sim lock system - support pack
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PEAK WELL SERVICES
SIM LOCK SYSTEM
RETRIEVABLE MONOBORE FLOW
CONTROL DEVICES
SUPPORT PACK
Revised Date: 28thMay, 2007
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CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction to Peak Well Services 3
2.0 Introduction to SIM Lock System 3
3.0 Applications 5
3.1. SIM Lock Running Tool 6
3.2. SIM Lock Bomb Hanger 7
3.3. SIM Lock Plug 8
3.4. SIM Lock Carrier Device 9
3.5. SIM Lock Choke 10
3.6. SIM Lock Straddle System 11
3.7. SIM Lock Integral Gas Lift Straddle System 12
4.0 Technical Specifications 13
5.0 Support Material & Services 14
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1.0 Introduction to Peak Well Services
Peak Well Services Pty Ltd (PWS) is a company established in Perth, Western Australia in 2002
specialising in the Design, Manufacture & Supply of Down Hole, Slickline Conveyed Intervention
Products. PWS provides engineering and design services supported by product training, after sales
support and field support personnel to run PWS and third party tools when requested.
2.0 Introduction to SIM Lock System
The SIM (Slickline Installed Mechanically set) Lock system is a series of flow control devices
developed for running in monobore well completions or wells where a suitable landing nipple is not
available. The system is based on the patented SIM Lock body and Running Tool which was
developed by Peak Well Services Pty Ltd (PWS).
The SIM Lock system was developed initially at the request of Unocal / Chevron to specifically meet
their well and operational requirements in the Gulf of Thailand. As such the SIM Lock system was
required to:
Operate with Multiple Setting methods
Be operable without explosives, motors or any other delicate electro / hydraulic systems
Provide Multiple Applications
Be User Friendly (100% field serviceable)
Be able to perform in harsh down hole conditions
Be cost Effective
The system as delivered and available to the market:
Is a fully slickline conveyable and retrievable system
Is run and recovered with a conventional slickline toolstring
Is purely mechanical requiring no explosives or electronics
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Is run with a common running tool which incorporates drag spring, j-slot and upper slip
arrangement. The running tool is fully recoverable and not integral to the SIM Lock body
Can be run on e-line or slickline firing system and set pyrotechnically, using standard setting
tools or where required to be run on coiled tubing or tubing can be set hydraulically
Is designed so that all pressure components that remain in the well are made of material
conforming to NACE MR0175
Is designed with elastomers rated to a 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Is available in a range of tubing sizes to suit 2 7/8, 3 1/2 & 4 1/2
Is extendable to provide a range of functionality:
Gauge Hanger
Plug System
Straddle System
Integral Gas Lift
Downhole Choke
Suspension Device
The SIM Lock system has been designed to function to suit a range of applications using the SIMLock body as the common component base. The system requires no special hand tools to assemble
or disassemble the various applications and as such it is fully serviceable in the field.
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3.0 Applications
The SIM Lock system provides a large range of applications which are all based on and built up from
the basic SIM Lock body:
The simplest and most basic application is as a Gauge Hanger where no sealing mechanism
is required
When the SIM Lock Body is fitted with an elastomeric element it forms a plug body. To create
a sealing device there are a selection of equalising devices to choose from including Melon,
Prong or Pump-Open type options.
As a plug or flow through device it can be used as a suspension device for carrying other
control devices
The plug can then be run as a flowthrough device but fitted with an interchangeable choke to
control fluid flow within the well
The system then can be run with an upper and lower plug body connected by a stackable
straddle system to provide isolation over the desired section to be straddled
The same straddle section can be fitted with an Integral Gas Lift device to provide down hole
gas lift
All of the applications are run with a small number of common running and pulling tools.
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3.1 SIM Lock Running Tool
The SIM Lock Running Tool is used to convey and selectively
set the SIM Lock on slickline. The lock can be set at any
chosen depth inside monobore type completions or completions
where existing production nipples are damaged. The Running
Tool is pinned to the Running Tool and conveyed on a
conventional slickline toolstring.
A radial indexing mechanism using variable drag springs
activates a set of slips to anchor the Running Tool to the tubing
wall at any desired setting depth. The SIM Lock is then set by
downward jarring. An overpull is applied against the collet to
confirm the lock is fully set. Once set in place the Running Tool
is released from the SIM Lock by upward jarring.
Peak SIMRunning Toolmade up toSIM Plug
Slip Assembly
Drag SpringAssembly
J-Slot
Collet
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3.2 SIM Lock Bomb Hanger
In its simplest form the SIM Lock body is used as a carrier for
downhole tools. In such applications it maybe used as a:
Bomb Hanger for carrying down hole gauges
The advantage of the SIM Lock in all cases is that it allows the
tool being conveyed by the SIM Lock to be placed as close as
is desired to the area for pin-point data acquisition.
Nipple
Peak SIM Hanger
Producing zone
Gauges suspended directly above zone of interest
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3.3 SIM Lock Plug
When the SIM Lock is fitted with an elastomeric element and
run with a prong it will then act as a bi-directional plug.
Applications include:
Collision Barrier during drilling operations
Wellhead isolation
Zonal Isolation for water shut off
Zonal Isolation to prevent cross flow / co-mingling
Packer Setting & tubing tests during completions /
workovers
Tubing Integrity testing
Newly perforatedproducing zone
Peak SIM Plug
Producing zone
Equalising Prong
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3.4 SIM Lock Carrier Device
With adapters added to the SIM Lock plug, the plug can be
used as a carrier device for:
Carrying down hole screens
To hang storm chokes / velocity valves
To carry corrosion coupons
To carry any other device that needs to be suspended
in tubing where there is no nipple profile or the profile is
damaged. Can be set at precise depth within tubing
where the tool needs to be positioned
In this application the SIM Lock is used to carry a standing
valve. This allows the upper zone to produce without cross flow
to the lower zone. When the zones equalise the lower zone can
produce freely with the upper zone.
Newly perforatedproducing zone
Depleted producing zone
Peak SIM Lock with Standing Valve Assembly
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3.5 SIM Lock Choke
The SIM Lock body can be fitted with an independently
recoverable Downhole Choke thus allowing the SIM Lock to be
used to choke back well fluids as desired. The SIM Lock
system has a unique arrangement where the downhole choke
can be recovered to surface without recovering the plug body.
This means the choke can be recovered and re-sized to meet
flow requirements without the added runs required to pull and
re-set a plug reducing further runs / time & also removing plug
redress cost.
The SIM Choke can be used to:
Control oil or gas flow between two or more sands to control
cross flow and improve overall reservoir performance
To control gas flow from a gas reservoir below an existing oil
reservoir and thus provide natural gas lift
To control fluid flow from differing reservoirs to give a controlled
fluid mix from the well, for example to balance gas dilutions
between high and low CO
2
content gases
Oil producing zone
Gas producing zone
Interchangeable Choke
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3.6 SIM Lock Straddle System
The SIM Lock system can be fitted with straddle tubes between
an upper and lower packer to provide isolation across the
straddled zone. There is no requirement for a different SIM
Lock device all SIM Lock applications use the same base SIM
Lock components.
The SIM Lock system has a unique selective latch mechanism
on each straddle connector to allow the tubes to be recovered
one at a time should the straddle need to be retrieved. This can
be critical for safety purposes when trying to recover the
straddle section back into the lubricator. If the recovered
straddle system is longer than expected because more than
one straddle tube has been recovered, it may not be possible to
function the Xmas Tree valves thus creating a safety hazard.
The SIM Straddle System can be used to:
Isolate water zones
Isolate unwanted gas flow
Isolate a hole in tubing
Isolate a leaking device within the tubing SPM, SSD etc
Open perforations
Open perforations
Isolated wateror unwantedgas
producing
zone
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3.7 SIM Lock Integral Gas Li ft
The SIM Lock Integral Gas Lift System incorporates a Gas Lift
Choke Sub / Connector that is run within the straddle system
providing controlled gas flow from a gas zone behind the
straddled zone. If required the choke can be re-sized by
recovering the upper straddle tube
Open perforations
Peak SIM Straddle with Integral Gas Lift Sub
Gas / CO2producing zone
Open perforations
Straddled gaszone used to
lift otherzones
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4.0 Technical Specifications
The following is the Technical Specifications for the SIM Lock body with elastomeric element.
For the accessories all components are similarly sour service and suitably rated for temperature and
pressure.
Technical Specifications
Description 2-7/8 SIM Lock 3-1/2 SIM Lock 4-1/2 SIM Lock
Assembly Numbers A351-2200-01 A351-2720-01 A351-3600-01
To suit Tubing Wt. 6.4lbs/ft 9.2lbs/ft 11.6lbs/ft 15.1lbs/ft
Max. Tool O.D. 2.220 / 56.38mm 2.720 / 69.10 3.650 / 92.71mm
Tool Length 54 / 1372mm 61 / 1550mm 59 / 1500mm
Tool Weight 33lbs / 15kg 48lbs / 22kg 65lbs / 30kg
Connection Type To suit 2-1/2 GS To suit 3 GS To suit 4 GS
Materials 17/4 Precipitation Hardened Stainless Steel, Inconel 718, Marinel 220
Service Sour
Pressure Rating 5,000 psi (Up to 7,500 psi available on request)
Elastomer Type HNBR, Viton
Temperature Rating 350F / 177C Standard
Springs Inconel 718
Equalising Options Prong Style, Melon Type & Pump-Open type
Setting Options Slickline, E-line, Coiled Tubing & Drill Pipe
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5.0 Support Material & Services
Peak Well Sevices can provide the following:
SIM System Specialists
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all of the tools pertaining to their specific
applications
Pictorial Data Manuals which lay out in clear visual terms how to assemble and disassemble
tools and highlight critical checks
Technical Data Sheets
Comprehensive Training
Sample from Data Manual for SIM Lock assembly
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Peak Well Services Pty Ltd
5 Katanning Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053, Australia
PO Box 339, Bayswater, Western Australia 6933, Australia
Telephone: +61-8-9270 0500
Fax: +61-8-92700555
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.peakwellservices.com