Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Agasthya Raghavan

Michael Linley Fripp

Mohamed Mohsen Mohamed Raffy

Provided is a subsurface safety valve. The subsurface safety valve, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing having a longitudinal opening, and one or more openings extending into the tubular housing. The subsurface safety valve, in one aspect, further includes a longitudinal valve positioned within the longitudinal opening. In accordance with one aspect, the longitudinal valve includes a first piston having a first piston surface area (SA) and a second piston having a second piston surface area (SA), the first piston surface area (SA) and the second piston surface area (SA) being substantially identical, as well as a fluid flow path extending within and along the longitudinal valve, the fluid flow path entering the longitudinal valve between a first longitudinal valve end and the first piston and exiting the longitudinal valve between a second longitudinal valve end and the second piston.

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Agasthya Raghavan