{"id":22728,"date":"2022-10-26T14:39:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merlinerd.com\/?page_id=22728"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T10:44:34","slug":"merlin-methodology-drillling-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merlinerd.com\/es\/technical\/merlin-methodology-drillling-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Metodolog\u00eda Merlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7e47d96326\" data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"3%\" data-bottom-percent=\"3%\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section   mpc-row\" style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.03); padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.03); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg using-bg-color\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\"><div style=\" color: #0a0a0a;\" class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding  inherit_tablet inherit_phone mpc-column\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" data-column-id=\"mpc_column-7569d7e47d96685\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #eb660a;\">Merlin Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Continuous improvement cycle<\/h2>\n<p>Clients leverage our knowledge and techniques to make challenging wells simple, marginal projects economical and problematic operations trouble-free.&nbsp; Success comes from Merlin&rsquo;s methodology back-to-basics systems approach that integrates engineering fundamentals with tried and tested risk management techniques. 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