TPi March 2018

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Well-Sense wins ICoTA innovation award Well-Sense Technology has been awarded Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) Europe’s Innovation Award in recognition of its FibreLine Intervention (FLI) tech- nology. The award was presented at the SPE ICoTA European Well Intervention Conference in Aberdeen, UK.

award is one of the most prestigious accolades in the industry and we are thrilled that our technology has been recognised by ICoTA as a revolutionary innovation. The ben- efits of FLI are vast but still growing, which is why it’s such a significant and disruptive technology. It offers distributed temperature, acoustic and pressure measurements to be captured over the length of a well, and in future we will offer additional features such as single point measurements including optical data, as well as improved access to deviated and horizontal wells.” Well-Sense is part of FrontRow Energy Technology Group. Well-Sense Technology Ltd – UK info@well-sense.co.uk FrontRow Energy Technology Group Ltd – UK

FLI presents a new approach to well intervention for data profiling, using a bare, disposable fibre optic line for distributed temperature and acoustic sensing. The fibre is dropped through the vertical section of a well using an innovative deployment tool and delivers real-time measurements, over its full length, for an extended period of time. FLI differs from traditional fibre line measurement devices as it is run into the well as bare line instead of encased within an intervention media such as wireline. Once it is run and has delivered the necessary data, it is disposed of into

Craig Feherty, CEO of Well-Sense

the well. FLI is claimed to be the world’s only disposable fibre line intervention method, and provides time, space and cost savings. It can be deployed within a couple of hours of arriving on site and removes the need for complicated rig up and rig down procedures, the footprint taken up by spools of wireline and lubricators, additional personnel and associated non-productive time. Commenting on the award win, Well- Sense CEO Craig Feherty said, “This

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