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Samir Zarrad, Schlumberger

 

The Directional Previous HitdrillingNext Hit and Previous HitLoggingNext Hit Previous HitwhileNext Hit Previous HitdrillingNext Hit business is today one of the fastest growing and changing business in the oil industry. This is obviously driven by the exploding number of Directional and Horizontal wells drilled. The number of Horizontal wells drilled in the US Land tripled in the last 3 years Previous HitwhileNext Hit the total number of wells is far from that rate.

     

Then the questions are why people are switching to horizontal Previous HitdrillingTop? What makes a Horizontal well successful from a reservoir and Formation evaluation perspective? What kind of techniques and technologies are put in place? Where is the industry heading?