Congratulations to the At-the-Bit Team for a successful pilot 👏
Successful At-the-Bit drilling pilot in Oman. Topi is pleased to announce that a drilling pilot for demonstrating the functionality of the At-the-Bit Mud Loss Control technology during drilling of a commercial oil well in Oman was successful. The At-the-bit tool consists of stacked concentric dual pipes for preloading of a polymer-based formation fracture sealing payload. The tool is fully mechanical operated and all the agreed KPIs were met demonstrating the tool activation for release of the special engineered polymer based AtB Gel™ and de-activation for re-establishing the mud circulation through the inner pipe by dropping of steel balls. No mud loss was observed in this upper 12-¼” well section and all the swelled gel with “encapsulated” drill cuttings were circulated out of the well and collected at the shale shaker. The tool was exposed to very high and fluctuating torque loads and lateral vibrations. The operational team was supervised by Dr. Jafar Abdollahi from Topi with assistance from our technology partners EnergyX in Norway and OOISS in Oman. The At-the-Bit is now ready for commercial services in the Middle East.