ICoTA Canada Webinar - May 2024

ICOTA Canada is hosting a technical webinar on May 1, 2024 at 9:00 am MT. Everyone is welcome, attendance is free.

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Please join us for the following presentation:

Automation - Continuing to Improve Service Delivery of Coiled Tubing Operations

Based on SPE-218349-MS - Paper presented at the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, March 2024.

Link for full paper can be found at OnePetro

Abstract: As coiled tubing operations become ever more complex, a worldwide challenge is a smaller group of highly qualified field personnel to meet these expectations and without such can lead to a potential compromised service delivery. To alleviate this an increased focus has been placed on unit automation providing the operator with greater monitoring, feedback, technical advice and, if needed, intervention on the unit to prevent failures.

This presentation will review a combined solution which is focused on three main areas: automatically update the CT force limits, continuous monitoring of key parameters to provide operational advice, and if required to prevent a potential failure, automatically intervene with control of the appropriate injector functions.

The presentation will detail the multiple system capabilities and the associated historic service delivery issues that created the need for the automated system. The system has further enhanced the ability for field crews to track expected vs actual loads and take preventative action without the need for a field engineer to be present.

The system is being utilized across the service provider’s fleet of units. Statistics on reduction of incident rates will be presented along with future development concepts.

Presented by:

Steven Craig - Baker Hughes

Steven is currently one of the Global Product Line Managers for coiled tubing with Baker Hughes. Prior to his current role he has held many operational, engineering, training and development positions in multiple countries. Steven has 32 years coiled tubing experience all with Baker Hughes (or legacy companies BJ Services and NOWSCO Well Service). He holds and Bachelor of Engineering (Hon) Degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and is a registered Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council in London. He has published over 30 SPE papers.