Directional + Horizontal Drilling

Directional Drilling

Directional drilling is one of the most effective and widely used methods for accessing oil and gas resources. The NDD team brings extensive directional drilling experience, having successfully drilled wells in diverse formations and operating environments around the world.

Directional drilling provides operators with greater flexibility, efficiency, and control in reaching subsurface targets. Key applications and advantages include:

Maximizing reservoir exposure by drilling through productive formations at an angle, increasing wellbore contact with the reservoir and improving production potential.
Accessing challenging targets where conventional vertical drilling is difficult or impractical, including reservoirs beneath populated areas, bodies of water, environmentally sensitive areas, or complex geological formations.
Multi-well pad development, allowing numerous subsurface targets to be reached from a single surface location. This reduces rig moves, minimizes surface disturbance, lowers development costs, and improves overall operational efficiency.
Navigating complex geology, including drilling along faults and other geological structures to effectively access multiple productive formations from a strategically positioned wellbore.

With extensive field experience, advanced well planning, and proven directional drilling expertise, NDD works closely with each client to develop efficient well paths that maximize reservoir access while minimizing operational costs and surface impact.

Horizontal Drilling

Since NDD’s inception in 2009, horizontal drilling has been a core area of expertise. What began with a focused commitment to directional drilling technology has grown into extensive field experience across some of Western Canada’s most challenging and productive formations.

NDD has successfully drilled more than 350 horizontal wells throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan, with extensive experience in the Wabasca Oil Sands, Swan Hills Reef, Cardium, Glauconite, Shaunavon, and Montney formations.

Our horizontal drilling capabilities are supported by advanced Measurement While Drilling (MWD) technology designed to provide reliable, accurate performance in demanding downhole conditions.

NDD’s Electric Dipole EM system delivers exceptional reliability, with a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) exceeding 2,500 hours. Capable of operating at depths of up to 4,200 metres TVD, the system provides powerful and dependable signal transmission for challenging drilling environments.

For deeper wells or formations where EM signal transmission is limited, NDD’s Pilot Positive Mud Pulse system provides a proven and highly reliable alternative.

By combining experienced personnel, proven drilling practices, and dependable MWD technology, NDD delivers the accuracy and reliability required to successfully execute complex horizontal drilling programs.