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Reducing costs with well tractors for horizontal wells

Conference ·
OSTI ID:160640

The Well Tractor is a new concept for a down hole tool that significantly reduces operation costs for servicing horizontal wells. The Well Tractor is a cost effective alternative to the very expensive and time consuming conventional drill pipe conveyed operations. The Well Tractor is capable of pulling coiled tubing and/or wireline horizontally beyond 10,000 ft. The Well Tractor is capable of pulling more then 25,000 ft of coiled tubing and/or wireline into a highly deviated well. Furthermore the tool is designed for pushing other tools into the hole, e.g. logging tools, video cameras. The lateral reach capacity with coiled tubing is therefore increased considerably. Time consuming production logging operations of horizontal wells utilizing jointed pipe can be carried out by the Well Tractor as a wireline job.

OSTI ID:
160640
Report Number(s):
CONF-950501--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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