Innova technology was borne from the vision of drilling engineering, directional drilling and well planning experts who observed significant deficiencies to the technology on the market. Common offerings were either inaccurate, overpriced or lacked ability for adequate operational oversight or real-time data exchange. Learn more about Innova’s journey below.
Technology startup is founded by a team of industry experts to bring advanced directional drilling and engineering software to the Oil & Gas Drilling sector.
Conceptualization & launch of the software platform that would soon become Innova Engineering; featuring game-changing torque & drag, hydraulics & hole cleaning and survey correction functions.
Initial sales success centred around the European and North American markets.
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Initial version of Well Seeker is launched (which would later become top-tier directional drilling software platform, Well Seeker Pro).
The technology enters the market with Innova's now world-renowned anti-collision and survey management functions, experiencing a huge uptake in the North American market.
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Continued sales success in the North American market helps Innova reach their first commercial milestone - 100 active licenses in the USA.
A pivotal time for Innova as trademark, industry-leading software platforms for directional drilling and drilling engineering applications are launched: Well Seeker Pro & Innova Engineering.
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Well Seeker Pro & Innova Engineering hit the market with a bang leading to global sales success, with particular reference to a highly successful expansion campaign to the MENA region.
New product updates on the back of customer demand lead to Well Seeker Pro gaining real traction as the 'go to' directional drilling software platform, with a majority of North American directional drilling service providers noticing the value and making the switch.
New features launched include advanced well analytics & KPI's and fully-integrated field reporting functionality.
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Rapid market expansion (following recent Well Seeker Pro upgrades) into the South-East Asian and South American markets.
Well Seeker Pro continues to gain popularity amongst North American directional drillers with new features being rolled out including real-time drilling dashboards, made possible with the introduction of a cloud-based server for the platform to allow real-time data exchange in a collaborative team environment.
Continued successes of Well Seeker Pro and Innova Engineering (that followed significant feature updates and disruptive new functionality) lead Innova to reach its next commercial milestone of supporting 1000 licenses globally.
Launch of Innova's game-changing, flagship technologies: the Innova Web Portal and Innova Mobile App.
The full product suite (as we know it today) now providing users with seamless, real-time communication between office, rig and field for drilling and engineering operations.
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The introduction of Innova's advanced Web Portal and Mobile App platforms contribute to rapid commercial growth to the next milestone of 2000 global licenses.
At this time, Innova's North American market share extends to the technology being used on over 70% of rigs in the region.
Innova begins working with multiple industry-leading software providers to bolster a whole new range of functionality to the product suite including: geosteering, asset tracking & inventory management, bit dull grading and survey correction.
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Innova partners closely with Vanta and Advantage Partners, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services, to independently audit and verify organizational & technology controls. The Advantage Partners audit operates under the SOC2 Type II compliance framework provided by the American Institute of CPA (AIPCA ).
Innova is successfully awarded SOC2 Type II accreditation on the back of examination conducted via a thorough audit of systems and products from May 2023 to August 2023.
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As Innova settles into their recent status as market-leader in the North America with continuing global growth - and as the team continues to grow with additions in Business Development, Product Development, Technical and Marketing functions - company focus shifts to accelerating development and release of new features to maintain competitive advantage.
Countless new features are released on the back of this drive, some highlights include: drilling parameters roadmap, connection analysis, BHA analysis, 3D u-zontal geosteering, data QC and time vs depth/days charts.
To this day, Innova supports over 3000 global licenses and continues to grow at breakneck speed in both functionality and market size.
