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Field-proven results from demanding well programmes worldwide — and the innovations that delivered them.
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- GuyanaOperational Efficiency
ORA-CMR Orientation using Petromac reduces Cable-Damage Risk on TLC in Guyana
Convey ORA-CMR in a 68° deviated wellbore with heavy cuttings and washouts, while maintaining correct ORA probe and CMR pad orientation without risky surface…
- NigeriaDeviation
Centralization device with ultra-low drag enabled $720k cost savings on a cement evaluation campaign
Cement Evaluation toolstrings use drag inducing centralizers which limit the maximum deviation the tool can descend by gravity alone. As such expensive…
- MexicoPathfinderLedges
Eliminate Toolstring Hold-up on Severe Rathole Ledges
Prevent toolstring hold-up at a severe rathole ledge where the borehole reduces abruptly from 28” to 17.5”.
- MexicoFocus - CHOperational Efficiency
CBL successfully descended a 2,500 m long tangent at 67° in Mexico
Cement Evaluation toolstrings use drag inducing ‘gemco’centralizers, which limit the maximum deviation the tool can descend by gra-vity alone.
- Saudi ArabiaWireline ExpressOperational Efficiency
Efficient Logging with Advanced Conveyance Solutions saves ~38 hours of rig time in KSA
Multi-Latch Pipe Conveyed logging is a time-consuming and high-risk operation, compromising data quality in horizontal sections due to tool positioning…
- USAWireline ExpressCentralization
Reliable Wireline Packer Deployment in Complex Completions
Navigating diameter changes with large OD packers on wireline presents significant operational difficulties.
- USAPathfinderLedges
PathFinder ensures cost-effective critical data acquisition in CCS
Severe washouts—up to 40”—in a CCS well prevented conventional wireline tools from reaching total depth. Logging was essential to meet regulatory and…
- USAWireline Express - FTSticking Prevention
Petromac Proven in Carbon Capture
Operator in North America Land was having difficulty with Sampling / Mini-Frac strings sticking in Carbon Capture wells
- USAFocus - OHSticking Prevention
Enabling High-Quality Imaging in Demanding Offshore Wells
Halliburton’s StrataXaminer borehole imaging tool, weighing nearly 1,000 lbs, presents a major challenge: maintaining centralization in open hole while…
- JapanWireline ExpressDeviation
Reliable Data Acquisition in >200°C Geothermal Well Environments
Acquire full wireline logs in a 57° deviated geothermal well with bottomhole temperatures exceeding 200°C, where conventional methods such as TLC or tractors…
- AustraliaPathfinder + Wireline ExpressLedges
Enabling critical data and sample acquisition in fractured and washed out wells
Prevent toolstring hold-up in wells prone to have ledges, washouts and fractures that curtailed critical wireline data and sample acquisition.
- ChinaFocus - OHCentralization
Compact & Reliable Centralization for High resolution Imaging
Powered Positioning Calipers (PPCs) when used as centralizers add length, weight, and drag but offer limited centralization near the sensors.
- AustraliaFocus - CHCentralization
Helix Centraliser Enables Reliable Cement Evaluation Through Tight Restrictions
Enable centralization of wireline logging tools in highly deviated 9-5/8” casing while ensuring passage through a restricted surface riser ID.
- NorwayPathfinder + Wireline Express (In-Line)Ledges
Enabling critical data acquisition in a critical research well
Complex wireline logging (4 runs, including petrophysical data acquisition, pressure testing and sampling) in deviated 6.5” wellbore of research well (with…
- GuyanaPathfinder + Wireline ExpressDeviation
Tool Taxis and Pathfinder Enable Gravity Descent in Highly Deviated Wells in Guyana
Highly deviated wells (60–70°) in Guyana with severe washouts made TLC conveyance risky and led to tool hang-ups, even when using Tool Taxis.
- KuwaitWireline Express - FTSticking Prevention
Petromac saves 27 hours of Rig Time and prevents differential sticking on a 3700psi overbalance well in Kuwait
In wells with high-overbalance, formation sampling tools are conveyed on drill-pipe, in order to mitigate sticking risks. However, these kind of operations…
- Saudi ArabiaFocus - CHWell Access
Petromac Rocker deploys Ultrasonic Cement Imaging Tool through previously inaccessible completions in Saudi Arabia
Due to the minimum restriction in the 4.5” liner, it was previously not possible to acquire the cement map from the USIT; only CBL data was used to evaluate…
- New ZealandPathfinderLedges
PathFinder – A success story from New Zealand
Prevent hold-up on ledges in small deviated wellbores that are prone to washouts.
- Saudi ArabiaWireline Express - FTDeviation
World Record: 20kft+ of tractoring with a 9-5/8” cement evaluation tool in KSA
Wireline tractors are limited by output power when logging long horizontal sections.
- Saudi ArabiaWireline Express - FTOperational Efficiency
World Record: Longest open-hole tractor logging operation completed in KSA
Increase rig efficiency during logging operations in long laterals.
- Saudi ArabiaWireline ExpressOperational Efficiency
SuperCombo on wireline saves over 20 hours of rig time in KSA
Convey ~200 feet of toolstring to extreme deviations in Open hole.
- Saudi ArabiaWireline ExpressOperational Efficiency
Tractor Assist of Super-Combos on wireline replaces Drill pipe conveyance in KSA
Increase efficiency by reducing logging operation time in acquiring data in deep and long lateral Unconventional Exploration well
- AngolaWireline Express - FTSticking Prevention
High Performance equipment results in ultra-low drag in Angola
Operator in Angola had very low confidence of running an MDT on a highly deviated well, due to historical issues with high-drag and differential sticking
- OmanWireline ExpressSensor Orientation
Oriented Sidewall Coring avoids well bore damage and improves recovery in Oman
WL coring tool operations in deviated tend to take cores on the low side of the well. This detrimentally affects the core recovery and quality due to the…
- PeruPathfinderLedges
18”+ washout successfully navigated in a vertical well in Peru
Prevent hold-up on vertical wells that are prone to huge washouts beneath the casing shoe.
- MexicoWireline Express - FTOperational Efficiency
Elimination of PCL saves 8 days of rig time in Mexico
An operator in Mexico initially planned to log a 69° well using Pipe Conveyance (PCL). They were concerned with the rig time required with PCL and the…
- MexicoWireline ExpressDeviation
Smooth MRIL-XL logging at extreme deviations in Mexico
MRIL-XL measurement is directional and must be run eccentered for optimal data quality. The standard configuration utilizing finned standoffs results in high…
- NorwayWireline ExpressDeviation
CAST-CBL successfully deployed to 82° deviation in Norway
CAST needs to be centralized within 0.1” in order to ensure quality data. This typically involves using strong slip-over centralizers, which limit the…
- Saudi ArabiaWireline ExpressDeviation
Cement evaluation without centralizers to 85° deviation in KSA
Using strong in-line and slip-over centralizers for cement evaluation tools, limits the maximum deviation the tools can descend to under gravity.
- MexicoWireline Express - FTSensor Orientation
Oriented HRSCT: Optimum sidewall-core recovery in Mexico
When running HRSCT in 12.5” holes or more, a large hole kit needs to be installed. This causes the tool to lean on its side and creates an oblique contact…
- IraqWireline ExpressLedges
Drill-pipe conveyed logging unable to pass ledge in Iraq
In ‘vertical’ wellbores large ledges will persistently holdup toolstrings, even on TLC operations.
- New ZealandWireline ExpressSticking Prevention
NGI Logged over 2400m section at 67° deviation in New Zealand
High deviation combined with poor hole conditions threatened to prevent the acquisition of critical NGI data.
- NigeriaWireline Express - FTDeviation
Hermes Drag Planner convinces client to run MDT in Nigeria
Operator in Nigeria had very low confidence of running MDT to 70º deviation and avoiding getting differentially stuck, due to past failed attempts.
- KuwaitWireline ExpressOperational Efficiency
World Record: 6” wireline logging to 72° deviation in Kuwait
High deviation wireline logging in 6” wellbore, without resorting to Pipe Conveyed Logging (PCL).
- Gulf of MexicoWireline Express - FTSticking Prevention
Formation sampling with extreme overbalance in the Gulf of Mexico
A local geological regression produces adjacent zones with, ΔP 5000psi. The first run in hole was stuck and fished across one of these ‘pseudo-depleted’…
- United Arab EmiratesWireline ExpressDeviation
Successful open hole wireline logging to 79° deviation in UAE
Centralizing Array Sonic tools typically involves adding drag inducing centralizers (powered calipers / bowsprings) which limit the maximum deviation the…
- United Arab EmiratesWireline ExpressDeviation
Array Sonic perfectly centralized on Tool Taxi wheels in UAE
Centralizing Array Sonic tools typically involves adding drag inducing centralizers (powered calipers / bowsprings) which limit the maximum deviation the…
- United Arab EmiratesWireline ExpressSticking Prevention
Petromac Wireline Express eliminates CMR stick-slip in UAE
CMR data acquired in the previous well in the same field was unusable due to cyclic overpulls, which caused stick slip motion. Stick slip is common with…
- Gulf of MexicoWireline ExpressSensor Orientation
Oriented coring avoids wellbore damage in the Gulf of Mexico
Due to rock mechanics, the operator wanted to avoid coring from the low side of the wellbore. Coring at 90 deg to the low side was preferred to protect the…
- MalaysiaWireline ExpressSticking Prevention
MRIL-D conveyance in highly deviated casings in Malaysia
Successfully descend MRIL-D in a high-angle cased section well, where the magnetic drag is significant.
- KuwaitWireline Express - FTDeviation
Successful wireline logging in difficult boreholes in Kuwait
Multiple conveyance issues were causing a high rate of NPT and reduced logging programs.
- IraqWireline ExpressSensor Orientation
Positive orientation provides 100% FMI image coverage in Iraq
FMI borehole coverage is low in large holes. Multiple passes typically result in the tool tracking in the original path with no new data recorded in the…
- New ZealandWireline Express - FTSensor Orientation
High quality X-Y density data in deviated wellbores in New Zealand
Acquire a valid Density dataset in a deviated wellbore, with stress induced borehole breakouts.
- VietnamWireline Express - FTSensor Orientation
High side pretesting provides 20x greater permeabilities in Vietnam
The operator expected the reservoir to be low permeability, which was confirmed by the XPT pressure tests. It was not possible to prove hydrocarbon from…
- AzerbaijanWireline Express - FTLedges
Holefinder success saves millions for operator in Azerbaijan
Ledges are the primary cause of toolstring holdup and will persistently holdup toolstrings, even on TLC operations.
- TrinidadWireline ExpressSticking Prevention
Tool Taxis prevent OBMI image rotation in Trinidad & Tobago
Preventing rotation of imaging tools is particularly important in large wellbores where image coverage is lower.