Tubing Mounted Fluid Support Device

What is it ?

The Red Spider Tubing Mounted Fluid Support Device is designed to be run as an integral part of the completion and to prevent fluid loss to the formation in Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) or plunger pump completions when shut in. It can also be used in completions which require or would benefit from an "under-balanced for life" philosophy, hence protecting the reservoir from harmful overbalance during completion and subsequent work-over operations.
The device is typically deployed on the tubing string or on a lower completion packer enabling it to be positioned at any point in the well bore. It opens remotely to allow production to commence with a positive pressure from below.

When would I use it ?

The Tubing Mounted Fluid Support Device can be successfully deployed in a number of differing applications:

• Below an Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) to maintain the column of fluid within the tubing hence providing a known environment for the pump during start up
• Above an ESP to maintain the column of fluid within the tubing and or prevent debris fall out onto the pump
• Below a sump packer prior to deploying the upper completion and ESP's
• Providing a means of preventing fluid loss to the formation in conventional wells
• Cost effective method of maintaining an "under-balanced for life" philosophy