Weatherford/lamb, Inc.

Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC

Jean-Luc Jacob

Brandon Matthew Cain

Todd Travis

Eric Calzoncinth

Paul Perez

Richard C Jones

To deploy a capillary string through a wellhead to a downhole safety valve, a control port and a retention port are drilled in an adapter between a casing hanger and a gate valve or elsewhere. The capillary string is connected to a first port of a capillary hanger and installed through the wellhead. The capillary hanger is landed on a tubing hanger, and a side port on the capillary hanger communicates with the control port. Because the side port's location may not align with the control port, operators may need to measure how long the capillary hanger should be. A control line connects to the control port in the wellhead's side to communicate with the capillary line, and a retention rod inserts in the retention port to support the capillary hanger.

Method for deploying subsurface safety valve having integral pack off

A communication arrangement is disclosed for communication between a downhole line and a wellhead body having a through-hole and a valve member for closing the through-hole. The communication arrangement provides a fluid passage that extends from a wellhead body port to the downhole line thus allowing communication between the wellhead body and a safety valve or valves and/or the injection of chemicals or fluids into the well without the need to rework the valve member or disable the valve member.

Wellhead downhole line communication arrangement

Capillary hanger arrangement for deploying control line in existing wellhead

A safety valve apparatus has a housing with a bore and a projection in the bore. A flapper rotatably disposed on the housing is movable relative to the bore between opened and closed positions, and a packing element disposed on the housing is compressible to engage an inner conduit wall surrounding the housing. An upper sleeve disposed within the bore above the projection is hydraulically movable from a first position to a second position via the hydraulic communication with a port in the projection. The first sleeve when moved to the second position compresses the packing element. A piston disposed in the housing hydraulically communicates with the port and couples to a second sleeve disposed within the bore below the projection. The second sleeve conceals the piston and is hydraulically movable via the hydraulic communication of the port with the piston to open and close the flapper.

Surface controlled subsurface safety valve having integral pack-off

Methods and apparatus for sealing a plug within tubing that the plug is designed to be landed and set in are disclosed. The plug includes a seal assembly having a seal on the plug that is acted on by a piston. Wellbore fluid pressure acts on the piston when the valve is closed, thereby moving the piston to force the seal into sealing contact with an inside surface of the tubing.

Seal assembly energized with floating pistons

A safety valve apparatus has a housing with a bore and a projection disposed in the bore. A locking dog disposed on the housing is movable to engage an inner conduit wall surrounding the housing, and a flapper rotatably disposed on the housing is movable between opened and closed positions. A first sleeve disposed within the bore above the projection is mechanically movable between locked positions. In one locked position, the sleeve moves the locking dog to engage the wall. A piston disposed in the housing hydraulically communicates with a port in the projection and couples to a second sleeve disposed within the bore below the projection. The second sleeve conceals the piston and is hydraulically movable to open and close the flapper.

Retrievable surface controlled subsurface safety valve

Methods and apparatus for sealing a safety valve within a tubular that the safety valve is designed to be landed and set in are disclosed. The valve includes a seal assembly having a seal on the valve that is acted on by a first piston disposed on a first side of the seal and/or a second piston disposed on a second side of the seal. Wellbore fluid pressure acts on the first piston when the valve is closed, thereby moving the first piston to force the seal into sealing contact with an inside surface of the tubular. When the safety valve is actuated open, fluid pressure from a control line acts on the second piston and moves the second piston to force the seal into sealing contact with the inside surface of the tubular. The seal may include a plurality of chevron seals on each side of a sealing element.

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