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SPE-88696-MS - Well Integrity Management System (WIMS) PDF
SPE-88696-MS - Well Integrity Management System (WIMS) PDF
CONTROL LINE
• Check valves from any of the port should never be
DOWN HOLE SAFETY
VALVE removed unless pressure behind it is zero.
PRODUCTION CASING
TUBING STRING
KILL FLUID
Performance Testing of Static Components:
9 5/8” DUAL PKR
SUB-SURFACE COMPLETION MANAGEMENT: API approved workshop as per API standards “API
Spec. 14A”.
Sub-surface components of any well construction play
an important role in well operation & well safety. It is Gas Lift Valves:
therefore considered necessary to ensure that sub-
surface components of a well functions properly and Gas lift valves are the key components of any gas lift
their integrity remains intact through out their life cycle. well’s construction. Prior to the installation of any gas lift
Description of key sub-surface components and the valve, its integrity should be ensured according to API
standards/guidelines to test assure their integrity is Spec. 11V1 by performing different tests e.g. bellows
discussed as following. assembly test, stem-seat test, reverse flow valve
leakage test etc. All these tests should be performed in
Down Hole Safety Valve: accordance to manufacturer’s specification &
procedures.
Two types of down hole safety valves viz surface
controlled sub-surface safety valve (SCSSV) & sub- As a first step towards post-completion integrity
surface controlled sub-surface safety valves (SSCSSV) preventive measures for new wells, where tubing and
are in place to control the well flow during any abnormal annulus are both filled with completion fluid, it is highly
situation. SCSSV type valves, either tubing retrievable or recommended to strictly follow the standard unloading
wireline retrievable, operate to open by hydraulic procedures. In case of the already unloaded wells, same
pressure applied to a piston valve via control line and procedures are normally applied but with certain
close by a counter acting spring. On the other hand, deviations like casing pressure can be increased fair
SSCSSV type valves like velocity valve (storm choke) & rapidly as no completion fluid exists in the annulus and
injection valve operate to close directly by the abnormal the well kicks off much quicker.
behavior of produced or injected fluid.
It is important to establish a track record of the gas lift
It is recommended that open/close function of the down valves usage history and maintenance data. Whenever
hole safety valves to be checked every 3 months and the gas lift valves are retrieved for repair or replacement
pressure test performance (bleed off above valve) to be purpose, ‘Failure Report’ form, as provided in the WIMS
reviewed every 6 months. The degree of DHSV integrity manual, shall be prepared.
depends on the observed leak rate, which can be
calculated as per Eq.1. SCALE MANAGEMENT:
prevailing water cuts or the monitoring results in order to Downhole Corrosion Coupons:
achieve maximum protection period, which is targeted as
4 months per each treatment selection of inhibitor is Corrosion coupons are hung inside tubing tail pipes for a
based on laboratory compatibility testing followed by standard period of time (usually one month) then
field trials. retrieved to calculate the tubing corrosion rate. This
method is used to achieve the following:
Continuous Inhibition Injection:
1. Establish the corrosion inhibitor squeeze adequacy
For gas lift wells, corrosion inhibitor should be according to the prevailing process conditions and
continuously injected in the gas lift line at the inlet to the water cut.
annulus between the string and 9 5/8 casing. The 2. Develop the inhibitor batch volume in order to
purpose is to provide protection to the carbon steel ensure maximum protection period.
production tubing and associated WHPT production 3. Compare the different inhibitor performance hence
manifold and subsea oil production lines. the selection of cost effective corrosion inhibitor.
The injection water is treated for corrosion protection at Samples from high annulus pressure wells are to be
the water treatment plant for oxygen removal and collected for compositional analyses for water and oil.
biocide control. These analyses are reviewed in the context of risk and
asset integrity.
Annulus Brine Treatment:
Wellhead (Surface) Corrosion Coupons:
Packer fluid inhibitor contains biocide, corrosion inhibitor
and oxygen scavenger. Three of the chemicals shall be Corrosion coupons are installed on few wellheads to
compatible (pitting and crevice attacks are potential measure corrosion potential inside tubing, … etc.
problems). Oxygen scavenging may be slow & costly. Similarly, corrosion coupons are also installed in the few
For any stream that will be stagnant such as packer water injection headers to measure corrosion in the
fluid, the total corrosion resulting from the dissolved surface piping. For water injection limits of corrosion
oxygen is very small and is over as soon as the oxygen coupons are set at 2MPY corrosion rates, in case of high
is consumed. “The oxygen scavenger needs to be corrosion rate or bacterial activity, measures like pigging
added in pump down. The suppliers of ‘Clear brines’ do and biocide treatment are taken which indirectly reduces
not like to do this as it makes the fluid somewhat cloudy. the risk of corrosion inside the water injection tubing.
But this reduces corrosion more than anything else.
Water Injection Monitoring:
WHPT Structure Cathodic Protection:
Injection water quality is being monitored at the surface
WHPT sub-sea structure is protected with (Al-alloy) of the injection platform at the rate of 1-2 times per
sacrificial anodes installed at different parts on the month. This monitoring involves the assessment of
structural members including conductor pipes. However, Sulphate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) activity either through
as per new strategy, 30” conductor pipes exposed to the a water sample or through a biostud at the platform
surface are to be painted prior to installation. injection header, if available.
The monitoring methods listed below are being carried This implementation involves function/ integrity test of
out on tubing of the well to ensure the corrosion control various well components at a defined frequency. This
measures and practices are adequate. They also summarized in the table below. The results are needed
provide a feedback on extra measures to be taken to for decision-making.
ensure facility integrity.
Caliper Survey:
MAINT. /
FUNCTION /
COMPONENT INSP.
INTEGRITY TEST
FREQUENCY
Corrosion Monitor Corrosion 3 months
Monitoring (Oil in tubing by WL
Producers) (installation of
corrosion
coupons).
Carryout CI
squeeze treatment
in the wells that
might have
corrosion
tendency