The HydroPull™ Tool
Case History | Marcellus Shale
Eliminate Use of Friction-Reducing Beads
These jobs required milling bridge plugs in 5000 to 6000 ft (1524 to 1829 m) horizontal 5.5-in. (140-mm) casing to 11,700 to 12,000 ft (3566 to 3658 m) MD. Prior to this work, the operator had been specifying friction-reducing beads and chemicals. The wells are inclined up to 95° with some heavy sand accumulations. Thirty-one composite bridge plugs were milled using the HydroPull™ tool, and 37 were milled without the HydroPull™ tool using beads and chemicals. The 2.88-in. (73-mm) HydroPull™ tool was operated on 2-in. (51-mm) tapered coil with a motor and mill using water at 2.5 bpm (397 lpm). In the toe of the well, the average plug milling time was reduced from 147 to 36 minutes, a factor of 4. In the heel, the plug milling time was cut in half.
The HydroPull™ Tool
• Run in over 1500 wells in the U.S., Canada and the Middle East since introduction in 2010.
• Primary application is extended reach milling of shale completions
The HydroPull™ Tool
Case History | Eagle Ford Shale
3 Wells, 35 Plugs, 3 Days
These jobs used a 2.88-in. (73-mm) HydroPull™/ PDM Motor to mill composite bridge plugs in 5.5-in. (140-mm) casing. The average plug milling time was 7 minutes. Only three stalls were observed out of 35 plugs milled total. A 10-bbl (1590-l) sweep was pumped after each plug was milled, and one short trip was completed after milling 6 plugs. The average time to complete each job was only 14 hours.
The HydroPull™ Tool
• Run in over 1500 wells in the U.S., Canada and the Middle East since introduction in 2010.
• Primary application is extended reach milling of shale completions
News & Technical Updates
February 12, 2013An independent oil and gas company operating in the Williston Basin needed to remove 40 frac seats from a multistage ball drop system. The frac sleeves started in a horizontal 4-1/2” liner at 8,885 ft (2708 m) and continued to a total measured depth of 18,075 ft (5509 m). A 2-78” BHA incorporating a HydroPull® tool, Baker mud motor and 3-3/4” Baker Hughes Glyphalloy™ mill was used for this job. A total of 40 frac seats were milled in one trip with a total milling time of 10 hours.
December 17, 2012HOUSTON, December 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire) — Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE: OIS) announced today that its subsidiary, Oil States Energy Services, Inc. (“OSES”), has acquired Tempress Technologies, Inc. (“Tempress”). Read More »
October 12, 2012A major operator on the North Slope of Alaska was experiencing unwanted gas production in the heel of a well that was recently sidetracked.
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