Oil Production

With a "Miss Piggy" face painted on the ball, this could readily be generalized to pipe pigging operations....

Hi Tornado,

I dont think so! But thanks anyway.

Catching is better than busting.

Your statement indicates that you might know something about the subject.

Your question indicates that you don't.

Check Wiki.

Thanks Miss Lyn,

Do you know anything about this subjerct? If you do put it down, if you dont why did you respond to my question???

Nothing to do!!

Settle down Chama. Miss Lyn has his foibles, but one day; sooner that you might imagine - he - just might know what you need to know.

Be around a bit longer and you will see there is no rule against a bit of fun, to alleviate the boredom and repetition, of handing out 'free 101 advice' to many, who just haven't learned to research for themselves.

Many thanks for you information. I am not a subsurface person so I do appreciate some help.

I know as much about the subject as you, which is nothing.

You came here wanting free advice because you are either doing homework or it's part of your job, that you can't do. So, take the bitter with the sweet and just be glad the someone here did your work for you.

By the way, 34point5 found the answer by searching for it, just as you could have done yourself. (I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you really are intelligent enough to frame a proper question for a search)

So, get over it and start your own forum, if you want to make the rules!

Have a pleasant day uninformed one.

ummmm, big assumption? or 'backhanded complement'?

Do we extrapolate;

A. 34.5 is only 'intelligent enough to frame a proper question for a search'

Or

B. 34.5 your typical dumb-ass who just got lucky by knowing what is was, so where to look for a good source?

Or

C. excreta + fan = ends poorly

Neither. Co-lateral damage.

The finely detailed drawing was my first clue that you searched out the answer.

I'm sure that you knew more about the subject to begin with than either I or the OP.

_{Butt out!}

Ooh! ^_masterful

AZif

Oh Lyn your such a bitch!

Oh, uninformed one, I just can't help it.

I thought catching and receiving the balls (of different sizes) were used to set the fracking zones (depths)

I don't know much.. but saw some of that on a drilling show on the telly.

chris

Chris, more from Haliburton

"The foam wiper ball is designed to wipe drill-pipe or tubing
string clean of cement, fluids, or debris, and can be used to
separate fluids.

These wiper balls are made of natural rubber and can be used in a
temperature range of 40°F (4°C) to 302°F (150°C). The ball has a
parting stretch of 380 to 440%, which means it can pass through
small restrictions without being damaged.

The wiper ball can be loaded into drill-pipe or tubing connections.
It easily passes through internal upset restrictions such as
mechanical setting tools, diverters, and liner running tools, and
multiple balls can be pumped if necessary. Foam wiper balls have

been used with all types of drilling and displacement fluids."

Underlining is mine, re the fracking depth set.

So say you want to pump concrete down a pipe full of sea water. If you did it without a ball, then the two would mix, and a slurry mess result.

Similarly if you want a distance or depth; putting a calculated volume of something, behind a ball will put the ball at a distance [given a known pipe area]

Or its a rubbery spherical piglet

This represents more closely what my perception was.

I did think the balls were steel.. but I've been wrong before... _{^{(just last year)}}

Cheers

Chris

Good explanation of how they work too

_{nor brass, up there in Canadia}