Case Study: Independence Resources Management achieves faster well planning and improved collaboration with SLB DrillPlan

IRM used an unparalleled well construction planning solution to reduce well planning times and improve well construction

Independence Resources Management (IRM) worked with SLB to improve well construction planning in the Permian Basin. IRM needed to boost team productivity, strengthen communication, and optimize trajectory design within geological safety factors, but its existing approach relied on multiple data formats and separate workflows that slowed planning and limited collaboration.

SLB recommended the DrillPlan coherent well construction planning solution to integrate subsurface and drilling data in a single system. The solution enabled automated engineering analysis, validation, and cross-domain collaboration, integrating Petrel models with optimized trajectories and shared workflows. As a result, IRM reduced well planning and replanning time, improved data exchange and design quality, and generated enhanced drilling programs in a fraction of the time previously required.

Independence Resources Management