OPES Q&A Series

Steve Ross

Snr. Area Manager MENA

Interwell

OPES Q&A Series with Interwell

At Interwell, we strive to be the best from start to finish. We accomplish this by always searching for ways to improve our solutions, including analyzing tools returned from operations and gathering customer feedback. Some challenges are best solved by revolution, even though we believe that evolution and continuous advancement result in the best product development. As a result, some of our design engineers' work is completely focused on developing new products that leverage novel approaches and technologies to improve the Interwell portfolio of technologies.

Interwell is renowned as a "niche" provider of barrier solutions; for over 30 years, we have been supplying our global clientele with the highest industry standards (ISO / API) to ensure flawless execution of services; this is what sets Interwell apart from our competition; our attention to detail from concept to completion in all areas of our business ensures Interwell will continue to be a driving force within the remit we operate in.

We have been active in Oman since 2008 and Interwell Oman is a Sole Proprietor Company (SPC) with a 92% local employee ratio. Our local team handle all areas of the daily operation, from sales and support to service preparation and execution for all NOCs and IOCs.

It is critical for Interwell to attend OPES as an exhibitor every year and have our entire team of industry Subject Matter Experts present to explain the portfolio of our tools and how their application provides a value proposition to end users based on their needs.

A Special Innovation that has been in development for some time is Rock Solid Exothermic Reaction Technology. This product is designed to effectively seal the wellbore completely in a true ( rock to rock) manner from the reservoir at the caprock depth.
A permanent well barrier element must fulfill several functional requirements including sealing capability, bonding properties, downhole placeability, durability, and repairability. Although there are barrier materials that can fulfill some of the requirements, very few can claim to fulfill all of these. With exothermic reduction-oxidation technology that is designed with an energy surplus for the application, you will always be able to seal off the entire bore hole. The exothermic reaction barrier ensures stopping any flow past the barrier eternally.
The heat from the exothermic reaction is a critical component to the result. It efficiently removes all existing materials in the well (tubulars and existing degraded cement) at the barrier depth in their entirety or sequesters it as part of the barrier. This allows for uninfluenced material production in-situ. Where traditional product materials run the risk of material degradation, an exothermic reduction-oxidation process will deliver materials with consistent properties every time. In addition, the barrier height and volume are known. Unlike when using any technology that relies on mechanically restricting a flow path or trying to intersect and place a material in the flow path.
With the increased awareness on methane reduction from our Oil and Gas operations worldwide, leaking abandoned wells are creating a black eye for our industry. Innovative solutions such as RockSolid exothermic reaction barrier technology is a significant step change from the current methodology used to plug and abandon wells today. We know as an industry that the current methods are not capable of sealing wells eternally due to tubular corrosion and cement degradation over time. We as an industry need to integrate solutions such as RockSolid to minimize our methane emissions and provide eternal sealing of abandoned wells for generations to come.

Interwell welcome people from all aspects of the industry from students to industry experts to come to our booth for open discussions and information sharing on products and applications, we encourage both NOC’s and IOC’s to pass by and open a dialogue with our team to better understand the use of Interwell products.