Case Histories
Modular VACS System Cleaned Wellbore and Retrieved Plugs in One Trip
04/25/2012An operator in deepwater Gulf of Mexico had planned a triple-stacked frac-pack completion in the intervals perforated with length of 136 ft, 359 ft, and 456 ft (41.4 m, 109.4 ...
Baker Hughes Monitoring System Saved Permian Basin Operator USD 80,00
03/28/2012Failure risk Following a chemical treatment program, field personnel for a large, independent operator restarted a Permian Basin well. They inadvertently restarted the well with ...
Baker Hughes Monitoring System Improved Performance of Dynamic North Dakota Well
03/28/2012Problem well Over a ten-year period, a major operator tried various methods to optimize production on a particularly gassy, dynamic well in North Dakota. A short run life with a ...
Baker Hughes Monitoring System Prevented 12 ESP System Failures over 2½ years
03/28/2012Pilot program A growing independent operator in southeast Texas started a small pilot program. The program evaluated the capability and benefits of the Baker Hughes WellLink ...
Recirculation System Increased Annual Oil Revenue USD 5.2 Million
03/21/2012An operator in the Gulf of Mexico had a well producing 211 BOPD, 224 BWPD, and 210 Mcf/D with a gas lift system. Due to gas lift pressure limitations, the well was quickly ...
Offshore ESP Runs Nearly 10 Years in China
03/21/2012An operator’s offshore oil field in China was using a competitor’s artificial lift system. The electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system did not meet the ...
ESP Solution Increased Revenue in Rocky Mountains
03/21/2012Mature field An operator had high fluid levels in a Rocky Mountain field and was looking for a cost-effective way to increase production. Two wells in the field had been producing ...
Steerable Coiled Tubing Drilling System Cut 6 Days of Rig Time
03/14/2012The planned re-entry of a well in the Prudhoe Bay field involved kicking off at 12,600 ft and drilling the 2,400 ft lateral section to TD at 15,000 ft. The CoilTrak orienter-based ...
AutoTrak Curve System Eliminated More Than 6 Rig Days With One-Run Drilling ...
03/13/2012A client operating in the Utica formation of the Appalachian Basin contacted Baker Hughes to drill an 8°/100-ft dogleg severity (DLS) curve section. The client’s drilling ...
AutoTrak Curve System Eliminated More Than 5 Rig Days With One-Run Drilling ...
03/13/2012A client operating in the Utica formation of the Appalachian Basin contacted Baker Hughes to drill a horizontal well with a 10°/100-ft dogleg severity (DLS) curve section. The ...
AutoTrak Curve System Delivered One-Run Performance in Eagle Ford Well
03/13/2012A client operating in the Eagle Ford Shale contacted Baker Hughes to drill a well that consisted of vertical, curve, and lateral sections exceeding 10,400 ft of total footage. The ...
Baker Hughes RDPCP System Added USD 440,000 Annual Revenue
02/10/2012An operator in Alberta, Canada used a competitor’s rod driven progressing cavity pump system. The horizontal heavy oil well produced for two years but increasing gas levels ...
XPVision Software Prevented 63 ESP Failures in West Texas Field Trial
02/03/2012A major customer operating a Permian Basin CO 2 flood partnered with Baker Hughes to evaluate the benefits of using the XPVision™ remote monitoring system during a four month ...
Offshore Operator Saved USD 21 Million Over 6 Years
12/09/2011Five wells in a mature offshore western North American oil field were producing from two zones at 10,000 feet via gas lift systems. In addition to supplying the gas lift ...
MICRO-PRIME minimizes displacement, clean-up costs of highly deviated well
12/08/2011Baker Hughes Solution and Results A major operator required a high-efficiency wellbore cleanup spacer system to displace a 10.5 lb/gal Baker ...































































