Emergency Sand Line Replacement: How Mazzella Responded to a Broken Sand Line
A sand line is one of the main lines an oil rig uses to go downhole and retrieve or deliver tools. When a sand line breaks during operation, the rig cannot function until the damaged line is removed and a replacement cable is installed.
In this video, Jason, a Lifting Specialist from Mazzella Oklahoma City, explains how the team responded to a last-minute call from a customer in Vici, Oklahoma, two hours from the home base, after a sand line broke on location.
Wes, one of Mazzella’s technicians, arrived on site to assess the situation and used a mobile rig to pull the old, damaged line off the winch drum. The team then ran the replacement cable from the truck onto the rig’s winch drum, performed in-field splicing, and used a mobile spooling unit to install the correct pre-measured cable.
The video demonstrates Mazzella’s emergency response capabilities for sand line, tubing line, and drill line replacement in the oil and gas industry.
What You’ll Learn:
- What a sand line is and how oil rigs use it during operations
- Why a broken sand line requires immediate replacement
- How technicians remove damaged line and install replacement cable on site
- How in-field splicing and mobile spooling units support line replacement
- Why pre-measured cable and on-site service help minimize downtime
Who This Is For:
- Oil and gas operators and drilling rig managers
- Field supervisors and maintenance teams
- Rig hands and winch operators
- EHS and safety professionals in the oil and gas industry
- Procurement teams responsible for wire rope and cable replacement
- Operations teams evaluating emergency service providers for sand line, tubing line, or drill line replacement
Need Emergency Sand Line Replacement?
Contact Mazzella’s Rigging Division for help with sand line, tubing line, or drill line replacement, in-field splicing, mobile spooling, and emergency on-site support.
Transcript
Intro
No spoken dialogue.
Jason, one of our Lifting Specialists out of Oklahoma City, takes us on site of an oil rig that had a sand line break during operation
Hey, this is Jason from Mazzella Oklahoma City. We’re in Vici, Oklahoma, today, and it’s actually turned out to be a fairly nice day. Kind of responding to a last-minute call from one of our great customers, and they had a sand line break. For those that don’t know what a sand line is, it’s one of the main lines that the rig uses. Go downhole and get tools and take tools down. We got a call this morning. It broke on location, two hours away from our home base in Oklahoma City. And this is what we do. We bend over backwards for our customers and take care of them, get them out of a bind.
Wes, one of our technicians, arrives on location to assess the situation and uses our rig to pull the old/damaged line off and run the replacement cable off the truck and onto the rig’s winch drum
No spoken dialogue.
Wes performs in-field splicing and uses one of our mobile spooling units to replace old/damaged line with the correct pre-measured cable
No spoken dialogue.
Jason closes the story and we give you a contact number if you need help with Sand, Tubing, or Drill Line replacement
If you need any help, give us a shout. Give us a shot. Let us prove our worth to you. I promise we won’t let you down.
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In this video
0:00 – Intro
0:12 – Jason, one of our Lifting Specialists out of Oklahoma City, takes us on site of an oil rig that had a sand line break during operation.
0:20 – Wes, one of our technicians, arrives on location to assess the situation and uses our rig to pull the old/damaged line off and run the replacement cable off the truck and onto the rig’s winch drum.
1:23 – Wes performs in-field splicing and uses one of our mobile spooling units to replace old/damaged line with the correct pre-measured cable.
1:42 – Jason, closes the story and we give you a contact number if you need help with Sand, Tubing, or Drill Line replacement.
Disclaimer:
Any advice, graphics, images, and/or information contained herein are presented for general educational and information purposes and to increase overall safety awareness. It is not intended to be legal, medical, or other expert advice or services, and should not be used in place of consultation with appropriate industry professionals. The information herein should not be considered exhaustive and the user should seek the advice of appropriate professionals.