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SpecialReport: MWD/LWD & Wellbore Optimization
It must be emphasized that it would not have been possible to
achieve a record drilling performance without the full support and
buy-in of the field personnel. Each person was committed to
staying on the rig around the clock as a dedicated resource to
make sure that every part of the operation-from data transmission
and the drilling mud system to geosteering and downlinking-
went precisely as planned. Members of the field crew, many of
whom were relatively inexperienced and previously had not
worked with one another, took ownership of their respective roles
on the team and in attaining the bottom-line project objectives.
Buoyed by the success of the Marcellus well, HG Energy II
is planning to soon use the same integrated drilling solution on
a Utica Shale well with a lateral length of approximately 16,500
feet, which would rank as the longest horizontal Utica well ever
drilled in West Virginia. Both the operator and service company
realize that unforeseen complications can arise whenever a
drilling crew attempts to push operational limits to new
boundaries. That is why it is so important to take experiences
and lessons learned from one well to improve drilling operations
on the next well as part of a continual improvement process.
The same combination of advanced technology, operational
expertise and collaborative operator/service company teamwork
that enabled the safe drilling of the long-lateral Marcellus well
in record time will be fundamental to further advancing the
already world-class performance of Marcellus/Utica horizontal
drilling. While drilling 9,000 feet in a single day is not likely to

become the new normal anytime soon, with mile-a-day footage
rates quickly becoming routine, averaging 7,500 feet in 24 hours
may be a realistic target for operators in the very near future. r

DALE FIDURKO is drilling and completion manager at HG
Energy II Appalachia LLC in Parkersburg, W.V. He began his
career in 2008 as a field engineer at East Resources Inc., and
subsequently served as a field superintendent at Shell, director
of operations at Inflection Energy LLC, and director of operations
at S&A Resources. Fidurko holds a degree in petroleum and
natural gas engineering from Penn State University.
MCKENNA CZERNESKI is engineering manager at Baker
Hughes, a GE company, which has drilled more than 200
wells in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays with footage
rates exceeding one mile a day. She joined the company in
2010 as an MWD/LWD field engineer in the Appalachian
Basin. Czerneski holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering
from Montana Tech of the University of Montana.
ADAM COBB is a project manager at Baker Hughes, a
GE company. He joined BHGE in 2009 as an MWD/LWD
field specialist in the NE region. Cobb holds a degree in
animal and veterinary sciences from West Virginia University.

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