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Safety valves are divided in two distinct categories: the tubing and
the annulus safety valves
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Installing a tubing SSSV below the bottom gas lift valve, rather
than an ASV and shallow SSSV, has two major disadvantages:
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The tubing safety valves can be divided into two main groups:
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The locking mandrels are available in two main types: the selective
and the no-go mandrel. The selective mandrel is designed to set
and lock in any of a number of identical profiles in a landing nipple.
The no-go mandrel has a no-go ring (largest OD on the mandrel)
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tubing and the packer is set by pressure from the coiled tubing.
3. Means of control
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• the surface control line pressure and the time for valve operation
will give an indication whether the valve opening and closing
performance is satisfactory;
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• almost no setting depth limitation for the electric control signal (no
static head pressure of the control signal);
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• via the tubing and the casing strings, which are electrically
insulated by insulating centralisers.
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are shaped to fit when in the open position, more efficiently in the
annular space of the valve housing.
The seat angle is the shape of the flapper sealing surfaces, which
is an important parameter of the valve sealing performance.
Traditional flapper valves have a seat angle of 45°, as the angled
seat has the advantage that:
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• Shallow set: SSSV between surface and 300 m (1000 ft) below
surface
• Deep set: SSSV more than 600 m (2000 ft) below surface
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• government legislation.
For tubing safety valves it is obvious that the deeper the valve is
set (closer to the hydrocarbon source) the more protection it will
give to the completion. However, the application of a deep-set
tubing SSSV generates some unfavourable conditions, namely:
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When the valve is in the fully open position, the following force
equilibrium exists:
Pc + Ph = Pvo + Pt
or
Pc = Pvo + Pt - Ph
Pc = Pvo + Pt + Pm - Ph
Example:
Pc = Pvo + Pt + Pm - Ph
The dual control line valve or the pressure balanced valve uses a
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When the valve is in the fully open position and the control and the
balance line are both filled with fluid of the same fluid gradient, the
following force equilibrium exists:
Pc + Ph = Pvo + Ph
or
Pc = Pvo
Pc = Pvo + Pm
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Example:
Pc = Pvo + Pm
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When the valve is in the fully open position, the following force
equilibrium exists:
Pc + Ph = Pvo + Pd
or
Pc = Pvo + Pd - Ph
Pc = Pvo + Pd + Pm - Ph
Example:
Pc = Pvo + Pd + Pm - Ph
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Dm = Pvc - Pm/G
Example:
Dm = Pvc - Pm/G
* For fail safety, the worst case must be assumed, one in which the
control line ruptures near the valve and annulus fluid will enter the
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