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Type Test Description Test Status Sealing characteristics test Determines the actual opening or closing pressure required to either maintain or break a wellbore pressure seal Successfully passed Fatigue test Simulates closing and opening the blowout preventer once per day and wellbore pressure testing at 200 psi to 300 psi and full rated working pressure once per week, for one year of service. Tar- get 52 API cycles (7 open/close cycles = 1 API cycle) Exceeded by 115% Packer access test Determines the ability of the blowout preventer to undergo repeated packer changes without affecting operational characteristics. This test shall be accomplished by obtaining access to the packing unit and performing a wellbore pressure test every 20th packing unit access Successfully passed Stripping life test Determines the ability of the annular packing unit to maintain control of wellbore pressure while stripping drill pipe and tool joints through the closed packing unit without exceeding a leak rate of 4 liters/min. (1 gal/min) Successfully passed Temperature test Verifies the performance of non-metallic seals and molded sealing assemblies used as pres- sure-controlling and/or pressure-containing during exposure to low and high temperatures Successfully passed Low temp 40˚F/ High Temp 180˚F WellProtek™ API-16A Product Testing Requirements FREUDENBERG OIL & GAS TECHNOLOGIES © 2016 Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies www.fogt.com v001-01-2016

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Page 1: WellProtek™ API-16A Product Testing Requirements pages/Wellprotek... · get 52 API cycles (7 open/close cycles ... packing unit and performing a wellbore pressure test every 20th

Type Test Description Test Status

Sealing characteristics test Determines the actual opening or closing pressure required to either maintain or break a wellbore pressure seal Successfully passed

Fatigue test Simulates closing and opening the blowout preventer once per day and wellbore pressure testing at 200 psi to 300 psi and full rated working pressure once per week, for one year of service. Tar-get 52 API cycles (7 open/close cycles = 1 API cycle)

Exceeded by 115%

Packer access test Determines the ability of the blowout preventer to undergo repeated packer changes without affecting operational characteristics. This test shall be accomplished by obtaining access to the packing unit and performing a wellbore pressure test every 20th packing unit access

Successfully passed

Stripping life test Determines the ability of the annular packing unit to maintain control of wellbore pressure while stripping drill pipe and tool joints through the closed packing unit without exceeding a leak rate of 4 liters/min. (1 gal/min)

Successfully passed

Temperature test Verifies the performance of non-metallic seals and molded sealing assemblies used as pres-sure-controlling and/or pressure-containing during exposure to low and high temperatures Successfully passed

Low temp 40˚F/ High Temp 180˚F

WellProtek™ API-16A Product Testing Requirements

FREUDENBERGOIL & GAS TECHNOLOGIES

© 2016 Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies www.fogt.com

v001-01-2016