... on hydraulic technology. Hydraulic fluid is supplied from a host facility to the subsea wells through dedicated tubes within an umbilical and is distributed to the wells, in which the typical components are the manifold, Christmas tree valves, and downhole safety valve. The all-electric subsea well consists...

... Test / Pop Test A test designed to determine if a safety valve opens at the pre-determined set pressure within allowable tolerances. Pressure Relief Device A pressure relief device that does not satisfy the tolerance criteria on lift point taken from ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code...

... the Dutch Mining Authority plans to ban "non surface controlled safety valves" in the near future, requiring that all producing wells must have an operable SCSSV before they can be produced. Currently an exemption is required to produce a well under a storm choke. Against this background, and faced...

... Abstract In most countries the legislation regarding the design and operation of oil and gas producing wells does not specifically prescribe production packers or downhole safety valves. When interpreting the legislation, Operators generally specify a requirement for double barriers in wells...

... to be loaded with kill weight fluid prior to running the completion or perforating. This paper will discuss how this problem was solved for one North Sea operator and how that solution can be extended to other operators. safety valve society of petroleum engineers underbalanced drilling dsv tim...

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... safety valve being stuck in the open position. A new scale dissolver was used for the first time in this operation and successfully removed enough scale to reinstate the well. A full workover was prevented with a total cost saving of about £1 million. This paper describes the well history...

... ABSTRACT In the event wellhead integrity is lost, the uncontrolled flow of hydrocarbons could risk life, property and the environment. To prevent this risk subsurface safety valves can be used to control the well below the wellhead. Conventional surface controlled subsurface safety valves...

... or fluid from the wellbore annulus at a point below surface, normally at subsurface safety valve installation depth. 2 , 3 When selecting an annular safety system, proper material selection, simplicity of installation and retrieval, the number and nature of the sealing arrangements, dimensional...

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... ABSTRACT It is now a standard practice to equip production strings of offshore wells with SC-SSV's. Although there are no rules concerning the use of Down Hole Safety Valves in an annulus submitted to gas injection for gas lift purpose, concerns have been raised about the availability...

...SUBSURFACE SAFETY VALVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED BY NAM The following options were considered as potential candidates to replace the NTS: 1] Shallow depth set hydraulic operated SCSSSV. 2] Deep set (packer depth) hydraulic operated SCSSSV. 3] Pilot operated NTS valves. 4] Deepset...

... through the tubing-macaroni annulus. On offshore wells, regulations or Company policy may impose the use of Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve. This paper describes a new type of SC-SSV, run as an integral part of the macaroni string, which will close the macaroni string and the tubing-macaroni...

... The flapper type safety valve is spring-biased closed. The armature portion of the solenoid forms a part of the flow tube in the valve. When an electrical current flows in the coil assembly, a solenoid force proportional to the current occurs which shifts the armature and flow tube downward...

... ABSTRACT Using conventional reliability analysis techniques, a gas well completion was examined to determine the best subsurface safety valve installation for maximum well safety. Consideration was given to a well's production, wireline and workover activity, and use was made of reliability...

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... Abstract This paper attempts to outline the principal criteria relevant to the selection of a surface controlled subsurface valve for a known application. Since the sub-surface safety valve is arguably the most important element of any completion, careful consideration should be given to its...

... a logical evolution, through the close cooperation between the . - operating companies and manufacturers. The separate developments of downhole and surface safety devices were joined with the introduction of the surface controlled sub surface safety valves in the late 1950's. For the first time, truly...