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NEW TECHNOLOGIES

DIAMOND OFFSHORE

MPD is especially important in offshore environments,

Managed Pressure Drilling Systems

The integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) where wellbore stability and control over formation pres- sures are critical to avoid issues like well kicks, blowouts, systems into drillships represents a signifcant advance- ment in offshore drilling technology, improving safety and and non-productive time. By enabling better control over effciency of drilling operations, as confrmed Diamond drilling conditions, these systems improve safety, reduce

Offshore which is installing the system on its Blackships operational risks, and allow drillships to operate in deeper and more complex reservoirs. According to Diamond Off- feet of drillships.

Over the course of the last year and a half, Diamond shore, the MPD system allows it to compete for the high- est day rates in the 7th-generation drillship market.

Offshore has been increasingly implementing MPD sys-

The company plans to complete the MPD upgrades on tems across its feet of drillship, and has already achieved signifcant improvements when it comes to the effciency its drillships by the end of 2024. of its operations.

Petrobras, GA Drilling:

Namely, four of its drillships have successfully drilled

Next-Gen Downhole Drilling System wells with a remarkably narrow 0.2ppg drilling window

Slovakian drilling specialist GA Drilling has teamed - a staggering 86% reduction compared to conventional up with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras methods, according to the company.

MPD systems on drillships are advanced technologies to deliver more effcient deep drilling system, in an effort to reduce well construction costs and risks in challenging designed to precisely control the annular pressure pro- fle throughout the wellbore during drilling operations. drilling applications.

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