SLB Deploys FDPlan for Crescent Petroleum
Crescent Petroleum has selected SLB's FDPlan digital field development planning solution under a three-year contract.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Oil and Gas
Crescent Petroleum selected SLB under a new three-year contract to deploy FDPlan, digital field development planning software. The agreement is the first commercial deployment of FDPlan in the Middle East and North Africa.
Why it matters
The solution integrates subsurface, wells, facilities, production, cost and economic workflows into one shared digital environment, which may help teams compare development options more quickly and support investment decisions.
Crescent Petroleum's teams completed approximately 140 simulation runs in one month, up from around 20 under the prior computing environment, after simulation times for selected large reservoir models dropped from about six hours to around 50 minutes. The figures are company-reported, and the source does not indicate independent verification.
The players
SLB
SLB is a global oilfield services company that supplies technology, software and digital solutions to the energy industry.
Crescent Petroleum
Crescent Petroleum is an energy company based in the United Arab Emirates with operations in the Middle East and North Africa.
The details
Crescent Petroleum uses SLB's Delfi digital platform for reservoir engineering and reduced simulation times using cloud-enabled, scalable high-performance computing. FDPlan enables multidisciplinary teams to jointly evaluate different field development scenarios in a shared digital environment.
Timeline
November 5, 2026: SLB announced the Crescent Petroleum FDPlan selection.
Market Landscape
The contract extends Crescent Petroleum's use of SLB's Delfi digital platform, which it already relies on for reservoir engineering workflows, into full field development planning. It positions SLB's digital offerings further into the Middle East and North Africa oil and gas market.
For energy companies in the region, faster simulation and shared planning tools could shorten the time needed to compare field development options. The practical benefit depends on whether these efficiencies translate into project decisions at scale.
The takeaway
Digital platforms that cut simulation time from hours to under an hour can change how quickly operators evaluate development options. Watch whether the reported efficiency gains are reproduced beyond this initial deployment.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Trend.
