| September 2008 EOG Resources, Inc., Ft Worth East Division purchased SES 3. |
| August 2008 Revised SES Users Manual released, including 'Tips' summaries at the end of each screen summary containing best of the best information from years of providing technical support. AKG Energy purchased SES 3. |
| July 2008 All embedded graphics in SES 3 were reprogrammed with a superior graphics object to provide enhanced speed and mouse/user interactivity. Even more embedded graphics were added to SES 3, each with zoom/scroll capability and a variety of need-specific features. SES 3.5 became available for download. Range Resources purchased SES 3. Liaohe Oilfield Logging Company (China) purchased SES 3. |
| March 2008 Multi-division corporate license agreement was signed between Stoner Engineering LLC and EOG Resources, Inc., for SES use at four different divisions in the USA and Canada. Revised SES Users Manual released. |
| February 2008 Black Hills E&P purchased SES 3. |
| January 2008 Extreme licensing flexibility became available in SES 3 (machine-specific, floating-network, flash-drive, and magic-password). |
| December 11, 2007 "Technical Geosteering" presentation at SPE's Computer Applications Study Group meeting in Denver, Colorado. |
 | E&P Magazine article "Technical Geosteering Finds the Sweet Spot," November 2007 --> pg 71. Click here to download an identical paper in PDF format. |
| Sandra Mark & Mike Stoner, Rocky Mountain Section AAPG Meeting presentation, "Geo-Steering Horizontal Wells: Case Studies Demonstrate the Value of Fuzzy Logic Directional Steering Guidance", Snowbird, UT, October 8th, 2007. |
| July 2007 SES 3.1 became available for download. |
| June 2007 EOG Resources (Oklahoma City Division) purchased SES 3. |
| March 2007 Nance Petroleum (now, St Mary Land & Exploration) purchased SES 3. |
| February 2007 GeoScience Limited purchased SES 3. |
| November 2006 SES 3.0 became available for general public download and trial. Discussion about technical geosteering with 3DStratBlocks and Relative Stratigraphic Depth (RSD) were first published here. SES 3 rentals started. |
| October 2006 Stoner Engineering LLC attended the 8th Annual DAPL/RMAG/DGS/IPAMS/SPE 2006 Denver Prospect Fair & TechnoFest in Denver, Colorado as an exhibitor. |
| September 2006 Stoner Engineering LLC attended SPE ATCE in San Antonio, Texas as an exhibitor; SPE Exhibitor Showcase presentation. |
August 2006 SES version 3.0 beta testing commenced. |
January 2006 Programming development of SES version 3.0 began; to integrate geosteering with THD and inaugural commercial availability of the FDD controller for real-time steering guidance. Stoner Engineering became Stoner Engineering LLC. |
| November 2003 FDS version 1.1 was released. |
| July 2003 SES version 2.1 was released. |
| E&P Magazine article "Fuzzy Logic for Directional Steering," February 2003 --> pg 61. Click here to download a similar paper in PDF format. Click here for extra details about Figure 6. |
September 2000 Stoner Engineering attended SPE ATCE in Dallas, Texas as an exhibitor. |
| August 2000 Patent 6,101,444 was granted by USPTO to Michael S. Stoner. SES version 2.0 was released. |
June 2000 software product FDS (Friendly Drilling Software) version 1.0 was released. FDS required more than 10,000 lines of code. |
February 2000 software product SES (Stoner Engineering Software) version 1.0 was released. SES required more than 8000 lines of code. |
| | Oil & Gas Journal article "Deviation log, new formulae aids directional drillers," August 9th, 1999. It's the second article listed on the COVER --> pg 64. Click here to download a similar paper in PDF format. This paper was presented at an SPE Drilling Engineering Study Group meeting in Denver, Colorado. |
www.makinhole.com was launched July, 1999 with information about THD Technology. |
| Numerical Control Unit for Wellbore Drilling. Patent 6,101,444 filed August 21st, 1998. Abstract: "A numerical control unit and method is provided for determining a change in a positional setting in a downhole tool used to drill a wellbore, the numerical control unit comprising a plurality of rules in an IF...THEN format based on the current position of the wellbore and a preferred position of the wellbore." |
