Ardyne and Equinor extend technology partnership

Ardyne and Equinor extend technology partnership

Ardyne, the Aberdeen and Norway-based fishing, milling and casing recovery provider, and Norwegian energy company Equinor, have agreed a second joint industry project (JIP). It will develop a unique well decommissioning technology that will dramatically reduce the economic and environmental impacts of slot recovery and decommissioning.

 

Equinor and Ardyne are jointly funding the £1 million ($1.39 million) project. Ardyne will manage all engineering, project management and onsite rig qualification testing before deployment for field trials.

 

The new JIP follows an initial agreement between Ardyne and Equinor in 2018 for the initial design and development of the resonance technology.

 

TITAN RS combines Ardyne's field proven bottom hole assembly (BHA) systems with the new resonance tool to aid casing recovery by using resonance to reduce the pulling force required to free stuck casing. Successful trial wells have been completed recovering casing encased in settled solids.

 

The system uses the novel and highly effective application of resonance or vibration technology as opposed to hammering to free stuck casing, allowing longer sections to be pulled more quickly from settled material in the well such as barrite sag or settled solids. Ardyne has proved resonance to be highly effective in loosening settled material surrounding the casing, with an approximate