OVERVIEW
Field visit was conducted on Tuesday 19 January 2016 to Krishna
Persad and Associates Limited Barrackpore Tank Farm Facility .
Inspection of facility , integrity of the snubbing unit equipment was
done.
Unit Type : 224K Snubbing Unit (224,000 pull, 112000
Rotary Table 140 RPM (6000 FTLBS)
snubbing)
Hydraulic Pumps 4
Power Tong + Tools 2 7/8"
Stroke 18
Fuel Tanks 720 & 120 gallons
Sub Structure
Fixed Slips 4 1/2"
Moving Slips 4 1/2" 1
SNUBBING UNIT DIMENSIONS
SNUBBING UNIT Weight
Length Width Height
COMPONENT (lbs)
Manifold 4' 4' 20' 18000
Operating Basket 12 12 3 8000
Supports 4' 4' 4' 8000
Power pack 6V92N 11.5 8 9 25000
Substrcuture 16' 8' 10' 4000
Fuel Tank 4 4 6 4000
Fuel Tank 4' 3' 3' 2000
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SNUBBING UNIT CAPACITIES
Snubbing 224000 LBS
Rotary Table 6000 FTLBS
Max OH 12 1/4"
Max Casing 9 5/8"
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SNUBBING UNIT PICTURES
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PROS AND CONS
PROS
Complete operations under pressure
Avoid expensive use and disposal of kill fluids
Eliminate risk of kill fluid damage to producing
formation
Reduce costs with quicker rig up and rig down
Get your well back into production faster
Cons
Lack of mobility of unit 5
RECOMMENDATIONS
The 224K Snubbing Unit is suitable for shallow drilling
operations
However for depths >1500ft the following modifications are
required:
1. Additional Mud Pumps
2. Increase in capacity of Mud Tanks
3. Additional Power Pack
4. Automatic Pipe Handler
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DISCUSSIONS