The new mobile Combination Rig from this innovative Canadian firm offers economical underbalanced drilling, workover and snubbing operations from trailer-mounted plant with a short set-up time.

High Arctic Energy Services LP of Canada is gearing up to develop the Middle East market for underbalanced drilling (UBD) equipment with its new rack-and-pinion rig. CEO Jed Wood is confident the new rig will be a success here because, apart from being revolutionary in design, it also offers overall cost savings of nearly 20 per cent.

With oil around the US$70 mark this is more than likely to excite regional oil producers.

UBD equipment has not been widely available here to date, but High Arctic's new 250K / 300K Combination Drilling Workover and Snubbing Rig (CDWS) means that more local operators can now opt for the UBD technique.

The new Combination Rig was developed by High Arctic at a cost of over US$5 million with a revolutionary push-and-pull capability. It drew plenty of interest when it was displayed at the recent Global Petroleum Show in Calgary.

Local Business Development Manager Arthur Handsel says "The rig is an extension of our snubbing and UBD system and will help in extracting oil without damaging the reservoir."

Benefits

The special feature of this new Combination Rig is that it can go from drilling to workover and snubbing operations within a few seconds, without any modification being required. The pipe can be rotated in and out of the hole by means of a traveling rotary table and power slips developed for pushing and pulling.