Russias Rosneft said the extended reach drilling was among the fastest ever thanks to ExxonMobils proprietary Fast Drill process.
This well continues successful implementation of our outstanding project. I would like to express my thanks to our partners ExxonMobil.
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So this more a story about Exxon than anybody else. I don’t think the sanctions on Putin are doing much good, either.
In my opinion, it is more about Parker Drilling, the contractor that actually had to build and operate the equipment to complete the work.
http://www.drillingcontractor.org/dcpi/2002/dc-sepoct02/sep2-parker.pdf
But then as a contractor to oil/gas majors, my view might be biased.