Success in UAE: “Dubai Petroleum sets a new world record for the deepest 9-5/8” x 12 ¼” Directional Casing While Drilling”
After fast tracking exploration success into an early production opportunity, DPE recognised directional casing (and liner) drilling technology as enablers to optimising Dubai’s full field development of a thin oil rim within an interbedded steeply dipping reef build up.
The well-established regional (angular) unconformity associated with the overlying problematic shales, traditionally, presents significant problems when drilling at high inclinations.
