Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 29 views

    Complications

    Uploaded by

    Boedi Syafiq
    The document lists several potential complications that can arise during well control operations: broken u-tubes, pressure on casing, hydrates, trapped pressure, and mechanical issues like pump failure, plugged chokes, or washed-out chokes. It provides examples and typical indicators of each complication as well as recommended prevention and corrective actions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Complications

    Uploaded by

    Boedi Syafiq
    29 views11 pages
    The document lists several potential complications that can arise during well control operations: broken u-tubes, pressure on casing, hydrates, trapped pressure, and mechanical issues like pump failure, plugged chokes, or washed-out chokes. It provides examples and typical indicators of each complication as well as recommended prevention and corrective actions.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document lists several potential complications that can arise during well control operations: broken u-tubes, pressure on casing, hydrates, trapped pressure, and mechanical issues like pump failure, plugged chokes, or washed-out chokes. It provides examples and typical indicators of each complication as well as recommended prevention and corrective actions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    29 views11 pages

    Complications

    Uploaded by

    Boedi Syafiq
    The document lists several potential complications that can arise during well control operations: broken u-tubes, pressure on casing, hydrates, trapped pressure, and mechanical issues like pump failure, plugged chokes, or washed-out chokes. It provides examples and typical indicators of each complication as well as recommended prevention and corrective actions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 11

    COMPLICATIONS

    Chevron
    Complications
    • Broken u-tube
    • Pressure on casing
    • Hydrates
    • Trapped pressure
    • Mechanical complications while circulating

    Chevron
    Broken U-tube
    • Examples:
    – Cross-flow
    – Hole in (or collapsed) tubing / casing
    – Major fluid losses including formation fracture
    • Typical indicators:
    – Rapid fluctuations in TP / CP
    – Numerous choke adjustments
    – Loss of communication between tubing & annulus

    Affects ability to hold BHP constant

    Chevron
    Pressure on Casing
    Causes:
    • Packer / seal failure
    • Liner hanger packer failure
    • Hole in tubing / casing
    • Poor cement bonds
    • Corrosion
    • Thermal effects

    Pressure could exceed the rated working pressure of the WH / tbg / csg

    Chevron
    Hydrates
    Solid ice like structures that are formed with the
    following:
    – Hydrocarbons (gas)
    – Water (including intrusion in OBM)
    – Certain temperature and pressure combinations

    Potential hydrate locations:


    – Inside the wellbore / BOP
    – Wellhead (internal)
    – Lubricator, chokes and separators

    Chevron
    Hydrates
    • Prevention:
    – Use of inhibitors (salts, glycol, polymers, etc…)
    – If possible avoid periods of no circulation
    • Removal:
    – Mechanical (drilling)
    – Chemical (methanol – environmental concerns)
    – Thermal
    – Depressurization

    Chevron
    Hydrates

    Hydrates
    stable

    Hydrates
    unstable

    Chevron
    Trapped Pressure
    Examples:
    • Below mechanical barriers
    • Gas below packer around the tailpipe
    • Behind closed valves

    Develop mitigation procedures during well


    planning for potential trapped pressure

    Chevron
    Mechanical Complications:
    Pump Failure
    • What: TP and CP
    • When: Anytime

    Corrective Action
    • Shut-In Well
    • Swap Out Pumps
    • BPUTS Holding CP
    Constant

    TVD = 10,000 ft.


    Chevron
    Mechanical Complications:
    Choke Plugged
    • What: CP and TP
    • When: Bottoms up

    Corrective Action
    • Open Choke
    • Shut-In Well
    • Isolate & Swap Out
    • BPUTS Holding CP
    Constant

    Chevron
    Mechanical Complications:
    Washed-out Choke
    • What: CP and TP
    • When: Anytime-gas at choke

    Corrective Action
    • Close Choke
    • Shut-In Well
    • Isolate & Swap Out
    • BPUTS Holding CP Constant

    Chevron

    You might also like