No Wait-On-Cement (NO WOC) Successfully Applied in Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM) and Creating Significant Well Rig Time Saving

As the new operator of the Mahakam Block started in 2017, Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM) were challenged to ramp up operations in order to combat massive production decline. At the same time, reducing well cost was also a paramount importance to ensure that the economic targets of the wells were achieved following the reduction of well stakes. One of the remaining unsolved enigmas is how to achieve No Wait-on-Cement (NO WOC) on surface diverter section as this will create a lot of rig time saving both on single well and batch operations. The project begins with several different kinds of proposal until the best solutions were identified fulfilling safety, simplicity of operations and acceptable cost and finally were put in place with very satisfying results. The main key principle is conversion wellhead stages following well architecture while there were several modifications of casing hanger, adapter, additional materials & modified procedure. Rig time saving, additional operational gain and a promising new “breakthrough” of drilling technique become a significant impact of the successful effort. Now the method has become a standard in PHM operations and has already been integrated to SDI (Standard Drilling Instruction). The merit of this endless hard work could possibly be gained by other operators as it will create more added values both tangible and intangible.