Bucking Services

Innovative technology for downhole casing & completion accessory assembly and coupling installation.

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BUCKING SERVICES

Our wide array of bucking services includes portable assembly machinery, bucking facilities and experienced personnel to make up or break out tubular connections in a horizontal position. Our innovative bucking technology and pipe assembly services are deployed globally &#; including the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Middle East, Brazil, West Africa and Asia Pacific regions. Frank&#;s TRS crews preassemble and store float equipment, bottom hole assemblies, CRA completion accessories and other fixtures, and perform hydrostatic pressure testing. Pre-assembly saves valuable rig time for our customers and helps identify potential interface issues.

OUR BUCKING UNIT INVENTORY

Bucking equipment inventory extends to conventional and double-jointing assembly units, the DATA TREK® Advantage torque turn monitoring system, dump valves and all accessories. Every make-up is saved electronically for future analysis, including for use by our customers in troubleshooting wellbore integrity issues. When Frank&#;s TRS suite of technology is utilized during operations, the combined data provides a complete picture of downhole integrity. Subsea handling equipment can be easily converted with crossover pup joints to accommodate different casing or drill pipe landing string threads. This saves rig time on critical path and reduces risks to making changes on location.

MOBILE BUCKING UNIT

The company is the world’s best tubing casing bucking machine supplier. We are your one-stop shop for all needs. Our staff are highly-specialized and will help you find the product you need.

Frank&#;s TRS completely self-contained trailer-mounted mobile FLUID GRIP® bucking machine saves time and enhances safety by loading and unloading pipe for coupling installation from any height and offering completely automated joint handling. The mobile bucking unit can be set up in minutes at any location to service Gulf of Mexico and U.S. land operations. By utilizing FLUID GRIP® tong technology to run corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) tubulars, we provide the industry&#;s only true non-marking handling solution

Hands-free pipe-handling technology debuts in GoM

Markus Hulke
Braylon Hurd
Weatherford

In their ongoing drive to optimize operational efficiencies and meet the highest standards in hazard mitigation, offshore E&P operators continually search for new technological innovations across the well construction spectrum. Technologies that mechanize on-deck pipe handling represent a prime opportunity to reduce rig time and costs and minimize the number of people during pipe makeups and breakouts.

An effective strategy for reducing rig time and improving safety in deepwater drilling centers on the running of drillpipe doubles and triples to minimize the number of online connections required. The latest generation of drill floors includes auxiliary make-up stations and racking systems for offline pipe handling and preparation, but many operators must still rely on onshore bucking facilities for building double/triple stands of drillpipe and casing. Delivering these doubles and triples to the offshore platform not only increases the risks of logistical bottlenecks and drilling delays, but it also exposes pipe handling hazards on space-constrained decks.

Safety and efficiency

To minimize these economic and health, safety and environment (HSE) restrictions, a major operator in thedeepwater Gulf of Mexico requested a customized make/break solution for its TLP drilling and production installation. Such a solution would ideally improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and enhance safety by minimizing manual handling over the planned 40-year productive life of the development.

The limited deck space and single-activity derrick on the TLP posed major challenges to the development program. On single-activity derricks, drilling and casing-running activity effectively shuts down any time the crane has to stop due to extreme weather or helicopter landings and takeoffs, which introduces significant flat time to rig operations. Combined with the limited deck space, the setup elevated the already substantial safety risks and inefficiencies inherent in manual drillpipe, casing, and tubing handling.

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