Deep Well Services (DWS) is a “snubbing” oilfield services company headquartered in Pennsylvania. DWS operates a special kind of drilling rig (snubber) that allows the company to drill existing wells already under pressure further out, inserting pipe into a working well, or retrieving pipe from a well, without shutting down the well. It’s called snubbing and it’s a specialized, delicate operation. DWS is one of a handful that performs the service in the Marcellus/Utica. DWS has just unveiled its newest state-of-the-art snubbing rig–a “fifth-generation” rig, built for the deeper, longer, and higher pressure wells Marcellus/Utica drillers are now drilling…
Deep Well Services (DWS) is a “snubbing” oilfield services company headquartered in Pennsylvania. DWS operates a special kind of drilling rig (snubber) that allows the company to drill existing wells already under pressure further out, inserting pipe into a working well, or retrieving pipe from a well, without shutting down the well. It’s called snubbing and it’s a specialized, delicate operation. DWS is one of a handful that performs the service in the Marcellus/Utica. DWS has just unveiled its newest state-of-the-art snubbing rig–a “fifth-generation” rig, built for the deeper, longer, and higher pressure wells Marcellus/Utica drillers are now drilling…