Integrated approach delivers GOM subsalt well for PEMEX (Drilling Contractor Magazine)
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Real-time drilling optimization key to pre-drill modeling, execution for complex exploratory well.
For PEMEX’s foray into the deepwater, subsalt arena, the company planned a drilling route around the Kabilil-1 subsalt well in the Gulf of Mexico that incorporated a deviated trajectory through a rubble zone. The idea was to avoid the risk of drilling through the salt dome in an exploratory well.
