Petroleum Engineering Summer Course 2015 Wellhead Design & Completions

Chair of Petroleum & Geothermal Energy Recovery
Petroleum Engineering
Summer Course 2015
Wellhead Design &
Completions
Clemens Langbauer
www.starse.com.cn
Well Structure / Wellhead Design
Christmas Tree
Cellar
sunryoil.com/wellhead_xmas.html
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Well Structure
Wellhead
Casing Shoe
Marine conductor
Conductor casing
Intermediate casing/
Liner hanger with

LH packer
Production casing
Production liner
Production liner wt. extension

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Bit / Casing Size Selection
Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Drilling Engineering
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Bit / Casing Size Selection

Example RAG:
Wellbore Diameter
Casing Diameter
Conductor
20
17
Surface Casing
13 3/8
12
Intermediate Casing
9 5/8
Intermediate Casing
6 od. 6
Production Liner
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Wellhead
Tubing Head Adapter
Tubing Hanger
Tubing Head
Casing Spool
Secondary Seal
Primary Seal
Casing Hanger
Casing Head
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Wellhead
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Cellar
A dug-out area, lined with cement or very large diameter thin-wall pipe,
located below the rig.
-
Depth of the cellar is such that the master valve of the Christmas
tree is easy to reach from ground level
Prior to setting surface casing, the cellar also takes mud returns
from the well
Cavity for the casing spools
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Base Plate
The base plate is a load-supporting device attached to the starting
casing head by means of either mechanical or permanent (welding)
connection.
Baseplate Size
11"
13 5/8"
16 3/4"
20 3/4" & 21 1/4"
Current Load Capacity

2200 kN vertical load
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Casing Head
-
attached to the top end of the surface casing
provides a support for the other strings and a sealing of the annular
space between two casing strings
composed of a casing-hanger bowl to support the smaller casing
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Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook
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Casing Hanger
The Casing Hanger is a mechanism/ device that seats in the bowl of the
casing head / casing spool to suspend the next smaller casing string
securely and provide a seal between the suspended casing and the
casing head bowl.
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Casing Spool
A Casing Spool is an intermediate casing head attached to the top
flange to the top flange of the underlying casing head to provide a
support for the next smaller casing string and a sealing of the annular
space between the two casing strings.
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Primary / Secondary Packoff

The primary and secondary packoffs are used to seal the annular space
between two casing strings.
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Tubing Head
A Tubing Head is a spool type unit attached to the top flange of the
uppermost casing head to provide a support for the tubing string and to
seal the annular space between the tubing string and the production
casing string.
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Tubing Hanger
A Tubing Hanger is a device used to provide a seal between the tubing
and the tubing head.
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Tubing Head Adapter

A Tubing Head Adapter provides a transition from the wellhead to the
master valve of the tree.
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Wellhead Installation
Flanged
valve
Casing head
Pressure
gauge
Threaded
ball valve
Base plate
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Casing
hanger
Casing spool
Flanged
valve
Casing head
Pressure
gauge
Threaded
ball valve
Base plate
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Tubing head
Casing
hanger
Casing spool
Flanged
valve
Casing head
Pressure
gauge
Threaded
ball valve
Base plate
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Subsea / Land Wellhead
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Subsea / Land Wellhead
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Example
Evaluate the required components, the size, the height and the weight of
a wellhead that must support three casing strings (13 3/8, 9 5/8, 7)
and a 2 7/8 tubing string.
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Ex: Casing Head
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Ex: Casing Hanger
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Ex: Casing Packoffs
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Ex: Casing Spool
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Ex: Tubing Head
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Ex: Tubing Hanger
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Ex 1: Tubing Head Adapter
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Homework 1
Homework 1
Deadline: 25.08.2015
09:00
Evaluate the required components, the size, the height and the weight of
a wellhead that must support four casing strings (20, 13 3/8, 9 5/8, 7)
and a 3 1/2 tubing string.
(Include the product number of the selected component!)
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Christmas Tree Assembly

The Christmas Tree is an assembly of valves and fittings used to
control production and provide access to the production tubing string. It
includes all equipment above the tubing head top flange.
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The purposes of the Christmas tree are to
-
provide the primary method of closing in a well
isolate the well from adjacent wells
connect the flowline
provide vertical access for well interventions (slickline, electricline,

coiled tubing etc.) whilst the well is live
interface with the tubing hanger
Connect or interface the tree to the wellhead
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J. Bellarby: Well Completion Design
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Oil Well Tree Assembly
Renpu: Advanced Well Completion Engineering
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Gas Well Tree Assembly
Renpu: Advanced Well Completion Engineering
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Subsea Christmas Tree Assembly
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Christmas Tree Safety System
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Completion Engineering
A completion is the interface between
the reservoir and the surface. The
objective is to allow a safe and
environmental friendly protection.
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Completion Components
Surface Components
Christmas Tree
Well Head
Intermediate Components
Subsurface Safety Valves

Tubing
Injection Lines
Completion Fluids
Reservoir Components
Perforations
Sand screens
Packers
l
Pumps
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Completions
Completion as part of the well control envelope:
At least two tested independent barriers between hydrocarbons in the
reservoir and the environment at all times
Primary barrier:
barrier that initially prevents hydrocarbons from escaping e.g. the mud,
the tubing or the Christmas tree
Secondary barrier:
backup to the primary barrier it is not normally in use until the primary
barrier fails.
The secondary barrier must be independent of the primary barrier. Any
event that could destroy the primary barrier should not affect the
secondary barrier.
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Completions
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Completions
Source: Well Completion Design Book
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The role of a Completion Engineer
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The role of a Completion Engineer
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Types of Completions
Objectives of wells:
Producer:
- Oil
- Gas
- Water
Injector / Disposal:
- Gas
- Water
- Steam
Combination:
- Gas storage
- Time shifted (produce HC and then convert to water injection duty)
- Produce through the tubing and inject down the annulus
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Types of Completions
Reservoir Completion:
connection between reservoir and well
Decisions:
- Well trajectory and inclination
- Open hole versus cased hole
- Sand control requirement and type of sand
control
- Stimulation (proppants or acid)
- Single or multi-zone (commingled or
selective)
Upper Completion:
conduit from reservoir completion to surface
facilities
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Reservoir Completions
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Upper Completions
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Completions
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Well Structure / Wellhead Design

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Liner hanger with

Production liner wt. extension

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Bit / Casing Size Selection

Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Drilling Engineering

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Bit / Casing Size Selection

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Vetcogray: FC wellhead systems

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Current Load Capacity

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attached to the top end of the surface casing

composed of a casing-hanger bowl to support the smaller casing

Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Primary / Secondary Packoff

Vetcogray: FC wellhead systems

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Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Tubing Head Adapter

Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook

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Subsea / Land Wellhead

Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Drilling Engineering

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Subsea / Land Wellhead

Source: Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Drilling Engineering

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Ex: Casing Head

Vetcogray: FC wellhead systems

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Ex: Casing Hanger

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Ex: Casing Packoffs

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Ex: Casing Spool

Vetcogray: FC wellhead systems

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Ex: Tubing Head

Vetcogray: FC wellhead systems

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