The Big Oil to Big Energy Transition
Geopolitical, sociological, and economic factors that shape the future of the energy sector Preface Current global energy consumption forecasts indicate that although renewables are set to expand by 50% between 2020 and 2025, they will not fully replace fossil fuels in our lifetimes. However, if recent geopolitical, economic, and sociological …
Past and the Future of Geosteering
Conventional geosteering becomes more complex, faster and requires more data in real-time. This puts an incredible amount of pressure on geosteerers as their decisions need to be taken in a shorter amount of time, need to be more precise and require from him/her analysis of a larger amount of data. …
Well Navigation Process: Application of Traffic Light Communication System and Target Changing Methods in Geosteering
For Part One of this article click HEREFor Part Two of this article click HERE Geosteerer – Directional Driller Duo For all geosteering approaches, what is precisely known is limited and sporadically located along the wellbore trajectory. When geosteering is required, there is no substitute for geologic and engineering knowledge …
Why Collaboration has a Higher Impact on Business Performance than Technology
For Part One of this article click HERE Why Collaboration Geosteering requires sophisticated technologies, access to relevant data (streamed real time data and model derived data) and most importantly, collaboration of geosteering team members. Whilst the first two components of geosteering have broadly been described, analysed in depth and their …
Introducing Geosteer Well On Paper™ A New Important Step in the Well Delivery Process
How the Planning Phase can Foreshadow Geosteering Failure The success of any geosteering process is determined at the planning stage. This article will present the most crucial aspects of well planning which directly impact the effectiveness and efficiency of the geosteering process while drilling. These critical matters, often overlooked or …