Expertise & Experience
 Technology, expertise and experience to meet the deepwater challenge
Deepwater fields offer the promise of the world’s
most prolific reservoirs with huge potential to produce
oil and gas. Deepwater exploration and production also
present the industry’s most demanding technical and
operational challenges.
Baker Hughes delivers a unique combination of leading
technologies, expert project managers, technical
specialists and global experience to help operators
exploit the economic promise of deepwater projects. We
are dedicated to unlocking the value of deepwater
reservoirs by helping our customers operate safely and
efficiently to maximize hydrocarbon recovery.
Global Experience at Delivering Critical Technologies
In more than a decade of global deepwater experience,
Baker Hughes has gained in depth knowledge of the
geology, operating challenges, technical risks and best
practices of deepwater drilling and production. Our
teams have delivered technology solutions in the Gulf of
Mexico, offshore Brazil, West Africa, the North Sea,
Asia Pacific and Australia. Baker Hughes has provided
leading services for riserless drilling, drilling
complex well trajectories through salt layers, managing
pressure in extremely deep wells, evaluating complex
formations, completing wells in high pressure/high
temperature reservoirs, assuring flow in wells and flow
lines, and providing boosters to increase production
rates from subsea wells. Operators can benefit from our
experience in this wide range of critical deepwater
technologies.
“We are dedicated to unlocking the value of deepwater reservoirs by helping our customers maximize hydrocarbon recovery.”
Strengthened Reservoir Capabilities
With the recent formation of our Reservoir Technology
and Consulting group, Baker Hughes has strengthened its
capabilities in reservoir engineering and geomechanics.
Reservoir engineering services provided by Gaffney,
Cline & Associates help operators improve their
understanding of their deepwater reservoirs and enable
them to plan effective development programs.
GeoMechanics International, a world leader in reservoir
geomechanics, provides detailed analysis of the stress
fields of the overburden and the reservoir rock to
promote hole stability during drilling and optimize
recovery over the life of the reservoir.
World-Class Research, Engineering and Manufacturing
Baker Hughes is a leader in the engineering, design
and application of products and integrated systems to
meet the specific requirements of deepwater projects.
Our extensive research and development resources
include ten major technology centers, which develop new
products and test them under extreme environmental
conditions.
In addition, our engineers and scientists conduct basic
research in metallurgy, electronics, geosciences,
chemistry, elastomers and other materials to extend the
application envelope of our downhole systems.
Our manufacturing capabilities enable us to build the
highest quality tools and equipment. Major manufacturing
facilities in the United States, Europe, Latin America,
the Middle East and Asia produce a full range of drill
bits, advanced drilling and LWD systems, and wireline
logging instruments, and completion equipment designed
for high pressure, high temperature environments. We
manufacture and test our advanced wireline logging
instruments. We also manufacture complete electric
submersible pumping (ESP) systems, and produce
electronic gauges and fiber optic cable for our
reservoir monitoring services.
“Baker Hughes has Gained in-depth knowledge of the geology, operating challenges, technical risks and best practices of deepwater drilling and production.”
 Global Infrastructure for Deepwater Operations
Baker Hughes has the global infrastructure to support
deepwater drilling provinces throughout the world
including major operations facilities along the Gulf of
Mexico, in Brazil, West Africa, the North Sea, Malaysia,
India and China. Our infrastructure includes repair and
maintenance facilities, liquid mud plants, chemical and
fluids laboratories, all staffed by highly-trained
engineers and technicians.
Expert Support for Operational Excellence
Experienced Baker Hughes deepwater project engineers
act as focal points to understand the customer’s
technical and operational challenges. These project
engineers coordinate with select teams of Baker Hughes
experts from the right technical disciplines who
recommend, design and apply technology solutions to meet
each project’s unique requirements.
Baker Hughes has a 100-year tradition of operational
excellence, which continues in support of our deepwater
customers during every phase of each project. Our field
engineers are qualified through rigorous certification
programs and are supported by senior technical
coordinators.
Remote operations centers support well-site activity.
At our onshore BEACON centers, experienced engineers
monitor drilling, formation evaluation and completions
activity on deepwater rigs and provide advice,
interpretation and troubleshooting to rig-site
personnel. This real-time data communication enables
improved performance while drilling complex wells, more
precise well placement during reservoir navigation, and
faster decisions during formation evaluation. Our
customers also can access real-time and processed data
via the Internet using our WellLinkSM data
service.
Baker Hughes deepwater experts share their global
experience using an extensive knowledge management
system. Collaboration tools include our drill bit record
data base, the OASIS Drilling Knowledge Management
System, and our Advantage drilling experience data base.
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