Continuous World-Class Performance

1989 –1992	Invented and Patented ERD Technologies Invented more than 10 drilling technologies designed specifically for extended reach wells in the course of four years, propelling the company further into the extended reach drilling market.
1989	First Negative Weight Wells Helped develop technologies to drill the first negative weight extended reach wells. These technologies are still being used today for negative weight wells.
1992	First Complex Well in Australia Supervised the successful drilling of a complex well in Australia that was considered impossible to drill. The project was completed on time and under budget.
1996	Engineering Excellence Award Received the Engineering Excellence Award from the Australian Institute of Engineers for the company’s contributions and accomplishments in the field of extended reach drilling.
1997	Corporate Relocation to Houston, Texas As the company’s technological advances became more greatly recognized, K&M Technology relocated its central operations from Perth, Western Australia, to Houston, Texas.
1998	First Edition of Extended Reach Textbook Published Drilling Design and Implementation for Extended Reach and Complex Wells written, gaining industry-wide acceptance from major oil and service companies worldwide.
1998	Longest Deep Water ER Well in North America Assisted in drilling the longest extended reach well in North America. K&M Technology’s training, design and surveillance services helped surpass the project’s estimated schedule and cost.
1998	First HERDIT Schools K&M began offering extended reach and complex well training to the industry. These programs are now recognized among the best drilling operational training programs in the industry.
1998-99	Two Longest Reach Wells in North America K&M provided design services, training and wellsite surveillance to these projects that set the benchmark for extended reach wells in North America. One of the projects had attempted to drill the wells twice and had failed prior to K&M involvement.
1999	Fit-for-Purpose Well Designs for Small Rigs Drilled a 21,000-foot extended reach well at 80o using the operator’s existing rig package, which used two 1,000 hp pumps, a 1,500 hp draw works and a portable top drive. Continue to design programs using operators’ existing rigs.
2000	2000 Began applying ERD practices back to standard deviated wells for performance improvement
2001	2001 Deepwater Performance Record in GOM Working with Conoco's Magnolia drilling team to bring the Magnolia 3 well in at 1.8 days/1000' BML. The fastest drilling time to that depth in the Gulf of Mexico. This represented a savings of US$4.7 million to Conoco over AFE and ~US$7.0 million over their previous best performance. Extended Reach Performance Record in GOM Working with a major operator, the longest extended reach well in the Gulf of Mexico at this time was brought in World Class time saving the operator ~US$4.0 million over AFE.
2002	2002 First Floated casing runs from Semi-submersible Working with ChevronTexaco in the North Sea, a comprehensive planning effort was put into the very challenging 9-5/8" casing run for the Captain Project. This floated casing run represents the first ever attempt at floating casing from a floater.
2002	Horizontal Drilling Performance Record - Venezuela - Working with Ameriven (ChevronTexaco) in Venezuela, K&M helped this team to eclipse its existing record of 8,545 ft in 24 hrs with its new record of 8,900+ ft in 24 hrs.
2003	BP Chirag A18 – Azerbaijan Successfully drilled & completed despite failures on previous two wells
2003	Hibernia B16-36 Well was successfully drilled and completed.  K&M was involved from initial feasibility, detailed planning, and training.
2003	Captain B development in UK North Sea   First floated casing runs from a floating rig.
2003	Ringhorne ER Project in Norway Very complex T&D and ECD project.  First floated casing in Norway.  Involved from initial feasibility to implementation.
2003	Hibiscus C2 Well was successfully drilled and completed in Trinidad despite failure on previous 2 attempts.  The key was reformed drilling practices.
2003 - 2004	Sakhalin Island Drilled and cased first two wells with longest well drilled to XXm.  K&M did everything from initial feasibility, detailed planning, rig specification, and training.
2004 -	Chevron Petronius A9 – US GOM Chevron called on K&M for a follow-up to the record setting A20 well drilled in 2004. The A9 well was successfully drilled to 31,481’ MD (25,647’ reach) in 1800’ of water in the Gulf of Mexico, which defines itself as the longest well in the world drilled in ≥1000’ of water. The well was specially engineered to incorporate valuable lessons learned on the A20 well, and featured a “systematic” integration of key features such as wellpath design, casing architecture, drillstring design, and a new fluids system. After the 7” liner was cemented on bottom, the Chevron Drilling Supervisor had this to say about our dedicated onsite staff that worked with rig site team throughout the duration of the project: “…he (Tommy Bell) was instrumental in the success of not only the 7" liner job, but the entire well.”
2005 - 2006	Shell L02FA104 – Dutch Sector, North Sea K&M became involved in the playing stages of one of Shells most demanding HPHT/ERD wells in the Dutch Sector of the North sea early 2004. Through detailed planning, crew training, and onsite surveillance, K&M supported the operation from start to finish. The difficult drilling environment in Holland presented a few unexpected challenges during the operations phase, but were met with ingenuity and years of experience to overcome adversity. The Shell Drilling Superintendent had this to say about the onsite support provided by K&M’s Mike Broderick: “It has (the L02 well) certainly tested us all to the limit at various times, and only because of the expertise and personality of people like yourself has it be possible to overcome and deliver…I know the guys on the rig have taken may valuable lessons away from this well and many have come form you with the support of the K&M team.”
2005 - 2006	Pohokura – Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Years of planning led up to an innovative well design approach for New Zealand’s longest ERD wells POW-1, POW-2, and POW-3 (6445, 6985, and 7409m, respectively). Previous ERD wells drilled from land to offshore were fraught with hole problems and exorbitant trouble time. For the 2005-2006 campaign, a new approach was taken whereby the wells were slightly downsized (9 ½” instead of 12 ¼” hole), which removed contingency options, but dramatically reduced the risk of problems and the need for a contingency string in the first place. Through extensive training and onsite support, the project was completed relatively problem free, on time, and within budget. Shell Todd’s head of well engineering had this to say about K&M’s involvement…“A very worthy close out of the Pohokura drilling campaign, which has been a great operational success…..On the way to this success you managed to brake several records. I will only mention one as the list has become too long to quote. POW03 which is now the longest well in NZ at 7409m: a record which will stand for many years to come.

Innovative Thinking
Well Casing Flotation Devices and Method
Oil Tool Release Joint
Hydraulic Release Oil Tool

Patented Technology	Date Filed	Description
Well casing flotation device & method	Aug 22 1990	An apparatus and method of setting liner or casing strings in an extended reach well, during oil, gas or other well completions
Oil tool release joint	Sep 27 1990	A tool that releases a downhole component from a drill string in response to hydraulic pressure in the drill string
Hydraulic release oil tool	Oct 10 1989	A tool that can be used to reduce friction between a liner and a well bore or to release a drill string for its removal from a well bore
Hydraulic release oil tool (cont’d)	Mar 26 1991	A tool that can be used to reduce friction between a liner and a well bore during run in or to release a drill string prior to its removal from a well bore
Well casing flotation device & method (cont’d)	Feb 10 1992	An apparatus and method of setting liner or casing strings in an extend reach well, during oil, gas or other well completion
Hydraulic release system (cont’d)	Apr 30 1991	A system that can be used to reliably release a drill string coupled to a liner after running the liner into a well, especially an extended reach well
Well casing flotation device & method (cont’d)	Aug 31 1989	An apparatus and method of setting liner or casing strings in an extended reach well, during oil, gas or water well completion

     Global Presence

Africa
Asia
Australia/New Zealand
Europe
Gulf of Mexico
North America
North Sea
South America

Africa
• ExxonMobil West Africa – engineering design, training and surveillance to the Jade and Zafiro Field Developments, two of the most challenging ER developments worldwide due to severe wellbore stability

Asia
• Arco China, Inc. – ER drilling rig design calculations for use in the South China Sea
• BP Indonesia – engineering design to multiple ER and complex well programs
• CACT – provided drilling engineering services, hole monitoring systems and planning for an ER project

Australia/New Zealand
• Ampolex Ltd.—torque and drag data gathering criteria for tendering to mud logging companies
• Apache Energy, Ltd. – engineering design and well site surveillance on various Apache ER and horizontal development drilling projects including Stag and Harriet Field Projects on the Northwest Shelf of Australia.
• BHP Petroleum, Melbourne – drilling engineering services for a number of BHPP drilling projects worldwide
• Chevron Offshore Petroleum, Inc. – senior drilling and completion engineering for the Banzala ER Development Project
• Esso Australia Ltd. – Improved drilling efficiency by 47% on a ER program for the Mackerel Field offshore Bass Strait compared to the previous infill program. Also led drilling and completion engineering for several Exxon Corp. record ER wells from the Fortescue and Moonfish programs.
• Fletcher Challenge Energy – determined feasibility and design for a world-class ER project to develop the Pohokura Field of New Zealand.
• Hadson Energy Ltd. – determined feasibility for various projects on the Northwest Shelf.
• Santos Ltd. – well planning and onsite drilling engineering for the design and drilling of the Meranji 14H horizontal well in Moomba, Australia
• Shell Todd Oilfield Services – provided ER and horizontal drilling practices manual and training for the Maui-B Development Program
• West Australian Petroleum Ltd. – Well design and drilling plan resulted in completion of an “undrillable” well on time and under budget.
• Western Mining Corp. – Determined feasibility of the use of horizontal and ER technologies in various operations throughout Australia and New Zealand
• Woodside Energy Ltd. – engineering review and crew training for the GWA-18 ER well

Europe
• Boryslav Oil Co. – drilling engineering and operations project management for a single pad 17-well ER horizontal infill drilling program under an environmentally sensitive area in Western Ukraine
• BP Exploration – well design and contingency planning for ER wells in the Wytch Farm Field in Sunbury, England
• Chevron UK – provided engineering feasibility and design services to the Alba Development Project
• Exxon Neftegas Project Services – Rig design layout engineering, well design, general consulting for Sakhalin Island Development Project in Russia

Gulf of Mexico
• Chevron USA – engineering design for various ER projects
• Conoco USA – performance improvement program for shelf and deep water groups for Arabian and Magnolia projects. Drilling of the first appraisal well in the Magnolia field saved $4.7 million
• Exxon Upstream Development Co. – surveillance and design to the Diana Deep Water Project
• Forest Oil Corp. – first ER well in the GOM in shallow sands
• Nerco Oil & Gas – completed to designed TD
• Texaco USA – design, engineering, and training to the Petronius Field Development

North America
• Chevron Petroleum Technology Center
• David-Lynch, Inc. – engineering design for using the Selective Flotation Technique
• Exxon Co. USA -- Exxon USA– Hondo Platform, longest reaching well offshore California. Also provided design, surveillance, and training on Harmony and Sacate ER projects; and drilling engineering and contingency design planning for the Alabaster ER project
• Exxon USA, New Orleans – set corporate and industry records for reach and performance; developed rig upgrades and drilling/completion programs for a small rig package
• ExxonMobil – engineering design for rig upgrades and well planning for the Sacate West world-record ER well
• PanCanadian Petroleum – monitoring, interpretation and drilling engineering on a 10-well ER project under Lake Newell from a 45-degree slant rig
• Shared Services Drilling (BP & Arco) – training, engineering and wellsite surveillance services to a number of projects including Milne Point, Niakuk, Endicot and Red Dog Programs in Alaska
• Smith International – training for bit and BHA selection for ER and complex wells; engineering design consultation for waling bit and rotary steering tool bit designs
• Thums Long Beach Co. – eliminated hammering of casing string on S shaped ER wells
• Unocal – Platform Irene – world records set for horizontal displacement relative to TVD
• Unocal Oil & Gas – liner contingency tools for a shallow horizontal well for Unocal’s Coalinga Nose Unit.
• Weatherford International – engineering design using Weatherford equipment in ER and complex well applications

North Sea
• Esso Norway – performance improvement training and offshore surveillance to the Jotun Drilling Project
• Texaco UK – engineering design and field surveillance to the Captain Project

South America
• Total Austral S.A. – offshore Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina completed to designed TD