Woodside to use EC-Drill® Controlled Mud Level from Enhanced Drilling for Senegal project
Tuesday 22 September 2020
AUSTRALIA’S largest independent oil and gas company, Woodside, has signed a contract to prepare their drill ships for the EC-Drill® system (pictured) from Norwegian offshore solutions provider, Enhanced Drilling, on the Sangomar Field Development offshore Senegal.
EC-Drill®– more control
EC-Drill® is a Controlled Mud Level (CML) system that enables operators to 'drill the undrillable' wells. Some of the development wells are expected to require the use of advanced technology to drill due to the challenging downhole pressure regimes. The EC-Drill® system from Enhanced Drilling will make it easier and safer to drill these wells.
‘Very pleased’
Tom Hasler, Enhanced Drilling’s CEO, said: ‘We are very pleased that Woodside has chosen to work with us to develop and integrate an effective Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solution in the form of our EC-Drill® system for the Sangomar Field Development. Woodside’s decision to choose EC-Drill® is another example that Controlled Mud Level (CML) type MPD systems are sometimes the preferred solution rather than traditional back pressure type MPD systems.