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Global Operations Record

Where We Drilled

A record of GDDS directional drilling operations across the world's most demanding basins and environments.

LocationService / ScopeDrilled With
Mongolia — Tamtsag / Tavantolgoi BasinIDS advisory: BHA design, hydraulics, torque & drag for 6 CBM horizontal wells (Jade Gas / MGR campaign 2024)IDS – DD oversight to Major Drilling Mongolia — Wildcat ExplorationACTIVE 06/2026
Norway — Barents Sea (Johan Castberg)Lead IDS advisor; 5 subsea templates; 20+ wells preplanned (Equinor)Halliburton Geo-Pilot / iCruise RSS; NOV IntelliServ wired drill pipe
Brazil — Campos Basin (pre-salt)BP deepwater pre-salt; 36″ surface-casing jetting; DLS <1.0°/30 m to +21,000 ft TD; zero NPTSchlumberger PowerDrive X5 RSS; Transocean DS-4
Canada & USA RockiesSenior DD; Montney, Cardium, Niobrara DJ Basin horizontals; +30% ROP (Noble Energy)Sperry Drilling / performance mud motors
Saudi Arabia — Eastern ProvinceSaudi Aramco ERD & horizontal wells (Qatif, Udhailiyah, Abqaiq, Berri, Khurais); Al Khobar RTOCRSS / mud motors; real-time operations
Kuwait — North Kuwait FieldDrilling optimization; 38% cut in horizontal well time (157 → 63 days), KOCMulti-vendor DD (HAL, SLB, WFT, BHI) — analysis & mentoring
Gulf of ThailandChevron offshore DD supervision (Benchamas, Tantawan, Erawan); 80% target-acquisition gainAdjustable gauge stabilizers; performance mud motors
IndonesiaTOTAL / ConocoPhillips / Chevron Geothermal; high-angle claystone & siltstone; 30% NPT reductionHalliburton Geo-Pilot RSS
Australia & PNG — NW ShelfWoodside / Apache / Oil Search; ERD wells, zero lost-in-hole (Thylacine, NW Shelf, Pluto, Juha-5)Wired roller-reamer RSS integration
Mexico — CantarellPEMEX BHA modeling for 100%-loss carbonates; 25% reduction in stuck-pipe; Ciudad del Carmen RTOCBHA modeling / RTOC support
North Sea, UKPremier Oil — Spaniards explorationSLB – Packed Rotary Performance Drilling
Canada — SAGD (Alberta)Dual-horizontal magnetic ranging; <50 m radius of curvature (Cenovus Foster Creek)Smith PathFinder magnetic ranging
34+
Years
60+
Locations
6
Continents
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