New products

Vol. 233 No. 3

Clamp spectrometer validates life of UV quartz sleeves

The new Jaz clamp spectrometer from Aquionics enables customers to conduct on-location testing of their UV disinfection system’s quartz sleeves. The Jaz accurately validates the life of quartz sleeves, potentially extending their usable life, and ensures UV disinfection systems are operating effectively. The spectrometer’s special adapter clamps onto a quartz sleeve, utilizing fiber optics to transmit UV light between 200 and 400 nm. By measuring the transmittance of light through the quartz sleeve, customers can verify the proper construction of new quartz sleeves and assess the level of fouling and/or solarization of used sleeves. The device is lightweight and compact, with 1,500 hr of lamp life powered by a convenient battery or A/C plug adapter. A USB port allows data transfer to a PC for data storage and analysis.

Two items added to HT reservoir characterization services

Schlumberger announced the availability of its new PressureXpress-HT reservoir pressure service and MDT Forte-HT qualified, rugged, high-temperature formation sampling and pressure system. These two services are the latest HT additions to the firm’s reservoir characterization portfolio of services. Rated to 450°F, the PressureXpress-HT tool provides accurate pressure gradients and overall data quality not achievable by conventional HT formation tester tools. The tool’s dynamically controlled, pressure pretest system in the PressureXpress-HT tool enables precise control of volume and drawdown rates. This makes pressure testing possible in tight formations that are common in HPHT reservoirs. The tool design also eliminates the need for gauge temperature stabilization, thus significantly improving operational efficiency.  The new MDT Forte-HT system provides greater all-around robustness in formation sampling and testing operations up to 400°F (204°C).

PDC reamer eliminates shale drilling wiper trips

Stabil Drill, a Superior Energy Services company, has developed the Stabil Drill Ghost Reamer for horizontal shale drilling. The Ghost Reamer, an eight-bladed polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) reamer, allows the wellbore to be cleaned and cleared, either by back-reaming on rigs that have a top driver or on rigs without top-drive, by pulling out to the top of the curve and then rotating forward until reaching TD. This flexible solution eliminates wiper trips, thus saving time and money.

Ultrasonic device detects sources of pressurized gas leaks

The Gassonic Observer-H Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector from General Monitors is ideal for gas leak detection in pressurized systems. The new device features HART communications, Modbus with single and block transfer modes, Emerson AMS Intelligent Device Manager support, and event logging. The detector is ATEX, IECEx, FM and CSA hazardous-area certified and SIL 3-suitable. The unit detects gas leaks by sensing the airborne ultrasound emitted from leaking gas at high pressure. It is suitable for gas detection in open, well-ventilated areas, where traditional methods may be unsuitable or dependent on ventilation. Since this gas leak detector responds to the source of a gas release rather than the dispersed gas, it is unaffected by changing wind directions, gas dilution, and the direction of the leak.

Portable system manages training activities, info

The International Association of Drilling Contractors has introduced its IADC SkillSTICK, a manpower development tool for the oil and natural gas drilling and completion industry. IADC SkillSTICK is a standardized, portable training management utility. Developed by Houston-based Indaptive Technologies, Inc., the device is a specially designed USB drive that allows workers to manage information and activities related to training performance anywhere in the world, regardless of Internet quality. The device can be used off-line for training from pre-loaded e-Learning courses. It can store student progress and assessments associated with those courses. When an Internet connection becomes available, the IADC SkillSTICK syncs back to an online data repository, uploading information recorded on the device while working off-line; for example, on a remote rig.

Curve rotary steerable system drills multiple sections in one run

Baker Hughes introduced its AutoTrak Curve Rotary Steerable System, a tool that can drill vertical, curve and horizontal sections in one fast run to maximize available pay zones and reduce the number of trips. The system has resulted in new drilling records across most of the important unconventional basins in the U.S. The tool is a closed-loop drilling system that takes commands from the surface to place the wellbore in the desired direction and inclination. The programmable system has been through more than 10,000 hours of rigorous field testing in some of the toughest unconventional environments in North America. Combining an optimized bottomhole assembly (BHA) and drill bit to maximize drilling efficiency and reservoir exposure, the system achieves high build rates of more than 15°/100 ft. Tolerant to the presence of lost-circulation material in the mud system, the technology does not require special pressure drop between the pipe inside diameter and the annulus to operate. The advanced technology saves time, given there is no need to change the bend angle of a motor, resulting in faster well construction. Given the improved hole quality, completion time also is enhanced and casing can be run to total depth faster and easier.

Deepwater LED doubles as spot or floodlight

Remote Ocean Systems has introduced the ROS Lightning deepwater LED Light. Using the latest technology electronics software, this new LED offers 10,000 lumens output and can have input powers of 18-30 VDC and 108-132 VAC to match user needs. In addition, the light offers a complete dimming range and can be configured as a spot or floodlight. The light is depth-rated to 6,000 m (19,685 ft) and offers a variety of connectors for fast, and easy change-out or service.