Global energy technology company SLB has unveiled Electris, a portfolio of digitally enabled electric well completions technologies designed to enhance production, improve recovery, and lower the total cost of ownership of oil and gas assets.
Electris completions enable digital control over the full productive zone of the wellbore, delivering real-time production intelligence across the reservoir.
This capability allows operators to predict, adapt, and respond confidently to changing production conditions, by optimising reservoir performance throughout the well’s lifecycle and unlocking reserves typically left behind by conventional systems.
“Electris completions take reservoir management to the next level — making it possible for operators to get more out of their assets with fewer requirements for costly well interventions,” said Paul Sims, president, Production Systems. “With much of the ‘easy’ oil already produced, operators are encountering more and more complex reservoirs. Electris completions can help shift the production economics in these reservoirs — resulting in higher recovery factors that maximise return on investment from the asset.”
To date, more than 100 Electris completions technologies have been installed across five countries. In one case offshore Norway, Electris was deployed in an extended-reach well to increase oil production.
The operator is using data from the system to identify which zones are actively contributing to output, allowing them to optimise oil flow and reduce water production.
By managing water output, the system has also cut the energy required to lift and reinject treated water into the reservoir.
SLB launched the new technology last week in Houston, with plans to roll it out for global operations.
