Wireline Conveyance News

Schlumberger announced today the launch of the MaxPull high-pull wireline conveyance system that can pull from 18,000 lbf to 30,000 lbf in wells 40,000 ft [12,192 m] deep or more. The MaxPull system’s engineered integration of wireline conveyance components brings efficiency, reliability and sticking avoidance to complex well trajectories that were not previously wireline accessible. “With the industry’s highest-pull wireline conveyance system, drillers can expect drillpipe-free wireline operations in any environment with vertical well efficiency and minimum sticking risk,” said Hinda Gharbi, president, Wireline, Schlumberger. The MaxPull system can pull up to 30,000-lbf line tension, which is 43% higher than previously possible.

Wireline International has secured a contract worth up to $3.1/£1.9million for the supply of its patented Roller Bogie  wireline conveyance tools to Mexican state-owned petroleum company PEMEX. The wireline and well intervention technology specialist secured the contract for a range of its Roller Bogie  products, designed to enhance the deployment of wireline equipment in deviated wells. Wireline Engineering Chairman Bill Petrie said, “We have worked hard to develop our position in the thriving Mexican market.