Why Great Plains Well Servicing is lighter, faster and stronger

Source: Exec Digital Canada

Date :14/12/2007 04:22:54

Gord Moug explains Great Plains Well Servicing Corp’s new service rigs are the safest and most technologically advanced rigs in western Canada.

Written by Ian Armitage and Produced by Jason Wright

Great Plains Well Servicing Corp., part of Savanna Energy Services Corp., operates a fleet of newly manufactured free-standing single and mobile double service rigs throughout the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). The company currently fields 30 rigs, 14 of those being free standing single service rigs, eleven being mobile double service rigs, five being mobile skid double service rigs and another four being free-standing.

The Great Plains service rigs are the safest and most technologically advanced rigs in western Canada. They are about 20 percent lighter than comparable conventional rigs, but with a 25 percent greater hookload and braking capacity.

Lighter, faster, stronger and safer than ever before, the rigs incorporate significant advances in PLC control systems and substantial fuel efficiencies. This new control system is operated with a joystick, not a brake handle. The rigs have electronically controlled engines and transmissions and a new gear box with a single outboard disc clutch. In addition, the drawworks are equipped with air-cooled disc brakes that require no setting after installation. Finally, consistency of the equipment components across the fleet enhances reliability and accelerates any necessary repairs.

Consistently high levels

The fleet has consistently operated at higher than average utilization rates to date and expects to capitalize financially from cost savings on newer equipment. Talking further about this, Vice President and General Manager of Great Plains Gord Moug explains: “We have operated at high levels for a number of years and our fleet will enable us to continue doing so in the future. Lighter, faster, stronger; safer than ever before, our rigs work a lot better…

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