Patent ID: 8066075

Claim:
A completion suspension valve system comprising: a suspension valve housing, said valve housing having a production bore; a valve element disposed in said suspension valve housing, the valve element being an apertured ball valve element with a valve bore offset from the centre of the ball, so that one portion of the ball element is relatively thick and another portion of the valve element is relatively thin; said valve being remotely actuatable between an open position and a closed position; the production bore being offset from the centre of the valve housing; actuation means coupled to the ball element for permitting remote actuation of the ball element, said actuation means comprising at least one moveable guide shaft disposed substantially parallel to the production bore, at least two actuation bars coupled between the respective guide shafts and to the apertured ball element, the actuation bars being coupled to the guide shaft by rotatable pin joints, and being slidingly located in respective bar pockets of said ball element; and wherein said valve element may be actuated to remain in the open position, and wherein said system includes ram means for moving between a first non-engaged position wherein said valve element remains normally open and a second engaged position where the valve is set in the open position.