SLB, the global energy technology company, launched the new technology “OnWave” which is an autonomous logging platform which enables operation efficiency through providing more efficient and reliable evaluation measurements of a well’s formation at any condition.
The company said in a statement that this technology ‘is the first of its kind’ and it works without a wireline unit, and wireline cable, which are normally needed to lower tools into wells for data collection, maintenance, and intervention during oil and gas operations.
Interestingly, the new platform takes less half the time to deploy than the conventional wireline platforms. This new technology can also replace missions done manually by engineers at the surface, including borehole measurement acquisition and data quality checks.
SLB elaborated that the platform was successfully deployed in several site inducing in the U.S and the Middle East, noting that it reduced the landing time by 70% in South Texas thus far.
“The OnWave platform marks the beginning of a new era in formation evaluation,” said Frederik Majkut, president of Reservoir Performance, SLB. “By streamlining how we gather high-fidelity measurements downhole, we are opening up key opportunities for our customers to integrate data-driven decision making into their workflows across the well life cycle — from exploration to production and recovery.”
Recently, SLB also has launched a new imaging system under the name Retina™”. The system captures high-resolution borehole images right at the drill bit, offering precise formation characterization from the moment drilling begins. It works across all types of drilling fluids and improves safety and formation evaluation.
