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Geo-Pilot® System Delivers Early “First Oil” While Reducing Operational Costs
An operator of the offshore Maari Field in New Zealand required an optimized drilling solution for precise wellbore placement that would bring production on stream quickly and cost-effectively
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Nov 2009
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FlexRite® Multilateral System Delivers Increased Reservoir Exposure with Reduced Capital and Operational Expenditures
Apache Energy Ltd. in Western Australia wanted to increase reservoir exposure in an environmentally sensitive field while keeping the development footprint and disturbance to the seabed minimal.
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Nov 2009
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A Real-Time, Collaborative Environment to “Model, Measure and Optimize" Saves Petroamazonas Time and Doubles Production (Ecuador)
Petroamazonas wanted to
position a well in the cleanest, most permeable portion of the
reservoir and maximize reservoir contact by remaining in the
“sweet spot” of the targeted sands.
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Oct 2009
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HPHT Drilling Solution Helps Increase ROP by 33% in UK North Sea
OPERATOR’S CHALLENGE – A major international
operator challenged Sperry to deliver faster rates of penetration
while drilling a high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) hard
chalk sequence in its North Sea field. ereaer, the challenge was
to log the res
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Oct 2009
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Geo-Pilot® XL System for Soft Formations Saves Operator Three Days of Rig Time and Helps Increase Production by Over 47%
Deliver a fishbone well with an open-hole sidetrack for increased oil roduction in a very soft formation.
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Sep 2009
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Sperry Delivers Vertical Well with Rotary Steerable and Saves Pemex US$ 1.4 Million
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) needed to drill a vertical exploratory well to define the boundary of the offshore Kayab field. Maintaining verticality would pose a significant challenge, as the formation presented a high tendency to cause deviation while dril
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Jul 2009
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Sperry Delivers Challenging Triplex Well with Geo-Pilot® Rotary Steerable System
With not enough slots left on the offshore platform, an operator in Nigeria required a triplex well, a wellhead requiring three wells drilled from one slot, to be drilled for the first time.
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Jul 2009
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Geo-Pilot® XL System and StrataSteer® 3D Geosteering Service Help Save US$ 812,000 in a Thin Sand Reservoir (Malaysia)
Newfield Peninsula Malaysia Inc. required optimized wellbore placement in a 4 meter (13 feet) thick complex sand reservoir to help ensure maximum reservoir drainage.
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Jun 2009
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Geo-Pilot® GXT System Improves ROP by 30% and Reduces Drilling Time in Hard Limestone Formation
The operator of an Australian oil field required a solution to reduce destructive vibration and improve rates of penetration (ROP) while drilling a troublesome hard limestone and chert formation.
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Jun 2009
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Petrobras Drills Mexilhão Well in Record Time
High downhole vibration due to drilling
through hard sandstone formations in
the deepwater Mexilhão gas field
caused other contractors repeated
failures in drilling tools, creating
unacceptable NPT.
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Jun 2009
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