Working in wireline isn’t just about showing up with a wireline truck and spooling cable. It’s about what you prevent from happening before you ever run in the hole. I’ve been in the middle of high-pressure cased hole well services, running perforating systems, wireline logging, and pump down perforating operations. And I’ve seen how the …
I’ve learned a lot in this business—some from experience, and some the hard way. Working in cased hole logging and wireline well logging, you don’t get many second chances when something goes wrong downhole. But the biggest lessons I’ve picked up came from the jobs where things almost went off the rails. And the more …
There’s a moment in every wireline engineer’s journey when something simple turns into something critical—and fast. I’ve seen it more than once in cased hole logging operations, where one loose connection or overlooked detail in the wireline toolstring can turn a well perforation run into a long day of fishing wire line or replacing blown …
I still remember the day like it was yesterday. We had just rolled out to a job site for a cased hole logging operation. Everything seemed routine—weather was clear, tools were loaded, and the wireline truck was freshly serviced. But what I thought would be a standard day in the oilfield turned into one of …
One of the most underestimated components in a wireline unit is the collector. It sits quietly, transferring electrical signals between the logging cable and the acquisition system. But when it fails—like it did on one of my recent cased hole wireline jobs—it can bring the entire operation to a halt. We were scheduled to run …
There are days in the wireline oilfield when everything runs smooth—clean logs, clear signals, on-depth shots. Then there are days like this one—when the job reminds you why wireline control systems, procedures, and checklists aren’t just paperwork. They’re survival. We were on a horizontal wireline job, setting plugs and running a multi-stage wireline perforating operation …
Some days in wireline, it’s not the explosives, the perforating gun, or the wireline truck that nearly stop the job—it’s something as simple as a dirty hose end. We were on a high-pressure cased hole well services job, setting up to run a wireline perforating gun downhole. Everything looked good from the outside—riglock secure, pressure …
I’ve always said that depth control is one of those things in wireline that separates the experienced from the careless. It’s the difference between a successful well perforation and a million-dollar mistake. I learned that lesson again on a job that should have been routine—but turned into a defining moment. We were assigned to run …
There’s a part of wireline work that doesn’t always make the highlight reel—but it’s just as critical as what happens downhole: transportation. I remember the morning we had to haul a full load of perforating guns, shaped charges, and downhole tools out to a remote location for a cased hole wireline job. The night before, …
There’s something about the stillness right before a perforation run that never quite settles. Even after years in wireline logging and countless jobs involving perforating guns, pipe recovery tools, and all kinds of downhole wireline equipment, the tension still lingers in the air. That day, I rolled onto location before sunrise. A typical cased hole …
