Summer Course 2015-Drilling Engineering, Casing Design
Summer Course 2015
Casing
Design
Rahman Ashena
Michael Prohaska
An Example of Casing Strings Used
MD
OD
Grade
Surface-77
Surface-803.2
803-1161
Surface-1193
1193-1298.5
1014-1216
1216-1920
1801^-2208.5
18 5/8
13 3/8
13 3/8
9 5/8
9 5/8
7
7
5
J-55
J-55
N-80
N-80
N-80
N-80
N-80
N-80
Weight
(Ib/ft)
87.5
68
72
43.5
47
29
29
18
Thread
BDS
BTS
BTS
BTS
BTS
BTS
BTS
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Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering-University of Leoben, Rahman Ashena
Summer Course 2015-Drilling Engineering, Casing Design
API Terminology
1) Burst pressure (internal yield pressure)
2) Collapse pressure
3) Axial load (yield of body) s
e
Example
Using the data below, evaluate the burst and collapse
pressure loadings and design an appropriate
intermediate 7-in casing and production 5-in casing
using the uni-axial method.
All design or safety factors should be fulfilled.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Setting depth of intermediate casing string:
Mud density while setting casing string:
Setting depth of the next casing string:
Gas pressure gradient (in case of gas kick):
Depth of leakage in production tubing:
Packer depth (production tubing):
Cement slurry weight (7-in intermediate casing):
Cement slurry weight (production casing):
7900 ft
10 ppg
10,000 ft
0.09 psi/ft
5000 ft
9700 ft
11 ppg
13 ppg
Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering-University of Leoben, Rahman Ashena
Summer Course 2015-Drilling Engineering, Casing Design
Example continued
Safety factor:
Burst:
Collapse:
Tension of body:
Value
1.1
1
1.8
Consider load of OD: 2 7/8-in, with ID: 2.441-in tubing has
been run inside the production casing. Hint: You can use
the excel sent to you or schlumberger i-handbook to find
specs or excel. [Link]
Select the cheapest 7-in intermediate casing (assume price
increases with weight, then with grade as listed in API
tables).
Note: Use pore pressure gradient curves, minimum pore
pressure kick margin to calculate mud weight required to drill
each drilling section.
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Example Cont.
TVD (ft)
Pore pressure
(psi)
TVD (ft)
Safe Pore
EMW (ppg)
1500
3200
6000
7500
10000
660
1420
3040
4070
5780
1500
3200
6000
7500
10000
8.6
8.7
9.9
10.6
11.3
8.0
0
9.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
EMW (ppg)
1000
2000
3000
5000
6000
7000
TVD (ft)
4000
8000
9000
10000
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Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering-University of Leoben, Rahman Ashena
Summer Course 2015-Drilling Engineering, Casing Design
EMW (ppg)
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
Or 11 -in
Surface Casing: 18 5/8 in. @ 1,000ft
2000
3000
Or 9 5/8-in
4000
TVD (ft)
Example Cont.
1000
Intermediate 1: 11 3/4 in. @ 4,500ft
5000
6000
Or 7-in
7000
Intermediate 2: 8 5/8 in. @ 7,900ft
8000
Standard Solution
9000
Production Casing: 5 in. @ 10,000ft
10000
Homework I
A) Redo the example for designing the production and
intermediate casing considering the following:
Worst case scenario for burst.
Collapse S.F.=1.3
Tension S.F.=1.6
B) Design the 9 5/8-in surface casing. Cement slurry
weight to cement behind the casing is 9.5 ppg.
Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering-University of Leoben, Rahman Ashena
Summer Course 2015-Drilling Engineering, Casing Design
Homework II
It is required to design a 9 5/8-in intermediate casing
with setting depth of 5000 ft. Use a worst case scenario
for collapse and burst. Consider bouyancy in tension
criterion.
Make an attempt to select the cheapest with lowest
grade casing. All design or safety factors should be
fulfilled.
Homework II-Cont.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Casing OD
Casing setting depth:
Next casing setting depth:
Mud density:
Cement slurry weight:
Formation pressure gradient at next shoe:
Safety factor:
Burst:
Collapse:
Tension of body:
9 5/8-in
5000 ft
9000 ft
10.9 ppg
11.4 ppg
12 ppg
Value
1.1
1.125
1.8
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Chair of Drilling and Completion Engineering-University of Leoben, Rahman Ashena