Abstract
The service industry continually strives to improve well service technology and help ensure that those developments can ultimately be deployed economically
The Rolling Anchor System (RAS) is designed to allow the use of Coiled Tubing (CT) in high torque operations where otherwise snubbing or conventional work over operations would be required.
The Rolling Anchor is designed to isolate the reactive torque generated by a motor from the work string, while at the same time allowing reciprocal movement of the bottom hole assembly (BHA). The Anchor is hydraulically activated by the pressure drop through the lower BHA (motor, mill etc.).
The Rolling Anchor System is patented in Norway, the USA and in the UK with Patent Pending status in several other countries.
This paper will provide a detailed overview of the tool’s design and discuss testing the tool has undergone to qualify it for service in various applications.
