What if standard-size frac plugs are no longer standard?

What's one thing we used to believe was "essential" … that now just feels outdated? 

Phones had buttons, neither questioned – until someone did.

Your turn. What else should we rethink? 

How about plugs?

For years, we accepted plugs with a "standard" size, but have we ever stopped to ask – why？

The plug wasn"t wrong. It was just designed for a different era.

You've been there:

• the plug won't pass

• the casing's oval

• the run fails

• the clock ticks

• the cost stacks.

So we didn't just redesign the plug. We rethought it.

Slim is the result. It gets through the well. 

As horizontal wells stretch longer and formation stresses intensify, casing deformation and ovality are no longer exceptions. In fact, they impact 20 – 30% of completions in unconventional operations worldwide:

• In the Middle East, 5% of stages in horizontal wells shows consistent ovality and ID collapse.

• In the Permian, nearly 1 in 3 horizontal wells experience at least one restriction zone.

• In South America and China, casing deformation has caused 10–23% stage loss in p&p completions.

When a standard size plug encounters downhole deformation or restrictions, it becomes stuck. And you will lose stages, lose time and compromise production.

That's why Vertechs Slim and HEDP are more than just smaller. It's structurally engineered to do what others can't: 

• Small OD to pass extreme restrictions, including collapsed or ovalized casing

• High expansion to form a strong contact inside the casings

• 10,000 psi differential pressure rating, proven in lab and field

• Fully dissolvable body

• Optional SmartFin pump-down ring system for lower fluid displacement and faster pumpdown

• Saves stages, water, and operational time

In challenging wells, adaptability is engineering.  And that's what defines SLIM. 

You don't complete a modern well with yesterday's assumptions. But most plugs? They haven't evolved.

So we ask: if your next well isn't standard, why should your plug be?

At Vertechs, we believe the real innovation isn't just size – it's mindset.

Defy the past, SLIM is the new standard.

Vertechs Slim and HEDP Dissolvable Plugs are built to perform where "standard" fails.