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Summary

Minimum Wellhead Requirements Industry Recommended Practice provides an introduction to wellhead components and major variations in wellhead design driven by reservoir and well operating considerations and conditions.

Developer: Drilling & Completions Committee
Sponsor: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Current Status: Sanctioned | June 20, 2018

Overview

This document provides an introduction to wellhead components and major variations in wellhead design that are driven by reservoir and well operating considerations and conditions.

It serves as a guide to wellhead implementation, providing recommendations for:

  • Assigning responsibilities in wellhead installation, intervention, and maintenance
  • Determining wellhead requirements
  • Installing and protecting wellheads
  • Intervention operations
  • Monitoring and maintaining wellheads
  • Maintaining wellheads on suspended wells

This document covers a range of petroleum industry well types including:

  • Flowing wells (Sweet, Sour, Critical Sour and Corrosive)
  • Artificial lift wells
  • Injection and disposal wells
  • Thermal wells
  • Cavern storage wells
  • Observation wells

Information for fracturing operations, including the fracture tree, is included.

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