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Our i-Seat ball seat sub is designed for easy millout and compatibility to a range of pressure testing requirements.
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Description
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Our i-Seat is a field-proven ball seat sub that is installed as part of the completion string. The simple, robust design can be installed anywhere future isolation points are required. When isolation is desired, a dissolvable ball is dropped from surface and lands in the i-Seat. Once seated, pressure can be applied to test casing integrity, set hydraulically activated packers, or activate other completion tools above the i-Seat. After a predetermined time frame, the ball will dissolve, allowing production or injection to begin without well intervention.
Learn more about the i-Seat ball seat sub in Drilling Contractor: Simplicity leads subsea technology innovations
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Features
- Configurable with different seat sizes to meet pressure test requirements
- Compatible with dissolvable fracture ball technology
- Compatible with dissolving seat inserts
- Drillable cast-iron ball seat for easy millout
- Antirotation design prevents the seat from spinning during millout
Benefits
- Pressure testing and packer setting without having to set/retrieve a bridge plug
- Pressure testing the liner/completion string above the i-Seat to pressures that exceed toe initiation sleeves in the opening setting
- Provide a solid seat for the flex-style sleeves above
- Can be placed above the flex sleeves to allow testing of the liner integrity after the fracture is completed
Applications
- Hydraulic activation of packers and other downhole tools
- Deep, highly deviated wells
- Used to pressure test the liner
- Multistage fracturing system for extended-reach laterals
- Cemented and openhole applications
