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ReSOLVE iX Pure Oil Recovery Technology Galea™

Image courtesy Schlumberger Image courtesy R3 Environmental Systems results in extreme conditions, such ated during oil and gas drilling activi- as HPHT, sour and restricted-ac- ties, R3 says.

cess environments. Conventional The recovered ? uid (Second- intervention tools rely on surface Source Drilling Fluid) has been in- measurement to guide deployment, dependently veri? ed as a chemical which for some extreme condition and physical equivalent to virgin applications makes intervention an drilling ? uid, meaning it can be used unviable option. ReSOLVE iX ser- as a direct substitute for virgin drill-

Image courtesy Expro vice overcomes this by using a com- ing ? uid in the formulation of new bination of innovative hardware, au- drilling mud products. As a result, tomation and digitization, enabling companies can signi? cantly reduce operators to monitor and control the amount of virgin drilling ? uid ranging from fully autonomous to manual to suit a range of applications intervention operations in real time that they need to purchase, trans- and take immediate action to ad- port, and eventually dispose of. The on and offshore.

Galea deploys a tool string into the dress downhole challenges. unit is designed as a series of mod-

Because each intervention is ules, making it highly portable and well either at regular intervals or as de- unique, the service is customizable accessible for companies with remote ? ned by the well conditions in fully autonomous mode. The system per- to solve speci? c objectives, including exploration sites anywhere.

forms a pre-programmed intervention slot cutting, ? uid spotting, tubular sequence in semi-autonomous mode,

Expro cutting and plug setting. The Re- (Booth # 2626)

SOLVE iX service has completed nu-

Technology: Galea - Autonomous Well initiated locally or remotely. When in manual mode, quick rig-up interven- merous jobs for more than 40 unique Intervention System intervention applications.

According to Expro, Galea is the tion compared to conventional opera- tions is enabled.

world’s ? rst fully autonomous well in-

The system also reduces the im-

R3 Environmental tervention system, aimed to maximize pact of operations on the environ- (Booth # 1281) production while reducing interven-

Systems

Technology: Vacuum-Assisted Pure tion costs, HSE risks, and the carbon ment around the well site. A small self-contained intervention package

Oil Recovery Technology footprint of operations.

located at the well site all year-round

R3’s Vacuum Assisted Pure Oil Re- The system replaces larger, con- ventional and more labor-intensive eliminates the need for repetitive covery technology is a safe, energy-ef- ? cient, and environmentally friendly wireline rig-ups for a range of routine environmentally disruptive wireline unit or truck operations required for solution for recovering drilling ? uid slickline operations. It can be con? g- ured in a variety of operating modes traditional approaches.

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