HPHT Technical Services
The accepted industry definition of an HTHP well is one that has an undisturbed bottomhole temperature greater than 300 degrees Fahrenheit and has a pore-pressure gradient in excess of 0.8 psi/foot or require the use of well-control equipment at more than 10,000 psi working pressure.
High pressure, high temperature (HPHT) wells present unique challenges to oil and service companies. Drilling and completing a well at 4,000- to 7,500-foot water depths is no easy task. The depth requires wells to flow at increasingly higher rates without damaging the wellbore, which raise the wellhead temperatures.
These high temperatures and pressures require equipment and products designed to operate safely at such extreme levels.
