, Don W. Comparison of Steady State and Transient Analysis DynamicKill Models for Prediction of Pumping Requirements - IADC/SPE Paper 35120.

  • Flak, L. H. "Case History of Recent Offshore Blowout", Offshore (Oct. 1995).

  • Flak, L. H. "Ultra Deepwater Blowouts - How Could One Happen!", Offshore (Jan. 1997).

  • Flak, L. H. and Brown, J. "Case History of Ultra Deep Disposal Well in Western Colorado". SPE 17222, SPE Drilling (March 1990).

  • Flak, L. H. and Goins W. C. "KUWAIT, The Blowouts are History", World Oil, (January 1992), pp 35-44.

  • Flak, L. H. and Goins W.C. "What it Will Take to Kill the Kuwaiti Blowouts", World Oil,
    (May 1991).

  • Flak, L. H. and Goins, W. C. Jr. "New Techniques, Equipment Improve Relief Well Success", World Oil (Jan. 1984).

  • Flak, L. H. and Grepinet, M. "Part 7 – "Shallow Gas Blowout", World Oil (June 1994),
    pp 99-103.

  • Flak, L. H. and Kelly, M. J., "Part 10 - Blowout Surface Intervention Methods, World Oil, November, 1994.

  • Flak, L. H. and Matthews, Coots, "Part 9 - Firefighting, World Oil, November, 1994.

  • Flak, L. H. and Tarr, B. "Part 6 - Underground Blowout": World Oil, (May 1994), pp 71-76.

  • Flak, L. H., "Reactant Plug Uses in Blowout Control", Oil & Gas Journal, April 17, 1995.

  • Flak, L. H., and Gloger, D. "Part 8 - HPHT Case History", World Oil (July 1994), pp 53-57.

  • Flak, L. H., Ghassan and Al-Qassab. "Case History: Relief Well Control of Underground Blowout in Bahrain".

  • Flak, L. H., Wright, J. W., and Ely, J. W. "Part I - Strategy and Planning - Blowout Control: Response, Intervention and Management Series ", World Oil (November 1993). pp 71-78.

  • Flak, L. H., Wright, J. W., and Tuppen, J. A: "Part 2 - Logistics", World Oil (December 1993), pp 55-61.

  • Flak, L. H.: "How Well Control Techniques were Refined in Kuwait, World Oil, (May 1992),
    pp 72-75.

  • Flak, L. H.: "Review of Deep Water Blowout Control Methods", IADC Deep Water Well Control  Conference", 15-16 September 1997, Adams Mark Hotel, Houston, TX.

  • Flak. L. H. and Goins, Jr., W. C. "New Relief Well Technology Is Improving Blowout Control"-  World Oil (Dec. 1983).

  • Reese, John, Hatteberg, Richard; and Partain, Larry. Managing a Blowout: A Case Study, Journal  of Petroleum Technology, July 2001.  view article

  • Salvato, S. J., and Flak L. H. "Part 3 - Blowout Insurance: Are You Covered?", World Oil (January  1994), pp 45-50.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Africa Relief Problem Determined Using Injection Data Analysis - IADC Well  Control Conference of the Americas - November 16, 1994.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Application of Helical Screw Rheometer for Rheological Measurements - Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology - May/June 1990, Vol. 29,
    No. 3.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Article for American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Petroleum Division,  Newsletter on Careers in Oil and Gas for Mechanical Engineers.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Instrument Skid Flexibility Improves Frac Job Data Acquisition - April 19, 1989,  Texas Tech University.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Real Time Fracturing Fluid Rheology Measurements With the Helical Screw  Rheometer - Oct 17, 1989, Lubbock, Texas.

  • Shackelford, Don W. Well Control Services Assist in Well Kill - Internal Global Technical Report for Halliburton Energy Services Distribution.

  • SPE 29859, presented at MEOS 1995.

  • Well Control Impacts on Deepwater Riser Margin, by Larry H. Flak, PE, Boots & Coots International  Well Control, Houston, TX.

  • Wright, J. W. and Flak, L. H., "Part 12 - Incident Management and Critical Alliances, World Oil, April 1995.

  • Wright, J. W. and Flak, L. H. "Part II - Relief Wells, World Oil, December 1994.


 
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