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Product Overview
Overview
Gordon Technologies is an MWD/LWD provider. Through proprietary innovations like GT-MWD and Shock Miser (an MWD axial oscillation reduction tool), Gordon has rapidly become a top player in the US unconventional drilling market.
GT-MWD can be applied in both standard temperature and high-temperature MWD (pulse signal). GT-MWD is designed for North American basins and various mud systems, with an operating capability of 385°F (200°C) and a hydrostatic pressure rating of 25,000 psi (172 MPa). The system features a fit-for-purpose design with a modular shock system, fewer circuit boards, extended battery life, and high resistance to Lost Circulation Material (LCM).
The system enables live streaming data and real-time remote monitoring. Additionally, its surface decoding technology offers advanced signal detection, ensuring reliable decoding of down-hole data even in high-interference drilling environments.
Key components of this system include: Pulser for faster data rates and enhances reliability. Shock Miser, which significantly dampens the effects of axial shock on the MWD tool string caused by bit bounce, agitators, and aggressive drilling. GT-TRACKER, a Real-Time Communication system that enables instant transmission of status, performance, and health data between MWD and RSS systems, reducing 'downlink' time and enhancing well-bore straightness. The RSS MWD integrates Gordon's Shock Miser and patented Pulser for fast data rates without compromising gamma density.
For LWD tools: Azimuthal Gamma Ray, a fully retrievable, high-contrast gamma-ray imaging tool. With a modular design featuring a remarkable 23 to 1 front-to-back ratio, it provides real-time four sector azimuthal images (expandable to eight with data compression) and sixteen sector azimuthal images from memory. Resistivity ** **GT-SEEKER, a dual sensor system featuring a communication network connecting distributed sensor arrays. This network supplies crucial wellbore defining variables and trajectory data among survey stations, enhancing wellbore placement, trajectory comprehension, and tortuosity characterization.
GT-PWD (Pressure while drilling) which assists operators in diagnosing bit failures, picking up mud motor stalls, and measuring the effects of cuttings on mud weight in hole.
Field service and remote operations
Business Model
Gordon operates an equipment rental model, charging a daily rate for MWD services. Rates vary based on system components, drilling environment, contract terms, and other specifications. Additional revenue comes from repairs and maintenance, though this accounts for less than 10% of total revenue.
Technology Innovations
- The shock-miser sub comes as a standard to all MWD/LWD tools and significantly reduces vibration and shock, significantly increasing tool life.
- Remote Operation Center (ROC) Integration - Data sharing structure is agnostic and noninvasive (non-screen sharing) for ROCs.
- High temperature capable MWD tool
- Internal design of MWD tool in which the sensors is the closest to the bit (bit-to-sensor spacing).
- Agnostic short-hop technology (across the motor) that can be integrated with RSS tools.
- Technology operates without disrupting normal drilling operations and transmits data in real-time.
- "Commercialized Proprietary Data Compression" for high-speed data - provides data-density with geological insight (LWD) without losing critical tool-face updates.
Applications
- Gordon's MWD solutions support geosteering, trajectory management, drilling optimization, and other applications.
- Shock Miser protects tools in harsh drilling environments like shale plays while the pulser enables reliable data transmission in long laterals.
- High temperature environments
- Certain geothermal applications