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WHCP: Wellhead Control Panel
WHCPs
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Shutdown System (HSSS). These are
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HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure failsafe shutdown

A Little Bit of History systems which
Before the advent have
of electronic
Protection System”. HIPPS systems are applied to circuitry, process control was a wholly mechanical
prevent over-pressurisation of a plant by sh…
pneumatic/hydraulic/electric
endeavor. Facilities used pneumatic control…
components; WHCPs can also be
integrated with PLC/ RTU/ SCADA.
WHCPs are standalone control systems
as well as an interface between the plant
control and the wellhead safety system.
WHCPs are used for monitoring,
controlling (Remote/Local) and safe
shutdown of Subsurface Controlled
Safety Valves (SCSSV), Surface Safety
Valves (SSV), and other wellhead safety
valves (Choke, ESD, HIPPS) in oil & gas
production fields to ensure safe
operation of unattended wells/platforms.
WHCPs may have multiple applications,

which include, but are not limited to
Safe and Sequential Operation of

Wellhead Valves (SCSSV/SSV/Wing
Etc.)
Emergency and Fire Shutdown
Safe Operation of Riser Valves
Flow line Pressure control
Well Test Operation
HIPPS /ESD/ Choke Valve Control
Partial Stroking
Overview of Wellhead Control Panel
Gas wells and oil wells has a high

potential hazard, either because the
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X hazard of the gas pressure is X
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control panel is key
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure equipment inHistory
A Little Bit of oil Before
& gas industry
the advent to
of electronic
protect oilfield facilities and environment
from occurring wellhead fire and
emergency incidents, which is one of
main control systems to ensure oilfield
oil production and transportation to be
safely operation according to
international standards and national
regulation.Its function is to shut down
the well in case conditions that harm or
for other interventions as well as the
work test, etc.
Wellhead control panel is composed of

hydraulic power unit (HPU), tubing &
fitting and instrument valve and electrical
control devices. HPU supply hydraulic
resource to open and close SSVs
including MSSV, WSSV and SCSSV.
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The
X level of complexity of each well head X
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controlP Lpanel vary, each company has its
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HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure own Astandard. So the

Little Bit of History definition
Before the advent ofof well
electronic
headendeavor.
control panel in General will
Facilities used pneumatic control…
certainly vary, the definition of well head
control panel if we review of its
functionality is part of the surface
facilities of the gas well or an oil well that
is used to control well, like: be it to
shutdown system, the casing pressure
reading parameters, tubing pressure
reading parameters, temperature well
parameters. So to open or close a Wing
Valve (WV), Master Valve (MV), as well as
Down Hole Safety Valve (DHSV) can be
through the Wellhead control panel.
Generally inside wellhead control panel
consists of control pneumatic or
hydraulic. Control pneumatic or
hydraulic composed of tubing and three
way valve.
Here I will only discuss WHCP from gas

wells, as I understand. Function or
application WHCP depending of each
type of wellhead control panel. It is a
simple system, until there is a tricky. If it
can be inferred is actually a function of
well head control panel is to operate
well, be it for shut in and POP (put on
production). With the wellhead control
panel we able to open or closed the
DHSV via the push button in panel. Also
we can
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push button in the panel
as
X well. It was all done manually, by X
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pressing or pulling a push button. But to
P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure closeAthe

LittleDHSV, Master
Bit of History valve,
Before Wing
the advent Valve
of electronic
can be done automatically, namely
through the integration with shutdown
system from the well. Surely this should
follow the philosophy of the shutdown
system used by each company .
By looking at the picture, it will give an

overview of what functionality or
usability of the wellhead control panels.
The components are visible in the picture
can be grouped into:
All of these components will give

feedback or as a input signal to the
Wellhead control panel (WHCP). While in
the well itself (flowline) there is a sensor
that is used to monitor the condition of
the well, either to shutdown the system,
or just for readability only.
Instrumentation for shutdown system

e.g.:
PALL (pressure switch low low)
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X PAHH (pressure switch high high) X

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The Fusible plug (for detection of
P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure fires), usually

A Little Bit of mounted
History Before the advent of above
electronic
fangles, or parts that there is a
possibility of leaks (the source of fire)
The instrumentation used for reading,

for example:
FR (flow recorder) or Flow Indicator

PR (pressure recorder) or Pressure
indicator
TR (temperature recorder) or
Temperature Indicator
The Final element of the system

shutdown:
DHSV, Down hole Safety valve (

drived by hydraulic power)
MV, master valve (drived by
hydraulic power)
SSV, surface safety valve (drived by
pneumatic power)
Choke valve, manually operated
SDV (shutdown valve) installed in
flow line of well, outside the part of
the wellhead (X-mastree)
Valves are a part of which will receive

command of the signal to be opened or
closed from Wellhead control panel. So
if I can give analogical WHCP is a
controller (a control system), SSV, MV,
DHSV, SDV are the part that receives the

output from the controller, while the
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PALL,
X PAHH, fusible plug is the input of X
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the controller. But don’t imagine WHCP
P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure like PLC inBitGeneral.

A Little WHCP
of History Before theI advent
discuss here
of electronic
is that it uses control pneumatic or
hydraulic.
Why WHCP generally use pneumatic

control, because most of the well gas
wells far location (remote) so hard to find
sources of energy such as electricity. And
generally WHCP from gas wells using gas
from the well itself as a source of
pneumatic power. Later will be discussed
where the pneumatic power source to
run the WHCP. With pneumatic power
from gas, we can also have hydraulic
power, i.e. by install the hydraulic pump
on run by pneumatic power. Hydraulic
power is used to run valve actuator
which relatively large power needs.
Pneumatic-powered convert hydraulic
power can become larger by using the
pump.
The Problems That Often Arise in

Wellhead Control Panel (WHCP)
From the various experiences,

The problems that often arise in WHCP
are leaking, popping, and stuck.
Commonly Leaking occurred in the
connection of nuts on tubing. It could be
leaking at a three way valve components.
To this we can issue leaked retighten the
boltsWe'll
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X parts like its o ring, whereas in X
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order Pto overcome stuck at three way
L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure valveA Little

do Bit greasing of internal
of History Before the adventplunger.
of electronic
Stuckendeavor.
in a 3 Facilities
way valve because it is dirty
used pneumatic control…
or arid.
For ordinary problems popping occurs at

PSV. PSV is safety equipment to handle
excess pressure. Each panel of a
pneumatic or hydraulic there must have
been his PSV. Just like in the WHCP.
When there is an excess pressure, PSV
will popping, to release the excess
pressure. When it was popping PSV
unbiased back to its normal position, the
problem is often the case. To fix this we
clean the inside and then check the
setting.
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One of the disadvantages of pneumatic

systems which use hydrocarbon gas as a
source of power instrument is if the
liquid into a pneumatic system. This will
cause three-way valve not working well.
If the wrong selection of the material,
example the O ring not resistant with
hydrocarbon substances, will certainly
damage the o ring itself.

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Main
X Function of WHCP X
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Local On/Off SSV
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure A Little Bit of History Before the advent of electronic
prevent over-pressurisation of a plant by sh… Remote
endeavor.control
FacilitiesSSV
usedthrough
pneumatic RTU
control…
High-Low pressure sense shut-down

automatically.
Fusible Plug, Anti-fire Shut-down

automatically.
SSV can not be opened unless local

reset after shutoff
Function of showing system pressure
Relief Valve shall be installed on each

hydraulic circuit to prevent high pressure
Function of showing hydraulic level

and level switch for alarm
Function of defending pressure impact

of system
Function of defending exorbitant

pressure
Function of system pressure

monitoring(by pressure transmitter of
control panel)
Function of remote emergency shut-

down (by magnetic valve of control
panel)
Function of On/Off SSV monitoring (by

pressure switch of control loop of control
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X Function of shield High-low pressure X

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sense P L C TU T ORI AL S
Protection System”. HIPPS systems are applied to Types of WHCP
circuitry, process control was a wholly mechanical
prevent over-pressurisation of a plant by sh… endeavor. Facilities used pneumatic control…
Single wellhead Control Panel
wellhead control panel is used for

controlling one well Surface controlled
sub-surface safety valve (SCSSV), Master
SSV and Wing SSV. SSVs can be shutdown
automatically and manually by WHCP to
response all kind of emergency situation.
Single well control panel is

categorized the following system
according to driven resource:
Manual control system

Electrical control system
Pneumatic control system
Solar powered control system
Manual control system
Feature and Function: Manual hydraulic

pump supply hydraulic control and
output pressure for SSV. Main function
includes Remote ESD, Fusible plugs, low
pressure / high pressure sensing, Manual
shutdown at panel.
Electrical control system
Feature and Function: Electrical motor

driven hydraulic pump with manual
pump as standby will supply hydraulic to

control SSV. Main function includes
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Remote
X ESD, Fusible plugs, low pressure X
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/ high pressure
P L C TU T ORI AL S
sensing, Manual
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure shutdown at of
A Little Bit panel.
History Before the advent of electronic
Pneumatic control system
Feature and function: Pneumatic driven

hydraulic pump with manual pump as
standby will supply hydraulic to control
SSV. Main function includes Remote ESD,
Fusible plugs, low pressure / high
pressure sensing, Manual shutdown at
panel.
Solar powered control system
Solar powered control system is

designed to be used for wellhead control
located remote area and desert area.
Feature and Function :Energy

conservation, Reduce operation expense,
Duel power supply, Standard control
feature
Main function includes RTU shutdown；

Fusible plugs；Low pressure/high
pressure；Local Manual control
Multi-wellhead Control Panel
Each control module is drawable and can

be inter-replaceable without any
interruption of other well operation.
Common module include oil reservoir,
Pneumatic hydraulic pump and standby
manual pump.

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X X
Main function shows as following:

Remote RTU shutdown; Fire fusible
plugs protection, Low pressure / high
pressure sensing, Manual control at
panel.
Well Head Control Panel Working

Principle
It is very common in the oil & gas plant to

control its oil or gas well through a
wellhead control panel (usually called
WHCP). Each well is always equipped
with a SCSSV (Surface Controlled Sub-
surface Safety Valves) or usually it is
called as down hole valve (DHV) and a
SSV (Surface Safety Valves) which is
consist of a Master Valves (MV) and Wing
Valves (WV). SCSSV in most application is
an on-off valve with hydraulic actuators.
While SSV can be driven by hydraulic
actuator or pneumatic actuator depends
on the pressure rating. It is also a need
to open or close SCSSV and SSV in
sequence and accommodate an
Emergency Shutdown signal from the
systems. So what are WHCP and its
essential component? This article tries to
explain
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hydraulic reservoir, strainer, hydraulic
P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure pumps, accumulator,

A Little wellhead
Bit of History Before the advent ofcontrol
electronic
module, and hydraulic line which are
supply and return to wellhead control
module. Any other parts except wellhead
control module are classified into basic
cabinet. Each control module is built up
dedicated for one well only. Therefore if
there are 5 well in a wellhead platform,
then there will be 1 basic cabinet and 5
wellhead control module needed.
First part of WHCP is a hydraulic

reservoir. This reservoir contains
hydraulic fluid in sufficient quantity to
operate each wellhead. The size of
reservoir is determine through an
estimation of hydraulic fluid needed to
operate each actuator, possible leakage,
distance from the well, and an additional
safety factor. Usually the hydraulic
reservoir is an atmospheric tank with a
flame arrestor venting.
To build up a hydraulic header (high or

medium pressure) the WHCP utilize a
hydraulic pump. In general the SCSSV will
operate at high pressure rating and SSV
will operate at medium pressure rating.
Thus there will be two hydraulic headers
at WHCP with its own hydraulic pump.
The hydraulic pump can be pneumatic
driven or electric driven depends on
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operation area. All
hydraulic
X pump suction will have a X
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strainer to filter the hydraulic fluid from
P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure any particulate so that

A Little Bit of History thethehydraulic
Before fluid
advent of electronic
goes endeavor.
to SCSSV or SSV is clean. To make
Facilities used pneumatic control…
the hydraulic demand from SCSSV or SSV
achievable, the downstream of the
hydraulic pump (hydraulic header) is
equipped with an accumulator. It helps
the hydraulic pump to supply quickly the
hydraulic demand. This arrangement
(reservoir, hydraulic pumps, and
accumulator) usually is called as a
hydraulic power pack or a hydraulic
power unit.
After the hydraulic fluid accumulated at

the hydraulic header (both high pressure
and medium pressure) then it’s ready to
supply each wellhead control module.
Usually the line from hydraulic header to
wellhead control module is called a
hydraulic supply lines. At this wellhead
control module, the sequence and logic
to operate the SCSSV and SSV is built up.
The ESD signal mainly also goes to this
module. When it needs to open the
SCSSV and SSV, it supplies the high
pressure or medium pressure hydraulic
fluid to the SCSSV and SSV. In case there
is a need to close it down, the hydraulic
fluid supply will close and the hydraulic
fluid will goes to a hydraulic return line
through a three way valves selector. This
hydraulic
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P L C TU T ORI AL S
HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure (WHCP) is a

A Little Bithydraulic system
of History Before thatofutilizes
the advent electronic
a hydraulic power pack and a wellhead
control module to perform its task. The
output of WHCP is high pressure
hydraulic supply and medium hydraulic
supply to operate SCSSV and SSV.
Wellhead control panel is also the
interface between the plant control and
safety system with the SCSSV and SSV
systems.
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8 COMMENTS
patel pratapbhai REPLY
 April 18, 2016 at 2:56 pm
WHCP For Basic. Thanks
Jesus Zeballos REPLY
 November 25, 2016 at 12:53 pm
Good Morning:
I have the following query, for a

well control has the pneumatic
control panel and also has a
PLC, in the case of safety which
of the two terms must act first?
Regards
Jesus
azetou REPLY
 April 30, 2017 at 8:43 am
Look at it as if the PLC is the

brain and the pneumatic system
is the muscle, PLC acquire some
parameters (like pressure), and
based on some setpoints, it
make a judgment if there is an
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Overview of HIPPS System Why Use a Current Loop?
typically by depressurizing the
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air tube that feeds the
corresponding valve) .
Sanni JIBIRIL REPLY
 February 27, 2017 at 12:02 pm
For routine maintenance, what are

the things to look out for in a WHCP?
Dodi REPLY
 March 7, 2017 at 7:38 am
the first step: no hydraulic

leakage in system, then check
pumps, pressure gauges, relief
valve, pressure regulator if any,
filter suction & discharge,
accumulator, oil level at
reservoir & level gauge
azetou REPLY
 April 30, 2017 at 8:26 am
Hi,
SCSSV stands for Surface-Controlled

Subsurface Safety Valve and not as
you mentioned Subsurface
Controlled…, for it is a subsurface
installed valve but controlled from the
surface via the WHCP. Great website
by the way.
chabane belmekki REPLY
 December 17, 2017 at 11:05 am
I want to change wellhead pneumatic

panel with other panel which works
with PLC SIL 2 or 3
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WHCP: Wellhead Control Panel

HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure failsafe shutdown

WHCPs may have multiple applications,

Safe and Sequential Operation of

Overview of Wellhead Control Panel

Gas wells and oil wells has a high

Wellhead control panel is composed of

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HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure own Astandard. So the

Here I will only discuss WHCP from gas

HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure closeAthe

By looking at the picture, it will give an

All of these components will give

Instrumentation for shutdown system

X PAHH (pressure switch high high) X

HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure fires), usually

The instrumentation used for reading,

FR (flow recorder) or Flow Indicator

The Final element of the system

DHSV, Down hole Safety valve (

Valves are a part of which will receive

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HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure like PLC inBitGeneral.

Why WHCP generally use pneumatic

The Problems That Often Arise in

From the various experiences,

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HIPPS is an abbreviation of “High Integrity Pressure valveA Little

For ordinary problems popping occurs at

One of the disadvantages of pneumatic

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High-Low pressure sense shut-down

Fusible Plug, Anti-fire Shut-down

SSV can not be opened unless local

Function of showing system pressure

Relief Valve shall be installed on each

Function of showing hydraulic level

Function of defending pressure impact

Function of defending exorbitant

Function of system pressure

Function of remote emergency shut-

Function of On/Off SSV monitoring (by

$ out if you wish. panel)

X Function of shield High-low pressure X

wellhead control panel is used for

Single well control panel is

Manual control system

Manual control system

Feature and Function: Manual hydraulic

Electrical control system

Feature and Function: Electrical motor

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Feature and function: Pneumatic driven

Solar powered control system

Solar powered control system is

Feature and Function :Energy

Main function includes RTU shutdown；

Multi-wellhead Control Panel