Following the Company policy of clients satisfaction and employing advanced technology, it has operated for several oil companies and government agencies gaining international and qualified recognition. Drilling services continue to be distinctive, working in many of the oil & gas industry’s “hotspots”, frequently in synergy with the Group’s onshore and offshore activities.
Saipem vast experience in managing onshore drilling activities, associated with an adequate technological and operational level, have progressively developed the Company’s new capacities.
Over many decades of performance, Saipem has drilled over 6,400 wells, 1,600 of which have been offshore, totalling an overall depth of about 16 million metres. In North West India alone, the Company has drilled close to 100 wells on a footage basis, since 1989.
During the last 20 years in Italy Saipem has drilled more than 40 onshore HP/HT wells deeper than 6,000 m.
In 1999, Saipem reached a depth of 8,012 m on the island of Gozo, Malta.
Saipem operates both in shallow and deep water using jack-ups and semisubmersible units.
With the Company’s fleet of state-of-theart drilling vessels - including the ultra deepwater DP drill ship Saipem 10000, which in 2001 drilled offshore Gabon at a water depth of 2,791 m, and the fourth generation semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 5 - and its experienced and competent personnel, Saipem aims to meet three key objects with every project it undertakes:
- zero accidents
- no damages
- excellence of performances.
Whenever possible, Saipem seeks to maximise “local content” on a project, by developing joint ventures with qualified local companies and by training personnel from around the world in the business of drilling and well control technology.