As a downhole pipe drift verification tool, the Drift Catcher provides operators with rapid pipe drift verification. This eliminates the need for risky and time-consuming derrick drifting or the uncertainty and poor accuracy of wire tail / custom drifts.
The tool is run in the drilling section, for example the 8.5” drilling BHA and allows the operator to simply drop and pump the drift (which gives a positive pressure indication on land out) on the way out of hole to verify the pipe is clear.
The same drill pipe can then be used to run the liner safe in the knowledge there is a confirmed clear path for the liner hanger ball.
The Drift Catcher has drifted pipe in more than 1,300 strings since 2002 and is the safest and most efficient way to drift pipe.
