Halliburton

Wireline
Selection & Maintenance
Desirable features of a wire line cable

1. Mechanical Strength (should be flexible & able

to pull even heavy pull tool stacks without failing)
2. Electrical Continuity and Insulation (should be
able to send Tool Power down and tool signals
up)
3. Temperature Rating (Insulation should not fail at
high temperatures)
4. Withstand corrosion (withstand attacks by well
fluids)
5. No joints
Topics For Discussion

• Properties of a Cable (Helix)

• Cable Design Factors
• Manufacturing Basics
• Installation
• Seasoning
• Operations and Cable Care
• Other Topics
Properties Of A Helix

•With Tension
– The Helix will lengthen
– Radial forces will
compress the core
– The cable will rotate
 Properties Of A Helix

Inner Armor

•With 2 Armors
– Rotation is in opposite
directions
– Some of the torque is
offsetting

Outer Armor
Ideal Well

 Straight Hole
 No Sources of
Friction
 Equal Wireline
5,000’
500 lbs Tension In and
Out of Hole

10,000’
1000 lbs
 Perfect Well Profile

Tension
(lbs)
8000
7000
6000
Tension
5000 Out Hole
4000
3000
2000
In Hole
1000
0
25 24 23 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Tension Profile for a Perfect Well

In Hole vs Out Hole
Real Well

 Pressure Control
Equipment
 Wellbore Fluid
 Deviation
12,000’  Centralizers or
3000 lbs
Measurement Arms
 Different Tensions
15,000’ In and Out Hole
8000 lbs
 Real Well Profile

Tension
(lbs)
8000
7000
6000 Out Hole
Tension
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
In Hole
0
25 24 23 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Tension Profile for a Real Well
In Hole vs Out Hole
 Typical Designs

•1N32 - 5/16” or 1N22 - 7/32”

•All armor wires are the same size
in N (18/12)
•This configuration is preferred in
Monocables

•7J46 is a commonly used Seven

conductor cable
•7H47 (Slammer) is another
widely used cable for deeper wells
Nomenclature Cable parts
Rochester Cable Identification

Example 1 - H 220 -A
1 - Designates the number of electrical conductors
H - Identifies the type of strength member
H: is for served round wires
R: is for rope construction
SC: is for center strength member
220 - Signifies the approximate diameter in mils
A - Designates the temperature code
A = 300F (149C) maximum
C = 375F (190C) maximum
D = 420F (216C) maximum
G = 450F (232C) maximum
K = 500F (260C) maximum
M = 600F (316C) maximum
Camesa Cable Identification system
Example 1 - N - 32 - W - P
1 - Designates the number of electrical conductors
N - Designates the number of Inner and outer armour wires
N = 12 inner and 18 outer *Q = Other/Special
L = 12 inner and 12 outer
K = 15 inner and 15 outer
F = 11 inner and 15 outer
H = 18 inner and 18 outer
J = 24 inner and 24 outer
32 - Signifies the approximate diameter in hundredhs of an inch
W - Identifies the type of copper electrical conductor construction
R = 7 wire strand *Y = Other/Special
S = 7 wire strand
P = 19 wire strand
W = 49 wires (7X7) rope
P - Designates the temperature code
P = Propylene Copolymer X = Camtene
T = Teflon A = PFA
Z = Tefzel
 Usage Design
Requirements
• Strength
• Electrical Power / Communication
• Temperature Rating
• Special designs
– High Strength
– Low Resistance
– Torque Balanced
– Jacketed for use in Corrosives
 Breaking Strength of some Cables

Cable Breaking Strength Max Pull

Logging
1N22 (7/32) 5,200 lbs 2,600 lbs
1K22 (7/32) 5,200 lbs 2,600 lbs
1N32 (5/16) 11,000 lbs 5,500 lbs
7J46 (15/32)18,000 lbs 9,000 lbs
7H47 (Slammer) 22,000 lbs 11,000 lbs

Please note there are slight differences in notation and

breaking strength of cables from different suppliers. Make
sure you know exactly which cable / supplier for your Truck /
Skid
 Properties of Cables Summary

Cable O.D” B.S Max Inner / Outer / Temp Min Cond Wt in air Stretch Sp.
Load Strength Strength Resistanc Gravity
degF Sheave Lbs/kft Ft/kft/klb
e Ω/kft gm/cc
lbs Inch s

1K22PP 7/32 5200 2600 15/125 15/272 300 14 4 94 2.2 6.48

1K22PZ 7/32 5200 2600 15/125 15/272 500 14 4 97 2.2 6.67

1N22PZ 7/32 5200 2600 12/204 18/204 500 14 4 97 2.5 6.67

1N32PTZ 5/16 11000 5500 12/420 18/420 500 18 2.1 195 1.2 6.56

7J46RTZ 15/32 18000 9000 24/323 24/520 500 24 9.8 341 0.77 5.08

7H47RTZ 0.474 22000 11000 18/469 18/910 500 30 9.8 392 0.61 5.91

Cable identification used above is for Camesa cables

 New Cable Design
Improvements

• Plastics
• Super Seal
• High Temperature Tapes
• Hot Pretensioning
• Water Blocking
 Water Blocking

Pure H20
• Pure Water and
Pure Methane
Gas can penetrate
plastics

Pure CH4
Plastic Core
 Manufacturing

• Hi Speed Tubular Armoring and extrusion Process

• GEIPS - Specifications (MP35N, HS, SUPA75,
SUPA80, 20MO-6)
• Quality Control Processes
– Laser Micrometer
– Brittleness, Break and Electrical Test
– Final Inspection Report (Specification vs Actual)
 Installation

•Inspect Drum condition

•Entry hole and “dog knot”
•Double/Single break method
•Drum Crush
•Tension profile
Threading it thru hole in Drum
Preparing the Cable
 The Bed Layers

The bottom 4 Bed Layers

are not to be touched ever
Maintain correct Fleet Angle
 Installation

Double Break
Installation Method -
Cable Breaks
Winch Drum
Surface

Upper Layer Lower Layer

Spacer
Cable Crush

Uniform Plastic Non-uniform Plastic

 Halliburton Reels and cable capacity

Reel PN Model Flange 7/32 5/16 15/32 0.474 Remarks

Height

738. 06 28 26496 12826 6247 5626

738. 09 33.5 20752 9528 9341

738. 12 36.5 25255 12005 11149

738. 14 39 29116 14014 13087

738. 26 47.5 26882 25323

738. 27 49 27999 27508

738. 30 50 30288 28629

738. 6.6 / 30.24 49 19282 9141 Split Drum

20334

738. 12 / 24.81 49 16911 Split Drum

16580
 Seasoning

•“Spin-out”
•Use a Test Well
•Equal Tension in and out of hole
•Flow Tubes and Packoff
•New GIPS vs Alloy lines

Normally it takes a new Cable about 25 runs in and out of a

well to get properly seasoned
Cable cycling can be done by vendors like CSR on payment
 Tension
Operating Limits
• Rules of Thumb and Guidelines - apply to a
normalized armor condition
Normalized Non-Normalized
Cable Resulting Condition Cable
Working Limits Working Limits
0 - 50% Can use cable in this range
of with no damage to the 0 - ??? (< 50%)
Breaking Strength cable
51 - 74% Can make pulls in this
of range with minor, repairable ??? (< 51 - 74%)
Breaking Strength damage
75+% Will cause permanent and
of irreversible damage to the ??? (< 75%)
Breaking Strength cable
 Operations & Cable Care

 Rigging Equipment
 Tensions - In hole/Out hole
 Shock loading
Correct Sheave Grooves
Measure Cable O.D.

D3

D4 D2

7 H 47 RTZ
Cable D1
Check for flattening armor

D1

7 H 47 RTZ
Individual Outer
Armor Wires
 Torture Test (Brittleness check)

Torture Test using two outer armor

strands. One wound around the other 5
times.
Cable Report
A cable report is to be filled out each month for each spool of cable using the
information from the cable log book. The Cable History Card and the Head
History Card should be completed each month using information from the cable
daily log book. This report is part of the HLS required Field Preventive
Maintenance Program (FPM).

The following information is needed on the report:

1. Total number of runs
2. Date of last cable marking
3. Length of cable in feet or meters
4. Additions from splicing on more cable
5. Subtractions from cutting off kinked or bad cable
6. Condition of the cable
7. Total Cable conductor D.C. resistance
8. Change in Magnetic Mark Strength
9. Number of runs since Marked
10. Weak Link or Head Pull Out Strength

Remember if you take care of your cable, it will take care of you.
Cable Report
Ten Rules for the Wireline Operator

1. SELECT PROPER CABLE.

2. INSTALL CABLE PROPERLY.
3. BREAK IN CABLE AT REDUCED SPEEDS.
4. USE PROPER SHEAVE SIZES.
5. SHEAVES TO BE PROPERLY GROOVED.
6. SHEAVES TO BE IN GOOD WORKING
CONDITION.
7. SPOT UNIT WHERE CABLE WILL SPOOL
PROPERLY.
8. DO NOT OVERRUN CABLE.
9. KEEP TENSION ON CABLE AT ALL TIMES.
10. KEEP CABLE LUBRICATED
 Operations

• Trouble shooting - Electrically

• Trouble shooting - Mechanically
• Pressure Control Equipment
• Cable Service
– Proper Installation
– Inspection / Repair / Recondition
– Corrosion Inhibitors
– Splicing
 Other Issues

• Special Cable Operating Conditions

• Storage
• Reversing a line
• Cable marking