First field test of the three-element expansion assembly was undertaken in November 2021
These six expansions were performed in a single run. From the bottom up, note that even the fourth expansion was larger than the first three, and the sixth expansion with the same element still expanded the casing and compressed cement to help secure the seal
First deployment of REED on coiled tubing, April 2024
Simplified two-point pickup system for quick deployment, December 2023
Element stack post-deployment on coiled tubing
The safe pickup, laydown and deployment of REED has been perfected on many jobs in the past five years
REED’s first field test of the 220-tonne expansion force tool took place March 23, 2020. After four expansions the tool was retrieved from the well intact as it has done every time it has been run since that time.
Radial performed its first regulatory-approved vent flow sealing operation in December 2020 on a well drilled in 1951. This is the original wellhead after the wellbore was “cut and capped”
First field deployment of the 220-ton REED System, March 2020