Representative End User Clients
Representative Automation Clients
Representative Software Clients
Halliburton Releases Intelligent Rotary Steerable System
Halliburton Company has released the iCruise Intelligent Rotary Steerable System (RSS), a technology that reportedly delivers faster drilling, accurate steering and longer laterals.
Today, operators need to efficiently and reliably drill longer laterals faster, which requires a drilling system that can steer accurately through high-angle wellbores in one run and achieve target depth on time and on budget. According to Halliburton, the iCruise system provides the highest mechanical specifications available with 400 RPM and up to 18 degrees/100 ft dogleg capabilities to drill fast and with greater accuracy.
The iCruise modular design can be configured to drill a long lateral or to increase accuracy in formations where well trajectory changes rapidly. Steerability and cutting efficiency can be further improved by matching the new Halliburton GeoTech (GTi) drill bit with the iCruise system.
Operators have deployed the iCruise system in multiple basins around the world including in North America and the Middle East. In North America, iCruise helped an operator drill more than one mile in a complex reservoir while geosteering through a 30-ft productive zone. The system maintained the wellbore 100% in the reservoir reducing time and maximizing recovery.
Halliburton Introduces Advanced Wireline Logging Sensor
Halliburton Company also released the Xaminer Magnetic Resonance (XMR) Service, a high pressure rated (35,000 psi) downhole sensor that provides comprehensive nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to improve reservoir insight. According to the company, the XMR service is the most advanced sensor that delivers more detailed formation data including 2D and 3D fluid characterization, carbonate pore-size classification, unconventional analysis and permeability.
The service can acquire approximately eight times more data with less than half the power of traditional sensors. It also can be deployed in nearly every openhole logging environment. XMR helps reduce an operator’s capital expenditures by eliminating the need for multiple sensors.
XMR acquires reservoir information in a single pass to increase reliability and improve data quality. One of the significant advantages of the sensor is its ability to log up and down a well. Operators can retrieve multiple logging passes in one trip which is critical in poor hole conditions. The data fits seamlessly into advanced integrated analysis platforms, such as ShaleXpert, TurbiditeXpert, CarbondateXpert and TightGasXpert services.
Operators evaluating carbonate reservoirs for bypassed oil often observe unrecoverable reserves. An operator in west Texas used the XMR service to evaluate and confirm the presence of unrecoverable oil and avoided lost rig time trying to produce it. The data also validated reservoir zones that only produce saline water preventing costly production testing of these non-productive zones.