WEP’s History

Well Engineering Partners (WEP) is established in 1996 as an engineering company for oil, gas and salt wells. At the first start, WEP was a small company with a few employees. The company grew with its focus on oil, gas and salt wells worldwide. From 2006 on WEP’s focus was more on the engineering and drilling of geothermal wells in the Netherlands. Nowadays WEP has its hands in Oil&Gas, Solution Mining & Geothermal Energy.

In 2011 WEP merged with PGMi (PetroGas Minerals international B.V.), PGMi was a similar company as WEP with its main focus on engineering geothermal wells as well. PGMi started in 2006 with the Heerlen Minewater project and engineered and managed 3 more geothermal projects. After the merger, WEP became a company with 25 engineers and grew rapidly. In the years from 2011 on, WEP became the leading company in engineering geothermal wells in the Netherlands. Furthermore, WEP strengthened its position in the engineering, drilling and maintenance services in the salt industry in the Netherlands.

Nowadays WEP is an engineering company with 30 engineers and an extensive network of associated consultants. WEP has a great reputation for excellence in projects.

WEP Facts

Since its establishment in 1996 WEP has built up a decent track record in well engineering and drilling management. These are some of WEP’s key business facts and achievements.

30

BSc, MSc, PhD engineers

4

Branches
(Geothermal, Salt, Oil&Gas, New Technology)

1996

Established in 1996

Geothermal facts

WEP delivered its first geothermal well in 2006 in the Netherlands. In the years after, WEP has grown to the leading geothermal well engineering & drilling management company in the Netherlands. Almost 95% of all geothermal wells in the Netherlands are delivered by WEP. These wells are over 147km worth and produce more than 330MWth of sustainable thermal energy. Read more about Geothermal projects >

165km

Total length of geothermal wells delivered

>5200TJ

Sustainable thermal energy production

4500m

TVD deepest geothermal well

>96%

Engineered geothermal wells in The Netherlands

Salt facts

WEP is a true expert in Salt Mining solutions. Since its establishment in 1996, WEP has executed more than 500 Intervention and Workover operations on salt wells, executed 12 Completion Drill-in operations and Drilled over 11 km worth of wells. Due to its Salt mining expertise, WEP has several major Salt companies in its client portfolio. Read more about Salt projects >

845

Well Interventions

52

Workover operations

15

Completion Drill-In operations

18.7km

Total length of salt wells delivered

4950m

MD longest salt well

Oil & Gas facts

WEP has a great reputation in the oil&gas industry. WEP's board members and drilling & project managers have 25+ years experience on average in the oil&gas industry. The majority started their careers at the major operators (e.g. Shell). Since its establishment in 1996, WEP has been involved in more than 20 oil&gas projects all over the world. Read more about Oil&Gas projects >

25y+

Average experience Board and Managers

20

O&G Operators served

20+

Oil&Gas projects all over the world

WEP's timeline with milestones:

WEP 25 Years

August 31, 2022

Well Engineering Partners celebrated its 25th anniversary!

100 km of Geothermal Wells

January 1, 2017

WEP drilled more than 100 km of geothermal wells over 20 projects.

Merger of WEP and PGMi

June 1, 2011

The merger of WEP and PGMi (Petrogas Minerals international B.V.)

WEP moved to Hoogeveen

June 1, 2008

WEP moved to Hoogeveen, This became its new head office.

WEP’s first geothermal project

June 1, 2006

WEP (as former PGMi, founded by Dick Swart) starts its first geothermal project. Engineering and managing the drilling of geothermal wells in Heerlen.

WEP’s first oil&gas project

August 1, 1997

WEP starts its first oil&gas project. Executing an extended ERD study for NAM.

WEP’s first salt project

July 1, 1996

WEP starts its first salt project. Engineering and managing Workover operations for several salt wells of Nedmag.The purpose was to convert these wells from lithostatic to squeeze production.

WEP’s Establishment

June 1, 1996

WEP was established in 1996 by Tom Bakker in Vries, the Netherlands

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