Reduced Drilling Time

Cut 60 Days Per Well

Case study: Oil Company Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC (SMNG)
drills Sakhalin wells up to 63% faster using rotary steerable systems

Challenge Improve drilling performance

Reduce time required to drill
extended-reach wells from the
Odoptu-morye south pad.
Solution
Improve drilling efficiency using
PowerDrive* rotary steerable
systems and the PERFORM*
Performance Through Risk
Management Process.
Results
Cut drilling time per well by 60
days—from 95 days to 35 days.
Drilled well sections up to 2,749 m
long in 1 run. Significantly reduced
drilling risk.
Oil Company Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC and Schlumberger began in 2003
to drill extended reach wells from the Odoptu-morye south pad on Sakhalin. Their
teamwork paid dividends on wells 205 and 215, which were drilled in 83 and 95 days,
respectively, using conventional mud motors—a marked improvement on previous wells.
However, drilling with conventional motors, presented a number of challenges. They
included insufficient weight transfer to the bit, excessive reactive torque, orienting
the toolface, and poor hole cleaning. Wellbore stability was also a challenge.
Reduce drilling risk
The team met those challenges with PowerDrive rotary steerable systems and
the PERFORM Performance Through Risk Management Process. A specially trained
PERFORM engineer, working with SMNG geologists, used data from offset wells to
prepare a drill map. Updating this data with real-time MWD and LWD measurements
enabled the team to anticipate and mitigate wellbore instability and other drilling risks.
Well 216—the first in which PowerDrive systems were used—was drilled in just
65 days—30 days less than drilling the previous well with a motor had required.
The team continued to improve drilling performance on subsequent wells.

“Our teamwork dramatically

increased the technical and
economical efficiency of
drilling. The introduction
of PowerDrive technology
significantly increased ROP.
Use of the PERFORM process
to analyze technological
risks allowed us to eliminate
complications in drilling.”

V.I. Kaidalov
Head of Drilling Department of PowerDrive systems, the PERFORM process, and teamwork enabled Oil Company Rosneft-
Oil Company Rosneft- Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC to drill Sakhalin extended-reach wells up to 63% faster.
Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC

Drilling
Case study: Oil Company Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC (SMNG)
drills Sakhalin wells up to 63% faster using rotary steerable systems

Cut drilling time “Our teamwork dramatically

Drilling time per well was reduced to no increased technical and eco-
more than 35 days, and even long sections
nomical efficiency of drilling.
were drilled in a single run. The 2,747-m
long 81⁄2-in section of Well 227 and the
The introduction of PowerDrive
2,749-m long 81⁄2-in section of Well 229 were technology significantly
each drilled in 1 PowerDrive run. On all increased ROP. Use of the
the wells, PERFORM engineers optimized
PERFORM process to analyze
drilling performance and minimized drilling
risks by monitoring drilling parameters, technological risks allowed
MWD and LWD data, and cuttings. us to eliminate complications
PowerDrive systems, the PERFORM
in drilling.”
process, and teamwork enabled SMNG to
Sea of Okhotsk
cut drilling time per well by 60 days—
Pacific Ocean V.I. Kaidalov
reducing it from 95 days to 35 days or less,
a 63% improvement.
Head of Drilling Department of
Oil Company Rosneft-
Tartar Visit www.slb.com/casestudies for additional Sakhalinmorneftegaz Public JSC
Strait Sakhalin case studies.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Use of PowerDrive systems to drill extended-

reach wells from the Odoptu-morye south pad
cut drilling time per well by 60 days.

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06-DR-186 September 2006

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