Shell GTL Drilling Fluids

Title: Shell GTL Neoflo 4633: Uinta Basin Testimonial

Duration: 3:28 minutes

Description:

Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 is a synthetic drilling base fluid with significant advantages over diesel-based drilling fluid. Hear about the product benefits and direct experiences with the drilling fluid directly from our customers with great views of drilling operations in the Uinta Basin.

Shell GTL Neoflo 4633: Uinta Basin Testimonial Transcript

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Workers are looking up at the crown at the top of the mast

The sun rises and various scenes of the rig are shown

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GTL Fluids Commercial Manager, Shell

Mohamad Kabbani

Oil and natural gas play a significant role in delivering the energy that the world needs. Today if we take the United States only we are talking about hundreds of on-shore drilling activities that are meant to extract these resources. These activities need drilling fluids for lubrication, cutting extraction, and more. The common industry practice has been to use diesel-based drilling fluids, however today there is a better synthetic alternative with Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 that delivers improved performance outcomes and better properties.

P2 Introduction

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An overhead drone shot appears showing an onshore oil rig in a desert in full sunlight

Workers walk around the site

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Business Manager, P2 Energy Services

Jared Skotek

Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 is the synthetic paraffin that Shell manufactures that we use in drilling fluids in U.S. on-shore drilling operations

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An overhead drone shot appears showing an oil rig with some clouds in the sky

A worker pours a sample into a funnel

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VP Strategy and Innovation, P2 Energy Services

Erik Skoy

As the oil and gas industry evolves and considers cleaner options for drilling activities, Shell is a great partner to deal with. It’s great to work with a partner who has a breadth of offerings that we can provide to our customers. So we are able to speak with them from a technical and supply chain perspective to execute on our customer’s needs.

XCL Introduction and Testimonial

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An ariel view is shown from the distance of the snowy desert, getting closer to the oil rig

The oil rig is shown from a ground view with mountains in the background

Two workers walk towards the drilling platform

Three workers observe the perimeter of the operation

Mud drippings come down from shakers into a pit

A loader puts cutting extractions into a dump truck, the truck drives off site

Various scenes of workers along the perimeter

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Director of Drilling, XCL Resources

Taylor Jeski

XCL’s operations based out of Roosevelt Utah. We are the number 1 oil producer in the state of Utah. When P2 came to us with the product we were intrigued. For one we were looking for an edge in the basin. We thought that there was something with the Neoflo that would give us a competitive advantage. Everything that we do is a check and balance. You can run what they call Cadillac mud, but you don’t have to and it all comes down to a price point. The thing with Neoflo and Diesel right is the cost difference. Where we see the benefit is reduced time with drilling. We see a cleaner mud that has helped us with getting our production casing to bottom. We also love the environmental aspect that it has. You don’t have that exposure to the aromatics from the diesel that you do using the Neoflo. It’s a better work environment for those guys out there on the well. My dad has been in the industry a little over 30 years, my brother is the in the industry. They’re both out on the rig site all the time talking to the guys. Everyone wants to be a part of the team at XCL.

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The on-site manager at XCL Resources speaks in front of the oil rig

He appears again with another worker on the pits of the operation

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XCL Resources On-Site Manager

You don’t have any irritation whatsoever with the Neoflo. You can’t smell anything, actually, when you go up on the pits compared to a diesel based mud system.

P2 Testimonial

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A closer up drone overhead shows the pits of the operation, scene flashes to workers walking

Various side drone shots show the rig in bright light and cloudy light, the crown is shown in focus and areas of the oil rig floor

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Business Manager, P2 Energy Services

Jared Skotek

Neoflo 4633 create solutions for the drilling operators, but it’s also changing the dynamic of U.S. on-shore drilling. So if you look at Neoflo vs. diesel, Neoflo is cleaner than diesel. We are also improving the cost structure of the operator using the fluid.

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VP Strategy and Innovation, P2 Energy Services

Erik Skoy

It enables higher ROP, which is rate of penetration. Lower non-productive time, or NPT and is substantially better for the environment from an aromatic and BTEX perspective than using diesel.

Conclusion

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Flags on the side of the operation wave in the wind, transitions to oil rig views with the sun low in the sky

Cuttings drip down from the shakers into a pit

Various side drone shots show the rig in bright light and cloudy light, the crown is shown in focus and areas of the oil rig floor

[Title]

Director of Drilling, XCL Resources

Taylor Jeski

If the application fits your basin whether from an efficiency standpoint or you have to use a synthetic due to state regulations than I would absolutely suggest Neoflo. Absolutely it would be a recommendation from me. We could show the results that were seeing from using Neoflo.

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Shell International Limited 2024

Title: Shell GTL Neoflo 4633

Duration: 3:19 minutes

Description:

Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 is an alternative drilling fluid to diesel-based drilling fluids that enables faster drilling with less non-productive time.

{Shell GTL Neoflo 4633} Transcript

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{A silhouette of a land-based drilling rig with a clock in front of it. The hands of the clock move quickly.}

Do you want to drill faster?

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Do you want to improve worker wellbeing?

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Are you interested in products with better environmental properties?

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Diesel or straight-run gas oil drilling fluids may mean uncomfortable working conditions with eye and skin irritation,...

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...odor complaints,...

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...and cutting disposal difficulties.

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{Did you know?}

Did you know… 

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...there is now an alternative that enables faster drilling...

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...with less non-productive time?

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We have pioneered technologies that transform natural gas into high-performance synthetic liquids known as gas-to-liquids or GTL fluids.

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{Shell GTL Neoflo 4633}

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The result is Shell GTL Neoflo 4633,... 

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{innovative, non-toxic, synthetic}

...an innovative, non-toxic, synthetic drilling base fluid with significant advantages over alternative diesel-based drilling fluid.

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These benefits include a 10 to 15 % faster rate of penetration from…

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{10 to 15 % faster}

...better equivalent circulating density,…

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{better circulating density}

...increased hole-cleaning efficiency...

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{increased hole-cleaning efficiency}

...and lower mechanical specific energy.

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{lower mechanical specific energy} 

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Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 is also better for workers and neighbors’ health, safety and wellbeing,…

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...with a high flash point,…

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{low odor, low sulfur, low aromatics}

...low odor, and low amounts of sulfur and aromatics.

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It does not contain known carcinogens such as poly-aromatic hydrocarbons and BTEX.

{Two drill heads side-by-side with red lines and circulating arrows. The left one is labeled 'Shell GTL Neoflo 4633' and has small cuttings. The right-hand one is labeled 'diesel drilling fluid' and has smaller cuttings that grow darker. The arrows on the right move more slowly over time.}

The aromatics in diesel promote the breakdown of drilled cuttings into fines that build up, increasing the mud thickness and slowing the rate of penetration compared with Shell GTL Neoflo 4633.

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Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 also reduces non-productive time through improved mud control and fewer mud motor failures,… and enables faster casing runs. These efficiency improvements lead to...

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{2.4 days}

...2.4 days less rig time per 10,000 feet of lateral drilled*.

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{*Based on data from 10 GTL and 30 diesel wells}

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You can drill...

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{27% longer}

...27% longer laterals for the same volume of base fluid.

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{Together, these savings may reduce costs by $100,572 per well compared with diesel-based drilling fluid*.}

{*Data from multiple field trials and based on a 10,000-ft lateral, US$50,000/d rig operation (including peripherals) and GTL fluid (Neoflo 4633) at US$23/bbl more than diesel. The savings are specific to the calculation date and site. These calculations may vary from site to site and from time to time, depending on, for example, the application, the operating conditions and current drilling fluid being used.}

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Shell GTL Neoflo 4633 product attributes result in environmental benefits, too, as the fluid has excellent...

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...bioremediation potential, low ecotoxicity, and is classified as...

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{readily biodegradable}

...readily biodegradable.

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GTL drilling fluids are available globally, where you need them, through our network of regional hubs and trusted distributors. 

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Here is what some of our US customers are saying:

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{“Faster drilling and faster casing speeds.”}

{“Saves drilling costs even with the increased unit cost.”}

{“Fewer drilling waste trucks.”}

{“Fewer rig hand comments about odor and skin irritation.”}

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{Contact us online today and unlock your operations potential.}

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