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Gas Lift Mandrels

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Sidepocket Mandrel
Variety & Shapes
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Weatherford manufactures a very large

variety of sidepocket and conventional
mandrels for various applications and
environments

Gas Lift

Chemical Injection

Waterflood

By-Pass/Chamber lift

Downhole Gauge Receptacle

Corrosion Monitoring

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Pocket Porting Configurations
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Tubing Flow Annular Flow By-Pass Waterflood

EC Configuration E Configuration WF Configuration

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Sidepocket Mandrels
Oval Body Configuration
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Has maximum and minimum OD’s

Better clearance in dual installations

Better clearance for cables and
injection lines

Available Materials- 4130, 13 Chrome, 9 Chrome

Sizes offered
– 1” OD valve sizes 2 3/8”
through 4 1/2”
– 1 1/2” OD valve sizes 2 3/8”
through 5 1/2”

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Oval Cross Section Mandrels
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Sidepocket Mandrels
Round Body Configuration
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Very Flexible- body and swedges

Special design requirements
– Dimensional - special clearance
– Pressure rating- high pressure designs
– Hightensile requirements- heavy weight
designs

Material requirements
– Allows for small special order requirements
– Specialalloy requirements- super 13 chrome,
Inconel

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Sidepocket Mandrels
Round Body Configuration
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Increased pressure rating of body

Sizes offered
– 1” OD Valve sizes- 2 3/8” through 4 1/2”
–1 1/2” OD Valve sizes- 2 3/8” through 7”

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Round Cross Section Mandrel
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Round Cross Section
High Pressure Mandrel
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Sidepocket Design Styles
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SFO Series
- oval body with forged pocket/deflector

SM Series
- oval body with machined pocket and deflectors

R Series
- round body with machined pocket and deflectors

R-xA Series
- round high pressure, special clearance body
with machined pocket and deflectors

BRO Series
- round solid body pocket and deflectors

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Typical Gas Lift Mandrel
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Forged Pocket Mandrels
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SFO Series

One piece forged pocket & deflectors

Oval body design

Available with or without orienting sleeve

Available in 2 3/8” through 4 1/2” sizes to accept
1” OD Gas lift valves

Available in 2 3/8” through 5 1/2” sizes to accept
1 1/2” OD Gas lift valves

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Forged Pocket Mandrels
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SFO Series Cont.

All sizes available in 4130, 13 chrome,
& 9 chrome alloy.

Available in standard or CI, EC, E, or
W pocket porting configurations

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Machined Pocket Mandrels
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SM Series

Machined pocket & deflectors for 1” or
1 1/2” OD Gas lift valves

Oval body design

Available with or without orienting sleeve

Available in 2 3/8” through 4 1/2” sizes
for 1” OD Valves

Available in 2 3/8” through 5 1/2” sizes
for 1 1/2” OD Valves

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Machined Pocket Mandrels
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SM Series Cont.

Pocket available with D or G type latch
profiles for 1 1/2” OD Gas lift valves

All sizes available in 4130 alloy, 13 chrome,
and 9 chrome alloys or other alloys
upon request

Available in standard or CI, EC, or W pocket porting
configurations

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Round Machined Pocket
Mandrels
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R Series

Machined pocket & deflectors for 1” or
1 1/2” OD Gas lift valves

Round body design

Special requirements- pressure, tensile, clearance

Available with or without orienting sleeve

Available in 2 3/8” through 7 ” sizes

Pocket available with D or G type latch profiles for
1 1/2” gas lift valves

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Round Machined Pocket
Mandrels
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R Series Cont.

Materials- 4130, 9 chrome, 13 chrome,
super 13 chrome, Inconel

Available in standard or CI, EC, E, or
W pocket porting configurations

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Solid Pocket Mandrel
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SBRO Series

Pocket and deflectors formed for solid material

Round body design

Unique “bat wing” deflector design

No longitudinal welds

Available in 4 1/2” through 7 ” sizes or 1 1/2” OD valves

Design allows for numerous material and dimensional
requirements

High tensile loading capabilities

Materials- 4140, 13 chrome, super 13 chrome, and Inconel

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Conventional Mandrels
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CM-3 Series
Slimhole for external mounted 5/8” valve for concentric and
packoff installations

CM-2 Series
Senior conventional mandrels for 1 1/2” OD conventional valves

CM-1 Series
Junior conventional mandrels for 1” OD conventional valves

Conventional Mandrels for special applications such as packoff and

concentric installation, ands washover capabilities are also available.
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Conventional Mandrels
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CM Series

Available for 1” and 1 1/2 OD gas lift valves

External guards to protect valve

Special alloy materials available

Available in 8 round and premium threads

Sizes 2 3/8” to 3 1/2”

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