Casing design_rahman

High pressure zones, weak and fractured formations, unconsolidated formations an

sloughing shales (Drilling problems)
conductor pipe is fitted with the diverter equipment to water and gas flow encou
ntered.The conducor pipe is not shut in as seat may not sustain with well force.
Generally 16" conductor pipe is use for shallow wells & 20" in deep wells.Onshor
e conductor pipe is usually 20".
The length of conducotr pipe may be up to 500 ft onshore and may be up to 1000 f
t offshore.
Surface casing is generaly set in competant formations such as hard limestone or
dolomite. setting depth of suface casing may be up to as deep as 5000 ft. sizes
varies from 7 to 16". whereas 10 3/4" & 13 3/8" are among most common sizes. su
rface casing usually cemented up to surface. In offshore wells may be up to kick
off point.
Intermediate casing depth varies from 7000 ft to 15000 ft. sizes varies from 7"
to 11 3/4" OD.It is commonly cemented up to 1000 ft from shoe.
Production casing varies from 4 1/2" to 9 5/8". Cemented above the producing for
mations. Geneally cemented 1000 ft above the shallow Hydrocarbon zone.
Tie-back liner is a section of casing extending upwards from the top of the exis
ting liner to the surface. Casing (Upper completion) is stabbed into existing li
ner (Lower completion) via polished bore receptle (PBR)
Scab liner is section of casing used to repair existing damaged casing. it may b
e cemented or sealed with packers at top & bottom.
Casing manufacturing process
seamless pipe
welded pipe
casing is cold-worked during manufacturing to increase its collapse resistance.
casing joint lengths
Range
Length Average length
Range I
16-25
22
Range II 25-34
31
Range III over 34
42
R3 l3ngth are more common as it reduces number of joints which reduces rig time
and probablity of joint failures.
Makeup loss
when casing joints are joined together, overall length of string is less than su
m of the individual joints.
makeup loss per joint
Make up loss= (length of the coupling/2)-(distance between end of casing in powe
r tight position and center of the coupling)
steel grade
the steel grade of casing relates to tensile strength of the steel from which ca
sing is made. L grade has similar yield strength as N grade, but N grade has roc

kwell hardness greater than 22 which makes it unsuitable for H2S service. L grad
e has rockwell hardness of 22 or less.
casing coupling and threads
coupling is short piece of pipe used to connect the two ends of the casing.In ge
neral, casing couplings are specified by the types of threads cut on the pipe en
ds and coupling. Design of thread form is obvious way of increasing load bearing
capacity of casing connection.two most common thread froms are squared and V-sh
ape. The API uses round and butress which are special forms of squared and V-sha
pe threads.