Tendeka has developed swellable elastomers that are extremely cost effective and provide a high performance seal for completion and drilling applications including water shut off and cement assurance that significantly improves well performance when compared to other methods.
Swellfix Swellable packers are
- Simple (no moving parts, no mechanical setting mechanism needed)
- Rubber remains flexible and adaptive for the life of the well
- Robust (self-healing)
- Reliable (based on simple laws of physics)
- Versatile (can be placed throughout borehole)
- Big internal diameter for logging applications
- Low in total operating cost
Partnered with a leading industry supplier of rubber and swellable elastomers, and backed by extensive research and testing in Shell International Exploration and Production facilities each swellable elastomer solution can be custom-designed/qualified for the application.
With over 2,600 swellable elastomer compounds evaluated to date the client can be assured of an effective and lasting solution. Over 4,500 Swellfix packers have been installed to date, they are proven to deliver value across the world with operations in Oman, Russia, North Sea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S. benefiting from cost savings and production gains.
Target Regions
All regions including Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Key Projects
Clients include:
Shell, BP, Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Conoco, Salym, Addax, Talisman, Petronas, DPE, Schlumberger, Weatherford, ONGC, PDO and many more.
Areas of Activity
Swellfix Swelling packers are used in drilling and completion activities, both onshore and offshore.
Service Offering
Swelling elastomers for:
- to shut-off water producing zones
- to segment the liner annulus, allowing future water shut-off
- to replace liner cementation and perforation using slotted liners
- to provide zonal inflow profiling, in combination with flow restrictor valves or with surface controlled valves (smart completions)
- to provide selectivity in water injector wells
- to provide a swelling micro-annulus seal in a cemented casing
- to provide a back-up seal above top-of-cement in casing-casing annulus (or against open hole, as required)
- to provide closure of the top channel in a horizontal gravelpack
Contact Details
HQ Office
Swellfix,
Swellfix House,
Peterseat Drive,
Altens, Aberdeen, AB12 3HT
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)1224 896 100
Web: www.tendeka.com
Email: info@tendeka.com
Russia:
Swellfix
6th Floor,
31 Novinsky Blvd.
Moscow 123242
Tel. +7 495 518 9721
Web: www.tendeka.com
Email: info@tendeka.com
News and Articles
- TAQA: Acquires Tendeka February 21, 2022 - At the inaugural day of the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Riyadh, the Industrialization and Energy Services Company “TAQA” announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TENDEKA, a UK-based engineering and manufacturing company with offices in Houston, Stavanger, Aberdeen, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. TENDEKA specializes in offering reservoir monitoring ...
- Tendeka-TGT Partnership to Combat Sand Control Failures September 3, 2020 - Tendeka and TGT partner for ‘industry-first’ solution to combat sand control failures Independent global completions service company Tendeka and diagnostic specialists TGT have agreed a partnership to mitigate the costly consequences of sand control failure in wells. The remedial sand control collaboration known as ‘Find Fix Confirm’, will see TGT’s Sand Flow product used ...
- Tendeka VP joins OGTC Board June 25, 2020 - Tendeka’s VP for Europe, Russia, CIS & Africa, Gillian King, has joined the Board of The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). Gillian has worked in the oil and gas industry for almost 20 years and is passionate about new technology. Throughout her time at Tendeka, she has played a key ...
- Tendeka: FloFuse in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs January 31, 2019 - Carbonate reservoirs hold approximately 60% of the world’s proven conventional oil reserves, of which about 50% feature natural fractures, with significant accumulations across the Middle East in particular. Common challenges of these carbonate reservoirs are high heterogeneity caused by complex pore and fracture systems, oil wet rock, and low reservoir ...
- Tendeka: FloFuse, New Technology Launched December 17, 2018 - In response to the challenges of effective water injection in fractured reservoirs, independent global completions service company Tendeka has launched a new technology to optimize oil production. As an addition to their extensive range of advanced inflow control technology, FloFuse can increase oil recovery by improving injected water conformance in ...
- Tendeka Unveils New Suite of Applications to Safely Cut Costs, Time and Minimise Environmental Risk in Unconventional Reservoirs October 3, 2018 - Independent global completions service company Tendeka, has launched the MajiFrac Solution, a new portfolio of applications which aims to reduce water use and pumping time during completion operations in unconventional shale plays in the USA. Unique to Tendeka, the MajiFrac Solution is the combination of a wide range of high-performance ...
- Tendeka Completes Technology Field Trial with Major Operator to Improve Performance of Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Assets July 19, 2018 - Cascade³ sand control system developed to extend well life and prevent damage from injection shutdowns – To improve and control flow in water injection wells, independent global completions service company Tendeka, has completed a successful field trial with a major operator to test its sand control technology, Cascade³. Cascade³ is ...
- Tendeka: Appoints Paul Lynch as Advanced Completions Director April 3, 2018 - Global oil and gas solutions provider Tendeka has appointed Paul Lynch as its new Advanced Completions Director to help drive the commercialisation of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight. Paul has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector. He joins Tendeka having most recently been vice ...
- Tendeka: Secures OGTC Funding for PulseEight Testing December 14, 2017 - Independent global completions service company Tendeka has been awarded funding from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre to advance further field testing of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight. The funding will help Tendeka install a PulseEight downhole device and a newly developed PulseEight surface system with OMV Group in ...
- Tendeka: Appoints Brad Baker as CEO December 8, 2017 - Global oil and gas solutions provider Tendeka has appointed Brad Baker as its new Chief Executive Officer as the independent completions and production optimisation specialist gears up for further growth. Mr Baker joins Tendeka after a 27-year career with Baker Hughes, most recently as Vice President of Stimulation and Production ...
- Tendeka: Wins Multi ICD Contracts in the Middle East October 17, 2017 - Following a recent award by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to deliver a lower completions project, Tendeka, a global leader in advanced completions and production optimisation, has been awarded two further contracts in the Middle East. The multi-million-pound agreements with the Abu Dhabi Onshore Operations Company (ADCO) and Petroleum Development ...
- Tendeka: Launches PulseEight Wireless Completion Technology May 11, 2017 - After significant R&D focus, Tendeka has recently launched PulseEight, the latest advance in wireless intelligent completion technology for the digital oilfield. Tendeka’s PulseEight system uses unique pressure pulse telemetry to channel wireless communication between a well’s downhole monitoring and control system and the wellhead. Previously, Tendeka installed several Wireless Pressure ...
- Tendeka: Strengths Management as Annabel Green and Scott Watters Step Up August 18, 2015 - Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of Scott Watters as chief operating officer and Annabel Green as chief technology officer. Scott brings with him more than 20 years of oil and gas industry ...
- Tendeka: Wins Austrian Sand Face Completion Technologies June 23, 2015 - Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has secured a contract with an international oil and gas company for the installation of sand face completion technology in Austria. The installation will include FloRight Ultra premium screens with the market-leading FloSure autonomous inflow ...
- Tendeka Invests in a Fully Bespoke US Completions, Manufacturing and Operations Facility to Support Global Growth June 10, 2015 - Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has bolstered its US presence in a strategic move which sees the company open a global completions, manufacturing and operations facility. The new site, based in Fort Worth, Texas provides Tendeka with a modern, bespoke, ...
- Tendeka: High Performance Water Swelling Elastomers Save Time and Money in the Bakken March 31, 2015 - The combination of shale and dolomite in the Bakken and Three Forks formations, and the presence of vertical to sub-vertical natural fractures make open-hole multi-zone completions an effective solution in this play. Swellable packers are used for stage isolation and the cost of a failed packer is one stage of ...
- Tendeka Celebrates 10,000 FloSure AICD Installations Globally March 11, 2015 - Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has reached a landmark in the growing demand for its leading FloSureTM autonomous inflow control device (AICD) range, with more than 10,000 now having been installed globally. The achievement emphasises Tendeka’s position as the market ...
- Tendeka: Wins Two Major Contracts In Russia March 11, 2015 - Tendeka has announced two significant contracts for the sand and inflow control technology in Russia. Tendeka is the market leader in autonomous inflow control technology and the combined awards will include the supply of over four hundred devices in 2015. Tendeka is to provide RN-Purneftegaz with sand face completion equipment and ...
- Tendeka’s Norwegian Activity Continues to Surge August 28, 2012 - Tendeka, the provider of completions and reservoir monitoring products and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has seen increased activity in Norway, following on from its recently announced frame agreement with Statoil. The contract,secured with the Norwegian oil giant, is for the provision of sand screens and inflow ...
- Technology Roundtable: Well Completions with Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Packers Plus, Tenaris, TMK Premium-Services, Centek, TAM International & Tendeka December 9, 2011 - The key element to any well completion is the well design plan that is adopted. Would you agree with this statement and why? Baker Hughes: The well design is a critical aspect to ensure the most efficient well completion. The optimum well design will include considerations for various different reservoir ...