Solution
Accelerated time to market: faster first oil, lower risk, longer production
Bring new fields online faster and keep mature reserves flowing longer, with proven rapid-development facilities and planning.
Challenge
Getting production online faster and for longer
The rapidly evolving energy mix presents opportunities for growth. Yet, fluctuating oil and gas demand coupled with tight supply influence price dynamics, and the world's shift to sustainable resources raises the bar in an already challenging market. Meeting rising energy demand means developing fields with greater financial and operational nimbleness to deliver faster and at sustained optimal production potential.
We have you covered.
We’ve developed planning tools and innovative technologies to help you not just stay ahead of the curve but to sustain performance at peak potential. By leveraging connected operations, intelligent insights, and automation, you’ll unlock new levels of collaboration and efficiencies that significantly reduce time to ramp up your field’s production. Integrated data come together to reveal the best production systems for your asset beyond first oil or gas, enabling you to maintain your field’s production for longer. And proactive well intervention and monitoring help you stay there.
Case Studies
Demonstrated accelerated time-to-market outcomes
SLB combines autonomous drilling, digital operations, production chemistry, and well stimulation technologies within an integrated workflow. Together, these capabilities help operators improve performance, reduce uncertainty, and manage risk across the well life cycle.
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9-month first oil
An SLB early production facility solution enabled production startup within 9 months of contract award in a remote greenfield, reaching 10 million bbl of oil produced over 3 years at 96% uptime.
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1.2 million bbl recovered
Production Express™ rapid production response solutions restored a low-pressure well to 2.5 years of continuous production in Egypt, recovering 1.2 million bbl that would otherwise have stayed stranded.
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USD 1 billion saved
In West Australia, an operator used the RapidX™ high-strength, hydraulic-sealed TAML 5 multilateral junction to connect 31 laterals through 13 wellheads, saving more than USD 1 billion in field development costs.
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20 Tcf gas reservoir accessed
A rapid production response solution safely cleaned up flow rates exceeding 100 MMcf/d in a corrosive, high-pressure reservoir in Southeast Asia, supporting development of an estimated 20 Tcf of gas reserves.
Benefits
Lead the market
Our solutions build on deep expertise in reservoir characterization and field production engineering to help you gain better cost control and operational agility. Ultimately, you're empowered to shorten the time it takes to get your reserves to market and maintain production levels for longer.
Make confident decisions
Derisk uncertainties or potential adverse outcomes by using smart analytics.
Fast-track time to revenue
Cut project timelines, go to market faster, and expedite revenue generation.
Maximize return on investment
Improve production efficiency and overall project profitability.
Link performance to sustainability
Use less energy and fewer resources, cut waste, reduce emissions, and more.
Capabilities
Services that cover the spectrum
Getting more value from your existing fields and developing new ones faster than before starts with proven solutions and services at every stage. Whatever the challenge, our capabilities are tailored to your asset and provide the flexibility you need to stay ahead in this changing energy landscape.
Field development planning tools that model risk assessments, cost estimations, and carbon footprint reduction
Subsea field development planning to project delivery
Proactive well intervention and stimulation
Intelligent solutions that bring real-time insights into operations
Autonomous workflows that increase production uptime
Early production facilities for hydrocarbon handling while permanent infrastructure is built
Subtopics
Dive deeper
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Near-Field Exploration
Fast-track exploration to productionExplore untapped reserves near existing infrastructure and accelerate time to first oil.
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FPSO Performance
Collaborate with an open coalition to accelerate your FPSO performance evolutionDigitally connect from reservoir to topside to optimize production, cut carbon, and create new FPSO value.
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Decarbonize Oil and Gas Production
Leverage technologies and solutions that reduce GHG emissions per barrel producedGet closer to the action.
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Electric Production Systems for Oil & Gas Fields
Reduce your infrastructure and energy requirements while maximizing recoverySystemic electrification and digitalization enable material improvements in production and recovery efficiency.
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ChampionX production chemicals and services
Maximize production from reservoir to refineryImprove and assure production more safely with chemistry technologies, software, and mechanical solutions.
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Accelerate Field Development Concept Generation
Create automated and optimal field layouts for hundreds of development concepts in minutesCreate automated and optimal field layouts for hundreds of development concepts in minutes.
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Performance-Driven Well Intervention for Production Enhancement
A new mindset to optimize production using unique well intervention solutionsOptimize production with targeted well intervention solutions and a collaborative performance framework.
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SLB Products
Featured products and services
FDPlan
Agile field development planning solution
Production Express
Rapid production response solutions
Rapid multilateral junction systems
Extend reach. Maximize contact. Simplify control.
Subsea planner
Our collaborative concept development solution, Subsea planner on Delfi, integrates OEM expertise, simulation and visualization
Early Production Facility
Flexible, modular technology
Ora
Intelligent wireline formation testing platform
Facility Planner on Delfi
Oil & gas facility scoping, cost estimating, and project planning
Reda Maximus Eon
Extended-life, install-ready ESP motor
Step into energy’s future
Thought leaders from around the world share their vision and experiences.
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Muhammad Waqas Developing advanced solutions for operationsInsights Article7 min readDigital
Configuration management as the foundation for remote and autonomous operations
Unmanaged configuration drift quietly increases operational, safety, and cybersecurity risk, especially as facilities move to remote and autonomous operations.
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Philip McHardy Enjoys studying, dissecting, and troubleshooting mechanical equipmentInsights Article9 min readOil & Gas
How segmented-ring designs redefine downhole sealing for well intervention
Bulk elastomer seals struggle in intervention-led wells. Learn how segmented-ring designs cut NPT, fishing risk, and uncertainty from set to retrieval.
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Francesco De Lucia Turning cyber risk management into a measurable business enablerInsights Article7 min readDigital
Compliance alone won't protect your digital supply chain
Compliance alone won't cut it. Here's how energy companies can build real digital supply chain resilience.
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Gokhan Yarim Nearly three decades of international experience in the energy industryInsights Article8 min readOil & Gas
Why integrated project solutions outperform siloed execution in upstream assets
Siloed execution is falling short on complex upstream assets. Integrated project solutions change that, across the full asset life cycle.
Other solutions
Production optimization
Improve producing asset performance and recovery with integrated chemical, mechanical, and digital solutions.
Plug and Abandonment
Identify cost-saving P&A opportunities early on for achieving secure and compliant well integrity
Data and AI Platform
Unify data, governance, analytics, and AI to improve decision-making and accelerate digital transformation across operations.
Performance Assurance
Redefine what’s achievable for your system-level optimization.
Methane and Flaring Elimination
Remove methane and flaring emissions from your operations. For good.
Emissions Reduction
Reduce operational emissions and environmental impact with quantifiably proven, reliable technologies.
Geothermal
Geothermal energy is a sustainable energy source with unique advantages in the energy transition and for meeting the electricity demands of the future.
Carbon Capture and Storage
Propel your project with a full value chain of technology solutions.
Integrated Projects
Comprehensive, full life cycle project support, including well construction, subsea, and project management.
Frequently asked questions about accelerating field development and production
How can operators reduce the time between discovery and first oil?
Operators can shorten the path to first oil by using mobile production facilities to bring a well on stream before permanent infrastructure is built and by using field development planning software to evaluate development concepts before committing capital. Near-field exploration adds a further shortcut, screening prospects close to existing infrastructure so decisions about tie-ins and transport are simpler from the start. SLB combines all three approaches, along with multilateral well designs, to compress the schedule between discovery and stable production.
What is a mobile or rapid-response production facility?
A mobile production facility is a relocatable surface unit that processes oil, gas, and water at a wellsite before permanent pipelines or processing plants exist. It lets an operator bring a well into production, generate revenue, and confirm reservoir performance while permanent infrastructure is still being planned or built. Production Express™ rapid production response solutions from SLB have brought wells into production in as little as 9 months in an early production facility deployment in Kurdistan.
When does a mobile facility make more sense than permanent infrastructure?
Mobile facilities make sense when reservoir performance is still uncertain, when pipeline or facility construction would delay revenue for years, or when a marginal field needs a low-capital path to test production before further investment. They also help confirm commercial assumptions before an operator commits to a full-scale development. SLB used this approach to confirm pipeline feasibility in Argentina's Vaca Muerta play, producing 52,205 bbl to validate flow assumptions before committing to permanent infrastructure.
How do multilateral wells reduce field development costs?
Multilateral wells connect multiple reservoir contacts to a single wellbore and wellhead, reducing the number of wells, wellheads, and surface facilities needed to develop a field. Fewer wells generally mean less drilling time, less surface equipment, and a smaller footprint per barrel produced. In West Australia, an operator used the RapidX™ high-strength, hydraulic-sealed TAML 5 multilateral junction from SLB to connect 31 laterals through 13 wellheads, saving more than USD 1 billion in field development costs.
What results can operators expect from accelerated time-to-market solutions?
Results vary by project, but SLB deployments have delivered first oil within 9 months of contract award, sustained 96% uptime over 3 years, and recovered 1.2 million bbl from a well that would otherwise have been abandoned. In gas developments, a similar rapid-response approach supported flow cleanup and reserve confirmation on a Southeast Asian reservoir holding an estimated 20 Tcf.
When should an operator choose field development planning software over traditional concept studies?
Traditional concept studies work well when a field's subsurface and facility requirements are already well understood and time pressure is low. Field development planning software adds the most value when operators need to compare many development scenarios quickly, when subsurface uncertainty is high, or when a fast-changing gas or oil price environment makes speed to sanction a priority. The FDPlan™ agile field development planning solution lets teams model and update development concepts as new data arrives, rather than restarting a study from scratch.
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