BP
awards Halliburton two-year underbalanced drilling contract extension
Posted: 15 March 2004
BP Sharjah has extended by two years an existing contract for Halliburton's
Energy Services Group to provide underbalanced drilling (UBD) services
in BP's Sajaa Field in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The extended
contract capitalizes on the safe and dependable application of underbalanced
services already provided by Halliburton. BP recently completed
its 10th well in a very successful application of underbalanced
drilling in the Sajaa field.
A consortium is providing services for the BP project where Halliburton
is facilitating the underbalanced portion with its advanced Four
Phase Separation System, a key component in the delivery of the
Halliburton Underbalanced Applications service. Using Halliburton's
technology, well stream fluid returns are processed to optimize
use and conform to stringent environmental requirements. Hydrocarbon
recovery entails the compression and re-injection of gas and the
pumping of condensate into the production line. Solids and produced
water, once confirmed environmentally compatible, are disposed of
to dedicated land farms.
On the project, Halliburton is also using its SCAN 3 and INSITE
Data Acquisition and Management System, which gathers and processes
data from all sources and presents them in a common format throughout
the onsite SCAN network system.
Randy Pruitt, BP Sharjah Oil Company's drilling manager, said:
"BP greatly appreciates Halliburton for the effort in the Sharjah
UB CTD program, which has helped BP Sharjah reach the five million
man-hours and five years without a DAFWC lost-time incident."
"We are excited by the success BP is enjoying in Sharjah and
are pleased that underbalanced drilling technology is enabling them
to outperform benchmark production values in the field," said
Gary Godwin, division vice president, Tools, Testing & Tubing
Conveyed Perforating product service line, Halliburton.
"Our UBA team has proactively supported a successful safety
program led and committed to by BP, and we have been recognized
for our leading role. We are also pleased with the opportunity to
provide our reservoir-focused approach as the project moves from
an initial prototype investigation to a longer term project. As
the industry recognizes the value of this reservoir performance-centered
approach, Halliburton looks forward to providing UBA services to
a wider array of reservoirs such as fractured carbonates, reverse
condensate drives, lower pressure maturing fields, and others."
Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers
of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries.
The company serves its customers with a broad range of products
and services through its Energy Services and Engineering and Construction
Groups.
For more information see www.halliburton.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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