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ExxonMobil and Halliburton Achieve World’s First Fully Closed-Loop Automated Geological Well Placement in Guyana
HOUSTON, March 16, 2026--Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), in collaboration with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team, delivered a groundbreaking step forward in digital well construction to achieve the industry’s first fully automated geological well placement with complete rig automation in offshore Guyana. The project combined rig automation, automated subsurface interpretation and well placement, and real-time hydraulics to establish a new benchmark for well construction perfo
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