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ULL & ERD Wells

Challenges & Solutions

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Speaker

Iain Hutchison

15 – 16 February 2017

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Who-is Iain Hutchison?

CEng & Fellow of IMechE

Merlin ERD President

25+ Year Drilling Engineer

– Conocophillips, Marathon, Shell, Apache, Unocal, Lloyds of

London, Woodside, BHP, K&M etc.

ULL & ERD independent expert

Spitfire & P51d Mustang pilot

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Todays Presentation

Achievements ULL & ERD

Differences

What are the limits?

– How to predict, then extend?

Critical success factors

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The Start

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What’s Possible

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The Start

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Progress

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Industry Achievements


Drainage Area

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18,000

Ft

35,000

Ft

40,000

Ft


Differences ULL & ERD

ERD : access reservoir

ULL : reservoir contact

ULL : sub-set of ERD

– Use ERD innovations

– Toe Contribution

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Hole Cleaning Regimes


Low Hanging Fruit (NPT)

Avoidance is better than cure


Limits

• Equipment• Lease Size• Completion• Production• Well Maintenance, P&A• Aspirations

BeliefConfidence

Engineering Modelling


Who are Merlin ERD?

Industry Leaders - independent ERD & ULL services

• Engineering studies

• Ops Preparedness & Training

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Making your: - problems smaller,- profits bigger

- lives easier

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Conclusion

Industry has

– Drilled beyond 44,000 ft

– Lateral beyond 36,000 ft

– Capability beyond 50,000 ft

Limited by dreams & aspirations

Each case on its merits

Simple not Easy!

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What’s Your Limit?

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