Projects

In January 2019, Valpeca Well Services contacted Rus-Tec Engineering to upgrade a coil tubing rig built in 2005 from 140k to 200k hook load and perform a full Level IV inspection to re-certify the rig.  The rig was being recommissioned in Lloydminster, AB with plans to be sent to work in the 1st to 2nd quarter of 2019 in Columbia.  Rus-Tec Engineering surveyed the existing structure and constructed a 3D analysis model to validate the current stress and theoretical stress if the hook load was increased to 200k. An upgrade modification drawing package was issued for fabrication to reinforce the structure to increase the hook load capacity.  Once all the upgrades were completed, Rus-Tec Engineering inspected the structural upgrades and was on-site for support while performing a 200k pull test. Following the successful pull-test and final inspection, Rus-Tec Engineering provided the inspection and upgrade documentation to re-certify the rig to an extended 200k hook load capacity.