Wellhead Control Systems (Jungle Version)

This is a photo of a complete installation of a Dowland-Bach PAC 1100P Wellhead Control Panel on Pad DD-22 of the Cusiana Oil Field in Colombia, South America. The unit uses solar energy to operate the the four main hydraulic valves on the wellhead tree (shown here in red), monitor wellhead and flow sweep conditions (pressure, temperature), and shut in the well in the event of an emergency (over/under pressure, fire, line rupture, etc.) Photo by Bill Konte.

Dowland-Bach has been producing Wellhead Control Systems for use in Colombia, South America since 1994. The units are designed, built, and tested at our facilities in Anchorage, Alaska. They are then shipped to the production sites in Colombia, where they are installed by the same engineers and technicians who designed and built them in Alaska. The unit featured in the above photo is typical of the 36 Wellhead Control Panels currently in service in the Cusiana and Cupiagua oil fields in Colombia. Each unit monitors a specific wellhead and articulates with the Central Processing Facility for the given field via a set of underground telemetry cables, enabling either local or remote shutdown of the well.

In the near future we will begin installation of our most advanced Wellhead Control System, currently in production. The new system sports greatly increased solar capacity, replaces hardwired relay-based logic with a PLC, and adds a radio transmitter/receiver for communication with CPF. Photos will be provided when available. This is a sharp unit!

Key Benefits

Adaptable

Reliable

Solar Powered--No external power source required.

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