Well Construction
One Provider. Endless Solutions.
At NCS, we are a team of innovators that consistently develops new technology to protect your bottom line and enhance operational efficiency. Our team of engineers and well construction specialists will assist you in determining the well construction solutions that will suit your needs and keep your project on budget. We will help you develop a plan of execution informed by data and then deploy a team of skilled completion professionals to install the right tools and prepare your well for production.
Your well will be constructed using the latest tools and technologies and will be equipped with multiple contingencies in place to maintain production when challenges or difficulties arise. Because at NCS Multistage, well construction means integrating processes, people, technology, activities, and providing best-in-class solutions that allow for plan flexibility.
We invite you to discover the difference a flexible design can make for your well today.
Well Construction Solutions
AirLock® G Casing Buoyancy System
The AirLock G Casing Buoyancy System offers the same reliability and functionality of our original AirLock casing buoyancy system but uses a high-strength glass disk pressure seal that shatters and diffuses into the well fluid leaving a full-drift ID.
- AirLock operation is simple and passive, requires no intervention
- Section above the airlock sub filled with fluid, air filled section below sub remains buoyant
- Improved buoyancy allows deeper depth and reduces sliding friction by as much as 50%
- Sub contains high-strength glass disk pressure seal with shear ring
- More than 12,000 AirLock systems installed with a success rate over 99%
AirLock® Casing Buoyancy System
The AirLock Casing Buoyancy System significantly reduces casing running time, cost, and risk without intervention or interference with casing and cementing operations.
- AirLock operation is simple and passive, requires no intervention
- Section above the airlock sub filled with fluid, air filled section below sub remains buoyant
- Improved buoyancy allows deeper depth and reduces sliding friction by as much as 50%
- Sub contains high-strength dome-shaped pressure seal with shear ring
- More than 12,000 AirLock systems installed with a success rate over 99%
GoPort™ Interventionless Toe Sleeves
NCS Multistage GoPort toe sleeves provide a simple, dependable way to achieve initial formation access for any completion.
- Eliminates the need for a tubing-conveyed perforating run
- Works with any style of completions
- Full ID with no restrictions and slim OD for easy run-in
- Compatible with cemented or open-hole completions
- Compatible with high-density cement
- Does not interfere with cementing operations
- Mandrel design matches or exceeds casing string yield and torque ratings
Innovus™ Pressure-Actuated Toe Sleeves
Innovus Toe Sleeves are a simple, reliable way to achieve access to the initial formation for pinpoint completions and can also be re-closed using a coiled tubing deployed tool.
- Installed and cemented as part of the casing string
- Sleeve can be re-closed using a coiled tubing deployed tool
- Requires a bottom sleeve-locator sub
- Works with all sleeve-type or plug-and- perf completions
- Compatible with cemented or open-hole completions
- Compatible with high-density cement
- Eliminates the need for a tubing- conveyed-perforating run
- Does not interfere with cementing operations
- Mandrel design matches or exceeds casing string yield torque ratings
Vectraset™ Liner Hanger System
Vectraset™ helps you avoid presets during RIH with recessed slips while multiple slip pads evenly distribute hanging weight to protect casing integrity.
- A one-piece, high-strength mandrel means no hidden connections
- Two-step actuation sequence prevents unintentional running tool release
- Pressure is contained within the running tool when setting the hanger slips
- Prevents surge forces on liner and formation, saving time and displacement fluid
- Hanger slips are set prior to cementing for maximum reliability (no plug bumping)
- Large flow area through the set hanger slips facilitates circulation and cementing
- Features a bonded cover that will not swab off during circulation and cementing
- Rated to 103.4 MPa (15,000 psi) at 180° C (350° F)
- A 20-ft floating-seal tieback receptacle is standard
Vecturon™ Liner Hanger System
Vecturon™ is a performance liner hanger that provides flexibility in design and execution.
- A one-piece, high-strength mandrel means no hidden connections
- Two-step actuation sequence prevents unintentional running tool release
- Pressure is contained within the running tool when setting the hanger slips
- Prevents surge forces on liner and formation, saving time and displacement fluid
- Hanger slips are set prior to cementing for maximum reliability (no plug bumping)
- Large flow area through the set hanger slips facilitates circulation and cementing
- Features a bonded cover that will not swab off during circulation and cementing
- Rated to 103.4 MPa (10,000 psi) at 127° C (257° F)
- A 10-ft floating-seal tieback receptacle is standard
Casing Float Equipment
Float Equipment is used in the lower section of the well as part of the Shoe Track. It comes in a variety of designs to meet various well and operational requirements. Float Equipment typically refers to Float Collars, Float Shoes and/or Guide Shoes.
Float Shoes serve several functions. They guide the casing, provide a barrier to prohibit wellbore fluid and pressure from entering the casing string during installation and serve as the primary valve during the cementing operations.
- Available in 2 7/8” to 20” sizes in various materials and threads
- Standard and high-pressure configurations available: 5,000 – 15,000psi
- Single valve, dual valve or auto-fill options
- Standard design has a flat profile and is compatible with standard plugs
- Non-rotating option features a “locking plate” that offers quicker drill out
- PDC drillable
Casing Centralizers
NCS Multistage has a variety of casing centralizers available for your well construction projects. We carry solid body, bow spring, stop collars, and The Disrupter® composite casing centralizer.
- Reduces drag force with a subtle and effective oscillation motion
- Delivers major hook load improvements
- Provides higher trip speed averages and navigates high DLS with ease
- Minimizes axial load force & buckling potential
- Provides excellent mud displacement prior to cementing
- Minimizes ECD’s at total depth
Solid Body
- Suitable for vertical, deviated and horizontal well sections
- Straight, right or left hand configurations
- Hollow or solid blade options
- Casing size range: 2.38” – 16.00”
- Centralizer OD’s specified for open hole size
Bow Spring
- Welded & non-weld designs for standard applications
- One-piece, high performance option
- Excellent casing standoff for cement placement
- Bow design reduces drag during run in
- OD’s specified for open hole size
- Casing size range: 2.38” – 20.00”
Stop Collars
- Available in various sizes, designs and materials
- Can be ordered in slip on or hinged type
- Can be ordered with or without set screws
- Casing size range: 2.38” – 20.00”
