AirLock system helps land casing in horizontal wells

Combines lateral buoyancy with vertcal uid weight to drive casing to the toe
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is air; uid in vertcal casing and open hole is water.
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The AirLock seal is a dome-shaped,
ceramic barrier that fractures at a
predetermined differential pressure,
leaving an unrestricted wellbore.
The aluminum AirLock debris trap
ensures ample flow area for cementing,
while preventing seal fragments from
reaching the float valves.
Leave nothing behind.