High Temperature

Drilling Operations

High Temperature Drilling Operations

Schlumberger is the most experienced HT service provider in the world. With a suite
of best-in-class technologies, procedures, and HT-certified engineers, we provide
DD/MLWD, turbodrills, hydraulic jars, and drilling fluids for HT environments.
Our drilling services have successful track records for HT applications, and our field
engineers and maintenance personnel are fully HT certified. Before and after each
job, maintenance personnel perform rigorous maintenance on our tools using the HT
Drilling Maintenance Procedures to ensure optimal performance. Field personnel
conduct operations according to stringent HT Drilling Operations Procedures.
An Industry Challenge

High temperatures can cause severe damage to downhole tool components,

which include sensors for direction and inclination, gamma ray, annular
pressure while drilling, complex LWD measurements, elastomer dynamic
seals, lithium batteries, and electronic components and the boards on which
they are mounted.
Currently, two types of high-temperature electronic components are available
plastic-encapsulated and ceramic-encapsulated, both of which are mounted
on plastic boards. The reliability of a system composed of plastic boards will
always be linked to the plastic component.
Industry and research studies show that plastic-encapsulated components
have a life expectancy of approximately 1,000 hours at 150 degC [300 degF],
which drops to 100 hours at 175 degC [350 degF]. Ceramic-encapsulated
components, designed for the US military, last longerat 175 degC [350 degF]
but they are bigger and heavier than their plastic counterparts. Since space
is restricted in the tools, the best solution is a mix of both ceramic and
plastic components.
To find an electronic solution to this industry-wide problem, Schlumberger made
a large investment in the last 8 years in developing electronic components that
would withstand high downhole temperatures. Employing the knowledge and
experience of its experts in research, engineering, and field applications,
Schlumberger developed its proprietary ceramic electronics technology, which
is now incorporated in an MWD service and an RSS that is capable of operating
in HT environments up to 200 degC [400 degF]. Field testing is in progress to
ensure the technology meets our customers high expectations for reliability.

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Electronic Components

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It is becoming more difficult to purchase

HT electronic components because
the US military has stopped requiring
ceramic-encapsulated components, and
the demand for them in the in the oil field
is low. As a result, electronics providers
have less incentive to manufacture them.

You can rely on Schlumberger

HT expertise and technology
wherever you drill. Our
certified personnel, full
range of services, and
rigorous maintenance can
help you minimize risk and
maximize results.

SchlumbergerA Culture of Reliability

Schlumberger has provided HT solutions for operators around the world

since the 1970s, and HT drilling solutions for 2 decades. We were early
developers in the 1990s with the delivery of a full triple-combo (gamma
ray, resistivity, density neutron) suite of MLWD technologies capable
of operating in environments up to 175 degC [350 degF]. In 2003, the
US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US National Energy Technology
Laboratory joined with Schlumberger to develop an MWD tool capable
of drilling in environments up to 200 degC [400 degF]. The tool, now
being field tested by Schlumberger, benefited from this early trial.
Schlumberger is the most experienced HT provider, with a wealth of
experience in maximizing tool reliability at high temperatures. The
lessons we learned in pioneering wireline ceramic-encapsulated
electronic technology and developing HT artificial lift pumping technology
have been used to develop reliable sensors and elastomers for HT drilling
operations. Many of our MLWD services are powered by downhole
turbodrills rather than by lithium batteriesa huge advantage in high
temperature environmentsbecause batteries often rupture with
prolonged exposure to high temperatures.
Our tools are designed to optimize heat dissipation, while generating
as little heat as possible themselves. M-I SWACO HT drilling fluid
systems maintain the coolest possible pumping conditions for downhole
tools. And our BHAs also benefit from complementary Smith Services
offeringsHydra-Jar AP hydraulic jars and Neyrfor Turbodrills.

Preparation and PlanningThe Keys to Successful

HT Operations

All Schlumberger HT field engineers and HT maintenance technicians

are certified through a comprehensive training and examination process.
Our HT operations are planned and executed according to stringent
procedures, and to ensure optimal performance, our tools undergo
rigorous maintenance before and after each HT jobusing our HT Drilling
Maintenance Procedures.
The HT Drilling Maintenance Procedures bring together the best practices
from Schlumberger maintenance facilities throughout the world, which
have been involved in preparing tools for HT operations for many years.
We also have an HT global help desk dedicated to assisting operations,
regularly updating our HT procedures, and answering HT queries from all
over the world.

Continuous
HT Reliability
Improvements
HT Operations
Certification &
Procedures

HT Maintenance
Certification &
Procedures
Schlumberger
HT Drilling
Offering

Worldwide Experience
North Sea

Canada

Europe
Algeria &
Northwest
Africa

United States
North
Gulf Coast

Mexico

Venezuela,
Trinidad & Tobago,
and Guiana

Peru, Colombia,
& Ecuador

Tunisia
& Libya

Saudi
Arabia
Egypt &
Jordan
Oman

Nigeria,
Cameroon, &
Gulf of Guinea
Angola &
West Africa

Brazil

China
India

Thailand, Brunei,
Myanmar, Vietnam,
& Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia

Schlumberger is familiar with the unique service requirements for each

region where HT wells are drilled.
North America

Growth of DD/MLWD
High Temperature Drilling
Operations Worldwide
2005
2010
10,000

The US has the worlds most intensive and extensive HT drilling. In the
Haynesville shale play alone, hundreds of HT wells are drilled each
year. These operations have tight budgets and require reliable HT
service. Our HT expertise and our family of HT servicesincluding
PowerPak HT steerable motors, PowerDrive X6 HT rotary steerable
systems, and the SlimPulse HT retrievable MWD serviceoffer a
best-in-class solution for such operations. PathFinder provides
Schlumberger HT drilling services in North America.

In the North Sea, where rig costs are high and wells are complex,
HT drilling demands advanced technology. In that environment,
technology such as PowerDrive X6 HT rotary steerable systems and
the EcoScope HT multifunction LWD service make us the provider
of choice. Even in the most adverse HT conditions, the EcoScope HT
service delivers the most advanced LWD answers available to the oil
and gas industry.

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The second most active region for HT drillingafter the USis

China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Gulf of Thailand. Although HT
challenges vary greatly from country to country, our unique geographical
presence in this area and our wide range of HT services enable us to
meet those challenges. In China, for example, the StethoScope HT
formation pressure-while-drilling service performed nine pretests
during 5 hours of operation in a complex reservoir with a temperature
of 170 degC [340 degF].

Proven, High Temperature Operating Envelopes

y-Resistivity

Neutron
ON,

Pak Motors

eleScope MWD

coScope

Service

Max. Operating Temperature

Tool

Turbodrill

825 Collar

675 Collar

475 Collar

Neyrfor Turbodrill
PowerPak HT

Motor

PowerPak ERT HT
PowerDrive X6 HT

RSS

PowerV HT
PowerDrive vorteX HT

MWD

TeleScope HT

MWD-GR

SlimPulse HT

MWD-GR-Res

ImPulse HT

400APWD
degF

VPWD HT200 degC

400 degF

200 degC

350GR-Res-APWD
degF

arcVISION175
HTdegC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC

Dens-Neut

adnVISION HT

150 degC

300 degF

Sonic
Sonic

100

sonicVISION HT

200
300
400
Pumping hoursSonicScope HT

Full LWD

EcoScope HT

FPWD

StethoScope HT

400 degF

200degC
degC
Rated to 260
[500 degF]

350 degF

175 degC

PowerPak HT
300 degF

proven ht operating envelope

200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC
0

100

200
300
Pumping hours

400

400 degF
350 degF
300 degF

MAIN SERVICES
Steerable positive displacement
motor service

Angular contact bearings for

increased weight on bit (WOB)
capability

APPLICATIONS
400
degF
Performance
and directional drilling

Surface adjustable bent housing

for configuration at the wellsite
200 degC

350
degF
ADVANCED
FEATURES
Extra power (XP) or greater torque
300
(GT)degF
power sections

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
175 degC
Size: 21 8 in111 4 in
400 degF
150 WBM/OBM/SOBM
degC
Mud:

High-speed,
or
0 low-torque
100
200low-speed,
300
high-torque power sections
Pumping hours
Custom-fitted power sections
for every application
Mud-lubricated or oil-sealed
bearing assemblies with optional
sleeve stabilizers

Max. operating temperature: 350 degF

400
175 degC [350 degF] with HN234
190 degC [375 degF] with 300 degF

UF180 elastomers
Torque: 28024,000 ft.lbf
Horsepower: 15709 hp tailoring
drilling at the wellsite

400
degF
High-temperature
elastomer for oiland water-base drilling systems
350 degF

200 degC

300 degF

150 degC

175 degC

200
300
Pumping hours

400 degF
Rated to 190 degC [375 degF]
350 degF

300 degF
150 degC
PowerPak HT steerable motors deliver dependable performance for drilling
0
0
100or horizontal
200
300 sections,
400 as well as oriented drilling for
vertical, tangential,
hole
Pumping hours
kickoffs or course corrections.

400 degF

100

400

200 degC
Rated to 175 degC [350 degF]
175 degC

PowerPak ERT150
HTdegC

Rated to 165 degC [330 degF]

SlimPulse MWD

The PowerPak ERT HT high-performance motor delivers more than

100 twice
200 the torque
300 output
400 of conventional motors using even-rubber
Pumping
hours technology.
power section
MAIN SERVICES
High-performance, steerable
positive displacement motor
200 degC
service
175 degC
APPLICATIONS
Performance and directional
150 degC
drilling
100
200
300
400
ADVANCED
Pumping
hoursFEATURES
High-torque transmission
Angular contact bearings for
increased WOB capability
Higher torque available with
shorter or similar length power
sections when compared to
standard motors
200 degC
175 degC
150 degC

PowerDrive X6 RSS

100

200
300
Pumping hours

400

Optimized fit allows for maximum

hydraulic efficiency and power
Mud-lubricated or oil-sealed
bearing assemblies
Turbines

New-generation elastomer
technology
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Size:434 in958 in
Mud: WBM/OBM/SOBM
Max. operating temperature:
175 degC [350 degF]

degC

PowerDrive X6 HT

PowerV HT

PowerDrive X6 HT rotary steerable systems improve performance and

reliability with a wider operating envelope.

PowerV HT vertical drilling systems drill from spud to TD while

automatically keeping the well path vertical.
400 degF
200 degC
proven ht operating envelope
350
175
200degC
degC
400 degF
degF

proven ht operating envelope

400 degF
400 degF

200 degC

degC

350 degF
Gamma Ray-Resistivity
ImPulse

350 degF

175 degC

degC

300 degF

300 degF

150 degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

degC

300 degF 0

400

100

100

150degC
degC
175
200
300
Pumping hours
400150 degC

150 degCX6 RSS

PowerDrive

Automatic inclination hold

400 degF
Integrated high-performance
power
section
350 degF

175 degC

MAIN SERVICES
400 degF
Fully
rotating rotary steerable
directional
400
degF
350 degF service

100400 degF
200
300
Pumping hours
350 degF

400

100

200
300
Pumping hours

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
degC specifications 400 degF
Same200
operating
as PowerDrive
350 degF
200degC
degCX6 HT system
175
for the selected collar size
degF
1753degC
4degC
in)
(814 in4
150
SlimPulse300
MWD

APPLICATIONS
350degF
degF
300
Automatic vertical drilling
Max. operating temperature:
300 degF 0
optimization
100
200
300
400 150 degC
Pumping hours 175 degC [350 degF]
ADVANCED
0 FEATURES
100
200
300 Max.
400pressure: 20,000 psi
Combinable with
Pumping hours
PowerDrive
200 degC
400 degF vorteX HT RSS
350 degF

175 degC

400 degF
300 degF

200 degC
150 degC

400 degF
350 degF

Turbines 300 degF

175 degC
200
300
400
TeleScope HTPumping hours
150 degC
0
300 degF
The TeleScope HT high-speed telemetry-while-drilling service provides
real-time information
well placement,
improving drilling
0
100 for optimizing
200
300
400
Pumping
efficiency, and reducing
risk. hours

350 degF

100

proven ht operating envelope

400 degF

200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC

400 degF

400200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

400 degF 0

100

200
300
Pumping hours

MAIN SERVICES
300 degF
Real-time data
[0.512 bps0 physical
100 rate,200
300
>100 bps effective rate]
Pumping hours
Toolface
400 degF
Direction and inclination
350 degF
Downhole tool power
300 degF rotary surveys
Continuous

ADVANCED FEATURES
150 degC
Telemetry capabilities to maximize
real-time
400 data delivery/efficiency
Power to more HT LWD tools
than previously
200 degC possible
OPERATING
SPECIFICATIONS
175 degC
Max. operating temperature:
degC
175150
degC
[350 degF]

Max. pressure: 25,000 psi;

0
100
200
300
400
APPLICATIONS
HP option: 30,000 psi
Pumping
hours
Real-time measurement
and data transmission
Fast drilling sections where
high-density data is needed

200 degC

200 degC
ArcVISION - new

350 degF

175 degC

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC

400

300 degF

PowerDrive X6 RSS

400

400 degF

150 degC

300 degF

350 degF

400 150 degC

Turbines

150 degC

ArcVISION - new

200
300
Pumping hours
100
200
300
Pumping hours

200 degC

300 degF

degC

100

350 degF

400

200
300
Pumping hours
0
100
200
300
400
MAIN SERVICES
Pumping hours OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Powered rotary steerable
Same operating specifications
directional
as PowerDrive
200 degC X6 HT system for
400 degF service running a
PowerDrive X6 HT bias unit
selected collar size (11434 in)EcoScope
400 degF
200 degC
350 degF
175 degC
SlimPulse MWD
Max. operating temperature:
APPLICATIONS
EcoScope
350 degF
175150
degC
[350 degF] 175 degC
degC
300 degF
High-performance
directional
Max.
pressure:
20,000 psi150 degC
drilling with increased
300 degF
0
100
200
300
400
downhole power
Pumping0 hours100
200
300
400
ADVANCED FEATURES
Pumping hours
Multiple stabilization options

degC

175degC
degC
200

300 degF

degC

degC

300 degF 0

PowerDrive vorteX HT powered RSS have additional torque capacity that

allows a higher weight on bit (WOB) for increased ROP.
400 degF
200 degC
TeleScope MWD
proven ht operating envelope
200
degC
400 degF
350 degF
175 degC

300
350 degF
degF

degC

150 degC

PowerDrive vorteX HT

degC

degC
degC

300
350 degF
degF

Max. operating
150 degC temperature:
300 degF
150 degC
300 degF
ADVANCED FEATURES
175 degC [350 degF]
Real-time data
100Max.
3006/100400
0 using
100
200 0 300
400200
build: 825:
ft
TeleScope HT servicesPumping hours
Pumping hours
675/475: 8/100 ft
Continuous near-bit surveys
Flow range:
(inclination and azimuth)
825: 3002,000 galUS/min
PowerPak Motors
200 degC
400 degF data
Near-bit shock and vibration
675: 200950 galUS/min
200 degC
400
degF
PowerPak
Motors azimuthal gamma
475: 100380 galUS/min
Near-bit,
175 degC
350 degFray
Turbines
for
175 degC flow configurations
350geosteering
degF
Low/med/high
300 degF
150 degC
Automatic inclination hold
Max. pressure:
150 degC 20,000 psi
300 degF
0
100Max.200
Bit rpm
rpm: 220300
rpm 400
hours
0
100
200
300 Pumping
400
Pumping hours

TeleScope MWD

150
175degC
degC

175 degC

PowerDrive X6 RSS

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Hole size: 825: 10 5 8 in115 8 in

675: 81 2 in97 8Density-Neutron
in
200 degC
200 degC

475: 51 2 in6 34adnVISION,
in
175
degC
SlimPulse
Mud: WBM/OBM/SOBM175 degC MWD

APPLICATIONS
Density-Neutron
350 degF
350 degF
adnVISION,
Performance drilling

350
400 degF
degF

degC
degC

100 400
200
300
2000 300
Pumping hours
Pumping hours

MAIN SERVICES
Fully rotating rotary steerable
directional service
400 degF
400 degF

degC
degC

degC

100

Gamma Ray-Resistivity
200 degC
ImPulse

400 degF

100

200
300
Pumping hours

400

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400 degF

200 degC

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350 degF

175 degC

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300 degF

150 degC

SlimPulse HT

proven ht operating envelope

400 degF

200 degC

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350 degF

175 degC

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300 degF

150 degC

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100

200
300
Pumping hours

MAIN SERVICES
Real-time and memory data
[0.25 to > 3 bps real-time telemetry
400 degF
using
Orion II features]
Gamma
350 degFray
Toolface
300 degF
Direction and inclination

Wireline retrievable and

reseatable for efficiency
400 degF
and
risk mitigation

Gamma
Ray-Resistivity
SlimPulse
MWD
ImPulse

Re-entry wells

TeleScope MWD

200 degC
ADVANCED
FEATURES
Downlink capability to allowDensity-Neutron
adnVISION,
Turbines
175 degC
transmission
speed selection
or change
150 data
degCbeing transmitted

Mud: OBM/WBM/SOBM
Max. operating temperature:
PowerPak
Motors
EcoScope
175 degC [350 degF]
Max. probe curvature: 50/100 ft
Max. pressure: 20,000 psi;
200 degC
HP option:
22,500 psi

300 degF
VPWD
HT

150 degC

MAIN SERVICES
APWD annular pressure while
drilling

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS TeleScope MWD

Max. operating temperature:
ArcVISION - new
165 degC [330 degF]

Annular temperature while drilling

Max. tool curvature:

15/100 ft rotating
30/100 ft sliding

APPLICATIONS
Real-time data using ImPulse HT
service

Max. flow rate: 400 galUS/min

100

200
300
Pumping hours

400 degF
MAIN SERVICES
350
degF [0.56 bps, up to 70 bps
Real-time
using Orion II service]
400 degF
degF
300
and memory data

350
degF 0gamma
Azimuthal
100ray 200
300
Pumping hours
10
multidepth
resistivities
300 degF
(five phase and five attenuation)
100
200
300
Toolface 0
Pumping hours
Direction and inclination
Downhole tool power
400 degF
APPLICATIONS
Real-time
350
degF survey, gamma ray,
and resistivity measurements
300 degF
ADVANCED FEATURES
0
100
200
300
Reliable, precise
real-time
measurements for allPumping
general hours
drilling

300 degF
0

400
200 degC
Real-time density and porosity
175 degC HT service
with adnVISION
Invasion
200profiles
degC
150
degC

400degF
degF
400

Phase caliper in WBM

400175 degC
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
150 degC
Mud: OBM/WBM/SOBM

350degF
degF
350
300degF
degF
300

Max.
400operating temperature:
175 degC [350 degF]
Max. tool curvature:
15/100 ft rotating
200 degC
degC
200
30/100
ft sliding
Flow range:
130360 galUS/min
175 degC
degC
175
Max. pressure: 20,000 psi
150 degC
degC
150
400

00

400 degF
350 degF
300 degF
0

The arcVISION HT array resistivity compensated service provides

resistivity,
measurements.
400 degF gamma ray, and annular pressure-while-drilling
200 degC
proven ht operating envelope for gr, resistivity, and apwd
350 degF
175 degC
400 degF
200 degC
400 degF
150 degC
300 degF
350 degF
175 degC
350 degF
0
100
200
300
400
150 degC
300 degF
Pumping hours
300 degF
0
100
200
300
400
0
Pumping hours
Note: Includes arcVISION, VPWD, and EcoScope runs.

Max. pressure: 25,000 psi

Mud weight optimization

ADVANCED FEATURES
Formation integrity and
leakoff tests

150 degC

arcVISION HT

100
200
300and surveying
400
VPWD HT0collar-mounted
telemetry
systems measure internal
hours The service supplies battery power to
and annular pressurePumping
while drilling.
obtain logging data while tripping.

Internal pressure while drilling

200 degC
400 degF
The ImPulse HT integrated MWD platform provides survey, gamma ray,
400 degF
and degF
resistivity measurements while drilling. The
data is transmitted
175measured
degC
350
in the quickest possible mode with a state-of-the-art telemetry system. 350 degF
300 degF
150 degC
proven ht operating envelope
300 degF
400 degF
100
200
300
400200 degC
400 degF 0
Pumping hours
350 degF 0
350 degF
175 degC

Short radius drilling

175 degC

400

300 degF

400

350 degF

200
300
Pumping hours

ImPulse HT

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Continuous
surveys200
0 rotary100
300
400
Probe OD: 13 4 in
Shock and vibrationPumping hours
Pulser OD: 17 8 in, 21 8 in, 23 8 in, 25 8 in
Stick/slip
APPLICATIONS
Reliable, precise real-time
directional measurements

100

PowerDrive X6 RSS

The SlimPulse
retrievable
makes direction and inclination,
0 HT100
200 MWD
300service
400
Pumping
hours
Motors
toolface, and gamma ray
measurements
in real time for mud pulse PowerPak
telemetry.
It runs the Orion II telemetry platform, which improves data transmission rate.

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EcoScope

MAIN SERVICES
20 multidepth, dual-frequency
400 degF
resistivities
350
degF
Phase
and attenuation

Resistivity invasion profiles

APWD
200
degCannular pressure
while drilling
175 degC
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
150
degC
Mud:
OBM/WBM/SOBM

measurements16-, 22-, 28-,

300 degF
34-, and 40-in spacings

egC

0
Gamma ray

200
300
Pumping hours
Real-time, while-drilling data
using TeleScope HT service

gC

gC

100

APPLICATIONS
Well-to-well correlations
Well placement

ArcVISION - new

400Max. operating temperature:

175 degC [350 degF]
Max. tool curvature:
825: 7/100 ft rotating

14/100 ft sliding
675: 8/100 ft rotating

16/100 ft sliding

Drilling-induced fracture
identification
(time lapse)
400 degF

Max. flow rate:

825: 1,600 galUS/min
200 degC
675: 800 galUS/min

ADVANCED
350 degF FEATURES
Phase caliper in WBM
300 degF

175
degC
Max.
pressure: 25,000 psi;
HP option: 30,000 psi
150 degC

100

200

300

400

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ON,

Pak Motors

TeleScope MWD

EcoScope

ArcVISION - new

400 degF

200 degC

400 degF

200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC

300 degF

150 degC

adnVISION HT

proven HT operating envelope for Density and Neutron

400 degF
200 degC

400 degF

350 degF

175 degC

350 degF

300 degF

150 degC

300 degF

100

200
300
Pumping hours

sonicVISION HT
0

0
100azimuthal
200 density
300 neutron
400 service provides real-time
The adnVISION
HT
Pumping
hours bulk density, and photoelectric
apparent neutron porosity,
formation
factor (PEF) data.

Note: Includes adnVISION and EcoScope runs.

MAIN SERVICES
400 degF density/PEF
Azimuthal

Borehole invariant porosity

200 degC
Slick or stabilized

Neutron
350 degFporosity
Ultrasonic caliper
300 degF
Downhole shocks/rpm
100
200
300
Real-time 0data using
TeleScope HT servicePumping hours

175retrievable
degC
Wireline
sources/data

APPLICATIONS
Formation evaluation
Formation dip
Fault
identification
400 degF

150 degC
OPERATING
SPECIFICATIONS
Hole size: 675: 81 4 in97 8 in
400 475: 5 3 4 in63 4 in

300 degF
0

MAIN SERVICES
SPECIFICATIONS
0
100
200
300 OPERATING
400
Real-time formation pressure
Pumping hours Diameter reach: 81 2 to 101 2 in
(111 2-in max. with 91 4-in stabilizer)
Annular pressure during pretests
Real-time data using
TeleScope HT service

Max. operating temperature:

165 degC [330 degF]

APPLICATIONS
Mud weight optimization

Max. tool curvature:

8/100 ft rotating
16/100 ft sliding

Pore pressure calibration

400 degF
Pressure geosteering
350 degFanalysis
Gradient
Fluid
contacts
300 degF
ADVANCED
0 FEATURES
100
200
300
Real-time mobility Pumping hours
TOP time-optimized pretest
On-demand frame interpreted
pretests

Max. flow
200 rate:
degC 800 galUS/min
Max. pressure: 20,000 psi
175 degC
150 degC
400

ADVANCED FEATURES
Variable density log
MWD
PumpsSlimPulse
off delta-T
compressional

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Mud: OBM/WBM/SOBM
Max. operating temperature:
175 degC [350 degF]
Max. tool curvature:
825: 6/100 ft rotating

14/100 ft sliding
675: 8/100 ft rotating
Turbines

16/100 ft sliding
Max. flow rate:
825: 1,200 galUS/min
675: 800 galUS/min
Max. pressure: 25,000 psi;
HP option: 30,000 psi

Sonic porosity
Hydrocarbon identification

SonicScope HT

300 degF

400 degF
200 degC service provides
The
StethoScope HT formation pressure-while-drilling
real-time calibration points for pore pressure models. Its reliable pressure
350 degF
175 degC
measurements can be used to optimize mud weight and improve casing
point
selection.
150 degC
300 degF

Formation damage indicator

100
200
300
400
Top-of-cement
identification
Pumping hours
Synthetic seismogram
for seismic tie-in

350 degF

StethoScope HT

200 degC

175 degC
Real-time rock mechanics
with real-time STC projections
150 degC

350 degF

Max. tool curvature:

675: 4.5/100 ft rotating (IBS collar)

8/100 ft rotating (slick)
200 degC

16/100 ft sliding
475:175
10/100
degC ft rotating (IBS collar)

15/100 ft rotating (slick)
400 degF
15030/100
degC ft sliding

Thin-bed identification
350 degF
Caliper applications
300 degF
ADVANCED FEATURES
Max. flow rate:
0
100
300
400
Borehole imaging
(density200
and PEF)
Pumping hours 675: 800 galUS/min
3D density caliper
475: 400 galUS/min
Image-derived density
Max. pressure: 20,000 psi

Real-time slowness-time-coherence
100
200
300
400
(STC) projection
Pumping hours
Real-time data TeleScope HT
service
APPLICATIONS
Real-time pore
pressure management

400 degF

Max. operating temperature:

175 degC [350 degF]

100
200
300
400
The sonicVISION
HT sonic-while-drilling
service provides reliable, real-time
Pumping
hours
velocity
measurements
that enable safe, efficient HT drilling in hole sizes
up to 30 in.
MAIN SERVICES
200 degC
Borehole compensated sonic
175 degC
Real-time monopole compressional
and shear data
150 degC

400

PowerDrive X6 RSS

200 degC

175 sonic-while-drilling
degC
SonicScope 475 HT multipole
service delivers reliable,
high-quality compressional150
and
shear
data
for
reduced
drilling risk and cost,
degC
more effective mud program management, accurate seismic positioning,
and completion
design 400
optimization to enhance production.
100
200
300
Pumping hours
MAIN SERVICES
ADVANCED FEATURES
Borehole compensated sonic
Robust shear data in slow formations
Real-time monopole compressional
and shear data

Real-time compressional and shear

data

Recorded multipole

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Real-time slowness-time-coherence Hole size: 55 8 in8 in
projection
Mud type: OBM/WBM/SOBM
Real-time data using ImPulse HT
Max. operating temperature:
service
175 degC [350 degF]
APPLICATIONS
Real-time pore pressure
monitoring of borehole stability

Max. tool curvature:

15/100 ft rotating
30/100 ft sliding

Top-of-cement identification

Max. flow rate: 400 galUS/min

Sonic-to-seismic processing

Max. pressure: 25,000 psi

Fracture detection
Porosity evaluation and
hydrocarbon identification
Perforation location optimization
Hydraulic fracture optimization

400 degF

200 degC
400 degF

175 degC

200 degC

350 degF
EcoScope HT

150 degC

175 degC 400 degF

350 degF

TeleScope MWD
Density-Neutron
adnVISION, 300 degF

300
The EcoScope
675
HTdegF
multifunction
integrates a 150
full degC 350 degF
0
100
200
300LWD service
400
suite of formation evaluation,
Pumpingwell
hoursplacement, and drilling optimization
200Orion 300
400 system, 300 degF
measurements into a single0 collar.100
Using the
II telemetry
Pumping hours
it is capable of delivering real-time data at up to 120 bps without loss of
0
data resolution, even at high penetration rates.
proven HT operating
200 degC
400 degFenvelope for GR, Resistivity, APWD,
Density, and Neutron
PowerPak Motors
175 degC
350 degF
400 degF
200 degC

EcoScope

ArcVISION - new

300 degF

350 degF

175 degC
0

300 degF
0

100

200150 degC
300
Pumping hours
100
200
300
400
Pumping hours

150 degC
400

Bulk density

APPLICATIONS
Well-to-well correlation
200 degC
Formation evaluation
175 degC
Formation dip

400 degF

350 degF
Dual-frequency,
array induction
TeleScope
MWD
resistivity
150 degC
300 degF
Fault and thin-bed identification
400 degF capture spectroscopy
200 degC
Elemental
Caliper applications
0
100
200
300
400
Formation
350 degF sigma
175hours
degC
Well
placement
Pumping
Azimuthal and image measurements Drilling-induced fracture identification
150 degC
300 degF
Natural gamma ray
FEATURES
Gamma-gamma
0
100density
200
300 ADVANCED
400
Sourceless
operations
with
Photoelectric factor
(PEF)
Pumping hours
neutron-gamma
density
Ultrasonic caliper
400 degF
Dual-sensor ultrasonic
caliper
EcoScope
Inclination

350 degF
Multi-axis shocks
300 degF
(3-axis & torsional)
Collar rpm

APWD annular pressure

while drilling
Full real-time capability
Annular temperature

200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

Neyrfor Turbodrill 200 degC

Drilling dynamics data 200 degC

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
175 degC
Hole size: 83 8 in9 7 8 in
150 degC
Max. operating temperature:
[350 degF]
100 175
200degC300
400
Pumping
hours
Max. tool curvature:
8/100 ft rotating
16/100 ft sliding
Max. flow rate: 800 galUS/min
Max. pressure: 20,000 psi

400 degF

200 degC

350 degF

175 degC

300 degF

150 degC
100

200
300
Pumping hours

APPLICATIONS
Performance and directional drilling
ADVANCED FEATURES
High-speed, low-torque tool
Custom-fitted turbodrill for HPHT
applications
400 degF
100% metallic tool configuration
350 degF
Surface-adjustable bend housing for
directional
300 degF or horizontal applications
Customized power sections (one
0
100
200
300
to three)
Pumping hours

200 degC

350 degF HT hydraulic impact tools for high175

degC
Smith
Services double-acting
temperature
ArcVISION
- new

MAIN SERVICES
Water-base drilling fluid
APPLICATIONS
High temperature wells in
shale plays
Projects requiring water-base drilling
fluid systems
ADVANCED FEATURES
HPHT rheology stabilizer

Impact to dislodge stuck drillstem

components

Chrome-free HPHT thinners

Land or offshore operations, vertical Compatible with wireline tools

or deviated wells, and ultradeep or
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
ultrahot boreholes
Hole size: 414 in26 in
ADVANCED FEATURES
Max. operating temperature:
Reduced risk of lost equipment
260 degC [500 degF]
Prevention of costs to plug back
and sidetrack
High-temperature seals

Jarring force: >1,000,000 lbf

400
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Hole size: 334 171 2 in
Mud: WBM/OBM/SOBM
Max. operating temperature:
260 degC [500 degF]
Torque: 2159,020 ft.lbf
200 degC
Horsepower: 74710 hp
175 degC
150 degC
400

The ENVIROTHERM NTdrilling system is an HPHT chrome-free, water-base

fluidthat maintains its stable properties while drilling, and during the
prolonged static conditions experienced during tripping, logging, and
testing operations.

are capable of delivering a heavy impact when a BHA becomes stuck. A

150 operating
degC
300 degF feature enables them to run at higher
temperature compensation
temperatures and in harsher environments.
0
100
200
300
400
Pumping
hours
APPLICATIONS
Flexibility to control direction
(up or down), force, and frequency
of impact

Turbines

ENVIROTHERM NT

Environmentally sensitive operations

400 degF
Hydra-Jar AP

SlimPulse MWD

150 degC with a fully concentric

300 degF
Neyrfor
HT high-performance
are designed
175turbodrills
degC
drive-train rotation to maintain optimal power while remaining on bottom
0 periods
100 of time.
200150
300
400
for extended
FordegC
directional
and horizontal turbodrill
Pumping hours
applications, Neyrfor Turbodrills provide consistent, predictable drilling rates.
100
200
300
400
Pumping
hours
proven
ht operating
envelope

Note: Includes arcVISION, adnVISION, and EcoScope runs.

MAIN SERVICES
Neutron porosity

400 degF

Fluid-loss control
Secondary viscosifier
Shale/filtercake sealing additive

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Type: Water-base fluid
Max. operating temperature:
177 degC [350 degF]

High Temperature Drilling Operations

Schlumberger is the most experienced high temperature

service provider. With a suite of best-in-class technology
and HT-certified engineers, we provide HT drilling services.

PowerPak HT, PowerDrive HT, PowerDrive X6 HT, PowerV HT, PowerDrive vorteX HT,
TeleScope HT, SlimPulse HT, ImPulse HT, arcVISION HT, adnVISION HT, VPWD HT,
sonicVISION HT, SonicScope HT, EcoScope HT, StethoScope HT, Hydra-Jar AP, APWD,
Neyrfor Turbodrill, and TOP are marks of Schlumberger. ENVIROTHERM NT is a mark
of M-I L.L.C. Other company, product, and service names are the properties of their
respective owners.Copyright 2011 Schlumberger. All rights reserved. 11-DR-0237

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