Technical

Christmas Tree (xmas tree) Design The Christmas tree is the cross-over between the wellhead casing…

Responsibilities during Completion Operations It is advised that onshore meetings will be held between equipment…

ESP – Safety Close co-operation is required between the designer, drilling personnel, production personnel, engineering…

ESP – Testing Prior to leaving location it is recommended that a well test is…

Completion Operations – Buying tubulars When buying tubulars, reference should be made on purchase orders…

Completion Operations – Wellsite Inspection and Testing All inspection and testing shall be performed by…

Seal Assemblies (Locator, Anchor, Latch) Used with permanent type packers to provide isolation between the…

Wellhead Procurement Strategy This article describes the key items to address to develop a Wellhead…

Packers retrievability The following provides information based on past experience of the retrievability of packers,…

Equalisation of christmas trees In the design process for all wells, consideration should be given…