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Harpoon retrieved casing in one trip, saved $650,000 USD

Harpoon retrieved casing in one trip, saved $650,000 USD

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Harpoon retrieved casing in one trip, saved $650,000 USD Challenges ? Offshore, deviated well with settled barite and solids ? Slot recovery operation Results ? Minimized NPT by reducing a two run operation to a single trip ? Saved 19.5 hours rig time and an estimated $650,000 USD An offshore well operator in the Norwegian Sea needed to remove the top section of casing to make way for a planned openhole sidetracking operation in a deviated well. The operator and the Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), wellbore intervention team agreed to use our newly introduced HarpoonTM cut and pull spear to efficiently remove a string of 9 5 / 8-in. 53.5 lb/ft casing to perform a slot recovery operation. This versatile spear can be set and reset several times throu

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