Liberty announces milestone achievement of 24 hours of continuous pumping time

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A Denver-based oilfield company announced it had achieved the milestone of 24-hours of continuous plug and perf pumping for Tulsa’s Kaiser-Francis Company and its operations in the Permian Basin.

Liberty Oilfield Services said its team had delivered a full 1,440 minutes pumping time with zero non-productive time and was able to attain the premier goal of Liberty’s Operation 1440.

 

Operation 1440 was formed at Liberty in early 2021 to improve throughput on location. Liberty teams worked together to assess how to optimize the use of each of the 1,440 minutes in a day for pumping and perforating operations, effectively eliminating non-productive and non-pumping time.

On September 22, 2021, Liberty reached this goal for the first time on a plug and perf completion.  Plug-and-perf includes pumping down a bridge plug on wireline with perforating guns to a given horizontal location near the toe of the well.

Liberty’s unique approach to maximizing efficiency using real-time data tracking, predictive analytics and supply chain and logistics integration allowed Liberty teams to achieve a 24-hour period of continuous plug and perf pumping record. Real-time well swap automation with Downing’s Freedom Series system was used in the completion.

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Liberty frac and wireline crews worked in tandem to eliminate non-productive time on location and utilize real-time data to dynamically respond to above ground equipment maintenance, subsurface design changes, and logistics coordination.

“Today’s announcement marks the beginning of what is possible with Operation 1440,” said CEO, Chris Wright.

He said Liberty frac and wireline crews worked in concert with Downing to safely achieve the momentous goal of eliminating downtime and continuously pumping all 1,440 minutes in the day.

Liberty teams utilized Downing’s Freedom Series iControl, a completion system that instantaneously transitions from one well to the other, opening the second well and subsequently shutting-in the first well, all while pumping, eliminating the time between stages.

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“Kaiser-Francis is excited about the accomplishment of 24 hours of continuous pumping. It is a significant milestone that was made possible by the commitment of Liberty and Downing both to advance the technology, and to work together on location in the field,” said Tom Redman, Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company.

Source: Business Wire