CK-Series Kelly Mudsaver Valve

Eliminates back pressure and leaking

The CK-Series Mudsaver Valve is designed to reduce or eliminate the undesirable loss of fluid when making a connection. The CK-Series Mud Saver Valve opens automatically when the mud flow is started and closes immediately when the pumps are shut off trapping the drilling fluid inside the kelly, thus making drillstring trips drier, faster and safer, plus you'll spend a lot less time and money on environmental clean up.

 

The CK-Series Kelly Mud Saver Valve is housed in a saver sub and manufactured at our customer’s request, based on API requirements.  The CK-Series Kelly Mud Saver Valve is used to prolong the life of the kelly or a top drive by taking the connection wear each time it is made up to a drill stem component. This means that the connection between the kelly or topdrive and the saver sub rarely is used, and suffers minimal wear and tear, whereas the lower connection is used in almost all cases and suffers the most wear and tear. The saver sub is expendable and does not represent a major investment. However, the kelly or topdrive component threads are spared by use of a saver sub, and those components represent a significant capital cost and considerable downtime when replaced.The valve is used instead of the IBOP in a top drive which can be expensive and time consuming to replace.

 

On a typical 40 foot Kelly, the CK-series Valve can save up to 21 gallons (½ barrel) of drilling fluid per connection. At today’s cost of about $100 per barrel for Oil Base Mud, this translates to a savings of $50 for each connection made. On a well drilling 2,000’ per day, the savings will be approximately $3,300. No wrenches to drop downhole and no unnecessary wear on safety valves from using them to stop the flow of mud - a job they were not designed to do. Increased safety means higher productivity.