Slickline flow control solutions

Dependable, proven well barrier and isolation technologies

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Overview

Zonal isolation to fit your well environment

Reliable flow control depends on the quality of the sealing elements in the downhole equipment that is used to isolate one zone from another. The fluid type, well temperature, and pressure must all be considered—alongside well completion, regulatory requirements, and retrievability—when selecting the appropriate tools and equipment to deploy on slickline, wireline, tractor, coiled tubing, or drillpipe.

To address these challenges, SLB provides the SIM™ sealing integrity management system, which includes mechanically set retrievable bridge plugs, permanent plugs, and straddles that are simple and reliable. The SIM system is complemented by a set of Peak Family™ flow control and well intervention tools that are regularly deployed as part of the downhole assembly.

SIM plugs include a wide range of slickline-conveyed and recoverable devices for effective flow control. These plugs and the tools for installing them are extensively qualified to different grades and can be used to provide a well barrier anywhere in the tubing, without the need for a nipple profile.

Simple, reliable slickline-deployed tools for a wide range of applications

Adaptable SIM plugs work well for many different applications, including

Plug and abandonment
Well suspension
Water and gas shutoff
Drilling operation collision barriers
Wellhead isolation
Zonal isolation for water shutoff
Zonal isolation to prevent crossflow or commingling
Packer setting and tubing testing during completions
Tubing integrity testing
Permanent zonal isolation

The simple design of SIM plugs ensures they can be easily and quickly redressed in remote locations without the need for specialist tools.

Retrievable and permanent plugs and packers

SIMstandard retrievable bridge plug

Reliable, nippleless flow control for reduced operating costs, improved safety, and better well performance

SIMplus retrievable bridge plug

Versatile high-performance V3-rated barrier and flow control system

SIMextra

Retrievable bridge plug

SIM permanent plug

100% mechanically set cast-iron permanent bridge plug

SIMultra

Retrievable bridge plug

Hi-Ex retrievable bridge plug

Simple set-and-retrieve, high-expansion temporary well barrier rated up to 4,000 psi and 250 degF

Hi-Ex cement platform

Simple, efficient cement plug setting without a workover

Straddle systems

Peak Family integral gas lift valve straddle

Cost-effective solution for installation of controlled gas lift in long-reach wells with depleted reservoirs

SIM straddle

Effective, reliable zonal isolation across the straddled zone

Deployment systems

SIM running tool

Convey and selectively set flow control, well integrity, and production management tools at any chosen depth

Plug accessories

Peak Family pump-open sub

Provides a barrier that can be remotely opened without intervention

Peak Family pump-through check valve

Hold tubing pressure from below while maximizing pump-through capability

Peak Family injection valve

Reliably reinject produced fluids or inject fluids for EOR

Peak Family flow-activated safety valve

Cost-effective insert safety device

Peak Family top-latch choke

Control oil, gas, and fluid flow with a downhole choke, easily recovered and reset without pulling the plug

Nipple products

Peak Family standing valve

Enables maximum throughbore for drillstem testing even in highly deviated wells

FloSafe

Lock mandrel