Schlumberger Releases New Ultrahigh-Temperature Drilling Technologies
TeleScope ICE MWD service and PowerDrive ICE RSS improve well placement and drilling performance in extreme downhole environments Schlumberger announced today the launch of TeleScope ICE* ultrahigh-temperature measurements-while-drilling service and PowerDrive ICE* ultrahigh-temperature rotary steerable system (RSS). These new technologies enable standard drilling operations in reservoirs with extreme temperatures, expanding …
Schlumberger Introduces Industry-First Reservoir Mapping-While-Drilling Service
GeoSphere provides a unique reservoir mapping service around the wellbore to enhance field development strategies and to improve production Schlumberger announced today the introduction of the GeoSphere* reservoir mapping-while-drilling service. The new technology reveals features in subsurface beddings and fluid contacts at the reservoir scale to optimize well landing operations, …
RPI: Horizontal Drilling in Russia
Horizontal drilling increased by 80% in both KMAD and East Siberia between 2007-2012. The contribution to incremental drilling was roughly the same in both regions. As a result, horizontal drilling is rising at a steady pace in Russia due to both the development of new fields in greenfield oil producing …
Technology Roundtable: MWD, Measurement While Drilling
How does a MWD system improving drilling efficiencies and formation understanding? Baker Hughes: First of all, let’s go back to industry adopted classification of telemetry systems – MWD (measuring while drilling) and LWD (logging while drilling) systems: MWD systems provide directional survey data (well path), bottom hole temperature, pressure, …
Schlumberger Releases Slimhole Measurement-While-Drilling Service
DigiScope service transmits high-quality data for real-time decision-making in land, extended-reach and deepwater wells Schlumberger today introduced the DigiScope* slimhole measurement-while-drilling (MWD) service. The robust signal of the DigiScope slimhole MWD technology transmits high-quality data to surface for real-time reservoir description and geosteering in land, extended-reach and deepwater wells. “The …
New Non-Metallic Hardbanding Improves Wear Resistance In Non-Mag Applications
Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries has just introduced a new non-magnetic hardband which is said to dramatically improve wear resistance. The new hardband, called Ultraband™ NM, can provide up to 500% improved wear resistance over ordinary non-magnetic welding alloys such as 310 stainless steel. Additionally, it can provide up to …