First SPE 4 Corners Meeting
Lunch & Lecture – September 19
Please join us for the first meeting of this year. Ozzie Gonzalez with Vibration Technology will be speaking.
Who: Mr. Ozzie Gonzalez (Vibration Technology) will be presenting on extraction of stuck oilfield tubulars using surface resonant vibration techniques.
When: Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Where: San Juan College, Room 7103 (IT Center),
4601 College Blvd. Farmington, NM
Please find Room 7103 on the SJC Campus Locator.
Cost: $20 with RSVP, $25 at the door
Please RSVP no later than NOON on September 16. Any RSVP made apart from the SPE website will be charged $25 at the door.
Ozzie Gonzalez is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of Buffalo in NY State. His background covers nuclear reactor mechanical equipment design, computer based electronic measurements sales and support, and oil and gas research. Ozzie has taught and published in the area of Fourier Transform applications for the aerospace defense industry for Hewlett-Packard Co, work overs and well completions for XOM and vibration research for the oil and gas industry. His current position is that of Sr. Technology Development Engineer for Vibration Technology, Inc., a division of Layne Christensen Company.
Extraction of Stuck Oilfield Tubulars Using Surface Resonant Vibration Techniques
Abstract
Stuck pipe has been identified as the largest single contributor to non-productive drilling time. The use of resonant vibration as a means of freeing stuck tubulars from a well bore has been demonstrated to be effective in both Drilling and Workover environments and has the potential to provide almost immediate results in many day-to-day applications.
The challenge for the future is to further explore both proven and potential applications of this technology in order to evaluate the benefits and reduce the unknown associated with the technology. The long term industry benefit will be a new approach to stuck tubular recovery available in the form of superior technology that addresses real needs while substantially reducing costs. The technology offers the benefits of being quick and easy to apply, operations are conducted from surface with no downhole intervention, and results may be achieved very quickly. Good success in open hole work could mean that this technology could become the procedure of choice in virtually all drilling operations. In workover operations, the technology may accomplish the same results in hours that typically require days by current standards.
This presentation includes treatment of sonic energy principals, spectral analysis measurements of stuck tubulars, data interpretation, equipment description, and case histories.
This presentation focuses on the extraction of stuck oil field tubulars using Forced Oscillatory Motion tuned to Resonance of the stuck tubular system. This results in sufficient energy transferred down-hole necessary for the extraction of stuck tubulars with only surface preparations, i.e. no tripping of pipe to install down-hole equipment. The carrier fundamental driving frequency contains multiple harmonics which could also be applied to other application areas such as cement enhancement to prevent annular gas flow, or compaction of gravel during gravel packing operations. Stuck drill pipe to over 18,000' have been recovered within hours even after 24 to 48 hours of jarring operations.
See SPE Paper 109530 for more information