Updated well planning, drilling engineering application
Sysdrill 2009 is an updated well planning and drilling engineering application. The 2009 version promises tighter integration, improved ease of use, and enhanced functionality.
This version allows drilling engineers to plan wells quickly, safely, and accurately to reduce drilling risk and uncertainty. Features include:
- Reduction of data entry time for engineering analyses.
- Advanced input/output interface for loading of third-party data.
- Result-driven analysis for quick identification of drilling problems.
- Incorporation of geological data for improved planning and visualization.
- Office style output for incorporation into the drilling program.
Source: Paradigm BV, Reimersbeek 2, 1082 AG Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
New telemetry platform
The new Orion II telemetry platform enables reliable communication with bottomhole assemblies whether drilling at high penetration rates or longer boreholes.
With Orion II, more quality data and higher resolution images can be transmitted, at greater depths, enabling better drilling decisions to be made in real time, the company notes.
The new generation telemetry platform combines new data compression technology housed in the measurement-while-drilling/logging-while-drilling tool with new surface and downhole sensors that modulate and demodulate signals and overcome interference from drilling and rig noise, even in harsh environments. Downlink commands are sent in real time while drilling without affecting delivery of measurement data to surface.
Source: Schlumberger, 5599 San Felipe, 17th Floor, Houston, TX 77056.
New tool helps eliminate chronic reamer problems
GaugePro XPR expandable reamer (left side of photo above) and GaugePro XPS expandable stabilizer help improve performance, reduce vibration, deliver hole quality, and increase tool reliability.
This hole-opening solution promises to eliminate chronic reamer problems. The reamer remains closed until triggered, opens on command, reams an in-gauge hole, and closes and comes out of the hole properly. With the pilot bit design synchronized to the expandable reamer in a fit-for-purpose drilling assembly, operators are achieving an exceptional downhole operating environment, the company says. The patented drop-ball method triggers an expandable reamer, eliminating premature triggering independent of weight on bit, flow, or bottomhole assembly pressure.
Source: Hughes Christensen, 9110 Grogan’s Mill Rd., The Woodlands, TX 77380.
