IPI Packers
Key takeaways
- Category: Hydraulics & Lubrication
- Based in: Perth Western Australia, eight locations worldwide
- Serves: United States
- Operating: Founded 1999
- Certified: ISO9001, Triple ISO Certified at Europe Manufacturing Centre
IPI Packers is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of inflatable packer elements and associated tools. Founded in 1999 in Perth, Western Australia, the company has grown from one employee to over one hundred with eight locations worldwide. IPI’s core technology is an inflatable packer element, a hydro-mechanical sealing device conveyed on tool configurations, incorporating elastomers, reinforcement layers, and external anchoring surface finishes in a single vulcanised composite unit. The company’s contra-wound inflatable element design eliminates typical packer components such as non-reinforced inflation bladders, exposed reinforcement layers, and separate rubber covers, increasing reliability and operational envelopes.
IPI provides standard tools and OEM, replacement, and custom-made products for the Oil and Gas, Mining, Groundwater, Geotechnical, Geothermal, and Construction industries. The company has designed more than 900 types of packer elements and supplied packers and associated equipment to all continents, including Antarctica, in support of challenging high pressure and high temperature (HPHT), onshore and offshore conditions. Being privately held allows the company to focus on results, research and development, and strong company culture. IPI reinvests greater than 10 per cent of its revenue into R&D projects.
IPI’s target clientele are service companies. The company provides training and support services at job sites, client locations, IPI facilities and remotely. Test case histories from DST operations have confirmed IPI packers to have up to 30 times the durability in comparison to conventional braided wire or slat reinforced oilfield inflatable packers. The company holds quality, integrity, innovation, teamwork, and passion as core values.
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Company details
- Projects and clients
- DST operations, well testing for nuclear waste site characterization, water resources projects, water rights testing, rock stress testing, water well rehabilitation, plug and abandonment work offshore Gulf of Mexico, water well hydrofrac market, remedial cementing in offshore New Zealand, well bore breakthrough cementing solutions for underground mines, geothermal wells, rigless platform conductor cutting in North Sea, CBM permeability testing operations in Ghana, in-situ stress testing for rock burst mitigation and block caving, structural testing and water-inflow testing in directional boreholes
- Scale
- More than 900 types of packer elements designed since founding, over one hundred employees, eight locations worldwide, 25 years in business, up to 30 times the durability in comparison to conventional braided wire or slat reinforced oilfield inflatable packers, reinvests greater than 10 per cent of revenue into R&D projects
- Also worth knowing
- Founder Clem Rowe established IPI in 1999 after joining an Australian inflatable packer company in 1988 as Engineering Director. Dave Knell has been involved with manufacture and application of inflatable packers for over 35 years and was the first employee of IPI. Joel Adams introduced IPI packer technology to P&A work offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and established DuraFRAC® packers as the market leader in the water well hydrofrac market. Company holds several international patents. Francis Ford is credited in several industry patents. Directors are members of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Institute of Hydrogeologists, and Institution of Engineers Australia. Privately held company structure enables quick business and engineering decisions with short cycle time deliveries and responsiveness in custom solution development.
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Where is IPI Packers listed in the directory?
Hydraulics & Lubrication 202 companiesFrequently asked questions
What does IPI Packers supply?
Designer and manufacturer of inflatable packer elements, OEM replacement elements, custom-made packer products, training and support services, job site support, field specialist deployments
Where is IPI Packers based?
Perth Western Australia, eight locations worldwide This is the head office; contact them for the full territory they cover.
Which industries does IPI Packers work in?
Oil and gas, mining, groundwater, geotechnical, geothermal, construction, water resources, water well rehabilitation, plug and abandonment (P&A), well testing, nuclear waste site characterization, rock stress testing, block caving, coal methane well testing, CBM permeability testing
What equipment or products does IPI Packers offer?
Inflatable packer elements, DuraGRIP®, DuraFRAC®, Annular Diverter, Annular Expandable Barrier (AXB), ASR Flow Control Valve, Casing Circulation Tool (CCT), Casing Integrity Test Tool (CITT), Downhole Shut In Valve (DHSIV), Drill and Drop Plug, DuraFRAC® Dual Wall Frac Pipe, DuraFRAC® HP Straddle, DuraFRAC® Hydro, DuraFRAC® Mini, Environmental Plug, Expandable Casing Patch (XCP), Grout Packers, Grout-Free Expandable Standpipe, HydroFORM Liner™, Impression Packers, Inflatable Casing Packer (ICP), Inflatable Casing Packer Kits (ICP Kits), Inflatable Electrical Submersible Pump (i-ESP), Inflatable Grab Packer, InflataLOK®, InflataTEST®, ISR Injection Packer, Multi Set Injection Packer System (MSIPS), Obturus - A Metal Expandable Bridge Plug, One Shot Cementing System, Permanent Inflatable Bridge Plug (PIBP), Portable Digital Flow Skids (DFM-1500 and DFM-5000), Production Injection Packers (PIP), Remedial Cementing Packer (RCP), Retrievable Inflatable Bridge Plug (RIBP), Setting Tool (ST), Single Set Grouting Packer, Single Set Treatment Packer (SSTP), Slip on Casing Packer, Standard Wireline Packer System (SWiPS®), STX-60 Well Testing, Submersible Pump Packer, SWiPS® Surface Control, Thru-Tubing Permanent Inflatable Bridge Plug (TT-PIBP), Thru-Tubing Retrievable Inflatable Bridge Plug (TT-RIBP), Wireline Packer System, FlowPRO™ software, Geopro Wireline Tool, Flow Meter Skids, HNBR Elastomers, Product DuraFRAC, Product HydroFORM Liner, Product InflataLOK, Product InflataTEST, Product SWiPS, Hydraulic Fracturing DuraFRAC, IPI FlowPRO, IPI Packers DuraFRAC
How long has IPI Packers been operating?
Founded 1999, celebrated 25th anniversary in 2024
What certifications does IPI Packers hold?
ISO9001, Triple ISO Certified at Europe Manufacturing Centre
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