W. T. Bell International

09/13/2026

SPE is sponsoring an important online webinar on more effective and affordable plugging technology. A highlight will be WT Bell's Jim Rairigh on how Expansion Charges are sealing fluid leaks and aiding P&A operations with wireline-deployed tools, no rig.

Sign up is easy:

https://streaming.spe.org/effective-plugging-2

06/18/2026

For the first time, we're not showing the severed pipe emerging from the hole. See the wireline casing collar locator and shock sub in front of the orange coveralls? That is what's left of the wireline string after the explosive severing tool frees a stuck string of 9.5-in. collars and drill pipe.

The driller saw a drop-off in weight after detonation. Success.

And the other pic is one of the collars.

The patented WT Bell Dual-End Fired Pressure-Balanced Severing Tool (PBST) enhances pipe recovery operations with a high degree of safety and efficiency. It’s the go-to tool for severing pipe and can be used to sever collars, drill pipe, and heavy-walled pipe at hydrostatic pressures up to 25,000 psi. These tools comply with API RP 67 standards and are shipped with an assembly and arming manual that describes safe and efficient operations.

As the industry’s only pressure-balanced severing tool, this game-changing technology significantly enhances the reliability and success rate of pipe recovery operations. Engineers running the PBST downhole can do more than hope to sever pipe—they can expect to sever pipe.

06/09/2026

Tom Brown of Krown Wireline Services reports that a 2.69-in. WT Bell explosive jet cutter deployed by a tractor successfully cleanly cut a 16.6-lbm, 4.5-in. drill pipe in a Permian Basin 2-mile lateral. Whether vertical, deviated, or horizontal, for low-pressure gas or 30,000-psi HPHT operations, WT Bell’s custom-designed explosive devices ensure cost-effective drill pipe, casing, tubing, packer mandrel, and coiled tubing cutting operations.

03/17/2026

03/17/2026

Jet cutter images of oil & gas coiled tubing, drill pipe, tubing, casing, and even heavy weight collars used in mining!

02/17/2026

Submitted by a satisfied wireline services company working S TX, another 5.5-in. drill pipe set free with a WT Bell 2.75-in. jet cutter.

02/03/2026

A proven WT Bell drill pipe jet cutter just helped save a $1.5 million BHA on a recent Eagle Ford well.

With a drill string stuck and the driller couldn’t back off, a conventional severing tool would have cut the 5.5-in drill pipe but left the entire BHA in the hole—effectively a total loss for both the contractor and the operator.

Instead, a wireline crew ran a premium 3.80‑in. WT Bell cutter sized for 5.5‑in. drill pipe. With one descent and one clean cut, the rig immediately began washover and fishing operations to recover the BHA, with minimal additional downtime and cost.

When drill pipe or casing is stuck, tool selection during stuck-pipe events is not just a technical decision; it is a capital-protection strategy. Using the right jet cutter at the right time can be the difference between abandoning a multi-million-dollar assembly or string and having it back on the floor, ready to drill ahead.