Stavanger-based Ziebel will provide distributed fiber optic intervention services for the oil company at some continental US wells beginning in the first quarter.

Ziebel will use its trailer-mounted Z-System to access and visualise wellbores in real-time, focusing on ConocoPhillips’ horizontal wells on shale plays.

The US company will then compare the information gathered with other data previously collated from North Sea wells.

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