Abstract: A tubing isolation valve configured to permit lowering thereof downhole and installation in an existing pump seating nipple at a distal end of a production string. An elongate mandrel having at least 2 ports is slidably positioned in a hollow seal sub. A portion of the resulting assembly is positionable via a landing tool within the pump seating nipple. The mandrel is slidably moveable within the seal sub and pump seating nipple, from a first open position where fluids can be pumped from the wellbore via a pump fluidly connected to the landing tool, to a second closed position where fluids are isolated from the production tubing. Configurations of and methods of installing and operating the isolation valve when for example removing a pump from the well, and for removing the isolation valve completely from pump seating nipple and wellbore if desired, are further disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wellhead hydraulic drive unit to operate various styles of downhole pumps, which is installed as an integral part of a wellhead thereby eliminating the need for a stuffing box. The wellhead hydraulic drive unit comprises a hollow hydraulic cylinder having a piston positioned therein, a hydraulic fluid supply attached to the hydraulic cylinder for raising the piston within the hydraulic cylinder, a hollow ram slideably received within the inner wall of the hydraulic cylinder and connected to the piston for reciprocation in response to the piston; and a production tube inserted through the ram for enabling well fluid to be discharged from the well.