Merlin Methodology

Continuous improvement cycle

Clients leverage our knowledge and techniques to make challenging wells simple, marginal projects economical and problematic operations trouble-free.  Success comes from Merlin’s back-to-basics systems approach that integrates engineering fundamentals with tried and tested risk management techniques.  The results speak for themselves with lower drilling costs, fewer problems, more production sooner and an up-skilled workforce with ever-increasing confidence, desire and ability to design and deliver challenging wells.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:
  • End of well reports
  • Problem reviews
  • After action reviews
ENGINEERING SUPPORT:
  • Offset well reviews
  • Feasibility studies
  • Wellbore stability studies
  • Detailed design reviews
  • Procedure reviews
  • Drilling manuals or guides
  • MPD equipment and rig selection
  • DWOP support or facilitation
TRAINING:
  • High angle drilling engineering and operations
  • Stuck pipe prevention
  • MPD team readiness assessments
  • Online self-guided or instructor led options
OPERATIONS SUPPORT:
  • Office engineering support during execution phase
  • Rig site operations support (ERD or MPD)
  • Remote operations support
  • Rig crew on the job coaching
  • Drilling optimisation
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Drill Further, Faster, More Efficiently With Merlin

Merlin brings expertise, experience and energy to your drilling project. We know what works – we do it day after day, all over the globe.

Enhance Project Value
Oil, gas or hot water in the flow line is the ultimate end point. The quicker it gets there the better, as time to first sale often has a disproportionate effect on project value. Our core competence helps you reduce well duration, which gets the sellable product to market more quickly.
Improve Delivery Reliability
Drilling delays are expensive in terms of extra CAPEX and value loss through deferred sales. They can erode stakeholder confidence and affect team morale. Merlin provides delivery assurance to ensure that project milestones are met, operations are managed within budgets and there is confidence across the organisation that the team will deliver according to plan.
Apply Enabling Technology
Thinking about a managed pressure drilling system or using the latest intelligent RSS? We can help you identify the right tool for the job, from the myriad options out there to increase your effective drilling radius or manage challenges with depleted reservoirs.
Defer Abandonment
Accessing remote resources from a nearby installation is one way to sustainably improve the ultimate recovery of a field. Incremental hydrocarbons can keep facilities open longer, maximising the lifespan of an asset and avoiding the need for new facility construction.
Drill Further Without Equipment Upgrades
Increasing your drilling radius gives the subsurface team more options when planning ongoing field development. Merlin can help you define a maximum drilling radius for your facility and if necessary, help with the specification of equipment upgrades to exceed current limits in the most cost efficient manner possible.
Apply Industry-leading Best Practises
High performing teams follow procedures to integrate their learning into ongoing operations. Utilise the same tools, processes and systems employed on the world's most complex wells to assure a positive outcome for your project.

Globally Engaged 

Client Testimonials

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The quality of the material was excellent and relevant. While a lot of the concepts were known at the start of the course, the application of the concepts was put into an improved framework. In addition, a lot of new analytical concepts was learned which will greatly contribute to my skills.

Drilling Engineering Solutions Manager
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The team recently received high praise on the successful completion of the latest well in the Las Garzas Field, Colombia. This success was mainly due to the outstanding team collaboration, equipment and planning from all parties involved. The synergy between Weatherford, Merlin and Ecopetrol was undoubtedly a fundamental part of the operational success of the drilling operation from start to finish which creates additional options for Operators seeing the way the two different companies worked together as a strong team.

Directional Technical Authority
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I worked with Merlin on the last well I drilled in Norway and the value of face to face discussions, gathering of data and also having them at the rig site to explain to the drillers first-hand the process to get repeatable and consistent data for the trends added so much value. Also Merlin could explain to the driller the process for picking up consistently and recording the data so that we had good consistent results and good data to act upon!

Senior Drilling Engineer
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Last week I have attended “ERD, Horizontal & High Angle Operations & Engineering Training” by MERLIN ERD. Throughout my career, I have attended much technical training provided by international service and training companies. However, I should say this one was really one of the most advanced and serious training supported by real case studies of ERD wells drilled all over the world. I strongly suggest MERLIN ERD’s training to all drilling and directional drilling engineer also to Company men supervising horizontal/high angle wells. It will change the attitude of drilling horizontal wells with vertical drilling practices. This is more than theoretical training.

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