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Interwell's Insert Valve Carrier (IVC)

Insert Valve Carrier

The IVC avoids recompletion and reduces cost by allowing retrofitting of Wireline Retrievable Sub Surface Safety Valves in damaged Downhole Safety Valve nipples. The anchoring mechanism’s design and construction enables the use of standard locking profile or slips mechanism when the existing profile is damaged.
Interwell's Insert Valve Carrier (IVC)

Benefits 

  • Expandable seals
  • Profiles-independent version also available
  • The system is run on wireline/slickline and retrieved on standard GS retrieving tools
  • Avoids recompletion and reduces cost by allowing retrofitting of Wireline Retrievable Sub Surface Safety Valves in damaged Downhole Safety Valve nipples 
  • Designed to fit existing valve profile and can be installed either by standard locking profile or by using slip mechanism

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