Unmanaged solids generated through intervention enter the separators and subsequently travel down through the production facility. An accumulation in the production facility can result in solids handling limitations topside, lower efficiency, and cause erosion. Making a shutdown inevitable. Adopting a separation system as part of the Coiled Tubing Clean-Out (CTCO) process insures against this risk.
Apply data
Without accurate solids data topside, CT operates on assumptions, which risks solids (often several tons) remaining in the wellbore creating difficulties for ongoing operations. Recording accurate solids data, our separation systems enable interpretation of actual data, alongside the estimated solids calculations, creating the insight needed to boost the efficiency and quality of CT operations.
Digital integration
Real-time solids data boosts the efficiency and quality of CT operations
Enables real time decision making
Prevents issues associated with getting stuck in hole
Creates confidence to operate at optimal speeds
Guarantees a proper cleanout
Automated control means no additional personnel offshore
Prevents issues associated with getting stuck in hole
Creates confidence to operate at optimal speeds
Guarantees a proper cleanout
Automated control means no additional personnel offshore
Designed to optimise CT
Ease of integration onto a crowded deck alongside a CT stack was essential in our design. Our DualFlow unit, with its 2×2 metre footprint, is the smallest dual cyclonic desander on the market. The stackable choke preserves the compact footprint of the system as well as integrates into the Dualflow. This creates a flexible, compact system, which can be operated by one operator.
Adaptive technology
Clear ESGQ value
As an automated system, no additional personnel are needed offshore, and risks associated with manual handling are removed. The efficiencies gained during CTCO result in reduced separator jetting operations, which can boost ESG metrics.
Environmental performance
Longer term thinking
Repeated CT is not a long-term solution to remove solids build up in the well. It delivers one off removal but does not mitigate against subsequent build up. Another clean out will be inevitable. To prevent this, a proactive long-term solids management solution can be put in place.
Continuous production
Restart wells without intervention
If contact with the reservoir can be achieved, our separation systems can kick start a producing well without the need for CT. This delivers intervention free clean-up of underperforming or shut-in wells and provides benefits including reduced OPEX and POB and the removal of heavy lifting activities.
Case Studies
August 26 2022
August 26 2022
FourPhase and Expro delivers the first monohull riser-based CT intervention on NCS
A 5K DualFlow was a part of the Expro system separating solids in returns on a vessel during the first-ever monohull riser-based CT intervention on NCS.
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Case Studies
July 20 2022
July 20 2022
Safe scale separation during Coiled Tubing operation
Due to significant scale buildup on a field on the UK Continental Shelf a customer had planned for a CT operation. FourPhase supplied a solids management system and safely separated 4 771kgs of scale during the 12-week operation.
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Articles
March 16 2022
March 16 2022
Leveraging data to enhance coiled tubing clean out
How can data be used to optimise Coiled Tubing Clean-Out (CTCO) and align sand management with the growing shift towards digitalisation in the sector.
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Articles
January 31 2022
January 31 2022
An introduction to cyclonic separation together with coiled tubing
This article will give you an introduction to CT, summarise common issues with CT and discuss how cyclonic separation can be applied during CT to overcome these issues.
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Overview
Use data to improve the efficiency and quality of CT operations
Prevents issues associated with getting stuck in hole
Easy to integrate
Delivers ESGQ benefits
Prevents issues associated with getting stuck in hole
Easy to integrate
Delivers ESGQ benefits
