Perforating and Pipe Recovery with Digital Slickline First Application in Colombia Ballena Field

摘要

As part of an abandonment campaing started in Feb 2013,Chevron had decided to permanent plug 3 gas producer wells and 2 water producer wells in the Ballena Field,with the main challenge of the footprint of equipment to be used because the origi- nal locations were eroded by sea and there was no possibility to use a conventional work over rig.This document presents 2 case studies where a significant advance in the slickline technology that incorporates cutting-edge benefits such as real time visibility and interaction and control,while maintaining slickline advantage simplicity had overcome the project′s challenges allowing time and cost reductions.