Lost QED Bladder Pump Retrieved in Under 10 Minutes After Three Mobilizations and Hours of Failed Fishing Attempts
A QED Sample Pro bladder pump with no safety line, no tubing, and only a single eye bolt to grab onto — lost in a 2-inch well casing with virtually no room for error. After three mobilizations and 10–15 hours of failed fishing attempts, the Extraction Kit retrieved it in under 10 minutes.
Lost Equipment in a Monitoring Well? Here's Why Traditional Retrieval Methods Almost Always Fail
Looking for a well retrieval tool that actually works? Learn why traditional downhole fishing methods fail in monitoring wells — and what field teams use instead.
What to Do When Equipment Falls Down a Groundwater Monitoring Well
Lost a bladder pump, bailer, transducer or SOLINST, GEOTECH or QED pump in a 2 or 4 inch groundwater monitoring well? This field guide covers what to do, why improvised retrieval fails, how the Extraction Kit retrieves lost equipment, and when well abandonment may be unavoidable.
Monitoring Well Equipment Retrieval — The Complete Field Guide — Everything environmental field teams need to know about recovering lost equipment from 2, 4, and 6 inch monitoring wells.