2021-02-20T13:27:00-08:00
Pressure Testing – Slickline Equipment A typical test consists of pressuring up the lubricator against the closed tree swab valve to the wo...
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2020-05-05T14:17:00-07:00
Wireline BOP Manual: Smaller, lighter and easier to handle. Operated by manually turning the two handles to open and close the rams. Manual...
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2020-04-30T00:30:00-07:00
Stuffing Box Plunger The plunger, which serves as an internal blowout preventer, essentially shuts-in the stuffing box in the event of wire...
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2020-04-24T18:00:00-07:00
Wireline Defined Wireline is a method of conveying specialized strings of tools and associated specialty tools into and out of a well. The ...
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2020-04-20T13:27:00-07:00
Hydraulic Hose make up: Hoses should be kept away from hot parts as high ambient temperatures shorten hose life. Protective insulation may ...
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2020-04-14T18:00:00-07:00
Wireline Entry Guide (WEG) Tubing shoes (or "mule" shoes) are short, cut-away lengths of tubing fitted to the bottom end of a tub...
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2020-04-10T13:07:00-07:00
Packers – Retrievable - Production The Halliburton ACH packer is hydraulically set and is designed as a cut-to-release tool. The packer is ...
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2020-04-05T12:58:00-07:00
Circulation – Sliding Sleeves – Jar Up or Jar Down? Jar up to open sleeves, as opposed to jar down to open, have the advantage that a great...
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2020-03-30T12:47:00-07:00
Gas Lifting is a secondary means of production. It is employed when formation pressure declines to the point where formation liquids can’t ...
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2020-03-24T15:18:00-07:00
Tubing Nipples – Selective According To Profile & Top No-Go The RPT Plug/Mandrel uses a profile nipple in conjunction with a top no-go ...
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2020-03-19T15:03:00-07:00
Sub-Surface Safety Valves – API Practices for Equalizing and Opening After the SCSSV tests successfully, use the following recommended reop...
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2020-03-15T14:42:00-07:00
Completion Equipment The primary function of the Christmas Tree and wellhead is to provide a safe and secure path for produced hydrocarbons...
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2020-03-10T13:07:00-07:00
Consider the following about gas: • Gas is a compressible and expandable fluid. The gas that enters the well does so under formation pressur...
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2020-03-04T14:30:00-08:00
Documentation for Barrier Tests The results of all BOP equipment pressure and function tests shall be documented and include, as a minimum,...
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2020-03-01T04:00:00-08:00
The purpose of well control and/or emergency drills is to familiarize the drillcrew with procedures that will be implemented and steps that...
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2020-02-24T23:00:00-08:00
Sedimentary rocks were initially deposited as horizontal beds and through compression were transformed into rocks. Serious forces came to be...
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2020-02-19T14:30:00-08:00
Normal formation pore pressure is equal to the hydrostatic pressure of the most abundant, naturally-occurring water extending from the surfa...
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