MPD Drilling Technology

MPD is an adaptive drilling process used to precisely control the annular pressure profile throughout the wellbore. The objectives a... Continue article here

MPD Drilling Technology Drivers

The ORS MPD technology is a technology that caters for all phases of drilling and well construction and can be used throughout the l... Continue article here

Control and Automation

Control of pressures in underground is fundamental to the upstream oil and gas industry. Introducing new and more sophisticated proc... Continue article here

MPD Drilling Technology Drivers
06. May 2009

The ORS MPD technology is a technology that caters for all phases of drilling and well construction and can be used throughout the life of the field, from exploration drilling to P&A.

The main driver for MPD technology today in subsea field development, is being able to drill through formations which will cause excessive time, cost and risk with conventional methods. The root cause for this and the increasing need to find effective solutions to the problem on the continental shelf, is pressure depletion due to production. This causes the drilling window (the difference between formation pressure and the formation fracture pressure) to decrease. New and more effective methods are needed in order to maintain and increase the production potential from fields.

In deeper waters new and more effective solutions are required in order to manage the annular pressure profile in the wellbore in order to mitigate the smaller and naturally occurring drilling window in more shallow (closer to sebed ) formations. Further, drilling through salt and in geo-pressured regimes requires faster, more accurate and flexible methods for management of the annular pressure profile. The main driver in deep waters is often the staggering high well costs with conventional drilling methods.

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