Valve Types

Gate valves, Ball valves, & Choke valves.

Gate valve:

used on oil producer wellhead tree. (2 manufacturers Gray &

Cameron).

Ball valve: only by Cameron.

Choke valve: 2 designs: one like arrow & the other cylinder with holes.
SSV & SSSV & UG: used to automatically shut off the production

form (tubing below the surface, or wellhead on surface, or flowline).

Different manufacturers: Otis, Barber, and AVA. (some need panel to control
old and other new designs are self contained.

Safety Valves Subsurface &

Surface

SCSSSV or SSSV
Surface controlled
sub surface safety
valves are either ball
valve type or flapper
type.
They can be either
tubing retrievable or
wireline retrievable

Oil Producer
Gate Valve

Power Water Injector

Ball Valve

Wellheads
Shown here is the
wellhead of an oil
producer (note the
section with the
valves is called the
wellhead tree or
Christmas tree).

TREE

WELLHEAD

Water Supply
This shows a high
volume water supply
well with an ESP.
Only one valve
because low pressure
and no hydrocarbons
present.

Wellhead Tree
The tree is a series of
valves that control flow
from the well and allow
access to the well
Crown valve is used
only when doing wireline
or coiled tubing work
Wing valve controls flow
The master valve is last
line of defense

OTIS QUICK CONNECT

TREE CAP

CROWN OR SWAB VALVE

FLOW TEE

WING VALVE

MASTER VALVE

BONNET CONNECTION
BONNET

Power Water Injector

Option 1: no tubing
spool because there
is no tubing in some
power water injectors.
Option 2: with tubing
spool (no picture)
because they need
tubing and packer in
the injection well.