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AMW - Model Wildcatter -All Welded Wrap On Pipe Sand Control Screen
The Wildcatter all-welded wrap-on pipe screen represents an innovative process whereby the wire jacket is shrink-fit to the perforated base pipe. The result is an all-welded, wrap-on pipe screen with the same features and benefits of a conventional slip-on type wire-wrapped screen. Additionally, the process creates a tighter grip between the wire jacket and the base pipe along its entire length, thus increasing collapse strength.
It has been used successfully in deep, high pressure, high temperature and highly deviated wells. The Wildcatter screen can be modified to meet a wide variety of well applications including water flood, water source, injection and waste disposal. These screens feature an all-welded continuous gauge wedge or V-shaped wire that produces a self-cleaning action for greater flow and less chance of plugging, and is manufactured by a sophisticated, electronically controlled fusion-welding process. Each screen is custom-built to exact specifications and expected well conditions using a wide range of wrap wire and base pipe alloys. The Wildcatter provides maximum flow area, high well efficiencies and superior tensile strength for dependability and long well life. Wildcatter screens come in a full range of sizes with base pipe ODs from 1.9 in. to 7.0 in.
- Wrap-on pipe design provides greater collapse strength
- High number of ribs for greater collapse resistance and reduced "necking" at the weld to ensure consistent slot size
- Self-cleaning design provides consistent, clog-free performance
- Increased roundness lowers rotation resistance and results in lessduning
- Choice of wrap wire and base pipe alloys allows for custom engineering to match specific production environments
- Purpose built for oil, gas or water producing wells and injectors, as well as waterflood and disposal wells.