Caspian Energy (CE): What services does CWS provide in Georgia?
Calvin L. Wilson, President/CEO, Caspian Wireline Services Ltd: Caspian Well Services Georgia LTD provides the wide range of services such as Drilling Data Logging (Drilling Data Logging Unit, Data Acquisition System, Real Time Drilling Monitoring, Sensors, Mudlogging, etc.), Directional Survey (Continuous Inertial Gyro, Well Geometry Tool), Pipe Recovery (Free point indicator, String Shot Back Off, Radial Cutting Torch, Split Shot Cutter, Colliding Severing Tool), Open Hole Logging (Phased Induction Log, Dual Laterolog, Micro Laterolog, Compensated Neutron Log, Caliper, Gamma Ray, Spectral Gamma Ray), Cased Hole Logging (Cement Bond Log, Compensated Neutron Log, Caliper Log, Gamma Ray Log, Free Point Services, Multifingered Imaging Tool, Pulsed Neutron-Neutron), Perforating (Tubing Conveyed, Wireline Conveyed, Pipe Recovery) , Production Logging (Flow meter, Fluid Density, Fluid Capacitance, Pressure, Temperature, Caliper, Gamma-Ray), Well Testing (3 Phase Separator,15 kpsi Choke Manifold, Pressure Monitoring, Downhole Fluid Sampling), Slickline Services (Setting and Retrieving of Plugs, Shifting of Sliding Sleeves, Deploying Pressure Gauges, Sand Bailing, Gauge Cutters, Fishing), Auxiliary Equipment (Pressure Control and other equipment), Data Interpretation (Open Hole Log Analysis, PLT Analysis, Pressure Analysis)
CE: Which goals does CWS Georgia have in Georgia?
Calvin L. Wilson: Our goal is to provide services meeting International Standards in a cost effective manner to support exploration and development activities of companies operating in the Georgian oil & gas sector, which we do believe has potential to play an important role in the country’s energy security and stronger economic development. However, it is clear that the required methods for cost effective recovery are yet to be determined. Therefore, close cooperation between CWS and our clients is needed to help identify methods and products to be evaluated and then bring them into Georgia in a cost effective manner.
CE: In which projects CWS Georgia was involved?
Calvin L. Wilson: CWS has been providing services in Georgia since 2001 on an intermittent basis and a continuous presence since 2004. We have been involved in many projects on the territory of Georgia: Canargo Georgia (Ninotsminda Field, Manavi Field); Norio Oil Company (Norio Field, Satskhenisi Field); Jindal Petroleum (Okami field, Samgori field, Teleti field, Krtsanisi Field); Vectra Petroleum (Shromis Ubani field); Frontera Eastern Georgia (Mtsarekhevi field, Mirzaani field); Strait Oil and Gas (Mukhiani field); Iskander Energy (Satskhenisi field). CWS is proven to be the primary company in Georgia that is most prepared to perform services on short notice and have been available in Georgia for over 10 years.
CE: How much attention is paid to the introduction of new technologies? What innovative technologies have been used by the company in the country?
Calvin L. Wilson: We enabled the oil companies operating in Georgia to have continuous access to equipment and methods meeting the international standards in a cost effective manner. In addition to the equipment utilized and a regular basis, CWS have partners available to bring many high technology logging tools into Georgia as required by our clients. CWS continuously strives to work closely with our clients to identify products and services that should be tested and bring those products and services into Georgia in a cost effective manner.
Caspian Energy: What innovate/modern technologies are offered by the company to clients for increasing production and what are results of those offers?
Calvin L. Wilson: CWS is continuously searching services and innovative technologies based on the needs of our clients in Georgia. The fields in Georgia are geologically complex and each field has unique challenges.
In an attempt to address the mobility of hydrocarbons, the latest innovative technology currently being tested in Georgia is silicon based chemical, ERA-3, which is so far proving to change the oil wet sands to water wet which releases oil and increases the relative permeability near the wellbore. This chemical is currently being tested and more chemical is being imported to broaden the testing to additional wells and fields.
Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, approximately one billion USD has been spent in Georgia utilizing primarily conventional methods to explore, drill and produce existing wells without achieving any sustainable increases in production. Therefore, CWS is certain that new methods should be evaluated and tested in the fields to identify cost effective solutions required to produce the sizeable reserves available in Georgia. CWS would like to see improved cooperation between the operating companies and service companies in Georgia to reduce costs and assist in identifying solutions.
CE: How widely is CWS acting on the territory of Georgia? What opportunities does the company consider for expanding its activities in the country and in the whole region?
Calvin L. Wilson: Our activity is spread on the whole territory of the country where oil companies have active operations. We have been involved in operations in many regions of Georgia such as Kakheti region, Guria region, Imereti region, Shida Kartli region, Kvemo Kartli region, etc.
We believe methods of increasing production will be identified in the near future to encourage more international and local investors to be interested in the oil and gas in Georgia. These investments will help to strengthen the economy of Georgia and open up more opportunities for all companies acting in the energy sector.
