Advantage: Solutions FlowSafe tubing-retrievable safety valves installed in the

We push the technologies. We push for production tubing string provide a reliable subsurface safety
innovation. We push for efficiency. We push for device with full-bore ID for maximum production flow.
quality. We push for customer savings. And we
succeed. We work in the real world of the oil FlowSafe wireline-retrievable safety valves provide a
and gas industry. reliable subsurface safety device with a maximized flow ID.
They may be installed as a primary safety valve landed in a
hydraulic nipple or as a secondary valve replacing a damaged
Real world. World class. Worldwide. or malfunctioning tubing-retrievable valve.

FlowSafe™ Surface-Controlled Subsurface Safety Valves

BJ Services Company operates in more than 50 countries around the world. Simply reliable performance
For more information, click on the icon at www.bjservices.com.

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Simplicity creates reliability and new advantages
BJ Services FlowSafe™ surface-controlled subsurface safety valves

Sometimes less is more. A lot more Additional features include:

To enhance the reliability of surface-controlled subsurface approach, FlowSafe safety valves integrate seamlessly with a full • A flow-through ID design to maximize production
safety valves (SCSSV), BJ Services kept it simple. The resulting range of completion technologies for efficiencies that—simply capacity for increased revenue
FlowSafe™ safety valve—in wireline- and tubing-retrievable put—provide the best return on your completion investment. • A self-equalizing flapper option that can reduce costs
configurations—is an optimized, standardized design with by eliminating the need for fluid pumps to equalize
significant performance advantages. Advantage: Performance pressure across the flapper during a valve closure
BJ Services’ commitment to improving what some have • Nonelastomeric seals for improved valve performance
Performance and reliability are improved by an innovative perceived as a static, mature technology is yielding significant, and less susceptibility to degradation or incompatibility
with wellbore fluids
design that reduces the number of components and leak highly practical advances in SCSSV technology.
paths. Design standardization improves the quality of the • Metal-to-metal body joints that enhance reliability
completion and the valve, helping to ensure life-of-the-well To enhance valve reliability, BJ Services engineers integrated by eliminating elastomeric or nonelastomeric seals
performance and increase customer confidence. the flapper hard-seat, mount, spring housing and hydraulic
chamber housings. A comprehensive study of competitive Advantage: Flexibility
FlowSafe safety valves are supported by a full complement of valves shows this unique design has the fewest leak paths of Designed for fail-safe subsurface isolation, BJ Services’
standardized accessory tools—eliminating time-consuming any valve available. FlowSafe™ SCSSV maximizes safety, minimizes
customizations. Without lockout and communication tool variations, environmental damage and loss of production, and limits
costly field errors are reduced and operations run smoother. Standardization across the entire FlowSafe safety valve line damage to production equipment resulting from an
ensures precise adherence to established engineering uncontrolled surface or subsurface event.
Wireline-retrievable FlowSafe valves can be used in guidelines for critical clearances and load calculations.
conjunction with the patent-pending InjectSafe™ chemical As a result, performance and function characteristics are Advantage: Reliability
injection system. And as part of BJ Services’ Blue Wellbore™ consistent and manufacturing quality is improved. The FlowSafe safety valve design is proven in exhaustive
independent testing. The valves exceed ISO 9001 and
API Q1 manufacturing quality standards and API 14A
certification. In addition, BJ Services ensures quality with
additional checkpoints that eliminate error by carefully
documenting the assembly process.

The safety valve design is validated by successful:

• Functional tests
• Differential opening tests
• Performance sand (Rogaland) tests
• Life expectancy tests
• Gas slam tests in excess of the API-required rate
• Body joint tests (every body joint must pass multiple
make and break torque cycles)
• Class 1 and Class 2 certification testing

Testing is complemented by a rigorous 100% external and

internal inspection. Every component in the safety valve is
2 3
inspected to confirm manufacturing quality.
Simplicity creates reliability and new advantages
BJ Services FlowSafe™ surface-controlled subsurface safety valves

Sometimes less is more. A lot more Additional features include:

To enhance the reliability of surface-controlled subsurface approach, FlowSafe safety valves integrate seamlessly with a full • A flow-through ID design to maximize production
safety valves (SCSSV), BJ Services kept it simple. The resulting range of completion technologies for efficiencies that—simply capacity for increased revenue
FlowSafe™ safety valve—in wireline- and tubing-retrievable put—provide the best return on your completion investment. • A self-equalizing flapper option that can reduce costs
configurations—is an optimized, standardized design with by eliminating the need for fluid pumps to equalize
significant performance advantages. Advantage: Performance pressure across the flapper during a valve closure
BJ Services’ commitment to improving what some have • Nonelastomeric seals for improved valve performance
Performance and reliability are improved by an innovative perceived as a static, mature technology is yielding significant, and less susceptibility to degradation or incompatibility
with wellbore fluids
design that reduces the number of components and leak highly practical advances in SCSSV technology.
paths. Design standardization improves the quality of the • Metal-to-metal body joints that enhance reliability
completion and the valve, helping to ensure life-of-the-well To enhance valve reliability, BJ Services engineers integrated by eliminating elastomeric or nonelastomeric seals
performance and increase customer confidence. the flapper hard-seat, mount, spring housing and hydraulic
chamber housings. A comprehensive study of competitive Advantage: Flexibility
FlowSafe safety valves are supported by a full complement of valves shows this unique design has the fewest leak paths of Designed for fail-safe subsurface isolation, BJ Services’
standardized accessory tools—eliminating time-consuming any valve available. FlowSafe™ SCSSV maximizes safety, minimizes
customizations. Without lockout and communication tool variations, environmental damage and loss of production, and limits
costly field errors are reduced and operations run smoother. Standardization across the entire FlowSafe safety valve line damage to production equipment resulting from an
ensures precise adherence to established engineering uncontrolled surface or subsurface event.
Wireline-retrievable FlowSafe valves can be used in guidelines for critical clearances and load calculations.
conjunction with the patent-pending InjectSafe™ chemical As a result, performance and function characteristics are Advantage: Reliability
injection system. And as part of BJ Services’ Blue Wellbore™ consistent and manufacturing quality is improved. The FlowSafe safety valve design is proven in exhaustive
independent testing. The valves exceed ISO 9001 and
API Q1 manufacturing quality standards and API 14A
certification. In addition, BJ Services ensures quality with
additional checkpoints that eliminate error by carefully
documenting the assembly process.

The safety valve design is validated by successful:

• Functional tests
• Differential opening tests
• Performance sand (Rogaland) tests
• Life expectancy tests
• Gas slam tests in excess of the API-required rate
• Body joint tests (every body joint must pass multiple
make and break torque cycles)
• Class 1 and Class 2 certification testing

Testing is complemented by a rigorous 100% external and

internal inspection. Every component in the safety valve is
2 3
inspected to confirm manufacturing quality.
Advantage: Solutions FlowSafe tubing-retrievable safety valves installed in the
We push the technologies. We push for production tubing string provide a reliable subsurface safety
innovation. We push for efficiency. We push for device with full-bore ID for maximum production flow.
quality. We push for customer savings. And we
succeed. We work in the real world of the oil FlowSafe wireline-retrievable safety valves provide a
and gas industry. reliable subsurface safety device with a maximized flow ID.
They may be installed as a primary safety valve landed in a
hydraulic nipple or as a secondary valve replacing a damaged
Real world. World class. Worldwide. or malfunctioning tubing-retrievable valve.

FlowSafe™ Surface-Controlled Subsurface Safety Valves

BJ Services Company operates in more than 50 countries around the world. Simply reliable performance
For more information, click on the icon at www.bjservices.com.

CASING AND T UB ING R UNNING SERV I CES • CEMEN T I N G • COI LED T UB I N G • COMPLET I ON S ERV I CES
P RO C ESS AN D PIPELINE SER VICES • PR ODUCT ION AN D I N D US T RI AL CH EMI CALS • S T I MULAT I ON • T OOL S ERV I CES • W ELL CO N TR O L

BJ0017B 08/09 © 2009 BJ Services Company. All rights reserved.