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OIL INDUSTRY WELLS-Precision Welding

WELL RECLAMATION PROCEDURE

  • Pre job Safety Meeting

  • Make sure around casing is excavated 8 feet square around wellhead with & sloped sides with one or two gradual inclines or steps.

  • Test around casing for any venting gas.

  • Weld collar on side of casing so the Hot Tap Crew can drill into inner & outer casing to determine any casing pressure is present.

  • If casing has no pressure & has no venting H2S, LEL can proceed with cutting casing.

  • Cut outer casing 1’ to 1 ½‘below inner casing to allow room for the inner slide on collar.

  • Cut inner casing 1’ to 1 ½‘above outer casing.

  • Slide inner casing collar on casing & level collar & tack weld.

  • Slide on outer collar & repeat same procedure as inner collar.

  • Find appropriate height for inner casing above Bowl Top when in place, min. of 1’ to 2 feet is sufficient.

  • Slide casing in inner collar and level casing & tack in place & weld 3 passes on top of collar.

  • Measure from inside of outer collar where casing will sit to top of Casing Bowl, “where consultant will determine where top of bowl sits” casing should be ½” to 1” above test hole pug on the inside of casing bowl.

  • Slide outer casing over inner casing into collar and level casing & tack in for spots adjacent of each other & weld 3 passes on top of collar to casing.

  • Preheat Casing Bowl to 350fh (measure temp with heat stick or heat gun.)

  • Slide bowl over outer casing to ½”-1” above test hole plug.

  • Level Casing Bowl & weld 1” long tack’s adjacent of each other.

  • Weld 3 passes on bottom of Casing Bowl & multiple passes on inside of Casing Bowl.

  • Inspect welds for job quality by testing with Nitrogen @ 10000kpa for 15 minutes.

  • Wrap up and make sure all objects & items are out of excavation.   

WELL ABANDONMENT AND RECLAMATION

WELL ABANDONMENT AND RECLAMATION

If your oil or natural gas wells have reached the end of their life span, or if you need to abandon them, call Precision Welding to safely secure them. Our fleet of certified welders services all of Northern B.C. and Alberta from our home base in Dawson Creek through the Peace Region and all the way to Fort MacMurray and beyond. We plug and remove well heads in accordance with government regulations and reopen them when needed 

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CASING BOWLS

 Precision Welding manufactures and installs high-corrosion resistant casing bolts required for oil and natural gas well capping. Our casing bolts have great strength and excellent scalability.

CASING BOLTS
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DO YOU HAVE OIL OR GAS WELLS TO CAP?

Our fleet of welders services wells throughout Northern B.C. and Alberta.

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