Challenges: Overview

• Deepwater

  Gulf of Mexico

  We work with you to minimize economic and HS&E risk associated with well construction while maximizing production and ROI.

  Brazil

  As your cost of doing business continues to increase, we’re making significant infrastructure investments that are enabling us to work closer with your teams.

  Africa

  Our technology and local expertise—supported by a global knowledge base of lessons learned—maximize your deepwater performance.

  Asia Pacific

  Superior reservoir capabilities enable us to offer total asset solutions.

  North Sea

  Drilling 30,000 ft in the harshest weather and geological conditions isn’t easy and neither is developing the technology so you can do that. That’s when we’re at our best.

  • Lower Tertiary

    

    Our professionals apply a total systems approach, including drilling fluids, bits, reamer, and drilling and evaluation tools to reach your planned casing points with fewer trips.

  • Presalt

    

    Our approach can help you optimize drilling production and reduce intervention in these substantially challenging plays.

  • Steerable Drilling Liner System

    

    Statoil and Baker Hughes Incorporated jointly developed the world’s first steerable liner while drilling systems, successfully tested from the Brage platform in the North Sea.

• Unconventional Hydrocarbons

  Heavy Oil

  Maximize heavy oil asset value through the project life cycle with a fully integrated selection of tools and services.

  Oil Shale

  Our multistage completion expertise enables the best possible reservoir performance for your oil-shale project.

  Shale Gas

  Our integrated, application-specific approach—based on an extensive knowledge base of shale-play lessons learned—improves return on investment.

  Tight Gas

  We have a fully integrated range of tools and services to speed development of and maximize the return on your tight gas assets throughout the life cycle.

  Coalbed Methane

  We’ve been an integral part of coalbed methane (CBM) development from the early days of this work in the Rocky Mountains.

  • Oil Sands

    

    Our experts are tackling oil-sands challenges in mining and SAGD production with better technology.

  • Openhole Multizone Fracturing

    

    FracPoint™ openhole fracture completion system is highly effective for precisely and reliably isolating multiple zones in open and cased holes.

  • Shale Gas – Barnett

    

    In two years, with our improved tools and services, we’ve reduced the average days per well by 50%.

• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

  Reservoir Assessment

  Our geomechanical models enable fluid flow prediction along faults and fractures with long-term evaluation of the fault/cap rock sealing ability.

  CO2 Monitoring

  We have comprehensive CO2 monitoring technologies and the expertise to solve your carbon storage challenges.

  CO2 Capture and Transport

  We can improve amine capture unit performance by controlling corrosion, fouling, and foaming.

  • Software

    

    Truly useful applications don't start with programmers; they start with problems.

  • Monitoring and Automation

    

    Our downhole sensors and variable speed drives, combined with our monitoring services, give you greater control over your artificial lift system.

  • Pipeline Services

    

    Our pipeline services improve product-to-market capabilities, including pipeline integrity.

• Geothermal Energy

  Geothermal Energy

  We have an extensive knowledge base of lessons learned after more than 40 years developing geothermal resources. We’ve delivered products and services to more than 1,400 geothermal wells or 95% of all these wells ever drilled. With this enthusiastic commitment, you’ll be able to generate cost-effective power with reduced development cost and extended well life. Our services include total wellbore planning, construction, and management. As part of this integrated offering, we can deliver advanced geomechanical and reservoir/borehole stability analysis. We’ve saved our clients time and many millions of dollars by applying our comprehensive knowledge of geothermal drilling and well construction on projects of any scope. We’re working on enhanced geothermal systems (EGS™) that derive energy from hot ...

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  • Celle Technology Center

    

    The Celle Technology Center performs research, engineering, and testing of drilling systems, telemetry, and LWD tools.

  • Hydraulic Liner Hangers

    

    We have a variety of hydraulic-set liner hangers that give you more well design options in liner completions, particularly when corrosion-resistant alloy casing is involved.

  • Artificial Lift

    

    Our ESPs and PCPs are the best performing and most reliable artificial lift solutions for a wide range of oilfield and industrial applications.

• Transportation and Storage

  Underground Gas Storage (UGS)

  Our product and service portfolio can manage most technology requirements for UGS applications. We offer superior wellbore construction services.

  Pipeline Services

  Our pipeline services improve product-to-market capabilities, including pipeline integrity.

  • Reservoir

    

    Real-world experience sets our reservoir analysis team apart from competitors.

  • Sand Control Screen Systems

    

    The industry’s most sand control experience and a broad array of the highest-performance sand control screens extend well life and reduce intervention cost.

  • FLO Pipeline Drag Reducers

    

    Our FLO™ pipeline drag reduction offerings increase pipeline throughput, save power cost, and/or increase your operational flexibility.

• Hydrocarbon Processing

  Hydrocarbon Processing

  Baker Petrolite provides innovative chemical programs and services that help you solve a wide range of processing, water management and finished product quality challenges in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. We’re a leading supplier of crude oil, refinery intermediate and finished fuel additives, and services which are used to increase the market value of these products. Our heavy fuel oil additive programs and services help you improve power generation plant performance and equipment life, while reducing your maintenance costs.

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  • Petrochemical Manufacturing

    

    We develop and implement innovative chemical program and service solutions that increase petrochemical plant profitability.

  • Fuel Additives

    

    Our fuel additives and services can maximize your profitability by increasing your fuel’s marketability and value.

  • Industrial Water Treatment

    

    We increase your profitability by reducing operating cost through effective influent, cooling, boiler, and wastewater system treatment.