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In a compression set (weight set) hookwall packer, ample slack-off force must

be placed on the packer to assure that the packer is set withoutpermanently


corkscrewing the tubing string. At great depths, with high tubing to casing
clearance (r) value, corkscrewingor helical buckling of the tubing string can
be so severe that frictionalforces betweenthe tubing and the casing are great
enough to preventany furtherweightbeing transmittedto the packer. Large
deviation angles can further complicatethis situation. Rotationally released
packers (whether hookwall or hydraulic set) can be difficult
to release (torque
applied at the rotary table does not necessarily reach the packer) and
are not
as suited as a straight pull release type packer under these
calculated values, (pressure, temperature, slack-off weight) mustconditions. All
considered at the time of installationand at any extreme operating be
situations,

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