Drilling Briefing Lesson Title * Market Segment * Real-time w ellbore stability monitoring.

Conventional oil and gas Markets; Deepw ater Markets; Geothermal Discipline * Energy Markets; Other Markets; Unconventional Gas; Unconventional Oil Borehole Imaging; ECD Management; Wellbore Integrity Management; Wellbore Strengthening ARAMCO Problem Diagnosis Hole Cleaning Hydraulics; drilling efficiency; operating parameter control and optimization; Borehole Stresses; Failure Modes Coordinates Borehole Instability - Fractured Rock

Applications Client * Country

SAUDI ARABIA Yes

Field Status

Ghazal Under SME Review

Confidential

Job Reference SAP Sales Order Number Job Reference - D & E Run No in MaPs MAPS/JDS Location 4 Al Khobar (KSA) MAPS/JDS Reference 5013580

Well & Rig Inform ation Well Name Onshore/Offshore Spud Date Rig Name Water Depth Well Class - D&E Location Specific Well Type Dow nhole Environm ent Description Azimuth any In Out 319 322 Drilling Fluid Density 1.19 sg 1.19 sg Sandstone Pore Pressure (EMW) sg sg Over Balance Inclination 71.96 79.4 Hole Diameter Depth MD 4245.26 m 4347.97 m 149.09 mm Depth,TVD 4091.94 m 4118.76 m Definition GHZL_42_1 Onshore 10/29/2012 DPS-43 m Latitude Longitude Well Depth Remote Onshore (Y/N) N E 24 48 7' 9' 58.790 " 59.120 "

4244.99 m

Lithology Summary

Additional Information Drilling System Inform ation Bit Name Bit Diameter Max DLS Non steel pipe components String/Tubular Editor Grade Casing Liner Drill Pipe Drill Collar Coiled Tubing VM95-HCS S-135 Connector Thread Type HCM407Z 149.09 mm 4 deg/30m Non-magnetic Part No Cutter Size 13 mm Links To

String/Tubular Editor Measurem ents OD Casing Liner Drill Pipe Drill Collar Coiled Tubing Tubing 244.6 mm 177.8 mm 101.6 mm mm mm mm ID 214.12 mm 154.68 mm 84.83 mm mm mm mm Length 3585.06 m 814.73 m m mm m m kg/m Weight 26.48 kg/m 17.23 kg/m 7.1 kg/m kg/m Liner Top Depth Dominant Drill Pipe Diameter Dominant Drill Collar Diameter Coiled Tubing Wall Thickness Tubing Depth 3429.92 m 139.69 mm mm mm m

BHI Classification Well Classification Dominant Well Geometry Well Objective Rig Classification Rig Type Drilling System Classification Conventional drilling equipment (non BHI) Generic IADC Bit Classification Problem Root Cause and Practices Classification Operating Procedures and Practices Product Segm ent and Family Classification Automated Drilling Systems Conventional Drilling Systems Coiled tubing & Re-entry Drilling Systems Casing / Liner / Tubular drilling systems Remote Drilling Operations Specialty Drilling Services MWD System LWD System BHI Softw are Surface Systems Surface Logging Services Coring (Conventional) Diamond Bits Tricone Bits Hybrid Bits Vibration Sensing and Monitoring Hole Enlargement Tools Drilling fluid system Generic BHA Configuration Rig Equipments & Systems Dow nhole Environment Well Type

Lesson Learned

Objective Previous Performance Action Taken Expected Performance

This well was required to drill in the direction of minimum horizontal stress, Sh min. As such, borehole stability was expected to be a problem and this was required to be actively monitored in real-time. This was accomplished with two Drilling Optimization Engineers proving 24/7 cover through remote access using WellLink.

As w ell as the standard AutoTrak real-time data, it w as required to add azimuthal caliper (min-max diameter, min-max diameter sector, 8 sector diameters) and sho spacing density image.

Performance Achieved

After drilling the 8 3/8 section to casing point at 13928 ft and achieving 72 inclination, the 5 7/8 section was initiated with a AutoTrak GT4/LithoTrak BHA. The early stages of the run were affected by signal noise but when this was resolved the Short Spacing Density image showed indications of breakout for an interval of c.15ft, then stopped. Min-Max caliper readings confirmed this. The Saudi ARAMCO drilling supervisor was informed and advised of the situation. The decision was made that no action was necessary at this time but maybe in the future. Monitoring continued in anticipation of breakout returning. Unfortunately, the build rate was not sufficient and the first run was ended shortly after to examine the BHA. Image memory data was of excellent quality and showed the break out clearly. In additon to the interval observed in real-time, there was more break out above, which was not observed due to poor real-time data. In addition, azimuthal caliper data was plotted and showed the breakout direction to be on the axis of sector 3 to sector 5 (67.5 to 112.5 right of highside). This is consistent with BakerHughes (GMI) field studies. The azimuth caliper data had some missing data due to no return of signal implying that the radius was large in that sector. The second run started but communication to the SDN was lost so no image or caliper data was available. ECD and T&D

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