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Malaysia, Asia, Offshore
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Challenge: Sidetrack out of 13 3/8-in casing and directionally drill a section of at least 2,500 m, enlarging it from 12 1/4 in to 13 1/2 in while building a wellbore inclination angle of 25° to 80° to efficiently run 95/8-in casing

Solution: Use a TrackMaster CH cased hole whipstock system to mill a casing exit and drill a rathole to run an integrated drilling system that combines a 12 1/4-in M75HSPX PDC bit, PowerDrive Xceed ruggedized rotary steerable system (RSS), arcVISION array resistivity compensated service, and Rhino XS hydraulically expandable reamer

Results: Milled a window in the 13 3/8-in casing and drilled a 7-m rathole to sidetrack in one trip. Directionally drilled the 2,719-m section while enlarging it from 12 1/4 in to 13 1/2 in with a wellbore inclination angle of 28.1° to 80.6°

Products Used
arcVISION Array Resistivity Compensated Service
Rhino XS Hydraulically Expandable Reamer
PowerDrive Xceed Rotary Steerable System

Integrated System Sidetracks and Drills High-Angle Well in Unstable Formation

Kicking off a whipstock, integrated BHA directionally drills and enlarges 2,719-m section, setting a rotary steerable record in Malaysia

Run casing in an unstable formation

Unable to run 9 5/8-in casing to the bottom of a section due to wellbore instability, an operator working in Malaysia reasoned that the hole should be plugged and a sidetrack performed from the 13 3/8-in casing. After sidetracking, the operator wanted to directionally drill a section of at least 2,500 m while enlarging it from 12 1/4 in to 13 1/2 in, build a wellbore inclination angle from approximately 25° to 80°, and reduce the vibrations experienced during previous drilling efforts.

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After sidetracking from the 133/8-in casing, the integrated system directionally drilled the 121/4-in, 2,719-m section while enlarging it to 131/2 in and building a wellbore inclination angle of 28.1° to 80.6°. The run was the longest for an RSS in Malaysia.

Design optimized drilling system to produce wellbore quality

Schlumberger recommended anchoring a TrackMaster CH cased hole whipstock system in the 13 3/8-in casing, milling an exit, and drilling a rathole. To kickoff from the whipstock and directionally drill the section, an integrated BHA was configured that combined PowerDrive Xceed RSS, Rhino XS hydraulically expandable reamer, and a 12 1/4-in PDC bit from Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company.

To optimize the BHA for this application, i-DRILL engineered drilling system design was used to predict formation-generated impediments to drilling performance, such as vibration and bit cutting action instability.

Deliver stability and durability in record run

The TrackMaster CH cased hole whipstock system milled the 13 3/8-in casing exit and drilled a 7-m rathole in one trip. The integrated BHA directionally drilled the 2,719-m section while enlarging it from 12 1/4 in to 13 1/2 in. Providing stability and durability in the challenging formation, the integrated drilling system built a high-quality wellbore with an inclination angle of 28.1° to 80.6°, setting a record for the longest RSS run in Malaysia.

Graphic: Integrated System Sidetracks and Drills High-Angle Well in Unstable Formation
The integrated BHA provided the stability and durability necessary to build a high-quality wellbore of record length.
Products Used
PowerDrive Xceed
Ruggedized rotary steerable system

With an internal sealing mechanism, the PowerDrive Xceed RSS drills extended-reach wells through abrasive, soft, and hard formations.
Rhino XS
Hydraulically expandable reamer

Enlarge boreholes while drilling with cutter block deployment and ball-drop activation.
arcVISION
Array resistivity compensated service

Benefit from real-time resistivity, gamma ray, inclination, and annular pressure data.

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