Schlumberger Introduces New HTX High-Temperature Explosive for Perforating Oil Wells.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1998--Schlumberger Oilfield Services (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SLB SLB Solomon Islands (ISO Country code) SLB Schlumberger Ltd. (oil field services firm) SLB Server Load Balancing SLB Sport Lisboa e Benfica (soccer) ) announces a significant step forward in perforating deep, hot oil wells with the introduction of a new family of high-temperature shaped charges. The new charges use HTX HTX HyperTransport (high speed low latency chip to chip interlink) HTX Højere Teknisk Eksamen (Danish Technical College) HTX Hungarian Traded Index HTX Hemothorax HTX human tumor xenograft (a) explosive--a formulation using ultrasafe explosives developed by experts at the Schlumberger Perforating & Testing Center in Rosharon, Texas. HTX charges have greater performance at higher shot densities and better jet quality. For example, the 2 1/8-in. Enerjet(a) HTX charge penetrates 24.7 in. into an API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. target at 6 spf, compared with the previous generation high-temperature charge that perforates 21.6 in. at only 4 spf. Better performance at higher shot densities translates into higher productivity--the crucial difference making costly high-pressure, high-temperature wells more viable. Schlumberger Wireline & Testing is the worldwide leader in well logging Well logging, also known as borehole logging is the practice of making a detailed record (log) of the geologic formations penetrated by a borehole. The log may be based either on visual inspection of samples brought to the surface (geological , perforating, well testing and production services. As part of Schlumberger Oilfield Services Schlumberger Oilfield Services, a division of Schlumberger Limited, is the world’s largest supplier of exploration and production (E&P) services, solutions and technology to the international petroleum industry. , Wireline & Testing operates offices, service locations, and research and development facilities around the world. Schlumberger Oilfield Services is a business unit of Schlumberger Limited, a worldwide leader in technical services with 65,000 employees and operations in more than 100 countries. For more information, contact Stephen T. Harris, Manager Media Relations, Schlumberger Oilfield Services, 225 Schlumberger Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77478, 281/285-8791, or e-mail harriss@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com. (a) Mark of Schlumberger
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