Four 3,5” Modular X Wing® Magnets were installed below the perforating guns, to recover steel debris from perforating the well Location: Offshore, Norway
Location: Offshore, Norway
Introduction
Re-completion of old production wells
The toe section of the horizontal well was plugged back, and the old screens pulled due to poor production performance. The 6 5/8” liner was then logged and gauged using wireline. The well was re-perforated higher up in the horizontal section using wireline-perforating guns run on a tractor. Straddle packers were thereafter installed using a tractor. Finally, the operator installed modular screen sections over several runs, each section latched together to the previous section. The operator experienced problems to get a good latch of the screens and found the latch mechanism packed with steel debris when pulled to the surface for inspection.
Challenge:
- Steel particle debris from perforating guns & casing caused problems when attempting to latch modular screen sections together
Solution:
- The challenge was identified correctly by the operator
- Innovar supplied a 3,5” Modular X Wing® magnet to be installed below the perforating guns
Benefit:
- Large amounts of steel debris was recovered on the magnets
- Facilitated trouble free latch of modular screen sections
- Reduced probability of mis-runs and lost rig time
