HALLIBURTON

BOTTOMHOLE PRESSURE SHOCK ABSORBERS

EQUIPMENT Shock absorbers are designed to help prevent instru-
ment damage caused by jarring and impacts during
Halliburton’s Softset Bomb Hangers and LO Shock slickline operation. The assemblies suspended below
Absorbers are described in this section. the shock absorbers are supported by springs within
the absorber. Any shocks transmitted from the slickline
tool string are absorbed by the shock absorbers.
SOFTSET BOMB HANGER
The absorbers should be used only when the weight of
Softset bomb hangers are designed to set instruments the instruments attached below does not compress the
virtually anywhere Otis® X®, XN®, R®, and RN® spring to its stacked length.
landing nipples have been installed. Data surveys can
be collected downhole using conventional slickline
methods. This practice provides significant savings
(1) when several wells in a field are to be surveyed and
(2) in fields where a highly corrosive environment
requires the slickline to be removed from the well
during prolonged testing.

Applications
• wells with a highly corrosive environment
• field with several wells to be surveyed
• wells that require extended surveys

Features
• soft mechanical release

Benefits
• does not require jarring to set
• allows data surveys using conventional
slickline methods
• allows for accurate charts rather than recording
jarring effects
• can be set in one of many landing nipples to run
surveys at known locations downhole

Note: An Otis MR Mechanical Running Tool is used to

run the Otis XNS or RNS softset bomb hanger. It is
designed to carry weight in excess of the 140-lb (63.5
kg) weight limit of a hydraulic running tool. The Otis
MR mechanical running tool features an emergency
CN03554

shear ring designed to release the core from the fishing

CN01881

neck if the bomb hanger becomes stuck and needs to

be freed.
Softset Bomb Hanger
Ordering Information
Shock Absorbers LO Shock Absorber
Specify: lock type and size; service environment (standard, %H2S, %CO2,
amines); special material requirements, if applicable; weight of instruments.
Part number prefix: 33LO—bomb hanger or shock absorber

Ordering Information
Softset Bomb Hanger
Specify: type (Softset or lug); tubing size, weight, and thread; nipple profile
and ID; service environment (standard, %H2S, %CO2, amines); special
material requirements, if applicable; weight of instruments.
Part number prefix: 33XN, RNS—Softset bomb hanger

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