A tubing-retrievable subsurface safety valve (TRSCSSSV) is run as an integral part of the completion string. The equipment requirements for the oil and gas TRSV system are: the TRSV assembly, hydraulic control line and fittings, and a hydraulic control manifold. Like the wireline retrievable safety valve WRSV, the control line is attached between the TRSV …
After installation of the completion string, we can run, locate & lock a wireline retrievable subsurface safety valve WRSV into a safety valve landing nipple (SVLN) before production. The SVLN (valve nipple) is integral to the tubing string. The valves typically open due to the hydraulic pressure acting on a piston which moves a flow …
A subsurface safety valve (SSSV) is a downhole safety device installed in a well that can be closed in emergencies. An emergency may arise on or around a well from equipment failure, human error, collision with an offshore facility by a third-party vessel, fire, leaks, or sabotage. Why Do We Need Subsurface Safety Valves? The …
There are two basic types of well completions techniques: There is also another classification for well completion depending on the well Production Mode. This classification shall include the following: Open Hole Well Completion Type The open hole completion has the production casing set above the target intervals. We complete such a well with the producing …
A multiple completion is one where we can produce several different reservoir zones through separate flow paths within the same wellbore. As we shall see, we may accomplish this with tubing/annulus flow, multiple tubing strings, or by cementing several independent tubing strings in the same wellbore (a multiple tubingless completion). Reasons For Multiple Completions A …
Flowing wells equipped with a single tubing string are usually completed with a packer. Single-zone completions may involve the downhole commingling of production from several intervals within that zone. Examples of single-zone completions are shown in Figure 1. At the design stage, optimum tubing size for maximum long-term flow rate, future artificial lift needs, and …
The casing is placed in the open hole completion type and cemented above the productive interval(s). Further drilling extends the well bore into and/or through the reservoir(s) left uncased, hence the term ‘Open Hole’; See Figure below. All open-hole completions avoid the cost and complexity of perforating but have their complications. Advantages This type of …
A sliding sleeve is a completion valve that opens or closes ports between the tubing bore and the surrounding annulus. Often called a sliding side door (SSD), it can provide a circulation path or control access to an isolated producing interval. In a conventional circulation sleeve, closing the side ports does not close the main …
A bridge plug is a downhole isolation device that closes the bore at a selected depth, separating the well above it from the interval below. Conventional designs combine an anchoring system, sealing element and internal closure. The main removal options are drillable and retrievable; through-tubing describes how a tool reaches its setting location, not a …
A packer is a tool used in oil and gas production well, which when set, seals the annular space between 2 strings of pipe or a string of pipe and the open hole. They also must have the capability of permitting production flow through them and onto the surface. As its major functions, a packer …