Wireline well tractor technology uses electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic mechanisms to center logging tools in horizontal wells and overcome the effects of gravity. The tractors have arms and wheels that contact the casing or open hole walls and are powered by an electrical wireline. Tractor configurations are tailored to each job and have improved logging operations by reducing time spent and minimizing flow disturbances. They also increase the maximum pull-out strength possible with high tension logging systems, making them viable where coiled tubing interventions face challenges. Therefore, tractors are effective for monitoring wells during production from extended reach horizontal sections.
Wireline well tractor technology uses electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic mechanisms to center logging tools in horizontal wells and overcome the effects of gravity. The tractors have arms and wheels that contact the casing or open hole walls and are powered by an electrical wireline. Tractor configurations are tailored to each job and have improved logging operations by reducing time spent and minimizing flow disturbances. They also increase the maximum pull-out strength possible with high tension logging systems, making them viable where coiled tubing interventions face challenges. Therefore, tractors are effective for monitoring wells during production from extended reach horizontal sections.
Wireline well tractor technology uses electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic mechanisms to center logging tools in horizontal wells and overcome the effects of gravity. The tractors have arms and wheels that contact the casing or open hole walls and are powered by an electrical wireline. Tractor configurations are tailored to each job and have improved logging operations by reducing time spent and minimizing flow disturbances. They also increase the maximum pull-out strength possible with high tension logging systems, making them viable where coiled tubing interventions face challenges. Therefore, tractors are effective for monitoring wells during production from extended reach horizontal sections.
Wireline well tractor technology uses electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic mechanisms to center logging tools in horizontal wells and overcome the effects of gravity. The tractors have arms and wheels that contact the casing or open hole walls and are powered by an electrical wireline. Tractor configurations are tailored to each job and have improved logging operations by reducing time spent and minimizing flow disturbances. They also increase the maximum pull-out strength possible with high tension logging systems, making them viable where coiled tubing interventions face challenges. Therefore, tractors are effective for monitoring wells during production from extended reach horizontal sections.
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Advances in Drilling Technology
Downhole Wireline Well Tractor Technology
Abstract
Many a times,during well intervention operations in horizontal well, it is not possible to carry out the requisite operations such as logging or acid stimulation because of the highly deviated well geometry which lowers the toolstring due to the effect of gravity leading to undesired circumstances. One of the solutions to the above problem is wireline well tractor technology which can be further classified into electro-mechanical & electro-hydraulic depending upon the mechanism it works upon. The wireline tractor consist of various arms and wheels located at its sides which is used for recentering of the tool as it starts touching the walls of the casing or open-hole. It draws energy from the electrical wireline which is used to deploy it from the surface. The tractor tool configuration varies from job to job and has has proven to effectively reduce the operating time minimizing the disturbance of downhole flowing conditions. It has improvements in traction control due to the modified wheel design and dynamic suspension which has a tractor reversing capability.Due to this the high tension lgging system has increases maximum POOH strengths. Hence, making it a viable alternative in situations where Coiled Tubing fails. Therefore, wireline tractor is a good deployment tool in extended reach horizontal wells where minimum flow disturbance is required while data monitoring.
Bibliography 1. Shawly,Alaa and Buali,Muhammed.2010 "Wireline Well Tractor Technology Experience in Extended Reach Horizontal Wells" Paper SPE 136535 presented at Abu Dhabi Petroleum Exhibiton & Conference,Abu Dhabi,November. 2. Twigg,Robert., Schlumberger "Extending the reach of openhole wireline logging-A case study of openhole tractoring" Presented at New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2016,Auckland
