Hydraulic Tubing Drain (HTD)

Benefits:

  • Provides a positive indication of open drain
  • Eliminates shear pin devices
  • Provides the highest accuracy and reliability
  • Resists corrosion
  • One plug, available in three pressures for all tubing sizes. Lowers inventory and cost
  • Eliminates mechanical moving parts
  • Eliminates fragile o-rings damaged during assembly causing failure in the field

Description:

Fike Hydraulic Tubing Drains provide a positive method to equalize the fluid level in tubing strings, without mechanical manipulation. The rupture disc assembly contains a 7/8" opening area. Appropriate production practices include the Fike Hydraulic Tubing Drain as standard equipment in all wells to eliminate the potential hazards associated with pulling wet tubing strings.

Material:

  • Tubing: Black oxide coated Alloy Steel
  • Rupture Disc Body:Stainless Steel 17-4
  • Rupture Disc: lnconel
Hydraulic Tubing Drain (HTD)

Typical Applications:

  • Tubing drains remove the hazard of handling stuck pumps, by pulling dry strings
  • When tubing cannot be rotated or pulled to actuate mechanical draining devices
  • Where corrosion builds up restricts the "S" drain from operating properly
  • Provides a means to pump down the tubing to kill a gassy well before pulling
  • Eliminates expenses and wasted time associated with wet jobs
  • Oversized tubing pumps that do not have drain valves operating or none at all
  • Allows producer to double traveling, and standing, valves, and still pull dry strings
  • Drains tubing for submersible pumps equipped with a check valve and pumps in a high angle or straight hole
  • Drains tubing above anchors and packers

Operation:

The Fike HTD is simple in design and utilizes applied hydraulic pressure to rupture the membrane which opens the fluid port to the casing annulus, with no restrictions. The Fike HTD should be installed box up and pin down at the desired depth in the tubing string. For hydrostatic head at the drain, and determination of the proper disc pressure (psi), multiply .433 psi/ft by the drain depth. Then select the disc with an additional 2,000 psi above the nominal fluid load.

(Note:Disc selection is calculated from pressure differential. Contact Fike or your local Sales Representative for further assistance.)

Service:

The Fike HTD is best serviced by your local distributor to ensure proper disc preparation, assembly and testing. In applications where this is not possible, the Fike HTD can be field serviced, with moderate care, and attention to detail.

Selection Guide:

Nominal Size

Outside Diameter

Drill Diameter

Total Length

Part Number

2-3/8" (60 mm)

3-1/16" (78 mm)

1.901"  (48 mm) mm)

7" (178 mm)

A8327-1

2-3/8" (60 mm)

3-518" (92 mm)

1.901" (48 mm)

7-1/4" (184 mm)

A8327-4

2-7/8" (73 mm)

3-518" (92 mm)

2.347" (60 mm)

7-1/2" (191 mm)

A8327-2

2-7/8" (73 mm)

4" (102 mm)

2.347' (60 mm)

7-3/4" (197 mm)

A8327-5

3-1/2"' (89 mm)

4-1/2" (114 mm)

2.867" (73 mm)

8-1/8" (206 mm)

A8327-3

4" (102 mm)

5'' (127 mm)

3.351"  (85 mm)

8-3/8'' (213 mm)

A8327-8

4-1/2" (114 mm)

5-9/16" (141 mm)

3.833'' (97 mm)

8-5/8" (219 mm)

A8327-7

Burst Pressures: (All above sizes available in each of the following opening pressures)

Burst Pressure (psig)

Part Number

Burst Pressure (psig)

Part Number

1500  (102 atm)

A8219-1

4500  (306 atm)

A8219-4

2000  (136 atm)

A8219-5

5000  (340 atm)

A8219-8

2500  (170 atm)

A8219-2

5500  (374 alm)

A8219-9

3000  (204 atm)

A8219-6

6000  (408 atm)

A8219-10

3500  (238 atm)

A8219-3

6500  (442 atm)

A8219-11

4000  (272 atm)

A8219-7

7000  (476 atm)

A8219-12

Rupture plug installation tool is part number 029612

Sizes:

The Fike HTD is available in the above standard nominal sizes, using standard API EUE tubing threads. Non-Standard configurations are ava1lable on an engineered design basis. Full tubing inside diameters are standard on all nominal (stock) sizes.

Burst Pressure/Temperature Conversion Table:

This table is the theoretical calculation of temperature vs. burst pressures.

72°F (psig)

100°F (psig)

200°F (psig)

300°F (psig)

400°F (psig)

500°F (psig)

1500

1488

1428

1410

1395

1407

2000

1984

1904

1880

1860

1876

2500

2480

2308

2350

2325

2345

3000

2976

2856

2820

2790

2814

3500

3472

3332

3290

3255

3283

4000

3968

3808

37o0

3720

3752

4500

4464

4284

4230

4185

4221

5000

4960

4760

4700

4650

4690

5500

5456

5236

5170

5115

5159

6000

5952

5712

5640

5580

5628

6500

6448

6188

6110

6045

6097

7000

6944

6664

6580

6510

6566