Abstract
This paper covers SIMOPs, SIMultaneous Operations, and describes the topic of doing well service operations in parallel with main rig activities. There are various descriptions for the term SIMOPs, but this paper focuses on doing well servicing operations with Coiled Tubing, CT, or Wire Line, WL, in parallel with drilling or other rig based operations from the main derrick.
SIMOPs have been performed for several years on some platform. However this is still a new innovation for others, and is often considered to be impossible due to various small platform limitations, such as: deck space, crane capacity, bed space, etc.
This paper highlights the potential upside of working multiple operations in parallel. The focus is on the challenges related to rigging up and operating within the limitations of the platform and rig. This is described through case histories, as examples of how solutions have been developed to perform a large scope of well services activities on rig less platforms in parallel with drilling activities through cantilever rig, from jack up rig.
