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subsurface safety valve [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A safety device installed in the upper wellbore to provide emergency closure of the producing conduits in the event of an emergency.

OBS

Two types of subsurface safety valve are available: surface-controlled and subsurface controlled. In each case, the safety-valve system is designed to be fail-safe, so that the wellbore is damage to the surface production-control facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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