Pump Out Reamer Shoe designed and manufactured
Start execution: 2009
End execution: 2009
Result: Successfully runned with an HWU into a pressurized cavern.
Role of WEP: WEP was the initiator and did all engineering and manufacturing
Project Summary
| Client: | All WEP's Salt Clients |
| Description: | New technology, custom made Pump Out Reamer Shoe |
| Wells: | A sidetrack into a pressurized cavern |
| Start Execution: | 2009 |
| End Execution: | 2009 |
| Target: | Demonstrating the new technology of the Pump Out Reamer Shoe |
| Result: | The shoe has successfully been run with a HWU unit into the pressurized cavern |
| Depths (AH): | n/a |
| Role of WEP: | WEP was the initiator of this new technology and did all the engineering and manufacturing |
| Challenges: | New technology |
Project Description
A custom made Pump Out Reamer Shoe has been designed and manufactured for one of WEP’s Salt producing clients. This shoe was part of a 5” liner which was run in after drilling a 300m sidetrack into an existing live cavern with a pressure of 400 bar @ 2420m measured depth. The special design features are that the shoe can be remotely disconnected. For rotational actions, the shoe and bottom sub are machined with a torque arresting geometry. The shoe has a weld-on tungsten carbide hardfacing for wear reduction and possible reaming functionality. To prevent backflow the shoe contains an off the shelf double barrier. The shoe has successfully been run with an HWU unit into the pressurized cavern.
