Pressure Pumping

Para-Bow Cementing Tool

Maximize balance plug cementing performance
 State-of-the-art cementing tool

Features and benefits

„„Less WOC time
Mud Mud Mud
„„Better cementing jobs
„„Less mud-conditioning time
„„One-connection hookup
„„Fully drillable with PDC bit
„„Simple construction
Cement Cement Cement
„„Single ball-drop operation

Ideal Potential without Para-Bow tool With Para-Bow tool

Balanced plug cementing Ideal vs typical plug placements

Our Baker Hughes Para-Bow tool helps achieve
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balanced plug cementing that minimizes the effects
that inaccurate cement plug placements can have on
the success of your wells.
The Para-Bow tool gets its name from the two
umbrella-shaped bows that extend in opposite
directions in the wellbore to form a temporary plug.
When cement is pumped directly above the positioned
Para-Bow tool, the success of the cement bond can be
improved by as much as 50%—significantly enhancing
wellbore integrity and minimizing environmental risks.
Cement and drilling mud often exhibit major
differences in their specific gravity. This differential in
specific gravity will often result in the heavier cement
swapping places with the lighter drilling mud. This
change in the placement of cement can create a variety
of problems.
Compounding these problems is the chemical reaction
that can take place between the cement and the
drilling fluid. If the fluids displace one another and
mix together, the resulting fluid becomes a mud and
cement mixture that may fail to offer the bonding
characteristics required. A variety of fluid plugs have
been tested over the years with mixed success. Our
Para-Bow tool is the most cost-effective solution for
achieving balanced plug cementing.

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Easy to use; saves rig time

Set-up and running procedures

„„Check your drillpipe crossover
„„Unpack Para-Bow tool
„„Install tool on the strip end
„„Run string to desired depth
„„Condition mud
„„Drop ball
„„Set and extrude Para-Bow tool
„„Place cement slurry
„„Pull out of hole

Technical data
„„Max. OD tool: 4 in. (105 mm)

„„Min. ID string: 21/4 in. (57 mm)

„„Length: 79 in. (2013 mm)

„„Weight: 99 lbm (45 kg)

Break circulation Activate Para-Bow device Set Para-Bow tool Pump cement
„„Extrusion pressure: 580 psi (40 bar)

„„Connection: 27/8-in. EUE

Simple activation and a flexible design „„Diverter tool included

The single ball-drop activation makes it a simple, trouble-free procedure. After the optimum tool
depth is reached, the ball is dropped and lands in the activator piston. Pressure is then applied
to move the activator piston to close the upper circulation ports.

Once the upper circulation ports are closed, the ball is pushed through the activator piston,
allowing the fluid to be pumped against the extrusion piston to push out the Para-Bow tool.

The Para-Bow tool is designed for use in all cased or openhole sizes, from 6 to 20 in (15 to 50 cm).

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Para-Bow extrusion tool

1. 27/8-in. EUE threads 3. Activator piston 5. Extrusion piston 7. Lower circulation port
2. Outer mandrel 4. Upper circulation port 6. Para-Bow device 8. Lower piston

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