Objective
To develop a benthousing based on the so-called "HANDS" technology, which will make this piece of equipment remotely adjustable for the first time. Successful implementation will result in considerable cost savings to the oil and gas industry through improved drilling performance in terms of efficiency, bore hole quality and energy savings.
A second prototype has been manufactured in a machine shop, specialised in manufacturing of down hole drilling equipment, to guaranty its quality. This prototype has first been bench tested extensively and two drillling test have been executed. The first drilling test was limited in time as the well was dropping to fast due to ratty formation.
The second drilling test was executed quite successful and a well section has been drilled of over a thousand meter in a record speed. most of the test objectives were met. The slow sampling rig monitoring system which was used to monitor down hole adjustements which had no options to monitor pressure and flow trends.
Two more prototypes have been manufactured and an independent fast sampling data monitoring system had been ordered which shows flow and pressure trends and records the test data. A next down hole drilling test has been executed with one of the new prototypes. The test was reasonable successful but the adjusting mechanism showed down hole hampering, the cause of which could be traced down as being a far to high seal friction. Specially designed low friction seals will be used during the following tests.
A number of oil companies and some service companies are showing interest in the tool.
Newbergh Industries Limited ("Newbergh") has developed and patented a technology which will greatly enhance the steering currently being used in oil and gas field directional drilling. This technology, which is known under the acronym of "HANDS", which stands for hydraulic activated navigational drilling system, will be incorporated in a so-called benthousing, which will make this piece of equipment remote adjustable whilst drilling for the first time. Its implication will improve drilling performance in terms of speed as well as quality and will result in considerable cost savings for the oil companies and savings in energy to drill the bore holes. Consequent, the oil companies will have a strong incentive to apply this technology in their drilling operations and pay good money for it at the same time. For their drilling operations, oil companies almost exclusively make use of third parties, such as drilling contractors, service and supply companies. In the context of directionaldrilling, the main parties involved are the oil companies, the directional drilling service companies and equipment manufacturers. In principle the oil companies only deal with the service companies. In their turn the service companies purchase or lease equipment from manufacturers and rent this equipment plus their services to the oil companies.
With respect to "HANDS" remote adjustable benthousing Newbergh has selected, on basis of strategic and practical considerations, to take the position of equipment manufacturer, under its strategic plan and sell tools to the service companies. This scenario allows the service companies to also make a profit, while the biggest profit c.q. cost saving still remain with the ultimate customer, the oil company. A remote adjustable benthousing will only be slightly more expensive than the conventional surface adjustable. Economic break-even will already be achieved when a performance gain of 5% will be realised.
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