Opti-TEK HydraShock™ Balls

At the heart of the HydraShock™ tool is the ball design. These proprietary nanoparticle infused balls are specially designed to extrude through a known restriction size when a known pressure is applied behind them. When the ball passes through the seat, the sudden pressure loss creates a jarring action along the entire string that can free it from many stuck situations.

Product summary

At the heart of the HydraShock™ tool is the ball design. These proprietary nanoparticle infused balls are specially designed to extrude through a known restriction size when a known pressure is applied behind them. When the ball passes through the seat, the sudden pressure loss creates a jarring action along the entire string that can free it from many stuck situations.

Features

  • Resistant to exposure to most chemicals encountered in a wellbore (including acid), and are unaffected by temperatures up to 400ºF (204ºC)

  • Each ball seat size has a range of corresponding different sized balls that deliver a variety of known extrusion pressures and resulting jarring force.

  • The different sized balls are not only packaged in different colored bags but each individual ball is colored to avoid any confusion with balls that are very similar in size.

  • Supplied in a kit with each HydraShock or Rescue Tool, the case includes a range of ball sizes designed for each seat size, that correspond to different extrusion pressures

HydraShock Ball Details

  • 350 Series: Primarily for smaller coiled tubing applications, the 350 series are designed around a tool with a ball seat of 0.35in, with balls ranging from 0.375 to 0.453in for corresponding activation pressures of 5,000 to 12,000psi.

  • 500 Series: Suitable for the majority of coiled tubing applications, the 500 series have a ball seat of 0.5in, with balls ranging from 0.5625 to 0.684in for activation pressures between 4,000 to 10,000psi.