Case Study: a national oil company saves 2 rig days with SLB SonicScope and NeoScope for full petrophysical evaluation

NOC Optimizes Packer Placement with Full Petrophysical Evaluation Saves 2 Rig Days

SLB worked with a national oil company in the Gulf of Mexico that needed to evaluate the petrophysics and geomechanics of a difficult carbonate reservoir. The operator wanted reliable formation data in acoustically challenging logging conditions to improve well evaluation and determine the best packer placement.

SLB recommended SonicScope 675 multipole sonic-while-drilling service together with NeoScope sourceless formation-evaluation-while-drilling service to capture compressional, shear, and fluid-typing data while drilling. The solution delivered a full petrophysical evaluation without a dedicated logging run, saved 2 rig days, improved formation evaluation confidence, and helped optimize packer placement and update geomechanical and geophysical models.