Deepwater Operations

Deepwater activity on the increase

Deepwater exploration and development present a range of challenges, from working environment, defining prospects, constructing wells, to maintaining production and optimizing recovery. A selection of the challenges faced and how Schlumberger helps customers address them follow.

Project readiness evaluation and deepwater technical competence are just two of the key elements in ensuring a deepwater project is ready to achieve its objectives.

A selection of recent articles and papers which discuss the challenges of planning for and managing geological risk in deepwater drilling.

Read how the challenges of drilling at 10,000-ft water depth were overcome with innovative solutions—planned and executed using Schlumberger technologies—and processes—fulfilling exploration and drilling objectives.

Directional, MWD, and LWD services drill and evaluate eight Gulf of Mexico wells with 99.8% efficiency.