Negative-pressure vacuum tools
Both tools use the same reverse-circulation idea. Pumping through the nozzle body creates a low-pressure zone at the washover shoe. Fluid travels down the annulus, turns, and comes back up through the shoe, carrying debris with it. Flapper valves hold the solids in the chamber. A screen at the top of the chamber keeps debris out of the string. The chamber can be built from up to 20 joints of pipe.
Use either tool after formation damage, after perforating, or to clean the top of plugs and formation-isolation valves. They work in vertical or horizontal hole and still collect debris when circulation is partly or fully lost, because the solids never have to travel back to surface in the returns.
How it flows — both sizes
Fluid leaves the main nozzle body, travels down the annulus, and is drawn back through the washover shoe. Debris lifts through the flappers into the chamber. The same layout is used on the 9-5/8" tool and on the compact 3-5/8" tool; only the body size, connections, and chamber pipe change.
9-5/8" vacuum tool
Large-bore tool for 9-5/8" casing. 65 ft debris chamber and filter screen as a standard makeup.
| Casing | 9-5/8" 43.50–53.50 ppf |
| Connections | 4-1/2" IF box × pin |
| Max. OD / min. ID | 7.64" / 2.80" |
| Overall length | 73.85 ft |
| Debris chamber | 65 ft, 1 mm screen openings |
| Working / test pressure | 5,000 psi |
| External yield | 10,000 psi |
| Working temperature | 120°C |
| Body material | 4145H, P110 |
3-5/8" vacuum tool
Compact vacuum tool. Same reverse-circulation job as the 9-5/8" unit, in smaller hole. Flow-activated only. Runs vertically or horizontally. 4.5–5 bbl/min is the usual pump rate; 3 bbl is enough to start the effect. Works when circulation is partly or fully lost.
| Hole size | 4-1/2"–7" |
| Max. tool OD | 3-5/8" |
| Length / weight | 22.5" / 50 lb (40" / 90 lb with adapters) |
| Top connection | 2-3/8" API Regular |
| Lower connection | 2-3/8" pin (or crossover) |
| Crossover | 2-3/8" API Reg box × 2-7/8" EUE pin, 1" line-pipe screen thread |
| Collection chamber | Up to 20 joints, multiple pipe sizes |
| Optimal flow | 4.5–5 bbl/min |
| Make-up / tensile | 1,800 ft-lb / 180,000 lb |