There’s a quiet tension every time we load up for a perforation well. Even with years in the wireline business, that moment before arming the gun still gets my full attention. Especially when we’re dealing with RF Safe Control Fire Assemblies in a live stage wireline and perforating setup. We were working a horizontal wireline …
Some jobs go so smoothly that you almost forget how quickly things can go wrong. And then there are the jobs where the only thing standing between you and a full-blown disaster is a piece of gear you almost didn’t appreciate enough. That was me, a few years back, on a high-pressure cased hole wireline …
It was a hot, dusty afternoon out in the field. We were on a multi-run cased hole wireline job, prepping for a perforation well with full wireline pressure control equipment. The crew was sharp, the wireline truck had just finished rig-up, and the logging cable was perfectly aligned through the grease head and BOP. But …
We were midway through a high-pressure cased hole logging job on a tight horizontal wireline schedule. The rig was hot, the wireline truck was parked in place, the logging cable was threaded through a full stack of pressure control equipment, and the tools were ready to drop. But then I overheard something that made me …
I was on a remote cased hole wireline job, working a high-pressure well with multiple zones to perforate. We were tight on time, running a complex string of wireline perforating guns, and the client was watching closely. The wireline truck was humming, the logging cable was feeding perfectly, and the team was moving like clockwork. …
I’ve been in the wireline oilfield long enough to know that sometimes the smallest decisions—ones that seem minor in the moment—can make or break an entire operation. One of those decisions? Grease selection. Yeah, the stuff we pump into the grease head to seal the well around the wireline. One cold morning on a horizontal …
I was on a tight job schedule—cased hole wireline, high pressure, multiple stages. Nothing unusual in the grand scheme of wireline services oil and gas, but enough moving parts that everything had to be perfect. The kind of job that doesn’t forgive mistakes. We were rigged up and ready. Logging cable tight, pressure control equipment …
There are some jobs in the wireline oilfield that burn into your memory—literally. It was a high-pressure horizontal wireline job, and we were prepping for a multi-stage perforation well operation. I had the full pressure control equipment rigged up: grease head, wireline BOP, tool trap, and lubricator. The crew was solid, the logging cable had …
It was one of those crisp, early morning wireline jobs—cased hole, high-pressure well, multiple runs planned. We were already a few stages in, using full pressure control equipment, and the crew was in rhythm. Then came the bump up before the next run, and just like that, the whole job was nearly derailed. We’d seen …
I remember the first time a tool string dropped on me like it happened yesterday. We were running a standard cased hole wireline operation—nothing overly complex. But it was a pressure job, and that means you’ve got to be ready for anything. The crew had just finished a slick wireline and perforating run. We were …
