FOCUS ENERGY LIMITED

TITLE: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

SOP NO:
ISSUE DATE
SUB TITLE: Casing Make Up REVESION NO:

Casing Make-Up

1. The thread compound should be applied. Lift casing to the wellbay. Before applying the thread compound,
it is recommended to use steam cleaners(steam, water and cleaning solvents, but diesel oil and brine is
prohibited)or other ways to clean the threads, and then thread compound should be applied to the outside
thread evenly, internal thread surface should be blown clean using the compressed air or other ways,
and make record of the thread compound models.
Note: sealing grease in sealed packaging, prohibit the use of thread compound without any identification.
Prohibit the use of mixed thread compound. The diluted thread compound is not recommended.

2. The driller should descend the casing pipe slowly and steadily. In stabbing,
the pipe cannot be inclined, as shown in figure. Thread colliding and
alternating should be prevented in make-up process. If the connection
on site appears to be not easy to align, you can hold pin thread body
with pipe twist to make it reverse rotation. When hearing connection
sound or feeling the connection aligned, then hand tight 3-5laps (hand
tight laps as much as possible), and finally power tight.

3. During making-up process, connection torque should be respected in priority, and make-up location
should be as supplementary reference.

4. If the torque is too large or too small during make-up, specific analyze as per the specific
circumstances. Effective factors include: make-up speed, clamp holding force, thread compound friction
coefficient, hand tight laps. and etc.

5. During making up at rig site, generally, the optimum torque acts as control torque to test the initial 5-
10 joints of casing, and then according to the actual situation, adjust to the proper torque, allowing
adjusted up torque within ±30% of the optimum torque.

6. Torque curve on the deduction process must be carefully observed and pay attention to the starting
torque, the turning point of torque, the set minimum torque, optimum torque, maximum torque and
final torque of actual making up, etc. In normal circumstances, the starting torque of the set is less than
10% of the set minimum torque, the shoulder can be changed between 10% to 85% of the setting optimum
torque. During the make-up process, if the shoulder is less than the set minimum torque, while screw-on
position has not yet reached the location, continue to make up and reach the location. If the shoulder
torque is greater than the set minimum torque, less than maximum torque, while the on-site operation
has reached the location, it will be OK to see torque curve has shoulder and make it go into the well. If
the site operation has reached the location and the torque curve reaches or exceeds the set maximum
torque, and shoulder still cannot be seen, it means that the make-up fails. And break out, re-clean, inspect
the thread, repair and then decide whether to use it or not.

7. After make-up finished, torque diagram and torque value should be recorded timely.

8. During the process of lifting up and putting down pipe column, the speed must be slow, in order to avoid
column suffering from too heavy axial load. (Lift up speed≤0.5m/min)