SLB has launched the OnWave™ autonomous logging platform, a first-of-its-kind expertise that permits extra environment friendly and dependable acquisition of formation analysis measurements in any nicely situation.
OnWave autonomously acquires a number of, high-fidelity measurements downhole, with out the necessity of a wireline unit, and wireline cable. The OnWave platform’s cable-free design takes lower than half the time to deploy in contrast with standard wireline platforms, whereas enabling drill pipe rotation and dust circulation throughout logging operations, to boost nicely security and decrease caught pipe occasions.
“The OnWave platform marks the start of a brand new period in formation analysis,” stated Frederik Majkut, president of Reservoir Efficiency, SLB. “By streamlining how we collect high-fidelity measurements downhole, we’re opening up key alternatives for our prospects to combine data-driven resolution making into their workflows throughout the nicely life cycle — from exploration by way of to manufacturing and restoration.”
Deployable in any nicely trajectory — with out the necessity for an onsite SLB crew — the OnWave platform executes duties downhole that will usually be carried out manually by engineers at floor, together with borehole measurement acquisition and information high quality checks. It additionally verifies the software’s place and performance downhole by way of fixed communication with floor — a functionality most standard cableless logging platforms don’t have. This assures confidence within the information acquisition high quality and avoids remedial logging runs.
Deployed efficiently throughout various basins, together with in the US and Center East, the OnWave platform has demonstrated vital effectivity features in complicated nicely trajectories. In South Texas, the platform lowered the touchdown time to complete depth of the nicely from hours to only 27 minutes — a 70% discount in contrast with standard deployment strategies. Processing of the measurements at floor offered excessive‑high quality built-in petrophysics and acoustic insights, enabling the E&P operator to enhance the stimulation and completion designs and derisk asset area growth.
