Remote choke panel:

This procedure is necessary when a kick is being circulated out of a well.

See choke manifold.

Terms Related to Remote choke panel

• Choke manifold

  An arrangement of piping and special valves, called chokes. In drilling, mud is circulated through a choke manifold when the blowout preventers are closed. In ...

• Choke line

  1. A pipe attached to the blowout preventer stack out of which kick fluids and mud can be pumped to the choke manifold when a ...

• Master or primary control panel

  A manifold system of valves, usually situated at the power source, which may be operated manually (or by remote control) to direct pressurized fluid to ...

• Remote (secondary) control panel

  A system of controls, convenient to the driller, which can be used selectively to actuate valves at the master control panel.

• Positive choke

  A choke in which the orifice size must be changed to change the rate of flow through the choke.

• Bottomhole choke

  A device with a restricted opening placed in the lower end of the tubing to control the rate of flow. See choke.

• Choke flow line

  An extension from the blowout preventer assembly used to direct control the flow of well fluids from the annulus to the choke.