Directional Drilling in Vernal, Utah
Directional drilling, MWD/LWD and well planning for the Uinta Basin's shift to horizontal wells.
Geo Mag Technologies provides directional drilling services to operators in Vernal, Utah and the Uinta Basin. Vernal is the basin's service town, and Uintah and Duchesne counties are where the drilling happens. Geo Mag supplies the mud motors, MWD tool and complete bottom hole assembly needed to drill a deviated well and plans the trajectory beforehand.
The company is based in Broussard, Louisiana and is available for projects anywhere in the United States; travel distance is not a limiting factor.
- Region
- Uinta Basin
- County
- Uintah County, Utah
- Coverage
- Available for projects anywhere in the United States
- Mobilizes from
- Broussard, Louisiana
- Availability
- 24 Hours
At a glance
The Uinta Basin goes horizontal
The Uinta Basin produced for decades from vertical and directional wells in the Green River and Wasatch, and operators have since shifted to horizontal development, landing laterals in the Uteland Butte and other Green River and Wasatch intervals. The basin's crude is waxy with a high pour point, which shapes fluid programs and surface handling, and much of the acreage is tribal or federal.
The change from vertical to horizontal is a change in what a directional provider is asked for: landing a lateral in a thin bench and holding it on real-time formation data, in fluid systems that are frequently oil-based.
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.
Geo Mag capabilities for Uinta Basin horizontals
Geo Mag's wave propagation resistivity sub allows geosteering in both water-based and oil-based mud, in the company's words, and its manufacturer datasheet lists all mud types including oil-based and salt-saturated. Gamma runs in the same string, and the pressure-while-drilling tool reports real-time ECD.
Bico and Tomahawk mud motors, RSS, Key Drill drilling systems and complete BHA packages cover the drilling, steered on company-owned positive-pulse MWD tools. Polaris logs the data and pushes it to the operator WITSML server, so an office in Vernal, Salt Lake City or Denver can follow the well.
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.
PWD, annular pressure-while-drilling
Real-time downhole pressure and ECD
Annular pressure while drilling turns equivalent circulating density from a calculation into a measurement. It shows whether the hole is being cleaned, flags kicks and influxes early, and lets the overbalance be held tight without giving up rate of penetration.
Wave propagation resistivity (WPR) sub
Geosteering, correlation and wireline replacement
Propagation resistivity reads the formation around the bit in real time, so a lateral can be steered to stay in the target zone and casing points can be picked without waiting on a wireline run.
Polaris RDS logging system
Gamma and directional data logging with remote monitoring
The logging system is where surveys, gamma and drilling parameters become the well record: plots, LAS files and reports the operator keeps, and a live feed the office can watch without being on location.
SourceSystem roles from the Technology page; Geo Mag statements and manufacturer specifications are attributed there.
Areas served around Vernal
Geo Mag is available for directional drilling projects throughout the Uinta Basin, including work staged from:
- Roosevelt
- Duchesne
- Myton
- Altamont
- Bluebell
- Randlett
- Ouray
- Duchesne County
- Rangely, CO
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 Vernal
Yes. Eastern Utah is within Geo Mag's nationwide coverage. Tools and personnel mobilize from Broussard, Louisiana.
Discuss a Vernal drilling project.
Call or text (337) 278-4607, 24 hours. Or send a message through the contact form.