Functions of Casing

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 Pressure Gradients

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 Casing vs. Bit Size (illustrative)

Casing
~20” ~13-3/8” ~9-5/8” ~7” ~ 5”
Size

Bit Size 16” < 17- 8-3/8” <

24” < 26” 12-1/4” ~ 6”
(Typical) 1/2” 9-7/8”
 Types of Casing

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 Types of Casing

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 Types of Casing

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 Types of Casing

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Examples: Casing Programs
 Fracture Pressure
• When abnormal formation pressure is encountered, the density of the drilling
fluid must be increased to maintain the wellbore pressure above the formation
pore pressure to prevent the flow of fluids from permeable formations into the
well.

• However, since the wellbore pressure must be maintained below the pressure
that will clause fracture in the more shallow, relatively weak, exposed
formations just below the casing seat, there is a maximum drilling fluid density
that can be tolerated.

• This means that there is a maximum depth into the abnormally pressure zone to
which the well can be drilled safely without cementing another casing string in
the well.

• Thus the pressure at which the formation fracture will occur is called as
“FRACTURE PRESSURE” and is needed to be calculated at all depths in the
well.
 Types of Liners

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 Advantages of a Liner

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 Disadvantages of a Liner

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 Casing Design: Sources of Data

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 Essential Data for Casing Design (Table 5.2)

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 Design Criteria

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 Collapse Criteria

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 Collapse Pressure

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 Lost Circulation

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 Mud Level Inside After Lost Circulation

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 The Length of the Mud Column Inside the Casing

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 The Length of the Mud Column Inside the Casing

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 Example

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 Solution

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 Solution

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 Solution

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Collapse Calculations for Individual Casing Strings

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 Collapse Calculations for Conductor Casing

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 Collapse Calculations for Surface Casing

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 Collapse Calculations for Intermediate Casing

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 Collapse Calculations for Production Casing

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 Burst Criteria

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 Burst Calculations

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 Unlimited Kick (Valid Only for Gas Wells)

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 Unlimited Kick

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 External Pressure for Burst Design

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 External Pressure for Burst Design

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 External Pressure for Burst Design

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 External Pressure for Burst Design

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 Burst Design for Individual Casings

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Burst Design for Surface and Intermediate Casings

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 Fig. Burst Design for Production Casing

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 Burst Design for Production Casing

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 Burst Design Calculations for Production Casing

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