Introduction

Completion Products Services

Introduction
Halliburton has excelled in oilfield services for over 75 years.
Since the development of the first tubing plug in the 1930s, to
the development of the most reliable subsurface safety valve
and packer technologies today, Halliburton continues to set
the industry standard for completion products and services.

Pneumatic
Actuator

Pilot
Gate Valve

Whether you need a single product, a single service, or total

field service and management, Halliburton meets your needs
and strives to exceed your expectations.

Hydraulic
Actuator
Hydraulic
Hydraulic
Control Panel
Control Line
Surface-Controlled,
Tubing-Retrievable
Safety Valve
Flow Coupling
Landing Nipple
Flow Coupling

Completion Products
This catalog contains descriptions, illustrations,
specifications, and ordering information about Halliburtons
completion products, including:
Liner systems
Production packers
Subsurface flow controls

Modular Straddle System

Multilateral completions
Subsurface safety systems

SmartWell system technology

Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device

Completion Services

VersaFlex
Tubing Hanger

Completion specialists support all Halliburton products.

Each completion specialist is highly trained at our worldclass training centers and equipped with the tools to
provide you with the finest and safest pre-job, post-job,
and onsite service. The full weight of Halliburtons
corporate resources lies behind its completion specialists.
These corporate resources include innovative research and
development, advanced Computer-Aided Design and
Computer Aided Manufacturing, (CAD/CAM) technology,
state-of-the-art testing facilities, and industry-recognized
quality assurance programs.

Hydraulic-Set Packer
Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device
Blast Joint
Production Packer

HAL16474

No-Go Nipple
Bridge Plug

Completion Products

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Quality, Health, Safety, and

Environment Program
Rather than focusing only on a quality system such as
ISO-9001, Halliburton has chosen to develop a business
system which incorporates quality, health, safety, and
environmental requirements in one single management
system. The Halliburton Management System (HMS) defines
our processes and includes quality, safety, environmental,
and occupational health check points.
Health, Safety, and Environmental Policy
Halliburton recognizes the importance of meeting society's
needs for health, safety, and protection of the environment.
We work proactively with employees, customers, the public,
governments, and others to use natural resources in an
environmentally sound manner while protecting the health
and safety of employees and the public. We are dedicated to
continuous improvement of our global health, safety, and
environmental processes while we supply high-quality
products and services to customers. To meet these
responsibilities, we manage our business according to the
Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) principles.

the Helping Employees Achieve Life-Time Health

(H.E.A.L.T.H.) Award from the Singapore Ministry of
Health. The facility also won the Safety Performance Award
from the Ministry of Manpower in 2000. The H.E.A.L.T.H.
award distinguishes Halliburton as an employer with a
corporate culture that promotes health at work. Also in
2002, Tina Yeo, Human Resources supervisor for HES
Singapore Manufacturing, was awarded the Individual
H.E.A.L.T.H. Promoter Award for her creativity and
enthusiasm in promoting, planning, and implementing the
Workplace Health Promotion program.

Learning Centers
The training provided by Halliburton matches or exceeds
that of any other service company. Major learning centers
are found in the following locations although much of
the education is conducted in the individual locations
around the world through home study courses and on-thejob training.
Duncan, Oklahoma
New Iberia, Louisiana

Performance Improvement
An outstanding, company-wide commitment to service
quality, safety, health, and environment has made
Halliburton an industry leader. The Completion Products
Manufacturing/Technology Facility in Carrollton, Texas
has maintained Star status in OSHAs Voluntary
Protection Program (VPP) since 1984 when it was the first
location in the region to qualify for VPP membership. VPP,
designed to recognize and promote effective safety and
health management, establishes a cooperative relationship
among management, labor, and OSHA. The facility
consistently maintains recordable incident rates well below
industry average.

Carrollton, Texas

The facilitys environmental program has achieved

recognition both locally and at the state level. Its recycling
program was recognized in 1997 by the Texas Corporate
Recycling Council with three awards, including the Garry
Mauro Award for Environmental Vision. In 1999, the plant
was recognized by the City of Carrollton as a Consistently
Compliant Industry with the benefit of having its
wastewater discharge monitoring requirements reduced from
biweekly to semi-annually.

Carrollton Technology CenterCarrollton, Texas

Houston, Texas
Montrose, Scotland
The Halliburton Learning Centers deliver performance
development solutions to meet our customers needs.

Research, Development, and Engineering

With more than 75 years of experience in well completions,
Halliburton provides customers with advanced technology
and outstanding personnel to solve problems efficiently and
effectively. Halliburton's research, development, and
engineering efforts are carried out in various locations:
Arbroath Technology CenterArbroath, Scotland
Singapore Technology CenterJurong, Singapore
Aberdeen Technology CenterAberdeen, Scotland
Pau Technology CenterPau, France

The Completion Products Manufacturing/Technology

Facility in Singapore has also achieved recognition from its
government. In 2000, 2001, and 2002, the facility received

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Introduction

Downhole Equipment

Manufacturing Facilities

Carrollton Technology Center

Halliburton Research and Development for Completion
Equipment at the Carrollton facility features an 11,000 ft2
(1022 m2) laboratory and testing complex. The complex
provides the latest advanced technological equipment
available, giving Halliburton comprehensive, in-house
environmental testing capabilities for downhole tools.

Downhole Equipment
Manufacturing facilities for downhole completion
equipment are found at the following locations:

Elastomers
A polymer laboratory tests and evaluates the latest
polymeric materials for both surface and downhole
applications. Equipment includes six hot-oil test cells
capable of testing seal materials up to 450F (232C) and
pressures of up to 20,000 psi (1380 bar). In addition,
extensive studies are conducted on the effects of organic
amine corrosion inhibitors on elastomers. Halliburtons
research in seal materials has yielded elastomer compounds
unrivaled in the industry.
Metallurgy
Mechanical testing and certification performed in the
metallurgical laboratory provide analysis and daily support
for manufacturing. An important function of the
metallurgical lab is supplying materials recommendations
to customers based on individual well data. Heat treatment
tests determine if alloys will function downhole as needed.
A scanning electron microscope can examine the surface of
a failure to determine the cause, whether it be
environmental embrittlement, incorrect chemistry, or
overstress. A slow-strain rate tester tests the cracking
resistance of high-alloy Inconel and Incoloy metals
(registered trademarks of Huntington Alloys, Inc.).
Deep Well Simulator
A unique deep well simulator at the Halliburton facilities in
Carrollton, Texas tests full-size, downhole tools in hostile
environments. For example, high-temperature, highpressure packers are tested in simulated conditions up to
1,000F (537C) and 20,000 psi (1380 bar) hydrostatic
pressure. Other testing uses two rig-equipped test wells, also
located onsite, to confirm tool compatibility, operating
sequences, and service techniques.

Introduction

Carrollton, Texas
New Iberia, Louisiana
Houston, Texas (Screens)
Arbroath, Scotland
Jurong, Singapore
Pau, France

Joint Industry Projects

Halliburton supports joint industry projects in various
locations around the world. Strategic Business Teams within
Halliburton review numerous projects that add value to the
customer, the industry, and Halliburtonconsidering the
projects for purposes such as allocating resources and
providing financial support.

Electronic Communications
Web Portals and myHalliburton.com Portal
While state-of-the-art equipment and procedures continue to
be developed to enhance operational efficiencies in the
oilfield, one significant enhancement to the way in which
oilfield procedures are handled today does not relate to
equipmentit concerns the method in which operators,
engineers, and suppliers are now conducting their business
relationships. Internal and external web portals are now used
to improve expedience in alignment and communication
between all supplier and operating personnel. Halliburton's
extranet portal, www.myHalliburton.com portal, or
"Knowledge CentralSM" service provides a personalized, userfriendly, web-based access to technical content, tools, and
applications that allow cross-functional teams to collaborate
in a single, easy to access environment. Organizational
architecture of myHalliburton.com is structured around the
oil and gas development through production workflow
addressing Asset Discovery, Evaluation of the Asset,
Completions, Well Maintenance, and Formation/Production
Enhancement. The Completion Products and Services section
of the workflow contains well completion product
specifications and catalog content, current best practices, case
histories, simulators, and technical tools that provide users
with improved technology and best practice integration for
reduced operating expense and improved reserve
development.

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myHalliburton.com portal creates efficiencies by providing

transparency to the technical and commercial workflow tools
and applications in a single, user-friendly environment that
can be personalized to meet the goals of all users by:
Decreasing initial tendering time frames through
collaborative web applications
Accessing commercial information such as invoices, field
tickets, job schedules, and proposals, allowing users to
view the entire commercial workflow for a particular
service job; reducing the disputes that can increase
operating expenses for oil companies and suppliers
Accessing portal communities which can remove the
problems inherent in coordination of remotely located
personnel
You can gain access to Halliburtons electronic business
portal by logging on to www.myHalliburton.com.
CD
For those customers and Halliburton employees who do not
have access to the Internet, we can provide technical
information and brochures through compact discs (CDs) as
well as through hard copies of the relevant information.

Halliburton Contacts
Literature is available from your local Halliburton
representative or myHalliburton.com. For more
information, contact completions@halliburton.com.

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Fit-For-Purpose Technology
Halliburton meets customer challenges with reliable and
economical equipment. Whether the solution requires facing
extremes caused by pressure, temperature, environment,
economy, or downhole conditions, Halliburton equipment is
ready. We offer completion equipment and services for a
broad range of applications, including:

BigBore monobore completions

Horizontal completions
Multilateral completions
High-pressure and high-temperature completions
Coiled tubing completions
Deepwater and subsea completions
Shallow completions
Electric submersible pump completions
Conventional single and dual completions
Sand control completions

By incorporating current as well as leading-edge technology,

Halliburton offers equipment and services with economic
value far beyond the initial cost of the product. At
Halliburton, our objectives are increasing production and
lowering total costs throughout the life cycle of the well.
Following are just a few of the applications and services
Halliburton offers.

Introduction

Severe-Service Completion Installation

Severe-service and extreme-service packers are designed
for the most extreme completion environments. These
packers are based on the rugged and reliable
Perma-Series packer and are designed specifically for
high-pressure high-temperature hostile environments.
Compatible seal assemblies and various receiving heads,
including metal-to-metal latching type are available.

Severe-Service
Completion Installation

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Diamond SeriesInterventionless Completion Systems Solutions

Halliburtons Diamond Series interventionless completion technology is used in unperforated wells or wells where
casing and tubing strings can be pressured up to a
systems solutions includes hydrostatic-set packers for highpre-determined value above hydrostatic pressure. Other
risk completions. The hydrostatic-set packers are set using
interventionless equipment types include the HalSonics
available hydrostatic pressure and applied surface pressure
system and FS fluid loss valve for sand control; Mirage and
without plugs or other well intervention devices. A
contingency setting feature allows setting by installing a plug Anvil plugs for standard completions; and the tubing tester
valve for standard completions.
below the packer and pressuring up the tubing string. The

Wellhead
Tubing-Retrievable
Safety Valve

Landing Nipple

Hydrostatic-Set Packer

Ratch-Latch
Seal Assembly

HAL14037

Interventionless Completion Installation

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Introduction

Single-String Permanent Packer Completion Installation

This simple, versatile, single-zone completion features,
from bottom to top, a wireline re-entry guide. The re-entry
guide guides wireline tools that have been run below the
end of the tubing string back into the tubing. A bottom
no-go landing nipple allows for flowing bottomhole
pressure surveys. The selective landing nipple allows the
well to be plugged for testing purposes or so tubing can be
removed without exposing the formation to kill fluids. A
Perma-Series permanent packer, a sealbore extension
below the packer, and a seal unit assembly with locator
isolate the upper permanent casing string from the
formation and allow tubing expansion or contraction to
occur. The sealbore extension could be eliminated and a
shorter seal assembly with a latch-type locator could be
used if little or no tubing movement is expected. The
circulating device allows for selective tubing-to-casing
communication. A tubing-retrievable or wirelineretrievable safety valve may also be used.

Hydraulic
Control Line
Flow Coupling
Tubing-Retrievable
Safety Valve

Flow Coupling

Flow Coupling
Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device
Flow Coupling
Locator
Seal Units
and Accessories
Perma-Series
Permanent Packer
Sealbore Extension

Millout Extension
Adapter
Tubing Joint or
Pup Joint
Landing Nipple
Perforated Pup Joint
No-Go Landing Nipple

CN00101

Wireline Re-entry
Guide

Single-String Permanent Packer

Completion Installation

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Single-String Retrievable Packer Completion Installation

When dealing with sensitive formations, it can be
advantageous to lubricate a retrievable production packer
into the wellbore under pressure. The packer serves as a
temporary plug, while tubing is being run and completion
fluid circulated, and then serves as a production packer. The
Halliburton Versa-Set packer is ideal for these applications.
The Versa-Set packer is available in wireline-set or
mechanical-set versions. The wireline-set version is set with
a standard wireline setting tool or DPU downhole power
unit with wireline adapter kit. Using a standard
on-off tool, the packer may be run with a plug installed at
the top of the packer. Once set on wireline, the packer
operates as a standard mechanical double grip with on-off
tool. It is used for testing, injection, and zone stimulation
and can serve as a production packer, temporary bridge
plug, or tubing anchor in a pumping application. The
packer releases with 1/4 turn right-hand release.

XL On-Off Tool
with Integral Nipple Profile

Retrievable Packer

No-Go Nipple

CN06359

Re-entry Guide

Single-String Retrievable Packer

Completion Installation

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Introduction

Dual-String Retrievable Packer Completion Installation

This dual-zone, dual-string completion uses an upper
hydraulic-set retrievable dual packer and a lower permanent
packer. The permanent packer and tailpipe are run first and
set on tubing or wireline. The dual strings and dual
hydraulic-set packer are then run with a seal assembly on the
bottom of the long string. Once the dual strings have been
landed and spaced out at the surface, a ball is dropped or a
plug is set in the landing nipple below the packer in the short
string. Pressure is applied to the short string and sets the dual
packer. If a ball catcher is used, increased pressure causes the
collet catcher to release, allowing the ball to drop out the end
of the tubing. Circulation of completion fluids is achieved
using the Sliding Side-Door circulating device above and
below the dual packer.

Hydraulic
Control Line

Flow Coupling
Safety Valve Landing Nipple
Otis X Lock Mandrel
Wireline-Retrievable
Safety Valve
Flow Coupling
Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device
Flow Coupling
Retrievable Hydraulic-Set
Dual Packer
Otis X Landing Nipple
Collet Catcher Sub
Otis XN No-Go Landing
Nipple

Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device
Blast Joint
Polished Nipple

Permanent Wireline-Set

Perma-Series Packer

CN00102

Otis X Landing Nipple

Perforated Pup Joint
Otis XN No-Go Landing Nipple
Wireline Re-Entry Guide

Dual-String Retrievable Packer

Completion Installation

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Peak Completion Installation

Peak completion systems are designed to be simple, reliable,
and cost effective. The liner is run and cemented in place. A
tieback string is landed in the tieback receptacle and
anchored by a high-load permanent packer. This packer
eliminates the need for an upper dynamic seal stack while
providing superior reliability over liner top systems. At the
top of the completion, a slim profile tubing-retrievable safety

valve (TRSV) is run, ensuring reliable metal-to-metal well

containment, if needed. For packer setting, the Mirage
disappearing plug can be run to eliminate any intervention.
For other plugging needs or for running gauges, a
Monolock or PES HE3 retrievable bridge plug has been
developed. Wellhead plugs, either elastomeric or metal-tometal, and back pressure valves are available as well.

Peak Completion Installation

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Introduction

Coiled Tubing Completion Installation

Coiled tubing can be used in place of regular jointed
production tubing in certain completions. Using coiled
tubing allows for reduced completion/decompletion time
while using standard completion equipment accessories.
Special connectors allow standard completion components
to be attached to the coiled tubing. GO or HGO
mechanical utility packers can be used as an alternative
tubing hanger to suspend coiled tubing in siphon
string applications.

Shallow Completion Installation

A simple completion is illustrated for shallow applications
using a Guiberson G-6 packer and splined travel joint. A
tension-set packer is normally used in shallow applications,
as weight is not available to set compression-set packers. This
particular completion is used in steam injection applications.
When replacing the travel joint with an overshot tubing seal
divider, the completion is typical of shallow CO2 or water
injection applications.

Coiled Tubing
Connector
Subsurface Safety Valve
Assembly
Coiled Tubing
Connector

Splined Travel Joint

Coiled Tubing
Connector
Side-Pocket Mandrel

Guiberson
G-6 Tension Packer

Coiled Tubing
Connector

Packer Assembly

HAL8299

Seal Assembly

HAL8298

Shallow Completion Installation

(Steam, CO2 or Water Injection)

Coiled Tubing Completion

Installation

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Electric Submersible Pump

Completion Installation
One schematic (left) shows an electric
submersible pump completion that
allows annulus gas below the packer to
vent to the annulus above the packer. In
an emergency or when desired,
hydraulic control pressure is released
from the control line, allowing the gas
below the packer. A single hydraulic
control line can operate the tubingretrievable safety valve and annulus
gas vent valve.
Electric Power
Cable

The other schematic (right) shows an

electric submersible pump completion
that allows flow control without heavy
kill fluids during remedial operations.
A downhole master valve is run with a
packer, on-off tool, and wireline lock.
The valve holds pressure in both
directions. It closes when the
hydrostatic pressure exceeds a preset
value and opens when hydrostatic
pressure is reduced.

Cable Clamp

Electric
Submersible
Pump

Downhole
Master Valve

CN04761

Guiberson
G-6 Retrievable
Packer

Electric Submersible Pump Completion Installation

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Introduction

Tubing Conveyed Perforating Completion Installation

Many types of Halliburton packers are used in completions
with tubing conveyed perforating guns, including
Versa-Trieve retrievable packers, Perma-Series permanent
packers, and others. Tubing conveyed perforating guns can
be run as tailpipe connected to the bottom of the packer or
through the bore of a set packer. This installation shows a
Versa-Trieve packer set on electric wireline. The tubing
conveyed guns are spaced out below the seal assembly, and
the tubing is run in the hole. Before stabbing through the
packer, light fluids can be circulated down the tubing to
provide an underbalanced situation. The tree is installed and
the guns are mechanically or hydraulically fired and released
to open the tubing end.

Flow Coupling

Otis R Landing Nipple

Flow Coupling

Flow Coupling
Sliding Side-Door
Circulating Device
Flow Coupling

Seal
Assembly

Versa-Trieve
Packer
Sealbore Extension

Pressure-Actuated
Tubing Release

CN00104

Ported Pressure
Equalizing Sub
Optional Mechanical
Tubing Release
Mechanical Firing
Head
Perforating Gun
Time-Delay
Firing Head

Tubing Conveyed Perforating

Completion Installation

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Multilateral Technology
SperryRite multilateral systems
provide cost savings through increased
reservoir exposure. The systems come
in a variety of designs and are the most
innovative and reliable in the industry.
The SperryRite multilateral systems can
be deployed in new or existing wells
and are compatible with advanced sand
control, fracturing, and SmartWell
completion technology. (SmartWell is
a registered trademark of
WellDynamics, Inc.)
Multilateral wells can have many
different completions strategies. In the
most simplistic design, openhole
laterals are drilled from the cased hole
parent bore into a single reservoir
where production is co-mingled. In
other instances, the openhole lateral
sections are drilled into separate
reservoirs which require flow
segregation. If lateral borehole stability
is a concern, perforated liners or
screens can be dropped into the
openhole lateral section. In either
scenario, standard Halliburton
completion components can be
installed in the parent bore for lateral
flow control and/or isolation.

MAINBORE
Completion
Tubing

UPPER MAINBORE

Mainbore Tubing w/
Short Seal Stem
RDH
Packer

MSCS
Dual-Bore
Deflector
w/ Short
Sealbore

Lateral Tubing
w/ Seal Stinger

Production
Tubing

Sperry
Latch Coupling
(Full Bore)

LATERAL BORE
Versa-Trieve
Single-Bore Packer
w/ Sealbore Extension

HPH
Packer w/
Sealbore and
Nipple Profile

Otis Nipple Profile

Wireline Entry Guide

LOWER MAINBORE

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FloRite Segregated Completion Level 5

Through-Tubing Access Both Bores

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Introduction

Deepwater multilateral systems provide

mechanically sealed junctions with
lateral access capabilities. Expeditious
installation time and simplicity are very
important aspects of the SperryRite
multilateral systems. These systems
provide flexibility for enhanced sand
control, fracturing and SmartWell
completion installations.

Introduction

Landing Nipples

Dual Upper Laterals

Hydraulic-Set
Dual Production
Packer
Landing Nipple

DuraSleeve
Sliding Sleeve
Circulating Device
Perma-Series
Packer

Seal Assembly
Landing Nipples

Dual Lower Laterals

CN03140

SmartWell Completion Installation

Lateral accessibility and junction
stability can also be configured into the
multilateral completion system. Lateral
access is accomplished using throughtubing tools which do not require rig
intervention. Large bore lateral liner
hangers provide a non-seal mechanical
connection to the parent bore which
also allows for downhole pump
deployment below the junction. Lateral
hangers are used whenever screens or
perforated liners are required in the
openhole lateral sections.

Openhole Lateral
Multilateral Completions

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Annulus Safety System

The PES AV annular safety system is a fully retrievable
high-performance annulus safety system with integral
annular safety valve. The system provides annular bypass
through a hydraulically operated valve array. If conditions
require, the packer is run in association with the PES
model HS hanger in two trip applications where the ability
to perform top end workover is needed. The AV annular
safety system may be run in a single trip to provide
annulus protection where there is no requirement for top
end workover.

Halliburton SP
Tubing-Retrievable
Safety Valve

PES Model AV3

Annulus Safety System

PES Model CS2

Communication Sub

Side-Pocket
Gas Lift Mandrel

PES Model HP2 Control Line Set

Retrievable Production Packer
or PES Model HP1
Tubing-Set Retrievable
Production Packer

PES Model FS Fill Sub

CN06605

PES Model PS

Packer Setting Anvil Plug

or PES Model DP1 Anvil Plug

Annulus Safety System

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Introduction

Deepwater Completion Installation

This deepwater completion uses
Halliburtons FracPac technology (see
the Halliburton Sand Control Products
and Services catalog) and components
to make the completions capability as
high rate as possible. Non-elastomer or
metal-to-metal sealing is used in critical
areas to ensure reliability. Full bore
nipples and locks are used to maximize
ID and eliminate slickline problems
resulting from packing interference that
can occur when standard locks are run
through same-bore size landing
nipples. A single-trip completion using
the Mirage disappearing plug to set
the high-pressure retrievable
production packer reduces running
time and simplifies the completion.

Halliburtons broad experience in

deepwater applications includes subsea
completions tension leg platforms
(TLP) and spars. Some tools used in
deepwater completions include
mudline tubing hangers, SP tubing
retrievable safety valves, and long
space-out travel joints.
Halliburton offers two types of
mudline tubing hangersthe HGR
and DHC. These tubing hangers are
primarily used in deepwater
completions where an additional
barrier is required below the
mudline.
The Halliburton SP series tubingretrievable safety valve is a single
rod-piston non-elastomer flapper

valve designed for hostile

environments and extended life
applications where ultimate
reliability is required.
The Halliburton long space-out
travel joint (LSOTJ) was designed to
eliminate the space-out process
required to install a production
tubing string in a subsea
completion. The joint is designed to
collapse under a compressive load
after a production seal assembly has
been landed in a sealbore packer.
After the joint collapses, the
production tubing can be lowered
until the subsea tubing hanger lands
in the subsea tubing head spool.

Deepwater Completion Installation

Introduction

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STPP-GH Single-Trip Perf/Pack

Completion Installation
One example of the many types of sand
control completions Halliburton offers
is the STPP-GH single-trip perf/pack
completion system. Separate trips for
perforation, completion, and cleanup
are not required. Large bore sump
packers are available that allow
maximum size perforating guns to be
used. MPT gravel-pack service tools
prevent premature setting of the
Versa-Trieve packer during
perforation, allowing the packer and
TCP guns to be run together. The MPT
tool, a non-rotating tool, eliminates the
need to rotate to set the Versa-Trieve
packer and to perform gravel-pack
operations. The CHAMP packer
eliminates the need to displace the
entire wellbore with nitrogen by
confining displacement to the tubing.
The OMNI valve eliminates the need
to move tubing to kill the well after
perforating. More information is
detailed in the Halliburton Sand Control
Products and Services catalog.

STPP-GH Single-Trip Perf/Pack Completion Installation

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Introduction

SmartWell Completion Installation

WellDynamics SmartWell completion systems offer oil and
gas producers a systems approach for completing a well to
provide active management of the reservoir. Through
continuous readout data acquisition and remote control, the

operator has the ability to monitor and control flow from or

injection into multiple zones within real time. Producers can
reconfigure a wells architecture at will and acquire real-time
data without well intervention.

SmartWell Completion Installation

Introduction

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Recent Technical Papers on Completion Technology

Number

Description

NACE 3097

"Corrosion Behavior of Martensitic Stainless Steels in Completion Fluids," Pao Chen, (Halliburton)
Masakatsu Ueda and Hideki Takabe (Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.)

NACE 3140

"Fluid Compatibility of Elastomers in Oilfield Completion Brines," Buc Slay and Tom Ray

SPE 81646

"A Novel HP/HT Underbalanced-Perforating Gun-Deployment System Using Production Packer

Technology Successfully Completes Offshore Horizontal Well In A Single Trip," Tom Robb and
Steve Herron, (Halliburton) Martin Beveridge (Shell)

SPE 69619

"Interventionless Production Packer Setting Technique Reduces Completion Costs," Dan

Patterson, Rod Falconer, Einar Kristiansen, Gordon Scott, Randy Simonds, Halliburton; Harald
Wahl Breivik, Statoil; Ian Taggart, Triangle Technology

SPE 68217

"Considerations for the Design, Development, and Testing of an Integrated Large Monobore
Completion System to Facilitate High-Rate Production," Tom Swan, Randy Simonds

SPE 71666

"Increasing Production with an Innovative Through Flow Line (TFL) Multi-Zone Completion Design
for a Major Norwegian Operator," Jim Williamson, Paul Browne, Sven Harald Tonneson, Egil
Ostvik, Helge Bjorna Hansen, Lars Rasmussen, Eva Mette Malmanger

SPE 71675

"Aconcagua, Camden Hills, and King's Peak Fields, Gulf of Mexico, Employ Intelligent Completion
Technology in Unique Field Development Scenario," Vicky Jackson, Jose Piedras, Gregory
Stimatz, Tamara Webb

SPE 71861

"Case Study: First Intelligent Completion System Installed in the Gulf of Mexico," Victoria Jackson
(HES), Tim Tips (PES)

SPE 70031

Slickline-Deployed Electro-Mechanical Intervention System, a Cost Effective Alternative to

Conventional Cased-Hole Services," Jerry Foster, Jack Clemens, Darrell Moore

CaMSA578

"Pin-Hole and Crack Formation in a Duplex Stainless Steel Downhole Tool," Graham Hitchcock,
W.F. Deans, D.S. Thompson, A. Coats

SPE 67244

"An Innovative All Electric Well Production System," Mark Rivenbark, S. Khater, Roy MacKenzie,
Wesley Dietz, HES, and Stephen Barnes, Saudi Aramco

SPE 71676

"The Use of Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing and Remote Hydraulically Operated
Interval Control Valves for the Management of Water Production in the Douglas Field," Maurice
Boyle, Glenn Williams, Mike Tolan

SPE 59789

"Automation System Case Study for River Gas Corporation Coalbed Methane Development,"
Steve Robertson, Michael Farrens, Tammie Butts

SPE 60693

"Coiled Tubing for Slim Hole Cementing," Maurizio Di Iorio, Cristiano Caproni, Sergio Fornasari,
AGIP

CaMS519

"A New Triple Action Pumping System to Provide Downhole Oil/Water Separation," Jason Wacker,
Lon Stubinger, Robert M. Parker, Ralph Harding, and Brock Watson

"Innovative Completion Technology, Preparation and Contingency Planning Simplifies Baltim

ADIPEC0939 Completions While Increasing Reliability and Reducing Remediation Cost," Gharieb A.
Mohammed, Ivano Zucchini, Duke Giusti

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SPE 63111

"Overcoming Completion Challenges With Interventionless Devices - Case Study - the

Disappearing Plug," David Larimore, Ewan Robb, Kjell Harry Lyngaas, Jeff Huggins, Terje Bach
(Statoil)

OTC 11880

"Development Strategies for a Large Bore Monobore Completion System," Tom Swan, Randy
Simonds

SPE 62956

"Development of a Through Flow Line (TFL) deployed Insert Surface Controlled Subsurface
Safety Valve (SCSSV)," Gary Holcombe (HES), Omar A. Abou-Sayed (BP Amoco), Harold J.
Reeves (BP Amoco), Randy L. Valencia (BP Amoco)

OTC 12168

"Methods to Assess the Reliability of Downhole Completions: The Need For Industry Standards,"
Will Turner

SPE 59210

"Intelligent Recompletion Eliminates the Need for Additional Well," Wayne Wallace, Ole Henrike
Lie (Statoil)

SPE 64280

"An Infinitely Variable Choke for Multi-Zone Intelligent Well Completions," Jim Williamson, Brett
Bouldin, Dan Purkis

SPE 63006

"Remotely Actuated Completion System Offers Cost Efficiency for Offshore Environments," Randy
Simonds

ADIPEC0959

"Electrification of Gas Well Production System Reduces Operational Costs in Saudi Aramco Gas
Field," Mark Rivenbark, S. Khater, Roy MacKenzie, HES, and Stephen Barnes, Saudi Aramco

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Number

Description

SPE 63113

"A Successful Completion/Perforation by use of a Downhole Lubricating Valve: A Case Study from
the Siri Field," Bernt Malmo, Marianne Gudmundseth, Eileen Ann Quale, Halvard Bjorkesett, Ove
Svendsen

SPE 63268

"New Through-Tubing Junction-Isolation System Enables High-Pressure Stimulation in the Ekofisk

X-02 North Sea Multilateral Well: Case History, David J. Steele, Steinar Edholm (Phillips)

SPE 63193

"Recent Case Histories of Offshore Dual MultiLateral Completion Systems in the Middle East,"
Karl Demong, Sperry Sun; Mark Rivenbark, HES - Arabia

SPE 63267

"Pelican - P15, The First UKCS Subsea Level 4 Multilateral - A Case History," Dirk A. Andel,
(Shell) and Patrick Tawse

SPE 52123

"New Automated Continuous Gas-Lift Control System Improves Operational Efficiency," Terry
Bergeron, Andrew Cooksey, Scott Reppel (Texaco)

SPE 52208

"A Gas Field Automation System for Enhancing Production and Well Safety," Joe Plunkett, Alfonso
Reyes, Ricardo Teja, Oscar Zambrano

CaMS488

"Higher Compression Sucker Rod Pumps," Shane Sims (Dresser), Dennis Blair (Texaco, Inc.)

SPE 54263

"Case History: Well Completion and Servicing Strategies for the Hibernia Field," Glenda Wylie,
Rod Maier and Said Shamloo (Hibernia Mgmt & Dev Co), Micky Huffman, Neil Downton

CaMS544

"Production Control of Horizontal Wells in a Carbonate Reef Structure," Dan Themig (HES), Bills
Ellsworth, Marty Muir, John Gray

SPE 54291

"Selection of Metallurgy and Elastomers Used in Completion Products to Achieve Predicted

Product Integrity for the HP/HT Oil and Gas Fields of Indonesia," James Williford, Pat Rice,
Thomas Ray

SPE 53914

"Cost Reduction in Downhole Completion Equipment Supply: A Case History," Graeme Watson
(Shell UK), Roger Hibberd (NAM), Will Turner (HES), Gert Jan Hidding (HES)

SPE 53826

"Case History: New Gas Flow Computer Design Facilitates Offshore Measurement In Gulf Coast
Project," Mike Chunn and Wayne Bonin (Chevron), Danny McFarland, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Fink

SPE 56670

"Application of Intelligent Well Technology to Optimize the Reservoir Management of a Deepwater

Gulf of Mexico Field -- A Reservoir Simulation Case Study," Stephen Rester, Jacob Thomas,
Madeleine Peijs-van Hilten, Bill Vidrine

SPE 54316

"First Diverless Subsea Wireline Well Intervention Performed in Offshore Vietnam offers Low-Cost
Solution for Light Well Workovers: Case Histories and Future Trends," David Larimore, Charles
Ashwell, Abdul Halim Zainal Abidin (Petronas Carigali)

SPE 52968

"Determining the Risk in Applying Multilateral Technology: Gaining a Better Understanding," Kevin
Waddell

Mobil1019

"Applying Multilateral Technology to the Deep Foothills Area of Alberta," Dan Themig (HES), Ron
Sanders

CaMS456

"High-Strength Corrosion Resistant Nickel-Based Alloys for Oil Patch Applications," EL Hibner and
CS Tassen (Inco Alloys Int'l), Pat Rice (HES)

OTC8582

"New Testing Methods Resolve the Mysteries of Integrity in Hydraulic Systems for Downhole
Safety Equipment," Richard Rowntree and Richard Banks (Castrol Int'l), Roddie Smith

SPE 39573
CaMS450
SPE 50591
ISHM98

"Advances in Seal Materials for Oil & Gas Production in High Pressure/High Temperature
Conditions," Tom Ray
"Engineered Composite Material Resolves Challenges of Life Cycle Seal Integrity for Sliding
Sleeves in All Wellbore Conditions: Case Histories," Tom Ray
"A Static Slickline-Retrievable Wellhead Plug System for Use with Horizontal Trees in Offshore
Systems," James Vick, Ewan Robb, David Thomson, Graeme Collie
"Application of Turbine Meters in Liquid Measurement," Kenneth Jenkins, Danny McFarland

SPE 39374

"Hybrid Coiled Tubing System for Offshore Re-entry Drilling and Workover," Bruce Selby, Nagan
Srinivasan, Bob Donnally, Randy Vincent, Jerry Wilke

SPE 47847

"Slickline Power Unit Adapted for Coiled Tubing Provides Innovative Solution for Setting a
Nippleless Lock in a Multilateral Completion," Jack Hall, Ben Wijngaards

SPE 47845

"Case History: Hydraulic Rig Assist Utilized in Workover Program in Dayung Gas Field,
Indonesia," Memet Rachmat (Gulf Indonesia), Perry Courville

SPE 49464

"Case Histories of Successful Water Shutoff Techniques Utilized in Enhancing Oil Output from
Minagish Oolite Reservoir of East Umm Gudair, (West Kuwait)," ML Chawla and Abdullah AlOtaibi (KOC), Arshad Waheed

SPE 77460

Identification of Steam Breakthrough Intervals Using DTS Technology, D. O. Johnson, SPE,

Pruett Industries Inc.; R. Sugianto, P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia; P. H. Mock and C. H. Jones, SPE,
ChevronTexaco

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