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Casing Design

The document outlines a course on Extended Reach Drilling organized by Dr. Nitesh Kumar, detailing steps for well planning and execution, including data acquisition, land leasing, and permit obtaining. It covers essential topics in well engineering such as offset data analysis, casing design, and geomechanical studies, emphasizing the importance of casing for well integrity and production. The document also discusses casing types, properties, and design criteria necessary for effective drilling operations.
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Casing Design

The document outlines a course on Extended Reach Drilling organized by Dr. Nitesh Kumar, detailing steps for well planning and execution, including data acquisition, land leasing, and permit obtaining. It covers essential topics in well engineering such as offset data analysis, casing design, and geomechanical studies, emphasizing the importance of casing for well integrity and production. The document also discusses casing types, properties, and design criteria necessary for effective drilling operations.
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Casing Design 1 DW COURSE

In Association with
Dr. Nitesh Kumar,
Founder / Owner MDNK Oil & Gas Consultants
Organizes Course on:
Extended Reach Drilling
STEPS TO WELL PLANNING AND EXECUTION
• Complete or obtain seismic, log, scouting information or other data.
• Lease the land or obtain concession.
• Calculate reserves or estimate from best data available.
• If reserve estimates show payout, proceed with well.
• Obtain permits from conservation/ national authority.
• Prepare drilling and completion program.
• Ask for bids on footage, day work, or combination from selected
drilling contractors based on drilling program.
• If necessary, modify program to fit selected contractor equipment.
INTRODUCTION TO WELL ENGINEERING
1. Offset Data Analysis
2. PPFG plot & usage
3. Offshore Considerations
4. Casing Design
5. Drilling fluid & hydraulics design
6. Cementing design
7. Logging & Surveying
8. WH system & BOPs
9. Completions
10. Well Cost
OFFSET DATA ANALYSIS
• Information from wells already drilled in the region:
• Seismic cross sections & correlation
• Lithological correlation based on logs
• Drilling & completions reports
• Mud logs / Well logs
PPFG PLOT & USAGE
• G&G estimates for PP & FG
• Gives the drilling window
• Geologists are best friends to Well Engineers
• Casing seat selection & Mud program
• Geomechanical study
SEAT SELECTION & MUD PROGRAM
• Conductor
• Surface
• Intermediate
• Production Depth Interval Mud Wt PV YP API Fluid Chloride
pH
• Liner From To ppg Cp #/100 ft2 Loss ppm
Mudline 2417’ 8.6
2417’ 3100’ 8.6
3100’ 3300’ 10.5 9-17 >20 9.0 10 - 22
3300’ 3500’ 11.0 9-17 >20 9.0 10 - 22
@3500’ 13.0 20 - 30 20 – 30 <10 9.0 10 –22
GEOMECHANICAL STUDY
• Wellbore stability
• Mud weight suitability
• Stress considerations
CASING DESIGN
• Casing strings types & functions
• Setting depth determination
• Classification of Casing – weight, grade, connection.
• MAASP, Casing pressure test
• Burst, Collapse and Tension
• Effect of Axial Tension on Collapse Strength
DETAILED CASING PROGRAM
Casing Design
• Why Run Casing? Types of Casing Strings Classification of Casing
• Burst, Collapse and Tension Example
• Effect of Axial Tension on Collapse Strength Example
Casing Design
• What is casing?
• Casings are tubular goods run in a wellbore after drilling the hole. They have various sizes to suit the
different hole sizes used in each section of the drilling operation. Normally, casing will be cemented
in a wellbore.
• Typically, casing is terminated on surface at the casing hanger. Liners do not reach surface but are
suspended within the string of previous casing
Casing Design
• Why run casing?
• To prevent the hole from caving in (keep it open due to sloughing or swelling)
• To protect fresh water zones from contamination.
• To prevent water migration to producing formation.
• To isolate porous formations with different pressure regimes
• To provide a production conduit & confine production to the wellbore.
Casing Design-Why run casing, cont’d
• To provide a foundation for the wellhead/BOP
• To control pressures during drilling
• To provide an acceptable environment for subsurface equipment in producing wells
• To enhance the probability of drilling to total depth (TD) e.g., you need 14 ppg to control a lower zone, but
an upper zone will fracture at 12 lb/gal, What do you do?
CASING SCHEMATIC
• Functions
• Conductor (20”-30”) to protect loose, near surface formations and
enables circulation of drilling fluid
• Surface casing (13-3/8”- 20”) to provide blowout protection and
prevent loss circulation
• Intermediate casing (9-5/8” - 16”) to isolate unstable hole section
and loss circulation, low pressure and production zones (often set
in the transition between normal to abnormal zone)
• Production (4-1/2”-9-5/8”) to isolate production zone and contains
formation pressure in the event of tubing leaks
• Liner (4-1/2” - 13-3/8”) to improve hydraulic performance during
deep drilling and to allow the use of larger tubing above the liner
top
• Tieback string to provide additional pressure integrity from the liner
top to the wellhead
TYPES OF CASING STRINGS
Types of Strings of Casing
Example Hole and String Sizes (in)
• Dr. Nitesh
Example Hole and String Sizes(in)
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• Casing is defined by its physical properties :

• Pipe Grade refers to the pipe's yield strength by a letter and a 2 or 3 digit number e.g. N80.
• The letter selected defines the metallurgy and production method (K is seamed, J is seamless, L is seamless
and heat treated)
• The Numerical Code indicates the minimum yield strength in psi (N80 has a minimum yield strength of 80,000
psi).
• The Yield strength is used to determine the minimum value of pipe Burst and Collapse resistance and the
tensile strength.
CASING GRADES
Casing Designations
• When ordering casing, we should specify the following:
• Grade: refers to the yield strength and metallurgy of the tubular [N80, K55, H40]

• Weight: refers to weight per unit length of tubular [47.0 lb/ft, 29.0 lb/ft]

• Size: refers to the outside diameter of tubular [13 3/8”, 9 5/8”]

• Connection: the coupling used to connect the tubulars [Buttress, VAM, LT&C]

• Range: refers to average length of tubular joint [API: R1 = 16 to 25 ft, R2 = 25 – 34 ft and R3=35 – 45 ft]
Casing Threads and Couplings
API BULLETINS
• All Oilwell Tubular Goods (OCTG) are governed by the American Petroleum Institute's Committee on
Standardization of tubular goods.
• API Publications Relating to Casing and Tubing
CASING DESIGN
• Why is Casing Design/Selection Important?

• Casing is used for protection during all phases of drilling & production.
• Casing must be designed to withstand many severe operating conditions.
• The casing design must meet all potential completion requirements
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR

• Normal Pore Pressure Abnormal Pore Pressure 0.433 - 0.465 psi/ft gp > normal
Pore Pressure & Fracture Pressure
• Pore pressure
• The pressure of the formation fluids.
• Fracture pressure
• The pressure to fracture the formation.
• Design criteria
• Pore Pressure < Mud Pressure < Fracture Pressure
• Consequences of poor design:
• Formation fluids flows into the borehole if mud pressure is less than the pore pressure.
• Lost circulation occurs if mud pressure exceeds the fracture pressure.
CASING DESIGN
• A Complete Casing Design will define the following:

• Function of casing
• Setting Depth
• Size of Casing
• Weight
• Grade
• Connection
• Cement Top
CASING DESIGN
• General Design Criteria
• The final selection of casing (weight & grade) is based on an assessment of the loadings to which a casing
may be subjected.

• Four primary factors to be considered in the final selection:


• Collapse
• Burst
• Tension
• Compression
CASING DESIGN
• Secondary considerations in casing design:
• Traxial stress
• Buckling
• Wear
• Internal and external corrosion
• Loading during pressure testing
• Loading during reciprocation
CASING DESIGN

Sources of Tubular Loads

🞐 Tension 🞐 Burst and Collapse


● String Weight ● Fluid pressure
● Friction ● Fluid expansion
🞐 Compression 🞐 Bending
● Buoyancy ● Buckling
● Setting weight ● Hole deviation
● Reservoir compaction ● Doglegs
CASING DESIGN (Process)
CASING DESIGN
• Specific Loading Criteria (Safety Factors)

• The following loading criteria shall be used in the casing design in all ONGC Wells :
CASING DESIGN
Open floor for mentor's questions & feedback

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