IHRDC PE301 Video Notes

1. A good completion design maximize the value of well over its entire
life by optimizing its production rate and minimizing its operating cost
in according to government regulations and company safety policies.

2. A good completion design must be flexible enough to handle current

and future producing problems and yet simple enough to allow its
cost efficient installation and maintenance.

3. Basic Completion Categories

3.1 By the interface between the Wellbore and Reservoir

3.1.1 Openhole completions
3.1.2 Uncemented liner completions
3.1.3 Cased and perforated completions

3.2 By the production method

3.2.1. Pumping well completions
3.2.2. Flowing well completions
3.3 By the number of zones completed
3.3.1. Single zone completions
3.3.2. Multiple zones

4. Openhole completions

4.1 Advantages
4.1.1. Maximum pay zone exposure
4.1.2. Decreased drawdown
4.1.3. Less formation damage
4.2 Disadvantages
4.2.1. Inability to plug off zones
4.2.2. Inability to selectively stimulate zones

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5. Uncemented liner mostly replaced by gravel pack

6. Cased and Perforated completions

6.1 Select zones

6.1.1 Produce
6.1.2 Stimulate
6.1.3 Plug off

6.2 Generally safer and cheaper

6.3 Multiple zones possible

7. Also, completions will vary depending on production rate, well

pressure & depth, rock & fluid properties, and surface location.

8. The additional parameters are: functional requirements, service

requirements, drilling considerations, company policies and
government regulations.

9. The primary causes of formation damage are:

9.1 Invasion of drilling mud solids or filtrate

9.2 Expansion of water sensitive clays

9.3 Invasion of solids from completion fluid

10. Damaging particle size vs. Formation K

Damaging particle size Formation K
2 30 400 md
3 80 900 md
9 > 725 md

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11. The major causes of perforating damages are: solids plugging,

inadequate density, and inadequate length.
In unite 1
We have briefly reviewed the basic types of completion option
available to an engineer.
Selecting the best option requires the designer considering the
present and future performance of the well, the constrains imposed
on the drilling program, applicable regulations and policies and the
feasibilities of new technoledges.
Maximizing productivity often of overriding importance of economic
design of the completion can be achieved by corrective sizing of
tubing string, minimizing the formation damage.

12. The major failure modes of tubular goods are

Burst (internal pressure)
Collapse (external pressure)
Tensional failure (tensional loads)

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13. Temperature or Thermal Effects

The length change due to change in temperature is equal to the
length of tubing, times the coefficient of thermal expansion for steel,
times the change in average temperature:

Lt = +L ()(T)

= 6.9 x 10 6 /F coefficient of thermal expansion for steel

Lt = TL6.9x10-6/F

The change in tubing length related to piston force is:

FP L
L p =
AS E
AS = cross-sectional area of the tubing wall (in2)
E = Youngs modulus, 30 x 106
L = tubing length (inches)
FP= piston force in lbs

14. The piston force at the packer related to a change in the inside and
outside pressures is mathematically expressed as following:

F p = ( A p A i ) Pi ( A p A o ) Po
FP = piston force change in lbs
Pi = in side pressure change psi
PO = outside pressure change psi
AP = area of packer bore in2
Ai = area of tubing ID in2
AO = area of tubing OD2

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15. No-go nipples usually located at the bottom of the tubing to prevent
wireline tool from inevitablely running out of tubing.

16. Packer used for many reasons:

16.1 Protect the casing

16.2 Separate zones

16.3 Isolate treating fluids

16.3.1 Permit artificial lift
16.3.2 Isolate perfs of leaks

17. Packer classification

17.1 Retrievable

17.2 Permanent

17.3 Permanent retrievable

17.4 Inflatable

18. Other down hole completion components

18.1 Seating nipples

18.2 Landing nipples

18.3 Sliding sleeves

18.4 Side pocket mandrels

18.5 Blast joints

18.6 Flow couplings

18.7 Subsurface safety valves (sssvs)

18.8 Surface control subsurface safety valves (scsssvs)

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19. Christmas Tree or Tree designated by size and pressure rating and
dictated by:

19.1 Tubing sizes

19.2 Casing sizes

19.3 Kill and stimulation pressures

19.4 Flowing pressures

19.5 Operating temperatures

19.6 Special requirements

19.7 Surface location

19.8 Government regulations

19.9 Company safety policies

20. The most common Christmas Tree consisted of:

20.1 Bonnet

20.2 Master valve

20.3 Cross

20.4 Swab valve

20.5 Crown plug

20.6 Wing valve

20.7 Choke

20.8 Flowline valve

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21. From completion stand point, the Key considerations for using beam
pump

21.1 Open annulus

21.2 Tubing anchor

21.3 Adequate pump diameter

21.4 Pump seating nipple

21.5 Easy access

21.6 Properly sized rods and unit.

22. Basic completion operations

22.1 Cementing production casing

22.2 Case hole logging

22.3 Perforating for production

22.4 Stimulation

22.5 Sand control

23. The Key to good cost effective completion is KISS: Keep It Simple
and Safe.

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24. Before beginning a completion design, the engineer should collect

and review

24.1 Location elevations

24.2 Casing and wellhead specs

24.3 Drilling data

24.4 Geological description

24.5 Pressure tests and logs

24.6 Cementing data

24.7 Special completion requirements

24.8 Performance of off-set wells

24.9 Development plan.

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