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What is your challange?

  • Corrosion 
    (of tubing and other wellbore assembly elements)
  • Fishing
    (of dropped and accidentally lost downhole tools)
  • Obstruction
    (of inflow into the well)
  • Valve Failure
    (of safety and regulatory/gaslift valves in the nipples or tubing-pockets)
  • Scale
    (barite and other chemical scaling in the borehole during oil production)
  • Leakage
    (due to isolation and fitting problems, or faulty seals)

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Valve Failure

Valve Failure

Proper, safe and reliable operation of any kind of downhole valves are essential, especially for downhole safety valves. Although valves are manufactured according to high quality standards, but valve failures are a very common observation and require urgent repair needs. The most trustable and convincing method to check the actual condition of valves is the visual inspection. Zerlux OptEye Downhole Cameras provide unique and clear visual information to the operators about the status and operability of downhole valves.