Open AccessMicrodrill Initiative - Initial Market Evaluation
Author(s) -
Spears Associates
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/812112
Subject(s) - upgrade , benchmarking , efficient energy use , environmental economics , business , portfolio , incentive program , unit (ring theory) , operations management , architectural engineering , computer science , incentive , finance , engineering , marketing , mathematics education , mathematics , economics , microeconomics , electrical engineering , operating system
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is launching a major research and development initiative to create a small, fast, inexpensive and environmentally friendly rig for drilling 5000 feet boreholes to investigate potential oil and gas reservoirs. DOE wishes to get input from petroleum industry operators, service companies and equipment suppliers on the operation and application of this coiled-tubing-based drilling unit. To that end, DOE has asked Spears & Associates, Inc. (SAI) to prepare a special state-of-the-market report and assist during a DOE-sponsored project-scoping workshop in Albuquerque near the end of April 2003. The scope of the project is four-fold: (1) Evaluate the history, status and future of demand for very small bore-hole drilling; (2) Measure the market for coiled tubing drilling and describe the state-of-the-art; (3) Identify companies and individuals who should have an interest in micro drilling and invite them to the DOE workshop; and (4) Participate in 3 concurrent workshop sessions, record and evaluate participant comments and report workshop conclusions