PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Rutter and Wilbanks Ahtna 1-19a gets makeover

Initially using rotary drilling, Rutter and Wilbanks switched to a Schlumberger coiled-tubing unit this summer to drill for gas at the Ahtna 1-19a well located at mile marker 177 of the Glenn Highway. The changeover project was completed with Schlumberger equipment out of Kenai district consisting of a 2.375 coiled tubing unit with auxiliary equipment, a reel of a 2.375 coiled tubing, a mud pump, a 2.875 mud motor, 3.125 orienter, a 3.75 bit and extensive cementing equipment.

Other companies participating were Schlumberger Well Services, Schlumberger Wireline, Schlumberger Drilling and Measurements, Baker Thru Tubing, Weatherford, MI Swaco, Hughes Christensen, Weaver Brothers Trucking and Rain for Rent.

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