Drilling

Wells are fundamental to recovering oil and gas. In the last century, new drilling technologies and techniques have extended the length wells can reach - from just a few metres to more than 10 kilometres. No longer does a well only go down vertically - now they are drilled horizontally, can turn corners and snake from one pocket of oil to another. They can even split, like the roots of a tree, into multiple wells.

Each reservoir used to require dedicated platforms and wells, which made the recovery of smaller deposits of oil and gas economically and environmentally unviable.  New platform designs and approaches to planning wells such as our ‘Drilling the Limit’ methodology have reduced the time it takes to drill wells, the energy used to drill them and the costs involved. With each advance in well design and drilling, more of these valuable deposits can now be accessed.