Case Study

Downhold InSight NuWAV Camera identifies collapsed casing, helps customer determine well repair plans. 

CHALLENGE:

An operator in the middle of a new project called after encountering challenges preventing them from forward progress. Although the well would circulate, the operator suspected that remedial efforts/operations had gotten outside of the casing and needed to verify whether fishing operations were inside or outside of the casing at around 3330 ft. 

SOLUTION AND RESULTS:

Renegade recommended running tubing to the area of interest and deploying the camera down the tubing simultaneous to circulating. The camera run determined that the casing had collapsed causing fishing efforts to side-track into open hole at 3328 ft and that the casing split open with the tubing inside at 3333 ft. With these visual diagnostics, the operator had confidence to move forward with reduced risk.   

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

The operator was able to inspect other problem areas of the wellbore while running in to inspect the location of the fish. The operator was able to save on additional NPT relating to additional fishing operations. In this case, the operator saved approximately $10,000 a day relating to NPT.