Catoosa Test Facility Announces Downhole Testing Availability on Nabors PACE® Rig

TULSA, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Aberdeen–Catoosa Test Facility has added a third testing rig to the test campus
in Jennings, Oklahoma. Nabors Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) has furnished
through a subsidiary one of its high-quality drilling rigs under a
long-term arrangement to CTF for research and development activities
related to drilling operations, advanced wellbore placement technologies
and other oilfield tool testing and verification services.


The PACE®-M550 rig is a 1,000-horsepower AC rig, equipped with Nabors’
Rigtelligent™ modular rig operating control system, which automates many
repetitive tasks while integrating data from both downhole tools and
surface systems. The walking all electric rig is operated and maintained
by experienced CTF employees that have been trained and certified to
operate this specific rig.

Catoosa Test Facility is commercially available to technology focused
oilfield companies for drilling test wells wherein new or existing
drilling equipment, tools or techniques can be tested under various
actual drilling conditions in a low-risk, cost-effective, confidential
and independent environment. Catoosa Test Facility is 100% privately and
independently owned and operated for testing confidentiality.

About Catoosa Test Facility

Catoosa Test Facility (CTF) is the industry leader in private oilfield
tool testing for companies who are developing new drilling, completion,
and production technologies. Located between Stillwater and Tulsa,
Oklahoma, CTF offers three drilling rigs capable of moving quickly
between test wells offering both cased and open hole design. CTF’s
engineering department oversees drilling operations, coiled tubing
operations, mud laboratory, fabrication shops and a customer data room
where clients monitor testing.

Testing capabilities includes RSS, MWD, LWD, Drilling Motors and bits,
Wellbore Surveying, Cased Hole Services & Tools and HPHT Tools. CTF has
a quest to ensure that the leaders of innovative oilfield technology can
test and ensure product integrity and performance in a confidential
environment.

About Nabors Industries

Nabors Industries Ltd. owns and operates the world’s largest land-based
drilling rig fleet and is a leading provider of offshore drilling rigs
in the United States and multiple international markets. Nabors also
provides directional drilling services, performance tools and innovative
technologies throughout the world’s most significant oil and gas markets.

Contacts

Catoosa Test Facility
Dale Arnold, +1918-927-1432
Facility
Manager
[email protected]