EndurAlloy: case studies
Testimonials on the Excellent Value of Boronized Steel
Case Study One: Problem Well Solved
A customer in SE Saskatchewan, Canada shared this story of how he saved $30,000 in one year:
Situation: From 1984 to 1998 the well required 24 service rig jobs. Sixteen of the 24 were tubing leaks. The other 8 were parted rods due to wear. That works out to a tubing leak every 10.5 months and all in total rig was on location every 7 months. The client mapped out the locations of the tubing leaks and found that they all occurred in two areas. The majority of the leaks were in the 20 joints above the Pump Seating Nipple, joints 129 to 110, with the remainder of the leaks between joints 80 and 87.
Action: Boronized tubing was run in this well as follows: Joints 1-79 - regular tubing, Joints 80-87 - boronized tubing, Joints 88-109 - regular tubing, Joints 110-129 - boronized tubing. The client also ran 60 rods with three-per-rod, molded-on, wide vane, tapered centralizers above the pump to further reduce rod and tubing wear.
Result: The client ran the boronized tubing/ centralized rod combo and to date the well has run 17 months with no problems and is still running. The boronized tubing has saved them 1-2 rig jobs over the past 17 months. It has probably saved $30,000 due to decreased failures.
Case Study Two:Six Figure Savings
A testimonial from Central Alberta, Canada with a huge pay-off from using EndurAlloy tubing:
Situation: Back in 2002, a good customer of ours addressed a problem well north of Drayton Valley as a chronic tubing leak failure well. Failure frequency at that time was 1 per year (13 tubing leaks on bottom in 12 years).
Action: The customer spent the money and upgraded the bottom 20 joints to boronized tubing and have just now seen their first tubing leak – Failure Frequency = 3 years.
Result: Return on Investment for the customer is estimated to be $133,000 (to date) with reduced well servicing costs and downtime considered.
Case Study Three:EndurAlloy ESP Pump Stages deliver Excellent ROI
Situation: A submersible pump was removed from a well due to a failure caused by heavy sand erosion of the pump stages. Pump ran approximately 1 year prior to failure. Workover cost, including pump replacement, was approximately $200,000.
Action: The client reinstalled the pump complete with 82 EndurAlloy boronized stages. Pump is still in service after 3 years and 3 months. It is pumping 2400 M3/day (110% efficiency)
Result: The customer has saved 3 workovers to date at a cost of $100,000 each, as well as the cost of replacing the pump at $100,000 each. This represents a savings of $600,000 on an investment of approximately $5,000.00 (the cost of EndurAlloy treatment for 82 ESP stages).
Note: We proudly stand behind our EndurAlloy technology but, because of variable service conditions, can't guarantee your boronized parts will achieve the same results.
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