Drilling Engineering
| AWT provide a broad spread of Drilling Management services ranging from conceptual well designs and budgetary cost estimates, through to management of entire drilling projects. Our key personnel have extensive experience in exploration, appraisal and development drilling operations throughout the world, on both land and offshore sites. Our experience includes operations in oil, gas and coal seam methane programmes, HPHT wells, large bore gas production, gas and water disposal wells and deep water operations. Our aim is to deliver exceptional performance through:
AWT's capabilities range through conceptual design, simulation and detailed engineering of vertical, deviated and horizontal drilling programs. Well designs focus on life of asset integrity from low risk onshore appraisal drilling to hazardous remote deep water exploration and production wells. AWT also specialises in innovative low cost design concepts to target small or stranded reserves. AWT has the ability to provide all required drilling design and technical support including casing design, development of cementing requirements and mud programs, specifying and managing all directional and survey work, and reservoir sample collection. | ![]() |
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Some examples of Drilling Engineering Projects where AWT have been involved follow;
| Client | Project | Description |
| Cape Energy | Golden Beach | Onshore to offshore two well development project Victoria 1:9 step out ERD wells |
| GPC | Galoc | Offshore two subsea well development project Philippines Total drilling project management including engineering, procurement and construction management |
| APT | Mondarra | Onshore one well underbalanced gas expansion project Total drilling project management including engineering, procurement and construction management |
| Tap Oil | Taranaki Basin | Onshore New Zealand four well exploration program Total drilling project management including well testing and completion |
| TAG Oil | Taranaki Basin | Complete drilling management of onshore New Zealand well, current planning for several additional exploration wells |
| Not disclosed | Browse Basin | Offshore Australia single exploration well Very shallow reservoir ~ 600 m Semi submersible rig |
| Not disclosed | Bass Strait | Offshore Australia two well field development Deviated wells Jack up rig. |
| Not disclosed | Dampier sub-Basin | Offshore Australia two well exploration program Semi submersible rig |
| Not disclosed | Bass Strait | Offshore Australia single exploration well Semi submersible rig. |
| Not disclosed | Gulf of Thailand | Offshore Thailand two exploration wells Jack up rig |
| Not disclosed | Timor Sea | Offshore Australia two exploration wells Semi submersible rig |
| Not disclosed | Bass Strait / Gulf of St. Vincent | Offshore Australia four well multi client drilling project management Jack up rig |




