Once your well is up and running, proper maintenance is key to avoiding problems and costly delays.
Bighorn offers both braided line and slickline operations these maintenance tasks, as well as the expert staff who’s able to know which operation will best meet your wellbore’s needs.
What is Slickline?
Slickline is a single-strand wire able to perform many well services. Because of its smaller diameter, it can move quickly in and out of wellbores to rapidly report data to operators.
What is Braided line?
Braided line is made of multiple strands of wire, and is durable enough for fishing, swabbing, removing fluid overburden, and more.
What is SlickLine?
Slickline refers to a single strand wire which is used to run a variety of tools down into the wellbore for several purposes. In general, it can also describe a niche of the industry that involves using a slickline truck or doing a slickline job. Slickline looks like a long, smooth, unbraided wire, often shiny, silver/chrome in appearance. It comes in varying lengths, according to the depth of wells in the area. It is used up to 35,000 feet in length. It is used to lower and raise downhole tools used in oil and gas well maintenance to the appropriate depth of the drilled well.
Well Maintenance
- Paraffin Cutting
- Total Depth & Drift tool Runs
- Setting & Pulling tools
- Tubing & Collar Stops
- Bailing
- Broach
Bottom Hole Pressure Surveys
- Gradient Runs
- Staic Runs
- Build Ups
- Draw Down
What is Braided Line?
Braided line refers to a type of multistrand wireline used for slickline applications in which higher tension or weight-carrying ability is required. The most common size of braided line is 3/16-in diameter, although special heavy applications use 1/4-in and 5/16-in sizes.
- Retrieve lost or stuck tool strings
- Retrieve slickline, braided line and eline lost in the hole
- Pull plugs
