Formation Evaluation Industry Study

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Today I would like to discuss your needs in the area of Formation Evaluation services including use of wireline logging, LWD, surface/mud logging, downhole coring and well testing. Kimberlite acts as an unbiased, third party to collect, aggregate and analyze the data and your personal anonymity is assured. The results of this study are taken very seriously, and this is an opportunity to voice your needs and opinions to shape the development of new technologies and services for this market.  As a professional courtesy, a complimentary report summary will be shared with all respondents upon completion of the project.
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1.
Tell us your name!
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Name
Email
City
State
Country
2.
Company and Job title.
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COMPANY NAME
JOB TITLE
3.
What geographic regions are you involved with?
US LAND
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
4.
What geographic regions are you involved with?
Check all that apply
OFFSHORE/ INTERNATIONAL
LandOffshore ShelfOffshore Deepwater
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
5.
What do you feel are the top 2 or 3 key developments in formation evaluation technology that have brought you success?
6.
Approximately how many wells will you or your team drill in 2026? Approximately how many wells will you or your team drill in 2027?
#
2026
2027
7.
What percent of the wells you drill will be exploration wells vs development wells?
%
EXPLORATION WELLS
DEVELOPMENT WELLS
0
8.
A. Have you used any of the following service categories in the past 12 months?
B. Do you feel the current offerings from suppliers of formation evaluation services is sufficient OR do you believe more advancement or new innovations in technology are needed in the following areas to meet your future operational requirements? 
C.  (If Insufficient/ need advancement)  Specifically, what improvements or new innovations are needed? 
Used

Sufficient

Needs
Advancement
Desired Improvements/
New Innovations
Cased Hole Wireline Logging
Open Hole Wireline Logging
LWD
Surface Logging/ Mud Logging
Coring Services
9.
Compared to the previous 12 months, will your company see increases, decreases or no changes in FORMATION EVALUATION EXPENDITURES over the next 12 months? (If Increase or Decrease) By what percent?  
INCREASEDECREASENO CHANGEBy what %
Your Company's Formation Evaluation Expenditures
10.
Do you expect SUPPLIER PRICING FOR FORMATION EVALUATION SERVICES to increase, decrease or stay about the same over the next 12 months?  (If Increase or Decrease) By what percent?
INCREASEDECREASENO CHANGEBy what %
Supplier Pricing for Formation Evaluation Services
11.
A. Over the next 2-5 years, does your company plan to invest in any new carbon capture & storage projects ? (If Yes)  How many wells will be drilled for these projects?   
B. Over the next 2-5 years, does your company plan to drill any geothermal wells? (If Yes)  How many wells?    
YESPOSSIBLYNO(If Yes) How Many Wells?
Carbon Capture & Storage
Geothermal Wells
12.
What percent of your formation evaluation services are part of an integrated services project (e.g Lump Sum Turnkey) vs purchased discretely?
%
INTEGRATED PACKAGE
PURCHASED DISCRETELY
0
13.
Which supplier provides the best digital solutions to support your formation evaluation operations?
15.
How valuable would continuous, real-time formation evaluation data (e.g., triple-combo measurements while drilling) be in achieving the following objectives? Do you see high, moderate, slight or no real value?
High ValueModerate ValueSlight ValueNo Real Value
Improved geosteering accuracy
Increased reservoir exposure/ contact
Earlier identification of formation changes
Reduced need for corrective steering
Improved drilling efficiency (ROP/ NPT)
16.
How likely are you to use wired drillpipe to obtain real-time formation evaluation data over the next 2 years?  What is driving that use? or Why do you expect no use?
Likely Use
What is driving that use?
OR Reasons for no use
Highly Likely
Somewhat Likely
Not Likely to Use
17.
What percent of your wireline logging expenditures are for cased hole versus open hole?
% of Expenditures
Cased Hole
Open Hole
0
WELL TESTING
56.
Are you involved with well testing?
61.
In closing, if you could communicate only one message to the suppliers of these products, what would that be?