Remotely Actuated Completion System Offers Cost efficiency for Offshore Environments

摘要

A new system for the remote, interventionless actuation of downhole completion equipment has been developed to support the ongoing need for operators to lower costs and increase or preserve the value of the reservoir. These needs are particularly important in offshore environments where well intervention costs are significantly higher than those performed onshore. For example, traditional methods for setting a production packer employ coiled tubing or slickline to run a tubing plug. The new system provides a safe, reliable and more cost efficient alternative to this method because it simply transmits acoustic pulses through the contents of tubulars to actuate one or more completion or service tools remotely in any desired sequence.