March 2014
Special Focus

Automated MPD enables drilling of an “impossible” well in Mexico’s Veracruz basin

Application of fully automated, rapid-response managed pressure drilling (MPD) in eastern Mexico’s Veracruz basin made a well, deemed impossible to drill, achievable, paving the way for basin-wide exploitation of previously inaccessible reserves.

Javier Rodriguez / Pemex Angel Montero / Pemex Saúl Villalbos / Pemex Marcos A. Chavarria / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company Javier A. Morales / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company Juan C. Beltran / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company Carlos A. Ruiz / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company Jimmy Rojas / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company Blaine Dow / M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company
Connect with World Oil
Connect with World Oil, the upstream industry's most trusted source of forecast data, industry trends, and insights into operational and technological advances.