API 11V7 : 1999

Table of Contents

1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCES
3 ABBREVIATIONS
4 GAS LIFT VALVE DESIGNATION AND CONSTRUCTION
  4.1 Valve Designation
  4.2 Design
  4.3 Material Requirements
  4.4 Equipment Repair Terminology
5 RECOMMENDED DISMANTLING AND REASSEMBLY OF USED GAS LIFT VALVES
  5.1 General
  5.2 Dismantle Procedure
  5.3 Reassembly Procedure
  5.4 Bellows Replacement
6 INSPECTION AND REASSEMBLY DATA
  6.1 Source of Replacement Parts - Terminology
  6.2 Inspection Data
  6.3 Reassembly Data
7 TESTING REBUILT VALVES
  7.1 General
  7.2 Valve Core
  7.3 Reverse Flow (Check) Valve
  7.4 Valve Leakage Test
  7.5 Hydrostatic Aging Tests
  7.6 Valve Stem Travel Test
8 VALVE PRESSURE SETTING
9 OPERATOR'S USE
APPENDIX A - EXCERPTS FROM API SPEC 11V1, TESTING
APPENDIX B - EXCERPTS FROM API SPEC 11V1 - TEST PROCEDURES
             FOR GAS LIFT VALVES AND REVERSE FLOW VALVES

Abstract

Describes repair, testing, and setting of gas lift valves and reverse flow (check) valves.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 1999
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ISBN