Versa-Drive service milled 49 frac plugs with zero short trips Challenges • Mill all frac plugs in one run • Eliminate CT and fluid system costs Results • Reached total depth in the 9,000-ft lateral using 23/8-in. CT—a first in the Luther oil and gas field • Milled all 49 plugs in one run • Required no short trips or chemicals • Achieved an average millout time of four minutes per plug • Saved the customer more than $25,000 USD A customer working in Oklahoma contacted Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), to mill out 49 composite plugs set inside 51/2-in. casing in a 9,000-ft (2,743-m) lateral section. The customer wanted to mill all of the plugs in one run and without short trips or chemicals to significantly reduce costs related to coiled

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