7500 psi mud pump upgrade pricelist

We’ve been in a flurry of activity this year, crushing out upgrades on over thirty rigs selected for our 2017 Rig Upgrade Program. Most recently, our team in Nisku, Alberta cut the tape on the new-and-improved Rig 44, which was upgraded from a 750 HP SCR to a 1,000 HP AC-powered heavy telescopic double.

Proudly boasting “first-of-its-kind” status in our Canadian fleet, the rig and its crews were turned loose in the Montney Basin for the first time this week since the upgrade.

The combination of Rig 44’s high hook load, AC-power, 1,600 HP direct-drive mud pumps, and 7,500 PSI circulating system make it unique to our Canadian fleet. It’s also equipped with bi-fuel engines and a walking system capable of moving the rig with full setback (meaning the drill pipe is left in the derrick during the move).

Want to see more of our 2017 upgrades in action? Check out Trinidad Rig 100, the first ever rig in our US fleet, with its new 1,000,000 lb. hook load, walking system, 25,000 foot racking system with 5 inch drill pipe, and 7,500 PSI capabilities.

14 P-220 Mud Pumps 3 available completely overhauled. The pumps have been machine inspected and all data will be provided. These 2200 HP pumps complete with Southwest fluid end modules which have been reworked and pressure tested by Southwest and P-QUIP liner retention systems. The drives can be set up for AC or DC power. All Master Rig equipment meets or exceeds O.E.M. standards and a complete data pack is furnished with purchase. Please call if you have any questions.

READY TO SHIP - Three (3) completely refurbished 1600 HP Continental Emsco 7500 PSI Mud Pump Packages - liner spray system, suction manifold and dampener, discharge strainer cross, reset relief valve, 20 gallon pulsation dampener, 75 HP charge pump, two (2) GE 752 1000 HP rear mounted motors, 10 HP blower, mounted on a 3 runner skid with loading hitches and much more. Units come with complete data books and have been tested. MRI is a API facility and units comply with API standards.

Duplex mud pump package completely refurbished and never operated. Tri-Services Manufacturing TSM-500 pump, CAT engine. Data book provided with complete refurbishment details.

Exclusive distributor for TSC Workforce series pumps. From 450HP to 2200HP, these lightweight, high performance pumps are designed for todays drilling operations. Higher pressures, higher loads, these pumps deliver.

Full line offering of AC motors & VFD drives. Distributing and supporting WEG products ranging from 1/2HP to 2500HP, and variable frequency drives for control. From fan drives to pump drives, we provide both solutions and support for your needs.

Proudly carrying proven quality TSC fluid end consumables for all common model pumps, we also supply factory OEM power end and repair parts for many current brands/models including GD, HH, Bomco and others.

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The majority of the rigs that have gone back to work in the industry have been 1,500-hp AC rigs designed for pad drilling, with 7,500-psi mud pumps and walking systems, according to Chris Menefee, Vice President of Business Development atIndependence Contract Drilling. He’s also seeing an increasing willingness from operators to contract these rigs for longer periods. “If they can find a rig that meets the specification with a good crew, they’re willing to lock it in for a longer period of time,” he said.

Still, drilling contractors must be selective about their upgrades. “There are a lot of rigs that were running back in 2014 that probably needed to be retired or scrapped. Probably the only reason they were working is because oil was $100,” Mr Menefee said. At some point, the costs it will take to upgrade these rigs will become so high that it’s easier for a contractor to build a brand-new rig.

Upgrades have not been a concern for Independence Contract Drilling due to its young fleet, however. Its ShaleDriller series rigs already feature 7,500-psi mud pumps, bi-fuel systems and walking capabilities. This helped the company keep its utilization rate up until the rig market bottomed out in May 2016, at which point only four of the company’s 14 rigs were working. Since that point, the contractor has put 10 rigs back to work. This means the contractor is now enjoying 100% utilization, and with the rig count still climbing, Mr Menefee signaled that newbuilds are possible. “If the market continues to be where it is now, I can see that we might start building again sometime this year,” Mr Menefee said.

In addition to hiring and training crews to work on rigs that are brought out of stack, the cost of getting the rigs ready to drill can be a challenge, Mr Latshaw said. “You would think that a rig that was operating well when it was stacked could be brought out, dusted off and put together and it’s ready to go,” he said. “Unfortunately, it just doesn’t work that way.” Depending on the extent of the repairs or upgrades required to get the rig in working condition, it can cost anywhere from a quarter of a million to a million dollars, he added.

Like many contractors, Latshaw Drilling has been upgrading its fleet with walking systems and 7,500-psi mud pumps to align with operators’ demands. The contractor has been installing walking systems on the handful of its rigs that didn’t already have them and has installed 7,500-psi pumps on a third of its 41-rig fleet. Now, all but eight Latshaw rigs have walking or skidding systems, and the rest will be converted as needed, Mr Latshaw said.

While walking and skidding systems are essentially a must-have at this point, he said, 7,500-psi pumps are primarily required in areas where operators are drilling 5,000- to 10,000-ft or longer laterals. “We’ve got quite a few rigs working in the STACK play in Oklahoma where operators are drilling 5,000-ft laterals and don’t need 7,500-psi pumps,” he said.“But if you go out in the Delaware Basin where they are doing 5,000- to 10,000-ft laterals, they’re asking for 7,500-psi pumps.”

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Strong customer demand for the highest spec rigs continues to drive the upgrade cycle and a sustained shift away from legacy rigs, noted Anthony G. Petrello, CEO of Nabors Industries Ltd., in his third-quarter 2018 remarks at the end of October. At that time the company had 110 rigs working in the Lower 48, including 14 legacy AC rigs and two SCR rigs, and about 45 idle AC rigs that were viewed as potential candidates for an upgrade at the cost of up to $9 million each, he noted.

Helmerich and Payne (H&P) upgraded and converted 54 FlexRigs to super-spec during its fiscal year 2018, bringing the number of super-spec FlexRigs in its U.S. land fleet to 207, according to H&P CEO John Lindsay. The remark came during the company’s fourth-quarter 2018 review held in November. The company expects to “maintain an average or conversion cadence of 12 rigs per quarter for the next few quarters,” he said, adding that the company at that time had first and second fiscal year 2019 quarters fully committed, with the average length of term for these contracts being two years in duration.

“The larger drilling contractors have all upgraded their older equipment and then put them back out onto the market as higher spec rigs than what they were when they were stacked,” said Wayne Workman, rig services director for Henderson, a full-service rig and equipment dealer.

Energy Drilling Co. (EDC), with the help of Henderson, found that the answer to remaining competitive was through the upgrade of a legacy SCR rig that once drilled geothermal wells in California and now, post-upgrade, is drilling shale wells in Texas.

In the years since, EDC has upgraded its fleet as needed in a cost-conscious manner. These upgrades included the conversion of its 1,200-hp Rig 14 from mechanical to SCR and the new construction of Rig 15, a 1,000-hp SCR walking rig.

In 2014, before the market downturn, the company had purchased the components to build in its yard its first 1,500-hp SCR rig with a walking system and 7,500- psi mud pumps.

“Our idea was to find another 1,500-hp rig,” Helbling said. “We couldn’t build a new $25 million AC rig, so we went looking for one that we could upgrade while staying under cash flow.”

EDC, having worked with Henderson previously on the sourcing and purchasing of rig equipment, contacted the supplier to locate, purchase and upgrade a suitable rig. The quest would take the companies to an abandoned weed-covered yard outside Sacramento, Calif., where a bank-owned rig had been sitting since being stacked in 2014.

“Due to its location in a drier climate, the rig and its equipment were in great shape,” Workman said. “Everything from the drawworks to the engines to the mud pumps all looked brand new. When I stepped into the SCR house, it felt like I was in a brand new one. We were expecting a nice rig but not one that was in such amazing condition.”

“We had many meetings to discuss their goals for the rig,” Workman said. “We worked together to identify what the rig needed to be competitive in today’s market, and EDC listened to our suggestions on what improvements were needed to make it ready for future upgrades.”

“We started with an inventory of the rig, and from there, it became an exercise in determining what would be needed to be competitive. It was a team effort,” Workman said. “For example, we all agreed that a third mud pump was needed and that to compete in Texas, it would need to be a 7,500-psi pump.”

“The walking system, third mud pump and top drive were the main things right off the bat,” Workman said. “EDC mentioned they wanted three mud shakers as they felt it was something that gave them a competitive advantage, so it is set up that way. Also, the decision was made to go with PSL 3, 10M choke manifold after reviewing API [American Petroleum Institute] specs.”

“I noticed that their trip tank, choke, mud gas separator, flowlines and more would take about five truckloads to move and knew that we could reduce that number,” he said. “I worked with our engineers on a couple of different designs and found a way to go from five loads down to three loads.”

EDC liked the design and gave the green light to make the changes that included the installation of the mud gas separator and choke on a long tank skid, according to Workman.

Rig 16, as it is now known, is an upgraded 2,000-hp drilling rig with AC top drive, three 1,600-hp, 7,500-psi mud pumps, a walking system, 9.1-m (30-ft) box-onbox substructure and 1-MMlb derrick with a 600,000- lb setback.

“Also, while developing the walking system, we installed an AC cable management system,” he added. “We looked at the current SCR setup and worked with our vendors on the best way to prepare the rig for a future AC upgrade.

“If we’d have gone out and built this rig right away as AC, it would have cost us $25 million,” Helbling said. “We did it for about $11 million, and with a further upgrade down the road, whenever that is, we’ll be somewhere around $15 million. We decided that for us it was the best way to go.”