Mobile Workover Rigs: Ready to Go Wherever You Need

A mobile workover rig is a workover rig that's built to be moved quickly and easily from well to well. In the oilfield, time is money — the faster you can move your rig, the more wells you can service, and the more money you make. Mobile workover rigs are designed for fast mobilization and demobilization, so you can spend less time driving and more time working.

Where Mobile Workover Rigs Are Used

Mobile workover rigs are used everywhere there's onshore oil and gas production, but they're especially popular in areas where wells are spread out and you're constantly moving from one location to another. They're the standard rig for workover service companies, because service companies need to be able to move fast between different clients and different locations.

They're also popular in mature oilfields, where there are lots of wells that need regular workover, and you're constantly moving from one well to the next. In a mature field, you might service 20-30 wells a month, and you need a rig that can keep up with that pace.

What Makes a Rig "Mobile"?

A mobile workover rig is designed with speed in mind. The mast folds down quickly, the whole rig is low enough to go under bridges and overpasses, and it's set up so you can rig up and rig down in a few hours, not a few days.

Most mobile workover rigs are truck-mounted, so they can drive themselves from well to well. They're built on heavy-duty 6x6 or 8x8 truck chassis, so they can handle rough oilfield roads. And they have everything self-contained on the truck — the engine, the hydraulic system, the control cabin — so you don't need a bunch of support trucks following you around.

FAQ

Q: How long does it take to mobilize a mobile workover rig?
A: A good mobile workover rig can be rigged up and ready to work in 2-4 hours. That means you can drive to the well site in the morning, set up, and start working the same day. That's a big difference from larger skid-mounted rigs, which can take days to rig up.