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SLB launched Retina at-bit imaging, which enables early identification of formation characteristics to optimize drilling efficiency, formation evaluation and safety. Retina provides precise measurements at the point of first contact between the drill bit and the formation, providing image clarity in large hole sizes as drilling commences and the borehole diameter reduces progressively toward the reservoir section.Retina addresses the limitations of traditional imagers, which are often restricted by operational factors like drilling fluid type and wellbore damage and often not usable in the reservoir access intervals due to borehole size limitations. Applicable to drilling operations using any drilling fluid composition,

Halliburton launched its EarthStar 3DX horizontal look-ahead resistivity service, which provides operators with geological insights into horizontal wells up to 50 ft before penetration by the bit. The real-time data allows operators to identify hazards and make informed decisions.With its ultra-deep resistivity sensor, the EarthStar 3DX look-ahead service enables earlier formation detection. Unlike conventional mapping technology, EarthStar 3DX service helps operators anticipate formation changes, optimize reservoir contact and hydrocarbon recovery and reduce premature exits and unnecessary corrections. Early intervention mitigates wellbore instability challenges and facilitates safe and efficient operations for customers.（2025-05-19）

SLB launched Electris, a portfolio of digitally enabled electric well completions technologies that boost production and recovery while reducing the total cost of ownership of an asset.Electris completions digitalize control of the entire productive area of the wellbore, providing real-time production intelligence across the reservoir. This enables operators to predict, adapt and act with confidence in response to dynamic production conditions, improving reservoir management over the life of the well and accessing reserves that conventional systems leave behind.“Electris completions take reservoir management to the next level — making it possible for operators to get more out of their assets with

At the 2024 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, Oil States International showcased its newly released ACTIVELatch technology, which the company says is the industry’s first battery-operated wireless latch. The tool allows operators to make and break wireline connections to the well wirelessly via OilStates’ ACTIVEHub communication and control system without the need for cables or hydraulics, removing personnel from the redzone for increased wellsite safety. In this video interview with DC taken from the floor of the conference on 7 February, Patrick McKeever, Business Development Manager at Oil States, spoke about the tool and the value

In order to drill the deeper and hotter wells often seen in geothermal and high-pressure, high-temperature oil and gas applications, drillers must properly manage temperatures at the bottomhole assembly (BHA). Not only will proper temperature management ensure the survival of downhole electronic tools, it can also help improve drilling performance, said Alex Vetsak, Well Construction Advisor at Eavor Technologies. In this video interview with DC from the IADC Drilling Engineers Committee (DEC) Q4 2023 Tech Forum on 1 November, Mr Vetsak discussed Eavor’s insulated drill pipe, which was designed to minimize heat transfer from the annulus. Mr Vetsak explained how

Expro has secured a contract with a major operator for the first deployment of its single shear and seal high-debris 15K ball valve assembly.The multifunctional single shear and seal mechanism will form part of a full subsea deepwater completion/intervention system being designed by Expro for a deepwater subsea field at about 6,600 ft (2,000 m) in the Gulf of Mexico.The mechanism is designed to answer the customer’s requirement for a versatile, single-valve subsea solution rather than the conventional double-valve system, while offering the reassurance of risk reduction through an additional safety barrier.The three-year contract for the in-riser system is valued