DF-PA

Diver-friendly plug-and-abandonment wellhead system

Industrial diving equipment on deck

The DF-PA diver-friendly plug-and-abandonment wellhead system has been designed for the reestablishment of downed platform wells. Designed with the operator in mind, the DF-PA system minimizes the amount of dive time required for installation, and it simplifies the diver¡¯s movements by reducing the number of tools required for installation, thereby reducing cost and enhancing safety.

Advantages

  • Quick-connect top enables easy installation and removal of dryhole tree
  • Double T-seal packing design with packing ports for contingency sealing saves time and simplifies installation
  • The casing slips are retracted into the housing body and held by T-slotted slip segments and button tie-down pins
  • Lockdown pin design reduces the number of required tools
  • Universal body design enables more flexibility in the field
  • Interchangeable casing slips and secondary casing packoff assemblies enable onsite flexibility
  • 100,000-lbm lifting device enables the wellhead system and casing joints to be removed with one lift
  • Split ring provides guideline capability for ease of installation and overcoming currents
  • Wellhead design reduces installation time by 50%
  • Minimized dive time and reduced number of installation tools enhance operational safety
Cross section illustration of the DF-PA wellhead system