Keith Chometsky on UAE Shale, Drilling Efficiency & Turnwell | Ep. 141

In this special edition of the Energy Pipeline Podcast, sponsored by Cat Oil & Gas, recorded in Dubai, host Josh Lowrey interviews Keith Chometsky, Senior VP of Technology at Turnwell, about adapting the U.S. shale model to the UAE’s unconventional resources.

A joint venture between ADNOC Drilling, Patterson-UTI, and SLB. Turnwell has reduced drilling cycle times from 43 days to under 20 on average, while increasing fracturing efficiency from 1–2 to 8–10 stages per day. Keith also discusses supply chain challenges and the outlook for ADIPEC and the AIQ Global Energy Soirée.

00:00 Dubai Special Edition

00:49 Meet Keith Turnwell

01:23 Keith Career Journey

03:05 NOV Alumni Era

04:49 Caterpillar Show Setup

05:49 What Is Turnwell JV

06:46 Exporting Shale Playbook

07:35 Surprises In UAE

08:48 Scaling Unconventionals

10:44 Adapting And Training

12:44 Customer Culture Shift

13:54 Supply Chain Risk

14:38 Drilling Speed Breakthroughs

16:32 UAE Ambition Runway

18:08 What Success Looks Like

20:58 ADIPEC And Soiree Preview

23:47 Closing Thanks And Plug