INDUSTRY NEWS
NEW SET OFCOILED TUBING REELERS
Logan Industries has designed, manufactured and delivered the second set of a new design of small-footprint coiled tubing (CT) reelers. Logan’s new CT reelers are
suitable for storing and deploying 10,000ft of 2 3/8in. tubing.
The CT reelers enable operators to perform open water well interventions without bringing in a full drilling rig; boosting efficiency and reducing costs. This is the largest reeler that the company has manufactured of this type and features the smallest footprint in the industry. The firm pioneered new ways of assembling drive systems on large drums, and new methods of ensuring the CT lays and stays on the drum and wraps.
A world first for mooring sector technology
The Crosby Group has introduced what it believes to be the world’s first improved high fatigue life shackle to end-users in the offshore mooring sector. The new high fatigue life (HFL) shackle showcases design improvements on the popular Crosby Feubo NDur Link, an accessory used for temporary and mobile mooring applications such as rigging and anchoring offshore platforms or vessels. Oliver Feuerstein, Global Director of Mooring at The Crosby Group,
Successful trial of well control solutions
and develops the logic programming), a series of pre-agreed tests were successfully performed on Weatherford’s test rig in Houston, USA, to demonstrate and verify the integration and functionality of both systems. The combination
Safe Influx has announced that the rig trial of what it believes to be the industry’s first integration of managed pressure drilling (MPD) and automated well control technology has been completed. Following months of preparation by Weatherford, Safe Influx and Finesse Control Systems (which builds the Safe Influx equipment
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of Weatherford Victus intelligent MPD and Safe Influx automated well
control systems provides automated secondary well control that will allow wells to be drilled and constructed with the highest level of efficiency and integrity. As a standalone application, the
MPD system can detect, control and circulate out an influx which is within the well’s operational envelope.
explains the benefits: “The fatigue life is superior, and it can connect to a variety of stud link anchor chain or other mooring accessories such as sockets and swivels. This feature separates the solution from others and was accomplished by making it from Grade 6 steel.”
DOWNHOLE PRESSURE GAUGES LAUNCHED
AnTech has launched Metior, a downhole analogue pressure gauge targeted at the well dewatering market that aims to deliver outstanding long-term reliability at low cost. The product has been
developed in answer to customer concerns of significant reliability issues concerning existing products, both in terms of vibration resistance and resistance to various forms of corrosion. Failure rates as high as 1 in 20 gauges have been reported, with microbial induced corrosion also contributing to gauge and tubing failure. To deliver the greater levels
of reliability, the development team focused on several key areas including ease of installation, durability and corrosion resistance.
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