Completions and Workovers
Historical Developments
One well known completions and service expert was Jack
Roberts.
He told the following story:
"In the late 1960’s I worked for PGAC (Pan-Geo
Atlas Corporation), a well perforating company. I remember perforating a well for Fargo
east of Lloydminster near Aberfeldy where the new Saskatchewan weigh scales are. We
didn’t use a lubricator, only a packoff, because the wells NEVER blow in here. There
was no valve or Blowout Preventer on the well either. This well was not normal because as
soon as we shot it there was pressure at surface. With no lubricator we had to wait for a
pressure truck to kill the well. The company man was upset, not because the well came in,
but because he would have to bale the well down again after he killed it. Rigtime was a
big concern even in the sixties."
Newly Completed Well Site
c. 1950
40-D pumping unit and 1000 barrel bolted storage tank
