PETE 661 Drilling Engineering Lesson 5 Casing Design Casing Design > Why Run Casing? > Types of Casing Strings > Classification of Casing > Wellheads > Burst, Collapse and Tension >» Example > Effect of Axial Tension on Collapse Strength > ExampleCasing Design What is casing? Casing Why run casing? 1 2 wo Cement . To prevent the hole from caving in . Onshore - to prevent contamination of fresh water sands . To prevent water migration to producing formation 4 5. 6 7 Casing Design . To confine production to the wellbore . 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 mud to control a lower zone, but an upper zone will fracture at 12 lb/gal. What do you do?Types of Strings of Casing Diameter Example . Drive pipe or structural pile {Gulf Coast and offshore only} 150’-300’ below mudline. 16"-60 30 . Conductor string. 100’ - 1,600’ 16”-48” 20” (BML) . Surface pipe. 2,000’ - 4,000” 8 5/8”-20” 13 3/8” (BML) Types of Strings of Casing . Intermediate String 7 5/8”-13 3/8” 9 5/8” . Production String (Csg.) 4 1/2”-9 5/8” 7” . Liner(s) . Tubing String(s)