Whether in shallow, deep-water, or ultradeep water, keeping product flowing from oil and gas wells requires state-of-the-art technology. It also requires specialized tooling with resilient internal components. The equipment must be reliable enough to safeguard the environment; but also make the well economically feasible. Access to these offshore wells due to tooling or component failure is not just costly. In some cases, it can mean complete abandonment of the well – resulting in tremendous financial loss.
Importance of Seals and Sealing Solutions In Subsea Oil Extraction
In deep-water or ultradeep water fields, keeping hydrocarbons flowing through multiple tiebacks, valves, and piping is no simple task. It is no simple task to engineer sealing elements for tooling that is expected to perform, uninterrupted, sometimes for decades.
Know Your Enemy
Just a few of the enemies of sealing components in blow out preventers (BOP), wellheads, production trees, valves, tubing hangers, flowlines, umbilicals, pumps, and many other types of equipment are:
- High pressure, high temperature (HPHT)
- Low temperatures
- Rapid gas decompression (RGD)
- Explosive decompression (ED)
- Corrosion
- Chemical incompatibility
Engineered Solutions for Subsea Applications
CDI products are designed to survive in the subsea terrain. With many years of experience in designing and manufacturing high-performance polymeric solutions, we produce best-in-class sea assemblies designed with the highest level of engineering expertise. All components and full assemblies are manufactured and kitted in house, making CDI a single source provider of polymeric solutions for the subsea environment. Products and assemblies include:
- Pack-off assemblies
- Seal Carrier assemblies
- Metal End-cap Seals
- Packer Elements
- Extensive range of seals and packings
Engineered Solutions for Subsea Applications
- Blow out preventers (BOP)
- Production risers
- Riser couplings
- Valves
- Packer systems
- Umbillicals / power cables
- Wellheads
- Control systems
- Manifolds
- Production systems
- Permanent gauges
- Pipeline / tieback equipment
- Tie-in systems