Well Completion and Testing

Well Completion
Completion a technique where equipments are selected & installed in a well to get optimal production for entire foreseeable producing life of a oil or gas well
The completion of a well depends on following criteria: i. Plugged and abandoned (as it has no further use i.e. a duster). ii Suspended as a future or possible production well. iii. Completed as a production well.

Producing well
Well completion operations include:
Perforating. Sand

control. Production packer installation. Tubing (completion) string / tubing hanger installation. Downhole safety valve installation. Xmas tree installation. Bringing the well onto production.

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WELL HEAD & X-MAS TREE

Location & Situation

On land Offshore - Shallow water - Deep water: wet or dry completion Fluid : Sweet, Sour , Corrosive Flow Potential of well : Flow rate Multiple completion Workover requirement: Frequency of W/O job & nature: Stimulation, recompletion, Water & gas shutoff, GP etc

Openhole completion
Advantages: Minimize formation damage No perforation required. Deepening and easy to convert in other mode.( liner) Log interpretation is not critical. Dis- advantages: Difficult to control gas / water. Selective stimulation is difficult

Tubing less cased hole completion

Advantage:
Little flow restriction Ease to deepening Easy to well clean out Selective stimulation is possible.

Disadvantages:
Difficult to gravel pack Corrosion of casing Limited casing strength

Conventional completion
Advantages
Less corrosion Easy to control water or gas

Disadvantages:
Tubing restrict the flow of producing fluid. Expensive

HR-5
TUBING HANGER:

- 3.1/2 KB 17.62 M
FLOW COUPLING

30 CSG. Approx 132 M 20 CSG. Approx 296 M

3.1/2 SSSV 147.20 m

3.1/2 TBGS.

13.3/8 CSG. Approx 1128 M

Case History Well No.: HR#5

PERFORATIONS :

2 7/8 EXPANSION JOINT 2067.48 M

3 x 9 5/8 HYDRAULIC PACKER 2080.08 M

LANDING NIPPLE

2092.50 M
POP 2101.63 M

H3 B: 2141 - 73
9 5/8 CSG SHOE 2337 M CD: 2259 M

HSB-5
TUBING HANGER:

- 3.1/2 KB 16 m.
FLOW COUPLING

30 CSG. Approx 138 M 20 CSG. Approx 256 M

3.1/2 SSSV 147.20 m

3.1/2 TBGS.

13.3/8 CSG. Approx 14 60 M

Case History Well No.: HSB#5

PERFORATIONS :

3.1/2 PREMIUM EXPANSION JOINTS

9 5/8 PERMANENT PACKER 2124.59 M

H3 A: 2146 - 50 H3 B: 2156 - 75
9 5/8 CSG SHOE 2272 M

CD: 2197 M

Uncemented Liner Completions

Advantages of Uncemented Liner Completions are:
Entire pay zone open to the wellbore. No perforating cost. Log interpretation is not critical. Adaptable to special sand control methods. No clean out problems. Wire wrapped screens can be placed later.

Disadvantages of Uncemented Liner Completions are:

The formation may be damaged during the drilling process. Excessive water or gas is difficult to control. Casing is set before pay zones are drilled and logged. Selective stimulation is not possible.

Perforated Cemented Casing Completions

Advantages of Perforated Casing or Liner Completions are: Is safer during well completion operations. Effect of formation damage is minimal. Excessive water or gas production may be controlled or eliminated. The zones can be selectively stimulated. The liner impedes sand influx. The well can be easily deepened. Is easier to plan for completing. Disadvantages of Perforated Casing or Liner Completions are: The wellbore diameter through the pay zone(s) is restricted. Log interpretation is critical. Liner cementation is more difficult to obtain than casing cementation. Perforating, cementing and rig time incurs additional costs.

Classification-by Mode Of Production

Flowing. Artificial lift.

Tubingless Completions Tubing Flow Completions High Rate Liner or Monobore

Artificial Lift Completion

PACKERS

SLIM INFLATABLE PACKERS

SUCKER ROD PUMP

SAND CONTROL

Number of Zones Completed

Single Zone Completions

Multiple completion
Advantages
Reducing development cost. selective zone well control is possible. Use of natural energy from one zone to artificially produce anther zone is possible

Disadvantages:
Large no of downhole equipment Expensive and complicated Possible loss of production in zone due to mechanical problems and formation damage during workover.

Multiple Zone Completions

Various down hole equipment

Packers Side pocket mandrels Sliding sleeves Landing nipples Sub surface safety valves Circulating valves Gas lift valves Bridge plugs etc

Horizontal Completions

Methods used to complete horizontal wells.

Classification of completions for horizontal wells

Methods of Completing Horizontal Wells

Methods of Completing Horizontal Wells

MULTI LATERALS

WELL TESTING

Aim of well testing

Flow rates Sampling Well bore conditions
PVT condition Productivity Transients

PORTABLE TESTING SEPARATOR

THREE PHASE SEPARATOR INTERNALS

RATE SEQUENCE

IPR CURVES

PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION IN THE FORMATION

SUB SEA TEST TREE

TIPICAL OFFSHORE TESTING SET UP

FLUD SAMPLING

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