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Completion Equipment

1. Which of the following is true about a production retrievable packer?

(2 answers)
a. Can only be retrieved by milling
b.Can be set either mechanically or by application of hydraulic pressure
c. Is permanently fixed to the completion string
d.Can only be retrieved when the completion string is pulled out of the hole.

2. Which of the following is true about a retrievable packer? (3 answers)

a. Can only be retrieved by milling
b.Can be retrieved with the completion string
c. Can be set by wire line
d. Is permanently fixed to the completion string
e. Can be retrieved with a special pulling tool on drill pipe

3. (L2) What is the definition of retrievable production packer?

a. it can be removed by milling
b.Can be only be removed together with the production string
c. it is fixed on the production string
d. it can be set and retrieved by wire line
e. it can only be retrieved by means of special retrieval tools

4. (L2) Which of the following is considered a permanent means of

communication?
5. How can circulation be established if the SSD is stuck in the closed position?
a. Unseat the packer
b. Connect the annulus and tubing at surface
c.Punching (making) a hole in the tubing with a tubing punch
d. Pull the DHSV from its nipple.

6. (L2) How is temporary communication normally made between the tubing

and annulus? (2 answers)
a.Open the SSD
b. Punch a hole in the tubing
c. Connect the tubing and annulus on surface
d. Installing a dummy gas lift valve in the SPM.
e. Installing a circulation valve in the SPM

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7. (L2) What is the primary purpose of a sliding sleeve?

a. To close off the tubing bore
b. To close off the annulus
c.To provide temporary communication between tubing and annulus

8. (L2) What is the primary purpose of a top packer?

a. To support the tubing
b. To anchor the tubing
c.To isolate the completion annulus
d. To hold the completion fluid in the annulus.

9. How does a failed Subsurface controlled DHSV close?

a.Pressure decrease in the tubing
b. Hydraulic pressure loss in control line
c. Malfunctioning communication seals
d. Increase in tubing pressure
e. Decrease in tubing temperature
f. Increase in tubing temperature

10. (L2) What causes a sub-surface controlled DHSV to close?

a. Temperature
b. Pressure
c. Fluid density
d. Coiled tubing
e. Wireline
f. Flow.

11. (L2) Which of the following are closing mechanisms used in Tubing
Retrievable Surface Controlled DHSV? (2 answers)
a. Poppet
b. Flapper
c. Plug
d. Ball
e. Sleeve
f. Gate.

12. When a Tubing retrievable DHSV is run into the well we need to lock it open
a.False
b. True.

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13. (L2) Which of the following DHSV‟s are sub-surface controlled? (2 answers)
How the subsurface DHSV operated? (2 answers)
a.Differential pressure (change in differential pressure at valve)
b. Ambient pressure (change in ambient pressure at valve)
c. Wireline retrievable
d. Tubing retrievable
e. Ball
f. Flapper.
g. Hydraulic pressure
h. Rise in temperature of wellbore fluid
i. Fall in temperature of wellbore fluid

14. (L2) How is the hydraulic communication achieved to operate a surface

controlled wireline retrievable DHSV?
a. Through the hydraulic stab
b. Through the open sliding sleeve
c.In between the two packing stacks.

15. Can a dummy SPM positively isolate the annulus from the tubing?
a.Yes
b. No

16. (L2) What is the primary reason that determines the setting depth of the
DHSV?
a. To prevent deliberate sabotage
b. Is set as high as possible to reduce the volume of well bore fluids that
might escape above the valve
c.Is set below the depth where it can be damaged by surface impact,
explosion, or cratering
d. Is set below the cratering depth from a blow out around the casing
e. Is set as close to the packer as possible to keep well pressure as deep as
possible
f. To prevent accidental penetration of drilling tools from an adjacent well.

17. (L2) How does a packer create the annulus/tubing seal?

a. By hydraulic control line from surface
b. It seals off the tubing within the packer bore
c.In conjunction with the completion tubular, it isolates the annulus above
the packer from the casing below the packer and from the tubing bore.
d. By being located into a tieback receptacle

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18. Would it be an acceptable practice to lock open and set an insert valve to
reinstate production in a well with a failed tubing retrievable DHSV?
a. No
b. Yes

19. (L2) What is the function of DHSV?

a. To close in the well to allow maintenance on the Xmas tree
b. To close in the well to shut-in production
c. To control production rates
d. To prevent production in case the surface valves are opened too far
e. To shut off well flow in an emergency
f. To be used as a barrier.

20. What is the primary purpose of DHSV?

a. To provide a communication path between the tubing bore and the casing
annulus
b.To close off the tubing bore
c. To close off the annulus

21. Does a DHSV hold pressure from above?

a. Yes
b. No.

22. (L2) Do DHSVs prevent flow in both directions?

a. Yes
b. No.

23. (L2) How do lock mandrels (flow control devices) seal within the nipple
bore?
a. With slips
b. On No-Go shoulders
c. With mandrel locking dogs in matching profiles
d. With expanding rubber elements in the bore
e.With elastomeric packing in a polished nipple bore
f. By metal to metal seals.

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24. (L2) Which of the following are not DHSVs? (3 answers)

a.Coiled tubing retrievable
b. Wireline retrievable
c. Tubing retrievable
d. Permanent
e. Temporary.

25. What are the main advantages of the production packer in well completion
(2 answers)
a.Isolate inner annulus from tubing string
b. Anchor tubing string
c. Suspend tubing string
d. Prevent well fluid and treatment fluids enter the outer annulus

26. (L2) Which of the following statements are true? (2 answers)

a. Check that the pressure rating of the SSD is correct
b.Check that the SSD is fully open before starting circulation
c. Check that the tailpipe is plugged before opening the SSD
d.Check that the pressures across the SSD are equalized before opening
e. Check that the catcher is in place below the SSD before opening.

27. Which of the following statements about the circulation devices used in a well
kill is true? (2 answers)
a. Check that the pressure rating is adequate for the work to be performed
b. Check the pressures are equalized at the device level before opening
c.Check that the device is fully open
d. Check that the tail pipe plug is in place before opening the sleeve
e. Check that the catcher is installed below the sliding sleeve

28. (L2) Name the two basic packer types used in completions. (2 answers)
a. Bridge plug
b. Permanent
c. Pump through
d. Retrievable
e. Check valve.

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29. (L2) How is a surface controlled wireline retrievable DHSV run in the open
position?
a. With locked in hydraulic pressure
b. With a lock open sleeve
c.With a prong on the wireline running tool
d. With an automatic ‘J’ device.

30. (L2) Which DHSV has the largest ID for the same tubing size?
a. Wireline retrievable
b. Tubing retrievable
c. Ambient pressure
d. Differential pressure.

31. (L2) What is the main reason for using tubing nipples?
a.To receive flow control devices
b. To reduce well flow
c. For wireline depth control.

32. What is the purpose of side pocket mandrel?

a.To provide a communication path between the tubing bore and the casing
annulus
b. To plug the tubing
c. To be receptacle for wire line safety valve
d. To provide a profile for landing flow control devices

33. (L2) Which of the following statements are true regarding side pocket
mandrels? (2 answers)
a. The SPM plugs the tubing
b. The SPM is the receptacle for the DHSV
c.The SPM is the receptacle for the gas lift valves
d. The SPM is the receptacle for the downhole plugs
e.The SPM can provide a means of communication between annulus and
tubing by itself or by valve set inside it.

34. (L2) Which of the following DHSVs are surface controlled? (2 answers)
a. Differential pressure
b. Ambient pressure
c. Wireline retrievable
d. Tubing retrievable.

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35. (L2) How is a sub-surface controlled DHSV re-opened?

a. By allowing ambient temperature to return to normal
b. By running the opening tool
c. By opening up the well
d.By pressuring up above the valve and overcoming any differential
pressure
e. By pulling and re-dressing the valve.

36. (L2) Where is a sliding sleeve normally positioned? (2 answers)

a.Immediately above the top production packer (one joint above the packer)
b. Immediately below the packer
c. Between 2 packers.
d. One joint below SSSV
e. At least 100 ft above the packer

37. (L2) Why is an annulus safety valve installed?

a. In place of the tubing safety valve
b.To prevent flow from the annulus in gas lift wells
c. To close off flow into the annulus in gas lift wells.

38. (L2) What is the main advantage of using wireline retrievable DHSVs?
a. Simple construction
b. Can be installed after running the completion
c. Can be removed to allow intervention work
d. Can be easily retrieved and replaced.

39. Does the check valve in a gas lift valve, fitted in an SPM, prevent well bore
fluids entering the annulus?
a. No
b. Yes.

40. (L2) What stops wellbore fluids entering the annulus through gas lift valve in
SPM
a. Differential pressure
b.Check valve in gas lift valve
c. The venturi effect across the port of the gas lift valve

41. Do slips on lock mandrel/plugs lock them into the nipples?

a.False
b. True.

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42. (L2) Where is a production packer, normally positioned in the well?

a. Close to the tubing hanger
b. Half-way between the tubing hanger and the perforations
c. Above the top perforations.

43. (L2) Which of the following statements about tubing hangers are true?
(3 answers)
a.A plug can usually be set inside the hanger body
b. It supports the weight of the bottom of the completion
c. It supports the weight of the top of the completion
d. It allows communication from inside the completion to the completion
annulus through the control line port(s)
e. It allows communication into the completion annulus through the control
line port(s)
f.It isolates the completion from the completion annulus
g. It can be closed by applying pressure to the control line.

44. (L2) Which of the following statements about Xmas tree valves is true?
a. All Swab valves can be used to cut Slickline
b.Some master valves can be used to cut Slickline
c. Any (all) flow wing valve can be used to cut Slickline
d. Any (all) kill wing valve can be used to cut Slickline.

45. (L2)What is true about permanent packer?

a.Can only be retrieved by milling
b. Can only be retrieved with the completion string
c. Can be set and retrieved by wire line
d. Is fixed to the completion string
e. Can only be retrieved with special pulling tool

46. (L2) Which of the following statements about Xmas tree valves are true?
(2 answers)
a.After closing, a manual valve handle should be backed out by part of a
turn
b. The valve must be closed as tightly as possible
c. All valves take 30 turns to open or close
d. The indicator shows how many turns have to be made
e.Counting the turns as the valve is opened or closed can show any
obstructions in front of the valve.

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47. (L2) When being used as a communication device, what could be installed in
the SPM to isolate (positive closure) the annulus from the tubing (block flow
in both directions)?
a. A gas lift valve
b. A gate valve
c.A dummy valve
d. A chemical injection valve
e. A circulation valve

48. (L2) From which direction does DHSV prevent flow?

a. Above
b. Below
c. Above and below

49. (L2) How do lock mandrels locked into nipples?

a. With slips
b. On No-Go shoulders
c.With locking dogs in matching profiles
d. With expanding rubber elements in the bore
e. With elastomeric packing’s in the bore
f. By metal to metal seals.

50. (L2) What is the primary purpose (function) of No-Go shoulders in nipples?
a.To locate the correct lock mandrel to their particular matching nipple
b. In the bottom nipple to prevent the tools falling out of the bottom of the
tubing
c. To bear the load from the differential pressure across the plug
d. To lock the mandrel into the nipple.

51. What is the primary function of the No-Go shoulder on the equipment
stopper?
a.To guide the locking dogs on a wireline tools to a suitable nipple profile
b. To prevent equipment falling out of the production string when the
shoulder is installed on the bottom nipple profile
c. To relieve forces when there is a pressure differential across the
equipment
d. To lock a wireline tool into nipple profile

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52. (L2) What is the correct action to take to temporarily re-instate production
in a well with a failed tubing retrievable DHSV?
a. Workover the well
b. Lock open DHSV
c.Lock open DHSV (lock the valve mechanism open) and install an insert
valve
d. Rig up wireline and replace the valve

53. (L2) How is tubing retrievable DHSV run in the open position? (2 answers)
a.With pressure on control line
b. By using the lock open mechanism
c. With straddle set across the valve
d. By keeping the tubing pressurized
e. By pumping above the valve to equalize the pressure differential

54. No-Go shoulders in landing nipples enable the correct lock mandrel to be
located in it?
a.True
b. False

55. (L2) Given the drawing below, match the correct numbers to their
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56. Figure below illustrates the profile of an API 6BX type flange. Which
number indicates the Nominal flange dimension?
a.Dimension No. 1.
b. Dimension No. 2.
c. Dimension No. 3.
d. Dimension No. 4.

57. Which one of API flanges has a specified distance between “made-up
flanges” that require occasional re-tightening of bolts/studs and nuts?
a.API type 6B.
b. API type 6BX.

58. Which of the following statements about ring gaskets are correct?
(2 answers)
a. Ring gaskets may be used several times
b. The same material specifications apply to ring gaskets as to ring grooves.
c. Type RX and BX ring gaskets provide a pressure-energized seal.
d. Only BX ring gaskets can be used with 6BX type flanges.

59. Which one of these gaskets matches the 6BX type flange?
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type BX.
c. Type RX.

60. Select the correct types that illustrate pressure energized ring gaskets
(2 answers).
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX.
d. Type BX.

61. Select the pressure-energized type of ring gasket that should be used for
flanged BOP connection type 6B.
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX.
d. Type BX.

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62. Pressure energized type gaskets should be re-used.

a. True
b. False

63. 6BX flanges with BX gaskets require more checking than 6B with RX
gaskets.
a. True
b. False

64. The nominal size of a flange is the diameter of the required gasket.
a. True
b. False

65. Which one of the following rated working pressure does not match an API
type 6B flange?
a. 10000 psi.
b. 2000psi.
c. 3000psi.
d. 5000psi.

66. (L2) Which of the following best describes a 7 1/16” 10,000 psi flange?
a. It is designed to have an ‘RX’ gasket
b. It has a 10,000 psi test pressure and 5,000 psi working pressure
c. It has a 7 1/16” OD and 10,000 psi working pressure
d.It has a 7 1/16” ID and 10,000 psi working pressure.

67. The term „6BX‟ when used to describe a flange refers to its size and rating?
a.False
b. True

68. (L2) What would be the effect of fitting a 71/16“ X 5,000 psi flange to a
10,000 psi rated BOP stack?
a. The rating would remain at 10,000 psi
b. The rating would become 5,000 psi
c. The rating would become 7,500 psi.

69. (L2) What is the meaning of the expression „6BX‟ for a flange?
a.Type
b. Dimension
c. Trademark
d. Serial number.

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