The CHAMP V packer is a hook wall-retrievable packer with a concentric bypass. As the tool is lowered into the hole, a J-slot holds the bypass open and controls the setting of the packer. When the packer is set, a balancing piston activated by tubing pressure holds the bypass closed.

Each tool assembly includes a J-slot mechanism, mechanical slips, packer elements, hydraulic slips, and a bypass. Round, piston-like slips used in the hydraulic hold down mechanism prevent the tool from being pumped up the hole. The bypass allows fluids to pass around the bottom of the tool when it is removed from the hole. This design eliminates accidentally opening a conventional bypass during circulation around the bottom of the packer.

Circulation around the CHAMP Vpacker is not interrupted if the packer element temporarily seals unintentionally as when it passes through points of interference in the casing.

The CHAMP V packer is well suited to tubing conveyed perforating applications where the firing head assembly is easily incorporated into the CHAMP V packer. The CHAMP V packer is ideally suited for horizontal applications due to its limited rotational requirements and integrated circulating valve. Just a quarter-turn is required, at the tool, to set the packer and close the circulating valve. A straight upward pull opens the circulating valve and unseats the packer.