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Meggitt, Arden Precision represents a section where Deep Casing Tools has from 22,450ft onwards. This resulted in

significant asset for Nasmyth Group. used the Turbocaser Express.
landing the liner at the exact planned
For the Arden business and its target depth, after which the liner was The new record also included

employees, becoming part of a cemented normally. The next step of running the longest 7” liner (16,750ft)
precision engineering group offering a drilling straight through the motor has right to the target depth. This

truly optimised, international, single been completed.
achievement broke the previous record
source supply chain will create exciting set only months before when another Deep Casing Tools CEO Lance

new opportunities for investment, 7” Turbocaser Express reamed through Davis has been celebrating the record:
development and future growth.”
1,800ft of trouble zone to reach “The successful performance of the

Deep Casing Tools, which has a 26,044ft target depth. This was one of Turbocaser Express has been rewarded

range of innovative tools designed to most challenging and critical jobs with tool orders over £3m already
land casing and completions at target which was successfully concluded by delivered to Saudi Arabia. Discussions

depth within oil or gas wells, has also an engineering and operational team are in progress for delivery of multiple
been celebrating new achievements as effort.
tools during 2014, including the 5”

the company has set a new world Shalerunner for completions.
The Turbocaser Express technology
record in Saudi Arabia for the longest was deployed to reduce the operational “Deep Casing Tools’ reaming and

tool run.
risk, given the hole geometry and the unique drill through technology
The turbine powered reaming tight hole conditions, noticed while provides significant time and cost

capability of the Turbocaser Express drilling and pulling out of hole over the savings when compared to conventional
enabled the new record of 26,318ft to be final section. Because the Turbocaser methods. With the new ability to ream

reached successfully. Without rotating the Express reams on demand, the wiper while running in, the casing can be run

string, 2250ft of open hole was reamed trip was eliminated, and during liner sooner while the hole is in best
over a six-hour period, successfully operations the tool was activated when condition, eliminating wiper trips and
open hole exposure.”
completing the longest measured depth
tight hole conditions were encountered
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