[+]Gyrodata Announces New SQ³ Quality Assurance Initiative
Houston - February 10, 2010(Houston, Texas) Gyrodata Incorporated, a worldwide leader in high-technology wellbore placement services for the energy industry, today announced the introduction of the SQ³ Quality Assurance Initiative - an internal certification program designed to take quality management to the next level.
"Gyrodata is all about quality, and this is an important initiative for both the company and our customers," said Stephen Klopp, Gyrodata's Chairman and CEO. "SQ³ integrates every control aspect of the quality objective, from design and engineering to manufacturing and field deployment, so that all employees understand their link in the service quality chain. SQ³ has been initiated worldwide to all districts and employees, and we expect to soon see the bar raised for a new standard of excellence in the industry."
The SQ³ initiative is both an informational program and a certification process for the company's field operations. When a completed survey report is approved and stamped with the SQ³ Seal, both Gyrodata employees and its customers will be informed of the technology and the exact processes and procedures applied to assure a high level of performance. SQ³ provides Gyrodata's customers with the confidence to make critical wellbore placement decisions safely and accurately.
The SQ³ program highlights three main aspects of Gyrodata's services relevant to quality assurance:
System Quality - Precision engineered gyroscopic systems, designed and manufactured in-house for the harsh wellbore environment, lay the groundwork for field accuracy and reliability.
Survey Quality - Data accuracy through standardized calibration and modeling procedures.
Service Quality - Controlled processes and procedures required for SQ³ certification from service call-out to return-to-base.
SQ³ documentation goes beyond the issue of Gyrodata's quality of service by providing additional useful information. As a resource, SQ³ points customers to industry-recognized survey performance models for safe and effective well planning; and it discusses the latest industry perspective on survey accuracy with references and links to studies and technical papers. Overall, SQ³ not only informs and provides certification to instill confidence in survey performance, it also serves as an educational/training mechanism for both employees and clients.
Gyrodata has headquarters in Houston, Texas and engineering and manufacturing facilities in Houston and Westlake, California in the United States; and in Aberdeen, Cumbria, and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The company develops and deploys premium wellbore surveying and guidance systems and rotary steerable drilling services - with a central focus on providing safe drilling operations and increased recovery of oil and gas reserves through highly accurate wellbore placement. ... [read more]
[+]Gyrodata's New CAAT Surveyor X-4™ Achieves the Highest Level of Accuracy
Houston - February 10, 2010(Houston, Texas) Gyrodata Incorporated, a worldwide leader in high-technology wellbore placement services for the energy industry, today announced the introduction of the new CAAT SURVEYOR X-4™ (Continuous All-Attitude Tool). The inertial guidance-based CAAT™ system provides three-dimensional trajectory profiles for oil and gas wells by surveying while transiting the wellbore, rather than stopping at periodic intervals to take readings.
The CAAT™ system has evolved from Gyrodata's new X-4™ technology, which incorporates advancements in downhole sensors, electronics, software modeling and mechanisms to increase resistance to shock and vibration - leading to significant gains in performance, speed, accuracy and reliability. Along with these advancements, the CAAT™ system has taken continuous surveying a step further with all-attitude capability (i.e., the system can survey a well while moving at high speeds from vertical to horizontal). Previous systems had to reach a certain angle of inclination before starting in continuous mode.
The CAAT™ system has successfully performed 12 commercial jobs to date, two of which surveyed to horizontal in the active Marcellus Shale Field in the Appalachian Basin. All-attitude surveying and increased ruggedness have led to faster surveying times for significant rig-time savings.
Gyrodata's continuous surveying provides the most accurate means of wellbore trajectory definition, due to the quality of the inertial guidance-based data and the ability to profile the well in much smaller increments than with other methods. Now, combining continuous all-attitude capability with advanced X-4 technology, the CAAT™ system has become the most accurate tool in Gyrodata's fleet of instrumentation.
High-accuracy continuous surveying provides numerous benefits over the entire life cycle of an oil and gas development: reduced risk of costly and dangerous wellbore collisions, optimum wellbore placement and reservoir delineation for increased recovery, and reduced well maintenance and workover costs.
Once Gyrodata performs a continuous survey, a client has the ability (now or at any time in the future) to examine the well profile at any incremental resolution down to 0.1 of a foot. Typical oil industry surveying employs 100-foot intervals. The high data density of continuous surveying allows identification of micro doglegs and other structural problems that could adversely affect a maintenance program over the life of a well. Many operators have used continuous data to optimize the placement of downhole pumps and rod guides in artificial lift operations for significant reductions in tubing wear, equipment failures and overall workover frequency.
Gyrodata has headquarters in Houston, Texas and engineering and manufacturing facilities in Houston and Westlake, California in the United States; and in Aberdeen, Cumbria, and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The company develops and deploys premium wellbore surveying and guidance systems and rotary steerable drilling services - with a central focus on providing safe drilling operations and increased recovery of oil and gas reserves through highly accurate wellbore placement. ... [read more]
[+]Gyrodata Engineers Present Technical Papers in Colombia
Colombia - December 5, 2009Gyrodata congratulates Jean Carlo Noguera and Omar Carreño with their technical contribution to the Colombia Petroleum Show.
While studying at the University of Oriente in Anzoátegui, Venezuela, Jean Carlo and Omar demonstrated their extensive understanding of the oil industry through the completion of their in-depth pre-graduate theses. As a result of their comprehensive research, Jean Carlo and Omar were each given the opportunity to publicly present their thesis at the Acipet Colombia Petroleum Show in Bogota. Jean Carlo's paper, entitled "Evaluacion del Sistema de Bombeo Mecanico de Doble Piston Modificado, como Nueva Alternativa en la Produccion de Hidrocarburos," discusses the improvement of submersible pumps by incorporating conical values which, he discovered, optimizes hydrocarbon production. Omar's paper entitled "Magnetohidrodinamica aplicada a los hidrocarburos," explores an alternative utilization of magnetic hydrodynamic forces in a multiphase flow pattern. We are proud to have Jean Carlo Noguera and Omar Carreño as a part of our Gyrodata team in Venezuela, and we look forward to their future accomplishments in the oil and gas industry. ... [read more]
Villahermosa - November 24, 2009Gyrodata was present during this year's PECOM '09 trade show, which was held in Villahermosa, Mexico in November. Our main focus during this show was presenting and re-acquainting potential clients with our Rotary Steerable Drilling Systems (RSS). The RSS is a closed-loop, automated drilling tool which guides the oil well path along a pre-programmed trajectory using its on-board, down hole intelligence to navigate to a preset location.
Sharing a booth with our strategic partner in Mexico, Integradora de Perforaciones y Servicios (IPS), we were able to talk to many interested parties about the services we can deliver, such as our singleshot and multishot gyroscopic surveys, our Geo-Guide GWD (Gyro-While-Drilling), wireline services, the importance of extensive risk mitigation and of course our RSS tool.
Probably the highlight of the show was the unplanned stop of the Governor of Tabasco, Mr. Andrés Granier Melo, and the Exploration and Production Director General for PEMEX, Mr. Carlos Gil. After a short introduction and an explanation of the the RSS tool, both were interested in and impressed with the RSS tool we had on display.
All in all, we had a successful and fruitful week. Our thanks to IPS, who graciously offered us space at this years show. We hope to see you there next year!
Cumbria - June 22, 2009Gyrodata Drilling Automation Ltd (GDA) opened its new research, development and manufacturing facility on Park Road, Barrow in Furness in NW England on 9 June 2009. Gyrodata, the parent company, is an international oil service company based in Houston, Texas operating in 60 countries with over 650 employees.
GDA designs and develops Rotary Steerable Drilling Systems (RSS) used primarily in the oil and gas industry. The RSS is an automated drilling tool which guides the oil well path along a pre-programmed trajectory using its on-board, down hole intelligence to navigate to a preset location.
Relocating from the original rural workshops in Greenodd there are currently 30 people employed at the new location, with growth planned in the near future.
Peter Allen, who co-founded the firm and was the creator of this technology, opened the ceremony with the Deputy Mayor for Barrow in Furness Borough, Councillor Rory McClure cutting the ribbon. Harry Knowles from Furness Enterprise who along with the North West Development Agency, helped GDA with the growth planning and funding assistance, welcomed Gyrodata to this growing area. Steve Klopp, Chairman of Gyrodata, thanked everyone for their help and recognised the skill base in Barrow, Cumbria essential to the growth of this company.
Harry Knowles, Chief Executive of enterprise agency Furness Enterprise said:
"Over the past three years, we have faced the challenge of persuading Gyrodata to base its new eastern hemisphere research, development and manufacturing operation here. Today everyone can support this success."
He added,
"Furness will now become a European centre for the manufacture of rotary steerable drilling equipment securing and creating local jobs. We hope to build on this development by using it to seek further investment from North America and to reinforce the area's role as a "Gateway to Britain's Energy Coast" and centre for advanced systems integration."
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Gyrodata Ltd is registered in Scotland No. SC82865. Registered Office located at Campus 3, Aberdeen Science & Technology Park, Balgownie Drive, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. AB22 8GW.
Gyrodata Drilling Automation Ltd is registered in Scotland No. 226104. Registered Office located at Campus 3, Aberdeen Science & Technology Park, Balgownie Drive, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. AB22 8GW.
