Optimized Wellbore Positioning Delivers Section 100% in the Pay Zone and Reduces Operational Time by 12 Days

The InSite ADR sensor together with the StrataSteer 3D service provided a fully compensated, multiple-depth resistivity measurement, real-time petrophysical evaluation and stratigraphic navigation solution in one package. A suite of LWD sensors run in conjunction with this service package enabled 24-hour real-time modelling by geosteering specialists who constantly evaluated and correlated all the information acquired to maintain the well on the right path and to help ensure the pre-established target was delivered. Having the ability to detect approaching bed boundaries 18 feet from the tool, the InSite ADR sensor enabled the operator make adjustments in real time to stay in the target zone and allowed for increased drilling speed. Geological uncertainties were reduced and drilling operations were optimized, delivering an improvement net pay. Sperry delivered the 1,934 meter (6,345 feet) section in only three days, 12 days ahead of schedule, with an average rate of penetration of 34.32 meters per hour. The total amount saved on this section alone was in the range of several hundred thousand USD. But the real value comes into play when you repeatedly drill wells ahead of schedule allowing more wells drilled per yearly budget, and get more wells on production earlier than estimated.