ExxonMobil inks patent agreement with Pason Systems
ExxonMobil has awarded to Pason Systems, Inc. the first global license of its patented Drilling Advisory System, a key component of the company’s Fast Drill technology suite. The licensing agreement accelerates the technology’s commercialization by combining Pason’s expertise in drilling data and ExxonMobil’s experience in drilling surveillance and optimization. Fast Drill combines high-end modeling of drilling physics with structured well planning and design to identify limiters and maximize performance. ExxonMobil’s drilling rate has improved more than 80 percent
Fugro’s Seafloor Drill 2 Completes Site Investigation
;hands-on’ approach by the geotechnical drillers. An additional advantage was the ability to airfreight the SFD2 to Australia. Andrew Cooper, Fugro’s Seafloor Drill Project Manager, oversaw this milestone from Fugro’s vessel. “Our continued success with seafloor drill technology reflects the hard work and dedication of our operational staff,” he explained. “Demonstrating a commitment to our core values and QHSE principles set the tone early for this project and this continued into the overall experience for our client.” Ian Finnie, Fugro&rsquo
Baker Hughes, CGG, Sign RoqSCAN Drill Technology Agreement
. Baker Hughes explain that RoqSCAN is a real-time, fully portable, quantitative and automated rock properties and mineralogical analyzer. Developed by Robertson, a CGG company, and Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd., RoqSCAN delivers highly quantitative compositional and textural mineralogical data from drilling cuttings or core pieces, revealing the mineralogical DNA of the reservoir. This service can be provided at the wellsite during drilling operations, or later in core stores, field offices and laboratories. Baker Hughes will include RoqSCAN in its shale reservoir evaluation services as part of
February 2024
