Improve Your Fracturing Operations with SmartFin: the Dissolvable Pump-Down Ring
Vertechs Group
An innovation-driven company specialized in new technologies for wellbore isolation, MPD and drilling fluid solutions.
SmartFin pump-down rings are widely used in Saudi Arabia, North America and Southwest China. Thousands of sets have been deployed successfully globally to date.
With pumping, the ring could be activated and opened to increase the cross-sectional area, which leads to better pump-down performance and less pumping fluids. Based on existing field operational feedback, standard dissolvable plugs with SmartFin can save approximately 30% of pump fluids and reduce operating time by 37%.
In addition, the use of SmartFin can effectively deal with casing deformation problems. Plugs with smaller OD are the sharpest sword to solve casing deformation issues. However, the difficulty of pumping down due to the small OD has always been a problem. With Vertechs SmartFin pump-down ring, the pumping time is less than standard plug even.
Unlike most pump-down rings which are built on the plug, SmartFin is installed on the setting sleeve. Such a design ensures a compact plug and shortens the total length of the wireline BHA, achieving better passing-through ability in deformed casing intervals. When passing the casing deformation point, the expandable part of the ring can be retracted to its original size. This not only simplifies the pumping process but also reduces the risk of getting stuck and NPT.
Take your hydraulic fracturing efficiency to a new level with our SmartFin pump-down ring. This innovative tool is fully dissolvable, enhances pump-down efficiency, and saves pumping fluid, pumping time, and hydraulic horsepower.
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