GasGuard®

Gas slugs develop under numerous production conditions resulting in various circumstances including changes in reservoir conditions, changes in production strategy (EOR/IOR) and changes in production rates. Despite the situation, slugging is one of the most widely faced issues in the oil and gas industry. This is especially true for unconventional wells produced with artificial lift technologies including electric submersible pumps (ESPs) that can experience significant increases in operation costs and capital expenses due to lost production, damaged equipment and inefficient operational envelopes which in turn lead to differed incremental production that could be captured in an optimized ESP system.

The best solution is prevention: disrupting gas slugs before they disrupt production.

FET presents the patent-pending Forum GasGuard®, which breaks down/infuses gas slugs before they reach an ESP system, creating an uninterrupted flow of liquid through the pump and eliminating slug flow. The result is a more consolidated, continuous production stream with higher liquid content leading to increased motor cooling and improved ESP performance with fewer shutdowns. With a streamlined, simplified design, FET’s GasGuard represents a new paradigm of protection against unpredictable gas slugs.

Our GasGuard® is part of FET’s extensive Multilift Solutions suite of artificial lift solutions.

Applications

  • Unconventional wells
  • Steam-assisted gravity drainage wells
  • Wells with severe gas slugging
  • ESPs, rod pumps, progressing cavity pumps, hydraulic piston/linear pumps

Features

  • No moving parts
  • Modular design for extreme applications
  • Compatible with chemical injection centralizer, SandGuard™ and Cyclone™ products

Benefits

  • Installs and pulls easily using the production string
  • Improves efficiency of ESP motor cooling
  • Reduces equipment costs with simple design
  • Disrupts gas slugs before they reach the pump intake
  • Improves pump runtime and performance
  • Helps prevent pump shutdowns caused by gas lock
  • Work in conjunction with and can reduce the need for expensive ESP gas handling devices that are still susceptible to gas lock

PCP SandGuard

SAND AVOIDANCE AND PROTECTION EQUIPMENT OFFERING PROVEN, FAIL-SAFE SOLUTIONS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF ARTIFICIAL LIFT EQUIPMENT

The SandGuard has become the industry leader in providing exceptional protection against the primary cause of ESP failure: Sand fallback. Continuing the legacy of the Multilift Solutions ESP SandGuard, the PCP SandGuard continues to provide the same functional quality as its predecessor, including complete isolation from the wellbore, sand diversion, and isolation within the equipment and self-flushing features.

In addition to the core features of the SandGuard platform, the PCP SandGuard allows the installation and retrieval of the PCP rotor without pulling the entire equipment string. Situated just above the PCP stator, the PCP SandGuard allows the passage of a coupling up to 2” in diameter when pulled or retrieved. Additionally, after installing the PCP rotor, the diverter conforms to the diameter of the rod ensuring efficient and effective diversion of sand to the sand chamber and eliminating sand fall-back within the pump. These features provide the entire PCP system with a soft, trouble-free start every time.

Unique Challenges Require Unique Solutions

The PCP Sandguard overcomes the challenges of a through-tubing installation required of PCP equipment by utilizing the unique sand diverter system which allows a PCP rotor and coupling (up to 2”) to be passed through the tool by expanding to accommodate the larger diameter. Following installation, the diverter system returns to the original diameter, conforming to the outside diameter of the rod during production.

Features

  • Complete isolation of sand fallback
  • Effective abrasion avoidance and diversion
  • Self-cleaning feature on startup
  • PCP rotor passage through tool
  • Simple and quick installation procedures
  • Overall protection against broken shafts, excessive wear to stator and stress on electrical system

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Cyclone

Cyclone ESP leverages proven vortex technology as part of a superior sand protection system. Applicable to onshore, offshore, deviated or horizontal wells, it prevents sand damage, extends pump run life and dramatically lowers lease operating expenses.

With one size for all flow rates, Cyclone easily retrofits to any ESP well. Because it rests directly below the pump, installation requires no downhole preparation. The high-efficiency centrifugal action separates a wider range of grain size than sand screens, sending de-sanded fluid to the pump and solids to a tailpipe below. With special metallurgical construction and no moving parts, Cyclone’s vortex technology avoids the erosion and plugging issues of traditional sand screens to provide exceptional sand control.

Features and Benefits
  • Protects ESPs from sand damage.
  • Extends run life to dramatically lower lease operating expenses.
  • Minimizes or eliminates costly workovers, ESP replacements and lost production.
  • Installs easily, featuring high reusability and one-size-fits-all casing weights.
  • Allows field change of rubber elements.
  • Enables quick change and rerun without leaving rig floor.
  • Eliminates need to rotate motor or tailpipe.

Pump Saver

The FET Multilift Solution’s Pump Saver protects downhole rod lifted pumps by separating sand prior to entering the rod lift system.

 

Features

  • Multiple connections and configurations available for virtually all Rodlift applications and low flow ESP applications
  • Configured for optimal sand separation in low flow applications and for intermittent flow (i.e. Rod lift applications)
  • Uniquely designed to minimize erosion and maximize longevity of artificial lift equipment

 

Benefits

  • Prevents rod pump wear by reducing sand laden fluid from entering rod pump
  • Extends rod pump life and minimizes costly workovers caused by production of sand laden fluid
  • Improves up-time and minimizes lost production

 

Applications

  • Rod lift installations
  • Onshore wells
  • Sand laden reservoirs or hydraulically fractured wells
  • Deviated or horizontal oil or gas wells

Cross Coupling Protector

Downhole cables are especially vulnerable during installation and retrieval. Our cross-coupling protectors support virtually any configuration of control lines, electric submersible pumps, umbilical lines or encapsulated bundles in the wellbore. The protector’s channel shields cables and lines as they transition across the coupling, helping to prevent damage during installation or retrieval of completions. The compressive fit design accommodates oversize or undersize tubing per American Petroleum Institute specs and securely engages the cable or lines to the tubing.

For your most challenging well environments, Super 25 cross-coupling protectors provide the same functionality as our standard protectors with the added benefit of superior corrosion resistance. No matter which configuration you choose, installation is quick and easy with air-driven hydraulic tools.

Forum’s cross-coupling ESP cable protectors are part of our Cannon Services product line and extensive Forum Multilift Solutions catalog.

Benefits (Standard Configuration)
  • Prevents costly damage to cables or capillaries during installation and retrieval
  • Offers high reusability, increasing cost savings on well workovers
  • Installs successfully in even the most complex offshore/subsea well designs
  • Installs quickly to reduce workover time and cost
Additional Benefits (Super Duplex 25 Configuration)
  • Superior resistance to many forms of corrosion encountered in oil and gas wells.
Features (Standard Configuration)
  • Interchangeable designs (fits tubing with outside diameters of 2-13.75 inches or greater)
  • Multiple channel designs available to support multi-line configurations.
  • Suitable for high-angle wellbores
  • Available in custom configurations
  • Options for corrosion-resistant alloy and other specialty steels
Additional Features (Super 25 Configuration)
  • Highly resistant to uniform corrosion from most acids, as well as chloride pitting and crevice corrosion
  • Superior resistance to chloride stress corrosion cracking
Applications (Standard Configuration)
  • Artificial lift
  • Permanent gauges
  • Intelligent wells
  • Fiber optics
  • Safety valves
  • Geophones
Applications (Super 25 Duplex Configuration)

Pump Saver Plus

With the steady demand for enhanced oil production, artificial lift protection is critical for today’s operations. Multi-tool systems are available, but these antiquated units pose long-term issues that ultimately cause operators more money and downtime. Designing an innovative solution, the FET Multilift Solutions Pump Saver Plus delivers an all-in-one gas and sand separator proven to extend run life and eliminate the need for multiple tools and connections to make up the BHA.

Features

  • Separates gas and sand without any impact or effect on pump function
  • Negligible pressure drop through the tool
  • No sand re-circulation
  • Reduces costly workovers due to gas lock and sand obstruction
  • Improves pump efficiency
  • Extends run-life
  • Enhances production and operating envelope

Benefits

  • Reduces chance of gas lock, increasing uptime and production
  • Reduces chance of abrasive wear and mechanical failure, reducing workover and equipment costs
  • Increases the PCP and rod pump run-life and the integrity of the artificial lift equipment
  • No moving components, reducing the possibility of failure

Applications

  • PCP
  • Rod Pumps
  • High abrasive conditions
  • High GOR and GLR wells

Mid Joint Clamp

For superior downhole cable protection, pair Forum’s mid-joint clamps with cross-coupling protectors on the tubing string. Installed mid-joint on the tubing, these clamps can secure virtually any configuration of control lines or cables in the well. Per American Petroleum Institute specs, the compressive-fit design accommodates oversize or undersize tubing and securely engages the cable or lines to the tubing.

Forum’s mid-joint clamps are part of our Cannon Services product line and extensive Forum Multilift Solutions catalog.

Benefits
  • Prevents costly damage to cables or capillaries during installation and retrieval.
  • Provides high reusability, increasing cost savings on well workovers.
  • Protects even the most complex offshore/subsea well designs.
  • Installs quickly and easily, reducing workover time and cost.
Features
  • Designs to accommodate all cable and line configurations
  • Options for corrosion-resistant alloy and other specialty steels
  • Multiple channel designs available to separate multi-line configurations
Applications
  • Artificial lift
  • Permanent gauges
  • Intelligent wells
  • Chemical injection
  • Safety valves
  • Geophones

ESP POD System

Lift Advancement

As your wells encounter increasingly complex completions scenarios, artificial lift practices remain one of the most critical aspects of successful production. Streamlining downhole configurations, anticipating future well work and extending the useful run-life of wellbore equipment are the cornerstones of a winning artificial lift strategy. To simplify and improve your lift production, Forum offers advanced artificial lift solutions such as the ESP Modular Y-tool and Encapsulated POD systems. Easy to install and maintain, these systems improve your artificial lift and completions strategy through extended run-life; bypass access for direct reservoir intervention; options for independent pay zones; and protection of casing in corrosive environments.

Harsh downhole environments pose never-ending threats to electric submersible pumps (ESPs) and completions reducing run-life and requiring costly replacements. One of the best strategies to prevent damage is an ESP encapsulation system – also known as a POD or CAN system – that encloses pumps into protective environments. These sealed pods allow fluids to be conveyed through the POD system providing a barrier against harmful well fluids.

Forum’s custom-engineered ESP POD systems encapsulate, isolate and support pump systems and can produce multiple zones independently or dual ESP configurations. In fact, we were the first in the industry to successfully produce and install a dual-tandem ESP POD encapsulation system in 2015. Easily installed, inspected and tested, these hardy systems isolate casing from over-pressure and corrosion, preventing damage and avoiding production loss.

Forum’s ESP POD systems are part of our extensive Multilift artificial lift solutions catalog.

Benefits
  • Increases production by enabling the use of ESPs in series and reducing the HP requirement by ESP.
  • Isolates casing from over-pressure or corrosion.
  • Protects ESP and avoids production loss from casing damage.
  • Enables the use of hydraulic-commanded tools for drillstring testing.
Features
  • Easy field assembly/disassembly, inspection and testing
  • Available in various metallurgies, sizes and connections
Applications
  • Highly deviated, vertical or horizontal wells
  • Well testing
  • Dual ESP systems
  • Corrosive fluids production
  • Onshore and offshore wells
  • Subsea or deepwater production
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Reach Production Solution

ReachPS - Reach Production Solutions

Reach is a new kind of artificial lift and frac hit recovery solution – powering your well from the surface. The standalone solution eliminates costly well interventions keeping your production flowing faster and allowing you to reach more reserves, profits, and efficiencies. Reach may also be deployed alongside existing artificial lift technologies improving their effectiveness and efficiency. Through ReachPS, you can expand your overall reservoir potential.

Accelerating production, accessing more reserves, and prolonging well and reservoir life.

As a standalone solution.

Reach can take wellhead flowing pressure to below 20 psi while still producing and can achieve up to a 40:1 compression ratio in a single stage. By reducing wellhead and tubing flowing pressures, gas in the tubing expands and increases in velocity, which sweeps liquids up and out of the well – reducing backpressure on the well and enhancing production and reserves.

No one else offers this in one complete system.

ReachPS - Reach Production Solution

Achieve a heightened state of production in multiple phases by over 300% through Reach production solutions. Reach is a first-of-its-kind artificial lift solution that powers the well straight from the surface. You can mobilize the Reach production system at any specific point of the well’s lifecycle.

At its core, the Reach production system self-adjusts to ensure compatibility and flexibility with a dynamic operations environment in multiphase wells.

Plus, the Reach production system reduces operational costs and allows entities to deliver a positive impact on the production, recovery, and lifecycle.

Essential Features and Capabilities of Reach System

Reach allows you to speed up, recover, and expand operations. You can also utilize the Reach production system to cut out expensive well interventions and ensure stable and optimized production flow. This, in turn, is bound to accelerate production, increase efficiencies and profit margins, and reach more well reserves.

Reach production system (ReachPS) is easy to install, operate, review, simulate, monitor, and maintain. The Reach production system is the answer to ensure profitable and productive wells. With the Reach production system, you can ensure multiphase wells step up to the game and reach their full capacity.

On top of simple plug-and-play, the Reach system allows you to make direct contact with the well on the surface and accelerate the production of multiple phases. It is a lightweight and compact solution that takes less than 24 hours to install and allows you to cut back on methane emissions significantly.

As leading artificial lift manufacturers in the USA, you can expect the most competitive artificial lift prices. Take an initiative and transform your multiphase well production. Reach out to us to learn more information about our dedicated artificial lift solutions.

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Powering your well from the surface.

Accelerating production, accessing more reserves and prolonging well and reservoir life.

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Restarting a well

We arrive with the system ready to go. No well intervention required. We connect to your production line and you’re ready to go!

  • Compact, lightweight, and easily transportable.

 

Frac hit recovery

  • Reach quickly removes liquids from frac hit wells.
  • Reach speeds up recovery from frac hits and restores production an order of magnitude faster.
  • Reach removes preload and/or frac hit fluids quickly from parent wells to restore production
    to prior levels, improving operator revenues and reserves

 

Emissions elimination

  • Reduced emissions from storage tanks and loading
  • Reduced emissions from production operations
  • Reach reduces slugging and well upsets, eliminating the need to flow back to an open top tank to unload wells.
  • Kick off loaded wells that could flow into an open top tank.
  • Potential emissions are not released to the environment, but kept inside the pipe and gathered.
  • Centralized processing via multiphase gathering benefits
    • Eliminates wellsite emissions and flaring due to improved centralized processing.
    • Reduces wellsite expense
    • Eliminates pad trucking and other costs
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Low Profile ESP Cable Protector

Low Profile ESP Cable Protector

Our low-profile ESP cable protectors provide the same industry-leading versatility and features as our standard protectors, but with a slimmer running profile. The channel shields cables and lines as they transition across the coupling, reducing damage during installation and retrieval of completions. By utilizing a compressive-wave design, the protector offers a tighter tolerance range on the tubing string.

Forum’s low-profile protectors are part of our Cannon Services product line and extensive Forum Multilift Solutions catalog.

Benefits
  • Prevents costly damage to cables or capillaries during completion installation and retrieval
  • Provides high reusability, increasing cost savings on well workovers
  • Installs successfully in even the most complex offshore/subsea well designs
  • Provides incrementally smaller running diameter in tight casing drifts and other restrictions
Features
  • Interchangeable designs (fits tubing with outside diameters of 3.5-13.75 inches or greater)
  • Designed to accommodate all cable and line configurations
  • Used primarily in single-channel configurations
  • Suitable for high-angle wellbores
  • Available in custom configurations
  • Options for corrosion-resistant alloy and other specialty steels
Applications
  • Safety valves
  • Chemical injection
  • Gas Lift
  • Permanent gauges
  • Intelligent wells
  • Geophone cables