Baker Hughes’ SPECTRE frac plug leaves debris-free wellbore

Baker Hughes announced the commercial launch of its SPECTRE disintegrating frac plug at the 2015 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in September. The plug is placed in the same way as traditional frac plugs but disintegrates downhole. In this video, Ryan Allen, Product Line Manager-Unconventional Completions for Baker Hughes, explains the SPECTRE’s development process and some of the advantages it can offer over traditional frac plugs.