Wellhead & X-mas Trees
Markco Machine Services
Markco Machine Services is( (MARKCO) s a business unit of MFC group of companies. MARKCO is focused on manufacturing wellhead equipment and X-mas trees used in the oil & gas drilling production. MARKCO products are manufactured to API6A specifications. These products are manufactured at an approved manufacturing facility approved by MFC/MARKCO. These facilities have an approved API6A monograms.
Wellheads
A wellhead is the component at the surface of an oil or gas well that provides the structural and pressure-containing interface for the drilling and production equipment.
The primary purpose of a wellhead is to provide the suspension point and pressure seals for the casing strings that run from the bottom of the hole sections to the surface pressure control equipment.
Wellheads are typically welded onto the first string of casing, which has been cemented in place during drilling operations, to form an integral structure of the well. In exploration wells that are later abandoned, the wellhead may be recovered for refurbishment and re-use.
Offshore, where a wellhead is located on the production platform it is called a surface wellhead, and if located beneath the water then it is referred to as a subsea wellhead or mudline wellhead.
Blowout Preventer (BOP)
While drilling the oil well, surface pressure control is provided by a blowout preventer (BOP). If the pressure is not contained during drilling operations by the column of drilling fluid, casings, wellhead, and BOP, a well blowout could occur.
X-mas Trees
When the well has been drilled, it is completed to provide an interface with the reservoir rock and a tubular conduit for the well fluids. The surface pressure control is provided by a X-mas tree, which is installed on top of the wellhead, with isolation valves and choke equipment to control the flow of well fluids during production.