Over  27 years' experience in providing specialist drilling engineering expertise through various phases of geothermal development i.e. exploration, delineation, appraisal and development drilling

Provides drilling service support from well design through procurement, well construction, well operation and maintenance to  well abandonment in accordance with relevant regulations (NZS2403:2015), Clients'  requirements and expectations.

                                    Service offerings include:

a) development and delivery of well design ( continuously wireline core to large diameter hole) 

b) preparing drilling and well intervention programs 

c) inputs to civil infrastructure design for drilling

d) specifying drilling materials' and services'

e) specifying and delivery of procurement strategy,

f) providing expert advise on drilling contracts' , drilling optimization and well integrity management

g) estimating  budget for drilling and well intervention,

h) supervision of drilling and well intervention works

i) capacity building (training)

         

Projects Assignment

  • Site assignments in Philippines, Lihir (Papua New Guinea), Iran, Chile, New Zealand, Mexico, Caribbean (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Indonesia and Nicaragua

  • Remote drilling advisories  in various  geothermal exploration projects i.e. Indonesia, Vanuatu, East Africa, Nicaragua and Caribbean

Drilling Engineering and Supervision Experience

  • +50 wells’ drilling  - developed and delivered well designs, drilling programs, including procurement of materials and services, for slimhole-size to large bore  wells to 3000m depth

  • + 50  wells’ remediation - developed and delivered intervention programs, including procurement of materials and services. Operations involve  liner cut and pull leading to well deepening, forking lateral, fishing operation, mechanical clean-out, zonal isolation , casing repair and relining, well acidizing, casing perforations, etc.

  • 4 wells  plug and abandonment - developed and delivered P&A programs  (using land or heli -transport rig or rigless)

  • 20 wells' drilling supervision  - standard to  large bore wells 

Contact Details:

Edwin Dela Pena

Consultant Drilling Engineer

Mobile No: +642102733253

Email: edwin.delapena@edpconsulting.co.nz