New shale shaker offers small footprint
The new MD-3 shale shaker promises operators with the ability to meet solids control challenges, offshore or onshore.
The small footprint of the shale shaker along with its solids control options and the ability to adapt quickly to changing drilling conditions are features of the compact, high performance unit. The shaker's footprint matches the BEM-650 shaker to help simplify retrofitting into existing shaker houses. The MD-3 comes with a fume-extraction hood that helps reduce operator exposure to vapors associated with drilling fluids and prevents fluids from splashing outside the shaker boundaries.
The shaker has three decks of solids control that translate to lower waste volumes as a result of drier cuttings, the firm says. The standard configuration has one scalping deck and two primary decks.
Two modes of operation, 6.3 G's of progressive elliptical or 7.2 G's of balanced elliptical movement, are available with a single-switch adjustment. And screens replacement is a snap with the pneumatic actuators that hold them in place. Simply deactivate the pneumatic pressure and remove the lightweight composite screens to replace.
Source: M-I Swaco, Box 42842, Houston, TX 77242-2842.
New packer provides openhole annular isolation
The newly developed Baker Oil Tools MPas packer system provides openhole annular isolation, which the company says helps to eliminate many of the operational, production, and remedial problems associated with cement jobs.
The MPas-e Remote-Set packer system with eTrigger technology allows operators to achieve selective zone isolation in open holes in extended reach wells.
Run on production casing or liner string, the MPas packer—plus the uniform production profile created by the BOT EQUALIZER inflow-control devices—enables flow in the annulus to be managed without the limits or risks associated with no isolation or more complex isolation methods. The MPas packer provides improved time-to-seal control and a wider hole-size range than swelling rubber technology, the firm says.
eTrigger controller technology is a method of electronically activating the MPas packer, eliminating the costs, complexity, and logistics of an inner string run for packer activation. eTrigger is computer programmed and once downhole, the controller activates the packer when the programmed temperature and pressure conditions are reached.
The successful use of Interventionless e-Trigger technology enables operators to economically isolate and control production from wells drilled with extended reach drilling methods, the company points out.
Source: Baker Hughes Inc., 2929 Allen Parkway, Suite 2100, Houston, TX 77019.
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