Vertechs launches HydroGRS casing guiding tool
CHENGDU, China -- Vertechs Oil & Gas Technology has launched the HydroGRS casing guiding tool, which is designed to assist in getting the casing successfully to bottom in difficult environments resulting in time and cost savings.
During the limited exposure of the HydroGRS casing guiding tool to the industry to date, recent applications with leading operators have shown definite improvement in the ability to get casing to TD in a significantly shorter time when swelling shale, ledges and/or washed out areas were previously hampering the efforts.
Features and benefits of the HydroGRS casing guiding tool include:
- Eccentric rotary guide/reamer nose assists to negotiate the casing string through troublesome hole conditions quickly
- Nose is free to rotate as needed to “follow” the hole while running casing but can be rotated with pump pressure to actually ream the hole if necessary
- Low torque output to minimize the possibility of sidetracking the wellbore while reaming
- Aluminum nose for applications where drilling out is required
- Steel alloy nose for applications where drilling out is not required
- Internal components are all aluminum alloy and fully drillable when run with the aluminium nose to allow drilling to continue below the casing shoe after cementing
- Optional roller guide section to reduce friction of the shoe track during casing running is also available
- Standard body metallurgy is L-80 but can be per customer’s request.
