Wireline Technology

The same is true where your contractor’s worker experience levels are concerned—experience always pays benefits.

Here, though, our point is technology and the economics of using advanced, high-performance hardware. After years of pumpdown stage work for some of the biggest operators in the business—EOG Resources, XTO Energy, Marathon Oil, and Mack Energy among them—Integrity Wireline has perfected its systems and its operations.

Because the stakes are so high, Integrity employs equipment that is second to none.

Here are just three examples of advanced technology that Integrity puts to use for its oilfield partners.

A modern-day hydraulic fracturing operation (what some call a “well completion”) can involve a fleet of 18-wheeler pressure pumping trucks. Sometimes there can be as many as 25 of them, or more. And there are other teams on site, besides. This is a carefully orchestrated job, and downtime, if it occurs, is extremely costly. That’s why wireline teams must have the finest equipment available, and have experienced crew members running that equipment. (Image Source Wikipedia)

Rig Latch is a device gives us what is called a “wellhead quick connection.” The technical term for the unit we operate is “hydraulic latch assembly.” It employs hydraulics to perform some functions remotely. That keeps crew members from having to work from a man-basket, in proximity to the wellhead.

Rig Latch seals the connection of surface equipment to the wellhead. With Rig Latch in place, a crew can quickly rig up or rig down their pressure control equipment. It cuts connection times by 20 to 40 percent.

The Rig Latch System removes any need for having personnel in the hot zone when it’s necessary to make or break connections. The system allows frac and wireline to operate simultaneously, and thus saves a lot of time each “trip” downhole. Not every wireline company uses Rig Latch, but Integrity Wireline does. It’s one more reason why Integrity Wireline has a stellar safety rating. Plus, it saves customers’ money. And makes everyone more productive.

Its holding system is fail-safe, having multiple safety redundancies to ensure safe operation. Our system allows frac and wireline to operate simultaneously and saves 15 to 25 minutes each trip. And it is one of the only field-reparable hydraulic latches in the industry—another plus on a high-activity, high-stakes frac site.

Not every wireline company employs a ballistic release tool. But for those wireline companies that deal with big operators and large well completion jobs, this tool is a true “ace in the hole.”

Simply put, the ballistic release tool is an added ingredient to a tool string, and it allows the engineer to release from the bottom hole assembly if the assembly should for any reason become stuck. It’s “ballistic,” meaning that it can be detonated.

This “cutaway” view of a Ballistic Release Tool shows some of the inner components. (Cutaways are made using bandsaws. The wiring you see here was inserted after the cuts were made.) The ballistic release tool is an important part of Integrity Wireline’s arsenal of downhole tools. With the BRT installed in a tool string, the crew can remotely detach (at will) from a wireline run, which sometimes is necessary if the tool string becomes stuck. Subsequent recovery of the stuck tool string is then easier and quicker than if the BRT had not been employed.

Wireline is all we do. Integrity is at the top of the game in terms of equipment, hands, and the ability to complete a job successfully–efficiently–and it is done in a way that saves our customers money.