Casing Design
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Casing Design
Diameter Example
1. Drive pipe or structural pile 16”-60” 30”
{Gulf Coast and offshore only}
150’-300’ below mudline.
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Types of Strings of Casing
Diameter Example
6. Liner(s)
7. Tubing String(s)
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Example Hole and String Sizes (in)
Hole Size Pipe Size
36” Structural casing 30”
26” Conductor string 20”
1,000’
4,000’
Surface pipe
IntermediateString
Production Liner
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Functions of Casing
Individually
Drive pipe Conductor pipe
Provides a means of Same as Drive pipe
nippling up diverters Supports the weight
Provides a mud of subsequent casing
return path strings
Prevents erosion of Isolates very weak
ground below rig formations
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Functions of Casing
Individually
Surface casing Intermediate or
Provides a means of protective casing
nippling up BOP Usually set in the
Provides a casing first abnormally
seat strong enough pressured zone
to safely close in a Provides isolation of
well after a kick. potentially
Provides protection troublesome zones
of fresh water sands Provides integrity to
Provides wellbore withstand the high
stabilization mud weights
necessary to reach
TD or next csg seat
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Functions of Casing Individually
Production casing Liners
Provides zonal Drilling liners
isolation (prevents Same as
migration of water to Intermediate or
protective casing
producing zones,
isolates different Production liners
production zones) Same as production
casing
Confines production
Tieback liners
to wellbore
Tie back drilling or
Provides the production liner to the
environment to install surface. Converts
subsurface liner to full string of
completion casing
equipment
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Classification of CSG.
RANGE 1 16-25 ft
RANGE 2 25-34 ft
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Casing Threads and Couplings
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Casing Design - Tension
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Casing Design - Burst
(from internal pressure)
p Internal p
Pressure
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Burst
Design for maximum pressure on the
inside of the casing. API design
recommendations call for the worst
case scenario, which is the casing is
empty, and no external pressure. The
pressure to design for is the estimated
formation pressure at TD for production
casing, or estimated formation pressure
at the next casing depth.
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Collapse
API design recommendations call for
worst case, where there is no pressure
inside the casing, and we design for the
maximum mud weight at the casing
depth. We also allow for the reduction
of the collapse rating from the weight of
the casing hanging below the depth of
interest.
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Tension
API recommendations call for worst
case, where there is no buoyancy
effect. Design is based on the weight of
the entire casing string.
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API Design Factors (typical)
Required Design
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Abnormal
Master
Valves
Wellhead
• Hang Csg. Strings
• Provide Seals
• Control Production
from Well
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Wellhead
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Wellhead
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Casing Design
Tension Tension
Depth
Burst
Collapse
Collapse
STRESS
Burst:
Burst Assume full reservoir pressure all along the wellbore.
Collapse: Hydrostatic pressure increases with depth
Tension: Tensile stress due to weight of string is highest at top
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Casing Design
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Casing Design
Worst Possible Conditions, cont’d
3. For Tension design,
assume no buoyancy effect
4. For Collapse design,
assume no buoyancy effect
The casing string must be designed to stand up to the
expected conditions in burst, collapse and tension.
Above conditions are quite conservative. They are also
simplified for easier understanding of the basic concepts.
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