The Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) awarded Baker Hughes INTEQ its prestigious 2009 Intervention Technology Award.

 

Presented at the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference Exhibition in Houston in late March, the award recognized INTEQ’s rib-steered motor (RSM) for coil tubing directional drilling.The award recognizes outstanding technical innovation or application of technology for well intervention, which reduces risk, increases production, improves safety or minimizes environmental impact.

 

INTEQ’s RSM is the culmination of years of laboratory R&D and thousands of hours of drilling experience and represents the nextgeneration in coiled tubing and reentry drilling technology. It combines the proven quality borehole construction capabilities of closed-loop rib-steering technology with the unsurpassed drilling performance of INTEQ’s X-treme™ pre-contoured motors. 

 

This combination of INTEQ innovations results in minimized tortuosity in slimhole wellbores, extending the envelope of even the most complex well geometries. The RSM allows for smooth, straight trajectories, eliminating the need for the undulating wellpaths typically associated with coiled tubing drilling. The resulting quality wellbores reduce drillstring drag and allow for optimal extended reach capabilities and 3D steering. 

 

ICoTA named Baker Atlas as a finalist for the 2009 Intervention Technology Award. The Baker Atlas Deployment Risk Management system and perforating flywheel assemblies were recognized for significantly improving wireline deployment in deviated wellbores.