China

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 10 – PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Co. let a 2-year contract to Baker Hughes to supply services for ultradeep, high-pressure/high-temperature formations as well as shallow zones.

The agreement also includes provisions for joint development of solutions specifically designed to address the challenges in the Tarim basin in Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region. PetroChina will fund any joint development.

Baker Hughes will provide directional and vertical drilling systems, formation evaluation services, completion systems, and artificial lift technology for wells drilled into foothills formations deeper than 24,600 ft at greater than 20,000 psi pressures and 320° F. bottomhole temperatures. Electric submersible pumps will be employed to dewater gas-condensate wells.