“No two wells drill the same.”

            – everyone in the exploration business

This adage is 100% true. Wells drilled in the same field, area, and even from the same pad can serve the drilling team a new plate of issues in each section of the hole drilled.  Making matters worse, complacency can set in rendering a long-forgotten drilling issue suddenly and violently unexpected.

What remains unfailing are the universal laws of physics and understanding how they manifest themselves in each unique drilling environment.

·         Geomechanical integrity

·         Fracture gradients versus pore pressure gradients

·         Control of drilling fluid hydrostatic pressure and chemistry

·         Downhole equipment selection and failure

·         Drilling dynamics

·         Pressure control

·         Effective surface operations, and

·         Prudent operating techniques

These are ever-present challenges.

Basic, universal solutions to these issues should constantly be employed on every wellbore construction project.  A proper basis of understanding and respect for these wellbore characteristics allows an engineering and operations team to work together to complete wellbore construction projects in even the most unique environments.  Then, the addition of careful offset research, local knowledge, and the leveraging of specialized service company expertise and projects are destined for efficient, repeatable success.

The team at Engineered Well Consulting (EWC) confidently approaches each new project with the above in mind.  Adherence to sound wellbore construction principles and time-tested operational practices continues to lend itself to positive outcomes.  While keeping these practices constantly in mind, experimentation and limit-pushing is then accomplished in successful, intelligent, and innovative ways.

Regardless of popular opinion otherwise, the most well-researched and designed wellbores have ZERO chance of success without proper supervision and implementation. Period.

The onsite supervisor is the first line of defense against the sudden issues that occur during a field operation. Recognizing the importance of a positive relationship between the engineer and the on-site supervisor relationship is a hallmark of EWC.  We employ only the most experienced and highly trained, out-of-the-box thinking, and extraordinarily trustworthy onsite supervisors. Furthermore, combined decades of relationships further promote respect and cooperation lending itself to the efficient execution of any operation. The reciprocity of respect and trust between engineering and supervision is of utmost importance and is facilitated by strong, constant communication skills. This subsequent cohesiveness between office and field operations sets EWC apart from its competition and is undoubtedly the key to success.

We firmly believe that projects CANNOT be executed neither safely or cost-effectively without strong wellsite leadership.

On each project, the ultimate goals are repeatable, producible, efficiently executed wellbores completed safely and under cost.  A hallmark of EWC teams is their recordable and repeatable success which demonstrates marked efficiency improvement and rapid learning curve gains from well to well.