CRITICAL ISSUES IN DRILLING & COMPLETIONS
There’s a lot that can be done in the
completion cycle, provided that we get the
right technologies. I’ll give you an example
on the unconventional side. We’ve been
seeing a lot of unconventional activity in
the US, Canada and even China, and there’s
a learning curve with the technologies
that they’ve gone through, a lot of new
technologies they have introduced into the
process. For us, the question is how can we bring
those learnings into the system and short-
en this learning curve? I don’t need to start
at step one. I can jump-start from where
they are and take the lessons they’ve
learned in those regions. There are a lot of
good technologies that can be introduced
for completions that we’ll be working on.

In late 2021, ADNOC Drilling announced
an alliance with Helmerich & Payne
(H&P). Can you talk about any lessons
you might’ve gained from this collab-
oration so far and what value has
been generated?
In 2022, ADNOC Drilling drilled a 50,000-ft well from Umm Al Anbar, one of ADNOC
Offshore’s four artificial islands in the Upper Zakum field offshore Abu Dhabi.

H&P is well-known for their work in the
unconventional space. They came in as
partners, and we’ve purchased eight rigs
from them so far – we’re probably one of
the first companies to own our own H&P
FlexRigs. All of those rigs are operational
and running very smoothly. We both see
value in each other, and we both want
to take this partnership to the next level.

Definitely, there is more we can work with,
and we will do what we can to make this
partnership even more successful. DC
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