The Landing Nipple is a downhole completion component, fabricated as a short section of heavy wall tubular with a machined internal surface that provides a seal area and a locking profile. Landing Nipples are included in most completions at predetermined intervals to enable the installation of flow-control devices, such as Plugs and Chokes.
Three basic types of Landing Nipples are commonly used: No-Go Nipples, Selective-Landing Nipples and ported or Safety-Valve Nipples.
Applications
Plugging under pressure.
Provides pre-determined locations for setting and locking subsurface flow controls
Features
Single nipple installations or as the bottom nipple in a series of ‘KX’ or ‘KR’ Landing Nipple.
Standard weight tubing in a series of ‘KX’ and ‘KXN’ (bottom) Landing Nipple. (The ‘N’ designates no-go nipple)
Heavyweight tubing in a series of ‘KR’ and ‘KRN’ (bottom) Landing Nipple. (The ‘N’ designates no-go nipple)
Large bore for minimum restriction.
Universal nipple with one internal profile
Optional Holddown
Interference holddown for smaller locks
Shear pin holddown for larger locks
Benefits
Versatility helps reduce completion and production maintenance costs.
Simple Operation.
Multiple options when running, setting or retrieving subsurface flow control
