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    Volant HydroFORM Centralizer Case Study - Open Hole Packer Completions

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    Case Study Friction Reduction in Open

    HydroFORM™ Centralizers Hole Packer Completions

    The Application The Solution


    Volant’s customer was executing open hole packer completions Volant’s applications engineering team initially recommended
    in a North Dakota shale play. Prior to employing Volant the addition of centralizers in the cased hole (build) section of
    HydroFORM™ centralizers, the customer had been running the planned well in an attempt to mitigate buckling-related drag
    packer systems with other centralizers for standoff protection in that section. Confirming that the customer’s planned heavy
    in the open hole section. weight drill pipe configuration should be sufficient to achieve TD.
    After discussion with Volant, the customer selected a centralizer
    solution that employed one centralizer per joint in the build
    The Challenge section to mitigate buckling effects. The liner was run smoothly
    The operator encountered running challenges during liner to TD with ample hook load remaining.
    installations and began to revisit drilling, reaming, and running
    practices to improve success for future wells. During this
    process the operator considered using alternative centralizers
    near the packers on the liner.

    Volant HydroFORM™ centralizers were chosen to provide standoff


    protection for the packers, typically running one centralizer with
    each packer. Packers were spaced approximately six joints apart in
    the horizontal section. In the first liner run with Volant centralizers,
    the customer encountered running challenges and the liner was
    stuck 200 ft short of Total Depth (TD). Volant provided torque- Volant’s review of the measured surface loads during the
    drag modelling and advised on the amount of heavy weight drill successful run led the customer to consider more centralizers
    pipe needed to improve the chances of reaching TD on the next in the open hole section for future wells, reducing total friction.
    planned well, reducing their non-productive time. On subsequent wells, an additional centralizer was placed
    at each packer in the open hole section (one on each side of
    Torque and drag modelling completed by Volant indicated that each packer), and the liner runs continued to be smooth with
    the challenge in reaching target depth in the earlier well was due a substantial observed reduction in open hole friction factor of
    to substantial open hole friction. Future wells with similar profiles approximately 30%.
    and configurations would be expected to encounter similar
    challenges. Buckling was predicted in the heavy weight drill pipe While centralizers do not reduce the amount of side load
    used to run the liner, and more importantly, in the upper section associated with the pipe weight, they can be configured to
    of the more-compliant liner pipe. Buckling was expected to result keep the connections and packer assemblies off the bottom,
    in substantial incremental side loading on the liner (and higher thus reducing the likelihood of the packers interacting with the
    running friction), particularly near the heel of the well, where the cuttings bed. Additionally, in regions where high compression
    axial compressive forces are highest. This scenario would result (thrust) loads occur, an optimized spacing of centralizers will
    in rapid reductions in available hook load, and ultimately lead to tend to reduce the drag associated with buckling-induced side
    challenges in reaching TD. loads in zones of high compression. Robust centralization
    solutions that help mitigate buckling and reduce side-loads
    ultimately reduce running friction and increase the chance
    of successfully reaching TD. This facilitates longer-reach
    completions with a small incremental investment.

    Doing more with less. Drop us a line if you want to know more.
    +1 866.8VOLANT / +1 866.886.5268 +1 780.784.7099 sales@volantproducts.ca volantproducts.ca
    Printed in Canada JUNE 2015

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