Pathmaker is an expanding Tubular Running Service company developed by Industry professionals with remarkable TRS experience and expertise. We are family owned and operated and have been proudly serving Alberta and British Columbia Oil & Gas Industry for over 36 years. 

Our SERVICES include:

• Power tong services - Integral, Conventional and High Torque
• Computer Analyzed Torque Monitoring (CATM) - All Internal & External Tools
• Volant Casing Running Tools (CRT) - All Internal & External Tools
• Draw Works CRT - all weights
• Thread Supervision services
• Casing Cleaning, Air Drifting, and Digi Tally

As an Industry leader, Pathmaker is continually implementing the latest advancements in tubular running technologies, providing greater value to our customers. We are dedicated to our environment, safety, high training standards, quality, and review processes. 

The interests of our customers are valued so that we can grow as partners sharing a mutual goal of providing excellence, reducing risk, and reducing non-productive time to increase overall operation efficiency. We continue to expand our services, equipment and team to serve the needs of our growing clientele. 

Our elevated standards for field running procedures means our customers are ensured quality and consistency every time. With one of the most extensive employee assessment and training programs, its easy to see why we continually exceed industry recommended standards.
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Equipment

Pathmaker has continually expanded our fleet of power tong equipment since 1981. We take pride in consistently delivering a superior service to our customers. Attention to details and regular maintenance in conjunction with proper training and certifications guarantees our equipment is operated in the safest manner on your job site

TRAINING
Extensive knowledge and training to help you solve complex problems and get the job done right.

• ​Repair power tongs - able to repair on-site - decreasing down-time if there are any problems
  
• Assembly, de assembly, maintenance and storage of casing and tubing
  
• Trained by CRA (Corrosion Resistant Alloys) regarding Chrome alloy casing and tubing selection. The most technical and highest grade alloys in the world. 
  
• Running of fiberglass lined Casing and Tubing
  
• Running of Premium connections
  
• Educated in API Visual Inspection, receipt of product, investigative failure procedures, assembly and de assembly, storage, shipping, classification and identification of API tubular. 
  
• Read and operate Torque/Turn.
  
• Read and Access makeup procedures
  
• Qualified in the use of API gauging systems
  
• Determination of coatings, phosphate, zinc and tin
  
• Read and Access makeup procedures
  
• Qualified in the use of API guaging systems
  
• Determination of coatings, phosphate, zinc, and tin
  
• Read and Access Computer Torque Monitoring
  
• Continually educating staff in challenging, assessing, and testing of connection assembly and running procedures
  
• Volant training
  
• DrawWorks training

SAFETY

Pathmaker is committed to an accident free workplace

It is our goal to be able to offer safe and quality work with both integrity and efficiency. We operate, following the rules and guidelines in our OH&S handbook, along with COR, ISNET, and HSE requirements. We believe that safety and productivity of our company is directly related to those working for us and therefore our policies regarding drug and alcohol are strictly enforced to ensure the safety of all those involved. Improving safety is an ongoing commitment, with constant evaluation of policies and procedures and implementation of improvements. 

We are:

• Core Certified - AMTA
• Member of Comply Works
• Member of ISNetworld
• Alberta Safety Fitness certified and audited

POWER TONG SERVICES

Pathmaker combines experienced crews with the latest power tong equipment. We offer Integral, Conventional, and High Torque Power Tong services.

Power Tong services include: 

• Handling equipment, including rotary slips, spiders, and single joint elevators
• Bail extensions, Beckets and Bails
• Circulating Equipment - Top Drive heads and Stabbing valves
• Slip Type Elevator
• API Premium Casing Crossovers

Pathmaker Services Power Tong fleet consists of top of the line outfitted units available. Proper maintenance ensures that our customers are receiving reliable and maintained equipped units every time. 

Features: 

• Remote Air Shut off
  
• RPM Control
  
• Hydraulic Pressure controls
  
• 4x4 and Off Road Equipped​

​COMPUTER TORQUE MONITORING

Pathmaker uses WinCatt software for our Computer Torque Monitoring services. WinCatt interacts with Pathmaker's control hardware, providing real-time monitoring and control of tubular connection power tong make-up to ensure your connections are completed to the exact manufacturer's specification for premium connections, shouldering time, delta torque, delta slope, and delta turns. Pathmaker also uses WinnCatt to provide a summary report of your make up results to prepare torque graphs for each joint. 

4 WinCatt Torque Monitoring system with Back-up system
- certified every 6 months above Canadian Standard of 1 year

Advantages:

• Record and report: Torque, turns, RPM, and where applicable, shoulder slope points for premium connections
• This is a maned computer system - so that each graft can be analyzed before getting run in the hole.
• Request correct alignment during make-up to prevent galling of threads
• Provide the customers with a detalied report of the make-up of each tubular connection, including rejected reports, scatter charts, histograms, and pie charts.
• Intercede when necessary to help save connections from damage due to high RPM, over torque, over rotation, and alignment issues.
• When issues arise relating to connection make up, we ensure that hydraulic power to mitigate damages immediately.​

THREAD SUPERVISION SERVICES

Pathmaker offers Thread Supervision services to ensure that manufactures running procedures are diligently followed and that every connection is inspected prior to make-up as a list physical and visual check. Our Thread Supervisors follow an ongoing training program and stay currently with the connection manufacturers guidelines. Our Thread Supervisors are trained in field repair and connection theory. If you get a damaged joint on location, we can provide you with information on the connection and see if the connection will possibly fail due to damage. We have experience with 8 round premium casing and tubing such as API, Tenaris, Voestalpine, US Steel, VAM Hydrill, IPSCO, and EVRAZ.
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CASING CLEANING, AIR DRIFTING, AND DIGI TALLY SERVICES

Pathmaker offers Casing Cleaning, Air Drifting, and Digi Tally services to ensure correct prepartion and cleaning. 

Air Drifting Benefits:

• Save time
• Frees up Rig Hands for Rig use
• With all pipe, it will eliminate the casing snake from being drug across casing threads
• Drifts are guaged prior to every use

Casing Cleaning (using Solvent) Benefits:

• Cleans pipe effectively
  
• Thread Washers will flag out any visible damaged joints and report them to company field representatives 
  
• Solvent is filtered for reuse
  
• With solvent washing the pipe will prevent thread rusting, if in contact with rain or snow
  
• Casing threads are air blown off so minimal solvent residue is left behind
  
• In Winter, compared to steam washing units, solvent will not leave ice residue which can affect torque monitoring
  
• We provide large catch trays to contain all solvent
  

Digi Tally Benefits: 

• ​Laser Tally machine is quick and save money
• All pipe is measured to proper manufactured make up loss, which ensures accuracy
• All pipe tallies are saved to a USB and are in Excel format for easy access to review, copy and paste

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CASING RUNNING TOOLS

Volant - Internal
The Volant CRT is designed for top drive equipped rigs and its compact design is compatible with most rig configurations and sizes. The completely mechanical design will simplify operations and minimize downtime. Volant is designed for casing running with top drive equipped rigs to reciprocate, rotate, fill, circulate and cement casing and liner strings, reducing non-productive time and associated costs. This tool is mechanically activated in tension and both rotational directions by top drive control using TAWG (Torque Activated Wedge Grip) technology. It's operation and rig-in remains instinctively simple: A dual release safety mechanism combining weight and reverse rotation, is necessary for the CRT to be released from the casing. This tool will effectively assist in getting our casing to bottom while reducing workers on the rig floor. 

Features:

• Fill, circulate, rotate, reciprocate, cement through capabilities
• Lightweight and compact
• Simple instinctive operation
• Completely mechanical
• Single connection rig-in
• Immediate solutions for challenging hole conditions
• Casing drilling applications

​Tool Capabilities
Hoisting Load: 120 - 660 TON
Torque Output: 13, 000 - 85,000 Ft. lbs
Circulating Pressure: 5000 PSI
Maximum Flow Rate: 6.9 - 27.7 bbl/min

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Volant - External
The Volant External Grip Casing Running tool is designed for casing running or drilling with top drive equipped rigs to make up, breakout, reciprocate, fill, circulate and cement casing and liner strings, reducing non-productive time and associated costs. Casing drilling is achieved through the standard tool configuration. 

Features:

• Fill, circulate, rotate, reciprocate, cement through capabilities
• Simple instinctive operation
• Completely mechanical
• Single connection rig-in
• Immediate solutions for challenging hole conditions
• Casing drilling applications
• Grips on the outside of the casing

Tool Capabilities
Hoisting Load: 500 TON
Torque Output: 40,000 Ft. lbs
Circulating Pressure: 5000 PSI
Maximum Flow Rate: 1.07 m3/min

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DrawWorks
The Compensating Lock Mechanism allows top drive torque to be applied directly to the casing without reducing the DWCRT load rating and eliminates casing deformity by controlling slip pressure. CLM allows the release torque to be significantly less than the makeup torque and automatically compensates while making up threads to eliminate driller top drive manipulation while making up thread at every casing joint. 

Features:

• 10,000 PSI
• No top drive set down load required to actuate
• ​Locks and unlocks setting/releasing mechanism
• Allows very low torque to set the slips
• Provides make up of connection without further slack off
• Prevents tool from over setting while applying high torque
• Allows high torque
• Means tool can be set and unset at very low torque
• Setting mechanism high slip setting force
• Low setting torque
• DW Grip Plate CRT can be set and unset with low torque
• No special device needed to prevent CRT from slipping
• Slip Grip Range One slip for each casing size
• Slip Foot Print allows high load and torque rating without damaging casing

Advantages to DrawWorks - CRT

• Can do 15.1 PPF 4.5 with 140 ton of weight
• Can do 25.3 to 26.8 PPF with 225 ton or 300 ton, 20-23 PPF of weight
• Weight will not decrease when torque is applied
• Able to lift more weight with smaller sizes of casing
• One die size will fit all weights of that size of casing. If you are running multiple weights or have a different weight landing joint, you may just have to change it.
• Has a lock mechamism built in when rotate casing or make-up joint it will not increase the torque put on the dies.
• Has a compensator built in so dies won't pre-release by accidently hitting the casing.

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