Joint Operations, Saudi Arabian Texaco-Kuwait Oil Co., used geosteering to drill two wells in the South Umm Gudair (SUG) field for the first time in 2004. Geosteering and horizontal well technology ...
Operators who seek to keep their horizontal wellbores within a specific formation turn to the science — and art — of geosteering. Jennifer Pallanich finds out how it works. Geosteering is the act of ...
With the recent advancements in directional drilling and the use of rotary-steerable systems, more deviated and horizontal wells are being drilled and evaluated around the world, especially in Saudi ...