Petroxin consider that our experience, group strategy, operational integrity and historic performance are ideally suited to providing these services to PDS. Our systems are robust and we would welcome any clarification or audit.

Petroxin provides:

  • High level of technical peer support
  • Flexible provision of Well services provided through a variety of contracting options including Petroxin held master services contracts
  • Invoice-processing and cost reconciliation support
  • Management of all personnel including recruitment (if required), travel, expenses etc.
  • Well logistics management systems
  • Active QHSE support; knowledgeable in all legislation
  • Good reputation with the Health and Safety Executive, as an experienced well construction project manager and outsourced well operator
  • Lowest overall cost – we aim to deliver the highest probability of delivering lowest overall cost wells for you the customer and thereby the most economically advantageous solution
  • A wells team that has been responsible for the delivery of more than 30 outsourced wells as well engineering contractors

Petroxin’s Drilling Team provides pre-eminent capability in the delivery of wells using Advanced Drilling Techniques, which includes Managed Pressure Drilling. Petroxin is experienced in interfacing with a number of different project types and project contractors, and bring learning from previous experience. (e.g. sub-surface, subsea and pipeline installation, topsides design, gas storage well developments).  The Petroxin management team, unlike some other well engineering contractors, has direct experience of successfully delivering major multi well development drilling programmes for clients and not just single well exploration wells.

To date Petroxin PDS in-house expertise has delivered some +15 wells worldwide and has unrivalled North Sea and Western Africa experience in planning and execution of MPD wells.

A core business of Petroxin Drilling Services is project management of the planning and execution of well construction activities.  This includes all drilling completion, well testing, work-over, re-entry and sidetrack activities. Petroxin provide a fully integrated service in this respect, managing and contracting all sub-contractors including the rig contractor as required. Petroxin typically manages the scopes of:

  • Well Design & Planning
  • Rig and Services Contracting
  • Operations Management
  • Logistics Co-ordination, invoice and cost control
  • Close-out and reporting

The scope of the Petroxin support can be adapted to suit PDS specific requirements which can be discussed at commencement of the project. Petroxin Drilling Services personnel can be integrated into the team either as full-time or for ad-hoc support as preferred.

The Petroxin Integrated Management System (PIMS) has a comprehensive set of procedures and standards for the execution of Well Projects and the primary procedure is the Petroxin Well Project Delivery Procedure. A copy of the project delivery flow chart is attached as Appendices.

Well Engineering

The team delivers a wide range of well engineering projects and has expertise in all drilling environments from low cost land to deepwater. The generic offering includes:

  • Concept selection, on its own or part of a larger field development plan
  • Well design, including casing and tubing stress analysis using stress-check and wellcat
  • Tendering and procurement of services and tangibles
  • Time and cost estimation (scoping to AFE)
  • Rig sizing, selection and availability
  • Risk assessment, including well control

Wellbore Performance and Optimisation

Petroxin is unique in having an in house Wellbore Performance and Drilling Optimisation Team. By undertaking comprehensive planning of the drilling strategies for each section of the well, encompassing the BHA and Bit selection well operations performance can be optimised.

The majority of the clients using this service are now top quartile in drilling performance. The standard services provided include:

  • A fully objective drilling data and project based performance review based on direct or relevant offset well /application information
  • Project / section specific risk assessment to include analysis and visualisation of major drilling / formation hazards
  • Long lead planning and operational logistical requirements for bits, drilling and relevant BHA tools.
  • Specific pre well / section planning including key parameter optimisation, M.S.E. Mechanical Specific Energy, drilling tool hydraulics, review of new technology opportunities and drilling strategies pertaining to all aspects of formation / bit / drive mechanism’s and related BHA tools
  • Daily operational onshore support by dedicated Petroxin Wellbore Performance Engineers to compliment the drilling team and to act as the key performance focal point, including daily drilling/operational logs etc. Key aspects of this service would include
  • Bit / BHA performance tracking
  • Key parameter optimisation
  • Vibration analysis from realtime and downhole data as required

Post well analysis, data presentation, lessons learnt and EOW reporting In projects;

Integrated Drilling Management Consultancy

Project Management of the Planning and Execution of Well Construction activities.

Well Business Management Services:

A custom-made Well Management System on a corporate governance level make well planning and drilling process more transparent and auditable.