SUBSURFACE SAFETY TOOLS

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Lecture Objectives.
By the end of this lecture, YOU should be able to:
Identify the SST for Floaters rigs
Identify the SST for Fixed rigs
Describe the different SST
In which case an EZ-valve is it compulsory?

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Fixed rigs

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Floaters rigs

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FLOATERS: BOP stack located on the Sea-bed
Drillship

Semisubmersible

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Floaters rigs

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SAFETY SYSTEMS
COMPULSORY
ON ALL FLOATERS :

SENTREE

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SENTREE 3 - PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

- The SenTREE system enables well
testing operations to be conducted from
an offshore floating rig.
- It is the primary subsea safety
device and provides fast acting and
reliable means to:

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Isolate the landing string from the

test string
Prevent discharge of its contents
into the riser (Retainer valve)
Disconnect the landing string from
the test string.

Floater rig

All Floaters:
BOP stack is
located on the
SEA-BED

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Sentree 3 System

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Sentree 3 System
with standard
Control system

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Sentree
Control
Systems

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As water
depth increases
it is necessary to
use additional
equipment to
maintain
response times
for close and
unlatch.

SenTREE 3 - Basic Tool Features

Reduced length and modularity (compared with
old generation: EZ-Tree)
Can unlatch under full tension
Unlatch at an angle up to 6 deg
1.5-in. coil tubing cutting capability
Chemical injection point
Hydraulically or Mechanically UNLATCH
Connections: 3 ID & 5 ACME BOX x BOX
Other version: SenTree 7 (ID= 7)
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15 Kpsi WP

Subsea BOP stack

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Sentree 3
Modularity

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RETAINER VALVE
(basically to prevent pollution)

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Fail safe closed

Works (close/open) in conjonction with
the Sentree
Prevents pollution
Cuts wireline fail safe
Cuts coil tubing with pressure assist
closure
Integrated Bleed Off Valve (BOV), for
between Retainer and Sentree.
Chemical injection point
Connections: 3 ID & 5 ACME BOX x
BOX
15 Kpsi WP

SENTREE SYSTEM
The sequence of disconnection would be as follows:
The valves in the subsea valve assembly are closed.
The retainer valve is closed and the pressure between both valves
is bled off.
The connector is unlatched from the valve assembly.
The connector and the string above it are pulled clear of the BOP
stack.
The BOP blind rams are closed.
The riser is disconnected.
The vessel can move off location leaving the well under control.
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LUBRICATOR VALVE
(basically for W/L jobs only)
The Lubricator Valve (LUBV) is a surface-operated
hydraulic valve run one or two joints below the
flowhead during well testing operations.
It enables the top of the test string to be used as a
lubricator for the introduction of wire-line tools, and
reduces the amount of surface pressure risers above
the flowhead
It is connected by a two or three (chemical injection)
line hose bundle to a surface operating console.
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LUBRICATOR VALVE
(basically for W/L jobs only)
It is balance: Pressure to open
and Pressure to close
Fail in last position (but
possibility to pump above it, to
kill the well)
Cutting capability for wireline
and coil tubing
Below valve chemical injection
Connections: 3 ID & 5 ACME
BOX x BOX
10Kpsi & 15Kpsi WP
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PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE SUB

(Optional)
BOP temperature is
important in case of
hydrate formation.
Uses Unigauge recorders.
Surface Read Out (SRO)
carrier
15 Kpsi WP

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EQUIPMENT - ACCESSORIES

Hydraulic control panel

Hydraulic cable reel, air driven
Cable clamps
Chemical injection pump
Subsea Container for redress

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FIXED RIGS: BOP stack located JUST bellow the Rig Floor

Land Rigs

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Barges

Jack-up

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Fixed rigs

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Floater

EZ-VALVE
It is designed for installation in the BOP stack of a
Jack-up or Land rig (NO UNLATCH FACILITY)
The pipe rams are closed around a slick joint
above the valve, protecting the annulus, while the
EZ-valve (ball valve) can be closed to secure the
well at BOP level.
It is normally closed by a spring and nitogen
pressure, and is open by hydraulic pressure applied
from a console on the rig floor.
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EZ-VALVE
Fail safe
Cutting capability for
wireline and coil tubing
with pressure assist
closure.
Below valve chemical
injection
Connections: 3 ID &
5ACME BOX x BOX
15 Kpsi WP
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E-Z valve options

Installation options into BOP stack

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POM -

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Well parameters versus number of valves

EZ-VALVE
Compulsory when:
WHSIP > 3000 psi and H2S
WHSIP > 5000 psi and NO H2S
HIGH Flowrates Oil or Gas wells

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SUBSEA SPACE OUT DIAGRAM

Schlumberger

Exxon

Landing String

MG Hulme Junior

30013

SCARABEO # 7

The space out diagram details the

string from tubing below the fluted
hanger to the flowhead:
- Length
- Diameter
- Drift
The most important data is the
section within the rigs BOP for the
closure of the pipe and shear rams
relative to the:
- Sentree, slick joint and shear sub.
- EZ-valve

Riser ID

= 19 3/4"

FLOW HEAD

Stack ID =
18 3/4"
Shaffer , 15k
Ram s thickness =

8.00 "

4000 lbs ft Maximum torque SA Threads (usually 4ft tongs)

0.25 X -OVER : 5" SA pin x 3 1/2" PH6 pin
STICK UP =

#VALUE!

ID
Inch
3.00

18.6
ROTARY TABLE

Useful to have pup joint here to lift on rig floor

X -OVER : 5" SA pin x 3 1/2" PH6 box

1.53

1.53

LUBRICATOR VALVE
X -OVER :5" SA pin x 3 1/2" PH6 pin

1 clamp per stand minimum

5.00

3.00

8.13

3.00

5.00

3.00

1 clamp per joint for first 2 stands

3 1/2" PH6 tubing

Useful to have pup joint here to lift on rig floor

X-OVER : 5" SA pin x 3 1/2" PH6 box

SHEAR RAMS

Bot. of shear =

6.06

2.75

0.84

RETAINER VALVE 15K

11.20

3.00

0.49

B.O.V. 15K

16.00

3.00

1.5

SHEAR SUB

3.94

3.00

16.20

3.00

7.85

15K

0.15 to 0.30m to enable fishing

5.49

1.06

5.02
VAR RAMS 3 1/2" - 5"

NOT USED

1.34
1.34

0.92

SENTREE 3"

Mech.Unlatch
shear pins :

ASSEMBLY

2500 + 2500
5000 ft-lbs

T his o ne is imp o rta nt - g a p a p p ro x 0 .1 5 m a s minimum .

5" RAMS

Top of RAMS =

3.29

0.86

2.23

1.83

1.80

3.68

SLICK JOINT 5" pin xpin

5.00

3.00

0.21

1.88 Upset on slick jt. and adj. F-H

7.09

3.00

11.00

3.00

6.53

2.50

5" RAMS

Bott. of RAMS =

1.50
To p c o nne c tio n : 5 " S A bo x

DATUM
0.50

0.17

ADJUST. FLUTED HANGER

1.31

Fluted Hanger HANG OFF POINT

Bo tto m c o nne c tio n :5 " S A pin

X -OVER : 5" SA box x3 1/2" PH6 pin

DUMMY RUN WITH FLUTED HANGER :

9 5/8" casing = approx 8 1/2 ID (depends) is common - check early on.

MEASURED DISTANCE BETWEEN MIDDLE

OF VARIABLE RAMS AND HANG OFF POINT
OF FLUTED HANGER =

X'OVERS WE NEED FOR SCARABEO VII:

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OD
Inch
6.20

NB:NON CI SONO DIMENSIONI DEI X'OVER PERCHE IN

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