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The wells the industry said couldn't be done.

A 100% intercept success rate isn't a slogan, it's a record built on the hardest wells in the world, documented and regulator-witnessed. Selected projects, 2020 to present.

49
projects delivered
100%
intercept success rate
13+
relief well / blowout jobs
7
countries
Featured projects
Relief-Well Intercept, Record-Range Locate & Dynamic Kill Relief Well · Record-Range Ranging · Dynamic Kill · P&A
West Texas (Permian Basin), USA · 2026

Relief-Well Intercept, Record-Range Locate & Dynamic Kill

World-record 306-ft ranging locate and dynamic kill of an 8,000+ bbl/day blowout, in under a week

306.11 ft center-to-center ranging locate — world record, ~6x the longest prior range
Relief-Well Intercept, Kill & P&A Intercept · Kill · P&A · Regulator-witnessed
North Dakota, USA · 2025

Relief-Well Intercept, Kill & P&A

World-first commercial wired-pipe AMR-While-Drilling, intercept, kill and P&A

~8,640 ft MD, intercepted at exact planned depth
Legacy-Well Blowout Intercept & Kill Blowout Intervention · Well Kill · P&A
Louisiana, USA · 2025

Legacy-Well Blowout Intercept & Kill

Uncontrolled flow stopped after 116 days of failed surface intervention

15 days to well control
Offshore Well Location & Intercept P&A Offshore P&A · Well Location · Relief / Intercept
Gulf of Mexico · 2025 – ongoing

Offshore Well Location & Intercept P&A

Locating and plugging a cluster of buried offshore wells, among the longest-running releases on record

~28 wells to locate, intercept & permanently P&A
Horizontal CSG Toe-to-Toe Intercepts CSG Intercept · Rotating Magnet · While-Drilling
Queensland, Australia · 2025 – ongoing

Horizontal CSG Toe-to-Toe Intercepts

Rotating-magnet ranging, 4 intercepts across 2 horizontal coal-seam-gas well pairs

4 intercepts across 2 well pairs, 100% success
SAGD Multi-Pad Pass-By / Collision Avoidance SAGD · Collision Avoidance · Well Twinning
Alberta, Canada · 2025

SAGD Multi-Pad Pass-By / Collision Avoidance

Five complex SAGD pass-bys against existing well pairs, verified placement

5 pass-bys completed safely on a live SAGD pad
Nahcolite Solution-Mining Intercept Solution Mining · Hydraulic Comms · Engineered Intercept
Colorado, USA · 2025

Nahcolite Solution-Mining Intercept

Two-well solution-mining intercept, remediating a failed third-party attempt

~2,880 ft MD, wells intersected; comms established
Closed-Loop Geothermal Well Connections Closed-Loop Geothermal · World-Record Intercept · Custom Rotary Magnet
Bavaria, Germany · 2024 – ongoing

Closed-Loop Geothermal Well Connections

A world-record closed-loop geothermal intercept, two ~29,500 ft wells connected at total depth

11+ miles world-record combined wellbore, two ~29,500 ft wells intercepted at TD
Urban Legacy-Well Locate & Re-Entry Near-Surface Re-entry · Active + Passive Ranging · P&A
Los Angeles, California, USA · 2024

Urban Legacy-Well Locate & Re-Entry

Locating and re-entering a legacy well beneath an urban Los Angeles redevelopment

~1,760 ft MD, casing stub-top located for re-entry
Multi-Well Salt Solution-Mining Intercept Solution Mining · CTRWD · Multi-Well Intercept
Kansas, USA · 2023 – ongoing

Multi-Well Salt Solution-Mining Intercept

A repeat salt solution-mining program, connecting five-well sets from a single access well via coiled-tubing ranging-while-drilling

3 well sets connected (2023–2025); a 4th planned for 2026
Relief-Well P&A, Legacy Gas Field Relief Well P&A · Dual Intercept · Re-entry
California, USA · 2020 – ongoing

Relief-Well P&A, Legacy Gas Field

Multi-well relief-well P&A of 1950s-era wells at a major legacy gas-storage field

8 intercepts across the 4-well campaign
Full project track record

2020 to present.

Relief-Well Intercept, Record-Range Locate & Dynamic Kill 2026
West Texas (Permian Basin), USA
Relief WellRecord-Range RangingDynamic Kill
Near-Surface Detection, Emergency Well Location 2026
West Texas, USA
Near-Surface DetectionWell LocationEmergency Response
Relief-Well Intercept, Kill & P&A 2025
North Dakota, USA
InterceptKillP&A
Legacy-Well Blowout Intercept & Kill 2025
Louisiana, USA
Blowout InterventionWell KillP&A
Offshore Well Location & Intercept P&A 2025 – ongoing
Gulf of Mexico
Offshore P&AWell LocationRelief / Intercept
Horizontal CSG Toe-to-Toe Intercepts 2025 – ongoing
Queensland, Australia
CSG InterceptRotating MagnetWhile-Drilling
SAGD Multi-Pad Pass-By / Collision Avoidance 2025
Alberta, Canada
SAGDCollision AvoidanceWell Twinning
Nahcolite Solution-Mining Intercept 2025
Colorado, USA
Solution MiningHydraulic CommsEngineered Intercept
Offshore Re-Abandonment & P&A Feasibility 2025 – ongoing
Australia
Offshore P&AIntercept StudyCCS Re-Abandonment
CCS Re-Abandonment Intercept Study 2025
North Sea, UK
CCS Re-AbandonmentIntercept StudyNorth Sea
Municipal Water Restoration, Horizontal Intercepts 2025
Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA
Water ProductionRotating-Magnet RangingMulti-Well Intercept
Relief-Well Ranging & Intercept Design, Sour-Gas Blowout 2025
Central Asia
Relief WellFeasibility StudyRanging & Intercept
Coiled-Tubing Sidetrack & S-Curve Re-Drill 2025
Kansas, USA
Coiled-Tubing SidetrackGyro-While-DrillingRe-Drill
High-Angle Intercept, Mill & Re-Enter for P&A 2025
Western Australia
InterceptMill & Re-EnterP&A
Surface-to-Underground Mine Intercept, Dewatering Access 2025
Australia
Direct Mine InterceptRotating-Magnet RangingDewatering
Greenfield SAGD Pass-By Ranging 2025
Alberta, Canada
SAGDCollision AvoidanceWell Twinning
Closed-Loop Geothermal Well Connections 2024 – ongoing
Bavaria, Germany
Closed-Loop GeothermalWorld-Record InterceptCustom Rotary Magnet
Urban Legacy-Well Locate & Re-Entry 2024
Los Angeles, California, USA
Near-Surface Re-entryActive + Passive RangingP&A
Near-Surface Wellbore Detection & Positioning 2024 – ongoing
Southern California, USA
Near-Surface DetectionWell LocationP&A
Shallow Close-Proximity Intercept Plan 2024
Oklahoma, USA
Shallow InterceptRanging & SteeringWell Plan
Intercept, Mill & Re-Enter for P&A 2024
Western Australia
InterceptMill & Re-EnterP&A
Multi-Well Salt Solution-Mining Intercept 2023 – ongoing
Kansas, USA
Solution MiningCTRWDMulti-Well Intercept
Casing-Stump Locate & Re-Entry P&A 2023
Colorado, USA
Re-Entry P&APassive RangingCasing-Stump Locate
Solution-Mining Well Twinning 2023
Utah, USA
Well TwinningSolution MiningPassive Ranging
Horizontal Water-Well Intercept Pilot 2023
Oklahoma, USA
Water ProductionHorizontal Water WellIntercept
Offshore Orphan-Well Securing & P&A 2022
Offshore Texas, USA
Offshore Well ControlOrphan WellP&A
Two-Well Fish Ranging & Re-Intersection 2022
New Mexico, USA
2-Well Re-EntryFish RangingP&A
Parted-Casing Sidetrack Intercept & Mill-In 2021
California, USA
P&A InterceptActive RangingMill-In
Urban Map-Then-Intercept Abandonment 2021
Los Angeles, California, USA
Urban P&AMap-Then-InterceptDCST + Ranging
Damaged-Casing Stump Locate & Milling Re-Entry 2021
California, USA
Re-Entry AccessRanging + GyroCasing-Stump Locate
Deepwater Anti-Collision on a Third-Party Sensor 2021
Offshore Malaysia
Offshore Anti-CollisionPassive RangingWell Twinning
1949 Orphan-Well Re-Abandonment 2021
Los Angeles, California, USA
1949 Orphan WellRe-AbandonmentRanging + Gyro
Relief-Well P&A, Legacy Gas Field 2020 – ongoing
California, USA
Relief Well P&ADual InterceptRe-entry
Storage-Cavern Roof Access by Well Twinning 2020
Texas, USA
Salt-Cavern AccessWell TwinningPassive Ranging
Urban Shallow Intercept for Abandonment 2020
Los Angeles, California, USA
Urban AbandonmentShallow InterceptPassive Ranging
Inland-Waters Blowout, Dynamic Kill & Relief Planning 2020
Louisiana, USA
Blowout ResponseDynamic KillRelief-Well Planning
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