WELL INTERVENTION DRILLING & COMPLETIONS UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES RESERVOIR OPTIMIZATION Set a Bridge Plug in 121/4-in Open Hole to Run and Cement 20-in. Casing 425 Single Set with 11-in. VE Element Location: Onshore Mexico CHALLENGE: A customer needed to isolate and protect a water producing zone while running and cementing 20-in. casing above it. SOLUTION: TAM deployed a Single Set Inflatable Bridge Plug on the work string to 1,673 ft, disconnected using hydraulic release and dumped sand on top of the plug. After cementing the 20-in. casing, TAM drilled out the cement and washed the sand above the plug. Then retrieved the plug on work string with an over shot. RESULTS AND BENEFIT: Casing was set and cemented above the plug and the plug was deflated and retrieved successfully. The

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