Case Study

Anonymous, South Africa – ArticuLock

In Brief

Expro’s ArticuLock® saves 14 days of rig time in offshore South Africa

Customer Challenges

  • Auxiliary operation not possible with environmental loading subjecting bending load on the system during critical path operations on main. 24-day top hole operation on the previous well

Expro Excellence

  • Expro’s ArticuLock® was used to de-couple the fixed MODU from the hanging conductors and surface strings, enabling dual operations

Value to Client

  • Up to 317MT of surface casing and landing string suspended beneath ArticuLock® for 75hrs with 4.3 knots of current and up to 53 of significant wave length
  • 283m3 of cement slurry pumped through ArticuLock®
  • 15kNm of torque to release CART
  • Saved 14 days from top hole operations
  • Removed the requirement of independent drift running of tubulars and BHAs

Contact

For further information, please contact wellconstruction@expro.com.