15,000 psi

20,000 psi

BigBore IIe
™ HPHT SUBSEA WELLHEAD SYSTEMS
 DXe™

BigBore IIe ™
Gasket Profile DXe Locking Profile

SUBSEA WELLHEAD SYSTEM 18 ¾" BigBore IIe

Wellhead Housing
Mud Stick

18 ¾" BigBore IIe Seal Assembly

The BigBore IIe Subsea Wellhead System meets the severe 36" Wellhead
Housing Second Position
demands of HPHT well environments, eliminates trips, Casing Hanger
18 ¾" BigBore IIe
and saves you money. 36" x 28"
Supplemental
Seal Assembly
Slope Adapter Housing First Position
Indicator Casing Hanger

The BigBore IIe Wellhead is the only system that is fatigue tested to over 90+ million bending cycles. It has Annulus Access Valve

been tested to Normal - 7.4 MM ft-lbs, Extreme - 8.8 MM ft-lbs, Survival - 11.5 MM ft-lbs rated loads per
API 17TR7. The BigBore IIe Wellhead DXe™ locking profile is approved by both I3P and BSEE per API 17TR8.
Operator’s existing BigBore II-H inventory can be converted to BigBore IIe.

The BigBore IIe Subsea Wellhead System is highly flexible to accommodate a complex and heavy casing
28" Positive Stop 16" Seal Assembly
program that satisfies deep HPHT well objectives, while providing superior structural strength and Casing Hanger
16" Casing Hanger
unmatched fatigue life.

F E AT U R E S A N D B E N E F I T S
• Reduces capital expense by eliminating the need for extra drilling 22" / 23" x 16"
Hydrate Diverter
and production lockdown devices (Optional)
Supplemental
Adapter Housing
• Reduces operational expenses by eliminating the number of trips 36" Casing
into the well 28" Casing
(Other Sizes Optional)
• Seal Assembly provides 2 million lbs. hanger lockdown capacity to
22" Casing
resist thermal and pressure loads 16" Casing
• High load capacity meets requirements of next generation 20 Ksi 14" Casing 22" x 18"
drilling rigs and HPHT well designs (Other Sizes Optional) Supplemental
Adapter Housing
• DXe™ locking profile offers industry best structural capacity and
fatigue resistance proven with validation testing 18" Seal Assembly
• Structurally tested and qualified to normal, extreme and survival
loads per API 16A 4th Edition and API 17 TR7
• Full scale Wellhead and BOP connector fatigue tested
• Metal-to metal seal assembly qualified to 20,000 psi WP and 35° 18" Positive Stop
to 350° F per API 6A Appendix F PR2 Group 4, with additional Casing Hanger
dynamic cycles, metal seal endurance testing with gas

Accommodates a
BBIIe variety of casing
NEXT GENERATION WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT programs

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The BigBore IIe Subsea Wellhead System The BigBore IIe Seal Assembly delivers bidirectional
maximizes life of field integrity. high pressure liquid and gas tight metal-to-metal
sealing, and provides high lockdown capacity.
• Designed for 15,000 psi (27") and 20,000 psi (30") • High pressure wellhead actively locked into low
rated working pressure and H2S service between pressure wellhead with 2.0 millions lbs of preload Gap accommodates
35° to 350° F with all metal-to-metal sealing to unitize both conductor and surface strings Upper Body * stackup tolerances
for superior bending load reaction and fatigue * pressure from above
• Supports 8.8 million lbs of end-load (combination or below the seal
resistance
of casing weight and test pressure) at the bottom
internal landing / load shoulder profile • Utilizes field proven BigBore II-H HPHT metal-to-
metal, gas tight sealing technology
• Highest available combination of bending, tension
and load capacities using the Dril-Quip DXe™ profile • Incorporates ROV-assisted annulus monitoring and
shutoff system for all casing strings cemented back
• Utilizes landing adapters positioned in 22"/23" to surface
surface casing joints for landing 18" and 16"
supplemental casing hanger systems • Large cement return flow-by areas on all casing Sealing
hanger systems Element Metal-to-Metal
• 18" and 16" casing, casing hangers and testable / Inner Sealing Area
Lock Ring
retrievable / replaceable seal assemblies can pass • Available with hydrate diversion plate option Resilient Elastomer
Metal-to-Metal Backup
through 21" OD drilling riser, 18-3/4" BOP Stack and Sealing Area
BigBore IIe wellhead housing • Complex casing programs accommodated Metal-to-Metal
Sealing Area
• All casing hangers and seal assemblies are run, set • All component designs are based on existing Pressure Assist Resilient Elastomer
and tested on drill pipe running string in a single BigBore II-H technology and long successful Puller Element Backup
trip BigBore II field history Metal-to-Metal
Sealing Area
• Time saving bit-runnable wear sleeves and wear
busings available • Seals in a recessed groove in the wellhead bore, which protects against scoring in the seal bore

• Locks to the wellhead using the outer lock ring to hold down the seal and prevent excessive movement of
casing hanger and seal when casing strings are exposed to thermal growth loading

Next Generation
• Seal assembly outer lock ring as 2,000,000 lbs end-load lockdown capacity

• Successfully tested in gas medium per API 6A PR-2 requirements with zero leakage and Group 4 Dynamic
seal endurance testing with no elastomers

Wellhead System • Weight set metal-to-metal seal assembly

• Seal assembly easily retrieved with hydraulic tool

BigBore™ IIe is fully verified
• Seal assembly can be run separately with seal assembly running tool
and validation tested for
structural capacity and high • Casing hanger seal assembly running tool has a 2.5 million lb. load capacity

fatigue resistance • Casing hanger seal assembly running tool retrieves seal assembly if it doesn’t test and lockdown

• Same dependable running tool design used for over 25 years

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verification and Validation testing

Dril-Quip has taken a "systems" approach to evaluating

the strength characteristics and overall performance of
the Subsea Wellhead System.

Subsea Wellhead Systems in-house Verification Analysis and Validation Testing

is Extensive

• Design verification analysis using fine mesh 2-D and sophisticated 3-D FEA modeling tools used to evaluate the
behavior of the wellhead system.

• Design and capacity validation testing is tested with machines capable of applying multiple load scenarios to a
complete wellhead system.

• Adjustments are made to the 3-D FEA model to deliver more precise results.
Annulus Seal Assembly with Environmental Controls Data Acquisition and Control System for Seal Testing
• Dril-Quip’s validation test machine is test machine than can deliver the forces required to test the system as a
whole.
Subsea Wellhead and Components
• Dril-Quip uses a fatigue test on the whole wellhead system to evaluate stresses between the wellhead and are Qualified to the latest Industry
wellhead connector. Standards

• The latest API standards are used for both

design verification and validation testing.

• Wellhead components have been tested and

qualified to API 17D 2nd Edition and 6A (PR2)
20th Edition requirements.

• High pressure/high temperature wellhead

system components have been tested and
qualified to API 6A Appendix F Group 4 in
addition to dynamic seal testing over and above
API industry requirements.

• Complete system integrated verification and

validation testing assures individual component
capacities match or exceed the system capacity
Horizontal Test Machine - Capabilities requirements.

* 20 million ft-lbf of bending loading * 6+ million lbf of simulated casing weight

* 12.75 million lbf of tension / compression loading * Internal / External pressure and associated
and 8 million lbf of compression loading pressure end loads to test specimen capacities
Fatigue Test Machine with Specialty Connector Test Specimen

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