Background Experience

Merlin ERD Ltd has an enviable track record of delivering value to clients through bringing additional reserves onstream, with wells previously perceived as impossible without equipment upgrades.

Our holistic approach to ERD, combined with our proven techniques and an aviation approach to risk management, reduces the risk, time and cost of these wells increasing confidence in delivery. Merlin ERD wells enjoy improved tool reliability, dependable hole cleaning performance and few wellbore instability problems. The resultant eradication of train wrecks* has allowed us to coin the phrase Trouble Free High Angle Wells.

Merlin ERD Ltd is a professional Engineering consultancy and member of the UK’s Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Our personnel have worked around the world for Independent, Major and National Oil Companies, in their offices, at their rigsites or delivering training courses. We pride ourselves on detailing what is required for an opportunity to be successful, not listing the reasons why it won’t work. Our clients then have objective information to assess whether the opportunity’s risk & cost profile is consistent with their guidelines. Our recommendations are driven by what is required to deliver a successful project and based on proven engineering, not emotions or conflicts of interest, such as tool rental revenue.

*Train wreck is defined as an unplanned event that contributes 15% or more of total well cost.