Oil and gas wells both produce fluid during the course of their lifetimes. A well is typically "fracked" when it is first drilled to help open the production zones. Water in Swab rigs in Grande Prairie can be used in fracking.
The fluids are recovered after "frac" by Swab rigs in Grande Prairie to "kick" the well off. The bottom hole pressure forces the gas and/or oil up and out of the well as fluids are pulled up and off. At kickoff, around 40% of the frac fluids return; the remaining frac fluids return throughout production.
Fluids flow back with the natural oil or gas throughout a well. The pressures at the bottom hole of a well occasionally decrease as it ages. There may not be sufficient pressure to force all of the liquids or water out of a well. Water rises above any petrol or oil. Production then decreases. To keep up output, the well needs swabbing out a method called "swabbing" is used to take fluids "off the production zone" of an oil or gas well. There is an art to Swab rigs in Grande Prairie. The machine's "feel" must correspond to the well's pressures, sounds, and depth for the operator.
Machines with a collapsible mast with a pulley or sheave on top, a winch with cable, and a drive system carry out the swabbing procedure of Swab rigs in Grande Prairie. The equipment is often truck mounted for transportation between wells. There are many sizes of swab machines. The size or equipment capacity depends on how deep the well needs to be swabbed.
