Table of Contents

1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Applications
2 REFERENCES
  2.1 General
  2.2 Requirements
3 ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
4 GAS LIFT VALVES, REVERSE FLOW (CHECK) VALVES, ORIFICE
  VALVES AND DUMMY VALVES
  4.1 Gas Lift Valve Designation
  4.2 Design
  4.3 Material Requirements
  4.4 Testing
  4.5 Marking
5 WIRE LINE RETRIEVABLE VALVE MANDRELS
  5.1 General Requirements
  5.2 Testing
APPENDIX A - QUALITY CONTROL
APPENDIX B - TEST PROCEDURES FOR GAS LIFT VALVES AND REVERSE
             FLOW VALVES
APPENDIX C - BELLOWS ATTACHMENT METHODS
APPENDIX D - HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION
APPENDIX E - MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR API MONOGRAM
             LICENSEES

Abstract

Describes gas lift valves, reverse flow (check) valves, orifice valves, dummy valves and wireline retrievable valve mandrels (WRVM) that are consistently manufactured to a predictable level of quality.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2008
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