Ball-out:

Terms Related to Ball-out

• Ball sealers

  Balls made of nylon, hard rubber, or both and used to shut off perforations through which excessive fluid is being lost.

• Ball valve

  A flow-control device employing a ball with a rotating mechanism to open or close the tubing medium.

• Ball-and-seat valve

  A device used to restrict fluid flow to one direction. It consists of a polished sphere, or ball, usually or metal, and an annular piece, ...

• Ball catcher

  A tube placed around the retrieving neck of a retrievable bridge plug to "catch" debris.

• Absolute open flow potential

  The theoretical maximum flow that a well could deliver with a zero backpressure at the middle of the perforations.

• Surge valve

  A device employed with a packer to surge, or clean, open perforations; also called surge disk.

• Barite plug

  1. A settled volume of barite particles from a barite slurry placed in the wellbore, usually to seal off a pressured zone. 2. A plug ...