About the webinar:
Sealing the Future: How SwellPlug Transforms Remediation and Water Control
Lost circulation, casing breaches, sustained annular pressure, and unwanted water production remain persistent challenges for operators, often leading to costly downtime and costly remedial attempts. Conventional approaches, such as cement plugs or resin treatments, can fail in harsh environments and result in additional remedial work such as mill-outs or cleanout operations.
SwellPlug is a pumpable, water-swellable elastomeric particulate and fiber system engineered to deliver permanent, chemically resistant seals under adverse conditions. With particle sizes from 100 μm to 8 mm and swelling capacity up to 400%, SwellPlug withstands temperatures of 482°F, differential pressures above 10,000 psi, and repeated pressure cycling.
This presentation reviews testing and field deployments where SwellPlug restored integrity and minimized non-productive time. Applications include repairing casing breaches, refrac isolation without ID restrictions, sealing failed liner hangers and expandable patches, mitigating P&A losses, and shutting off unwanted water production. In several cases, wells returned to operations within 24 hours, demonstrating both operational efficiency and cost savings.
These results highlight SwellPlug as a versatile, field-proven solution that expands operator options for well remediation, recovery enhancement, and long-term integrity management.
Featured Technology
SwellPlug
Throughout the life of a well, it may be necessary to isolate existing perforations for the purpose of re-completing an alternative section of the wellbore or to stop water from being produced. Traditional methods involve setting a plug, straddling the perforations or performing a cement squeeze, all of which can be complex and costly and in the case of a straddle, result in a reduced ID wellbore. Visit tech page to read more.
