Directional Drilling in Odessa, Texas
Directional tools and MWD support for wells drilled across Ector County, the Central Basin Platform and the western Midland Basin.
Operators and drilling contractors in Odessa, Texas can source directional drilling services from Geo Mag Technologies: the mud motors, MWD tools and bottom hole assemblies to drill a deviated oil or gas well, and the technical consulting to plan it. Geo Mag has provided these services since 2007 and mobilizes to the Permian Basin from Broussard, Louisiana.
Odessa sits on the Central Basin Platform, the structural high that separates the Midland Basin to the east from the Delaware Basin to the west. It is a long-established oilfield service center for the Permian, which makes it a practical location for rig-up and tool delivery on wells in either sub-basin.
- Region
- Central Basin Platform and Midland Basin
- County
- Ector County, Texas
- Coverage
- Available for projects anywhere in the United States
- Mobilizes from
- Broussard, Louisiana
- Availability
- 24 Hours
At a glance
Drilling on the Central Basin Platform and beyond
Ector County and the platform around it have been drilled for the better part of a century, so new wells here are planned around dense offset wellbores and legacy production. Programs range from conventional directional wells targeting carbonate reservoirs on the platform to horizontal Wolfcamp and Spraberry wells in the Midland Basin a short drive east.
That mix rewards a directional provider that can plan a trajectory around existing wells and then hit the target with accurate surveys. Geo Mag provides pre-drill trajectory design that accounts for the target and offset wells, and its MWD tools report the survey and tool-face data the directional driller needs to hold that plan.
SourceRegional geology and development patterns are general public information about the basin, not Geo Mag claims. Geo Mag statements and manufacturer figures are attributed on the Technology page.
Tools and support for Odessa-area wells
For the drilling itself Geo Mag supplies Bico and Tomahawk mud motors, RSS, Key Drill drilling systems and complete BHA packages. The MWD tool is a 1 7/8 in. wireline-retrievable positive-pulse design that assembles in the field with gamma, resistivity and PWD, so the configuration can change between the curve and the lateral without a different tool set.
At surface the KeyDrill KDU-Mini decodes pulses as low as 1 psi according to its manufacturer datasheet, which helps keep surveys coming on deeper platform wells where pump noise and PDC bits distort the signal. Geo Mag inspects and repairs its tools in-house rather than sending them out.
Drilling systems: Bico and Tomahawk mud motors / RSS / Key Drill drilling systems / Complete bottom hole assembly (BHA) packages.
Full directional drilling serviceAll systems and specifications
Systems relevant to this region
Positive-pulse MWD tool
Directional, gamma and resistivity configurations
The MWD tool is the instrument that tells the directional driller where the bit is and where it is heading. Survey and tool-face data come up the mud column as pressure pulses, so the trajectory can be corrected while drilling instead of after a trip.
Rime slick-hd servo pulser
Mud-pulse telemetry in high-solids and high-LCM environments
The pulser is the valve that writes downhole data into the mud column. Lost-circulation material, high solids, heat and pressure are what break pulsers; a valve that keeps clearing itself is what keeps the surveys coming.
KeyDrill KDU-Mini decoding unit
Mud-pulse decoding at the rig floor
Every survey depends on the surface receiver separating a small pressure pulse from pump noise. Deeper wells and PDC bits distort the signal; the lower the pulse a decoder can resolve, the more of the well it can survey reliably.
SourceSystem roles from the Technology page; Geo Mag statements and manufacturer specifications are attributed there.
Areas served around Odessa
Odessa is a staging point for wells across the western Permian. Geo Mag is available for projects throughout Ector County and nearby, including:
- Midland
- Andrews
- Monahans
- Kermit
- Crane
- Goldsmith
- Pecos
- Winkler County
- Ward County
- Crane County
- Andrews County
Nearby service areas
SourceCoverage statement from the Geo Mag questionnaire: available anywhere in the United States; travel distance is not a limiting factor. Places listed are areas Geo Mag is available to work in, not offices or completed projects.
Directional drilling questions for Odessa
Yes. Geo Mag Technologies serves operators anywhere in the United States, and Odessa and the Central Basin Platform are within that coverage. The company mobilizes from Broussard, Louisiana.
Discuss a Odessa drilling project.
Call or text (337) 278-4607, 24 hours. Or send a message through the contact form.