Case Study: EQT Production achieves dryer cuttings and longer screen life with SLB M-I SWACO replacement screens

M-I SWACO Replacement Screens for NOV Brandt Venom Screens Outperform Competitor Metal Screens

SLB worked with EQT Production, a gas producer in Green County, Pennsylvania, after the customer asked for a side-by-side comparison of screen technology on one of its rigs. The challenge was to improve shaker performance on NOV Brandt Venom flow line shakers and better understand whether SLB’s replacement screens could deliver more efficient solids control than the existing non-OEM metal screens.

SLB performed a VIBRATORY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND TEST and then ran a screen comparison using replacement screens for the NOV Brandt Venom shaker. The SLB screens outperformed the competitor screens in screen life, solids conveyance, and liquid on cuttings: they conveyed material faster (18.89 seconds vs. 24.62 seconds), reduced liquid on cuttings to 18% after 12 hours and 17% after 24 hours versus 30% and 29% for the competitor, and required no screen changes after 29 hours of testing. EQT Production ultimately awarded SLB the screens on this rig and discussed adding them to seven more rigs.

EQT Production

Travis Leger

Drilling Superintendent