1

WIRELINE AND BRAIDED LINE

1-1

1.1

CARBON STEEL WIRELINES

1-2

1.1.1

Wire Testing - Carbon Steel Wirelines

1-3

1.1.2

Fracture Classification

1-3

1.1.3

General Guidance Notes

1-5

1.1.4

Stainless Steel/Special Alloy Lines

1-5

1.1.5

Wrap Testing

1-6

1.2

TORSION TEST MACHINES

1-7

1.3

WIRELINE FAILURES IN SERVICE

1-9

1.4

CONCLUSION

1-10

1.5

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

1-15

1.6

EXAMPLE OF WIRE LOG

1-18

2

PRESSURE CONTROL EQUIPMENT

2-1

2.1

WIRELINE VALVE (BOP)

2-1

2.2

LUBRICATORS - BLEED OFF VALVE

2-4

2.3

STUFFING BOX

2-7

2.4

HYDRAULIC PACKING NUT

2-9

2.5

GREASE INJECTION HEAD

2-10

2.6

FLOW TUBES

2-12

2.7

GREASE INJECTION SYSTEM

2-14

2.8

SAFETY CHECK UNION

2-16

2.9

SURFACE WIRELINE ACCESSORIES

2-18

2.9.1

Hay Pulley

2-18

2.9.2

Weight Indicator

2-19

2.9.3

Halliburton - ‘K’ Measuring Wheel

2-22

2.9.4

Wireline Clamp

2-24

3

ROPE SOCKETS

3-1

4

SUB-SURFACE SAFETY SYSTEMS

4-1

4.1

APPLICATIONS OF SUB-SURFACE SAFETY SYSTEMS

4-1

4.2

TYPES OF SUB-SURFACE SAFETY VALVES

4-3

4.2.1

Sub-Surface Controlled Safety Valves

4-4

4.2.2

Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valves

4-4

4.2.3

TYPES OF VALVE CLOSURE MECHANISMS

4-6

4.2.4

Ball Valve Mechanism

4-6

4.2.5

Flapper Valve Operation

4-7

4.2.6

Curved Flapper

4-7

4.2.7

Poppet Valve Operation

4-8

4.3

SUB-SURFACE CONTROLLED SAFETY VALVES

4-9

4.3.1

Pressure Differential Safety Valves

4-9

4.3.2

Ambient Safety Valves

4-10

4.3.3

Injection Valve

4-12

4.3.4

SSCSV Preparation

4-12

4.4

SURFACE CONTROLLED SAFETY VALVES

4-16

4.4.1

Valve Actuation

4-16

4.4.2

Balanced Piston Valve Actuation

4-17

4.4.3

Control Line Pressure

4-18

4.5

WIRELINE RETRIEVABLE SCSSVS

4-19

4.5.1

Safety Valve Landing Nipple

4-21

4.6

WRSV GENERAL RUNNING/PULLING PROCEDURES

4-22

4.6.1

Running Procedure

4-23

4.6.2

WRSV Pulling Procedure

4-23

4.6.3

Pulling Procedure With Closed Ball Valve

4-24

4.7

EXAMPLE WIRELINE RETRIEVABLE SCSSVS

4-25

4.7.1

Halliburton/Otis ‘DK’/‘DKX’ Safety Valves

4-25

4.7.2

Halliburton/Otis ‘DB’ Balanced Piston Wireline Retrievable Safety Valve

4-30

4.7.3

Slb/Camco ‘WRDP-2’ Wireline Retrievable Safety Valve

4-39

4.8

TUBING RETRIEVABLE SCSSVS

4-44

4.9

EXAMPLES TUBING RETRIEVABLE SCSSVS

4-45

4.9.1

Halliburton/Otis Series ‘SP-1’ Tubing Retrievable Flapper Valve

4-45

4.9.2

Baker Type ‘FVL’ Tubing Retrievable Flapper Valve

4-52

4.9.3

Camco TRM-4E Tubing Retreivable Flapper Valve (equalising)

4-55

4.10

SCSSV EQUALISATION

4-57

4.10.1

Methods of Pressure Equalisation

4-57

4.11

ANNULUS SAFETY VALVE SYSTEMS

4-60

4.11.1

Baker ‘AVLDM’

4-60

4.11.2

Camco 'TRAC'

4-61

4.11.3

PES AV CAPS

4-63

4.12

SURFACE CONTROL PANELS

4-64

4.12.1

SCSSV Control Panels

4-64

4.12.2

Total Well Shut-in Control Panels

4-66

4.13

SCSSV SETTING DEPTHS

4-67

4.13.1

Factors Affecting SCSSV Setting Depths

4-67

4.13.2

SCSSV Fail-Safe Setting Depths

4-67

4.13.3

Maximum Fail-Safe Depth Calculation Example

4-69

4.14

SCSSV CONTROL LINE FLUIDS

4-70

4.15

SCSSV CONTROL LINES

4-71

4.16

SCSSV TESTING

4-71

4.16.1

Leak-off Testing

4-71

4.16.2

Routine Testing

4-72

4.17

SCSSV TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

4-72

5

BRIDGE PLUGS AND NIPPLELESS LOCK MANDRELS

5-1

5.1

BAKER ‘NPR’ PRODUCTION BRIDGE PLUG

5-1

5.1.1

Description

5-1

5.1.2

Applications

5-1

5.1.3

Features

5-1

5.1.4

Operation

5-2

5.1.5

Running/Pulling Tools

5-4

5.1.6

Running Procedure

5-4

5.1.7

Pulling Procedure

5-4

5.2

HALLIBURTON/OTIS MONOLOCK

5-5

5.2.1

Description

5-5

5.2.2

Applications

5-5

5.2.3

Features

5-5

5.2.4

Operation

5-7

5.2.5

Running/Pulling Tools

5-7

5.2.6

Running Procedure

5-7

5.2.7

Pulling Procedure

5-8

5.3

PES TYPE ‘WR’ RETRIEVABLE BRIDGE PLUG

5-11

5.3.1

Description

5-11

5.3.2

Applications

5-11

5.3.3

Features

5-11

5.3.4

Operation

5-11

5.3.5

Running/Pulling Tools

5-13

5.3.6

Running Procedure

5-13

5.3.7

Pulling Procedure

5-13

5.4

WEATHERFORD/PETROLINE ‘SLICKPLUG’

5-14

5.4.1

Description

5-14

5.4.2

Applications

5-14

5.4.3

Features

5-14

5.4.4

Operation

5-14

5.4.5

Running/Pulling Tools

5-14

5.4.6

Running Procedure

5-15

5.4.7

Pulling Procedure

5-15

6

SIDE POCKET MANDREL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

6-1

6.1

THEORY OF GAS LIFT

6-1

6.1.1

Method Description

6-1

6.1.2

Gas Lift Designs

6-3

6.1.3

Completion Gas Lift Equipment

6-3

6.2

KICKOVER TOOLS

6-5

6.3

CAMCO ‘OK’ SERIES OF KICKOVER TOOLS

6-5

6.3.1

Type ‘OM’ Series Of Kickover Tools

6-9

6.3.2

Teledyne Merla ‘TMP’ Kickover Tool

6-12

6.3.3

Teledyne Merla ‘TP’ Kickover Tool

6-12

6.3.4

Camco Kickover Tool Operation

6-14

6.3.5

Merla Kickover Tool Operation

6-16

6.4

RUNNING/PULLING PROCEDURES

6-17

6.4.1

Safety

6-17

6.4.2

Field Check Procedures

6-17

6.4.3

Running Procedure

6-17

6.4.4

Pulling Procedure

6-18

6.5

LATCHES

6-20

6.5.1

‘BK’ Latch

6-20

6.5.2

‘BEK-2’ Latch

6-20

6.5.3

‘RK’ Latch

6-20

6.5.4

‘RK-1’ Latch

6-20

6.5.5

‘RKP’ Latch

6-20

6.5.6

‘R’ Latch

6-22

6.5.7

‘RA’ Latch

6-22

6.5.8

‘M’ Latch

6-22

6.5.9

‘T2’ Latch

6-22

6.6

SPM VALVES

6-24

6.6.1

Introduction

6-24

6.6.2

Chemical Injection Valves

6-24

6.6.3

Circulating Valves

6-27

6.6.4

Retrievable Water Flood Regulators

6-30

6.6.5

Retrievable Differential Dump/Kill Valves

6-33

6.6.6

Retrievable Dummy Valves

6-34

7

BOTTOMHOLE PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE SURVEY EQUIPMENT

7-1

7.1

INTRODUCTION

7-1

7.2

SHORT SOLO 2

7-1

7.2.1

Pressure and Temperature Sensors

7-2

7.2.2

Memory

7-2

7.2.3

Battery Pack

7-2

7.2.4

Running The Short Solo 2

7-2

7.2.5

Data Retrieval And Presentation

7-2

7.3

ULTRA SHORT SOLO

7-3

7.3.1

Pressure and Temperature Sensors

7-3

7.3.2

Memory

7-3

7.3.3

Battery Pack

7-3

7.3.4

Data Retrieval And Presentation

7-3

7.4

INSTRUMENT HANGERS

7-4

7.4.1

Halliburton/Otis ‘Soft-Set’ Instrument Hanger

7-4

7.4.2

AVA Model ‘BIH’ Instrument Hanger

7-7