Case Study

Premier Oil, Solan – SeaCure

In Brief

SeaCure® utilized to remove previous risks associated with drilling ahead 16” out of 20” shoetrack

Customer Challenges

  • Drill out of 20” shoe-tracks with 16” drill ahead BHAs in the past had resulted in substantial ILT and NPT. This drove dedicated 17 1⁄2” clean out trips prior to 16” drill ahead

Expro Excellence

  • Clinical execution SeaCure® cement job delivering low risk high value cementing operation and rapid low risk under-gauge drill- ahead

Value to Client

  • Drilled 20” shoe out under-gauge with out clean-out run, saving 12 hours
  • Bit drilled to TD with no issues
  • Cement confirmed back at seabed 360bbls in to a 571bbls job
  • Solid casing pressure test after cement job before BOP installation
  • Saved cement head equipment and personnel plus cost of SSR plug sets
  • No BHA failures in next section

Contact

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