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Reliable Prediction of Perforating Wellbore Pressure and Gun
Shock Loads

Andy Martin, Alan Salsman, Carlos Baumann, and Harvey

Williams
a s
Prediction of Wellbore Pressure and Gun Shock Loads

„ M d l Overview
Model O i
„ Example
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„ Wireline Perforating Example
„ S l Cl
Scale Cleanup in
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Lib Example
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„ Completion
p Perforatingg Example
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„ HP Well Study

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Wellbore Hydrodynamics - Timeline

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Model Overview

„ Guns and spacers act as a pressure

sink generating pressure waves in the
wellbore
„ Pressure waves acting on cross-
sectional area changes produce gun
shock loads
„ Model predicts interaction between
guns and wellbore
wellbore, and wellbore and
reservoir
„ Discontinuous finite element method
used to solve governing equations in
both space and time

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Model Overview

„ Prediction of transient pressure around guns

and sandface for perforation clean up (DUB)
„ Prediction of gun movement, tubing and
packer loads, cable tension and weak point
load
„ Gun shock
G h k iis ttypically
i ll an iissue iin very hi
highh
pressure wells and/or with large OD guns
„ T i ll nott an iissue ffor mostt perforating
Typically f ti jjobs
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„ Software verified using our extensive database
of jobs

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Wellbore Dynamics Animation - Pressure

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Wellbore Dynamics Animation - Force

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Wellbore Dynamics Animation – Instant of Max Force

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Example 4 ½” Wireline guns – IBP 3359

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Example DUB Job – IPTC 14300

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Example DUB Job – IPTC 14300

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Example DUB Job – IPTC 14300

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Example Implosion Scale Removal – SPE 144080

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Example Implosion Scale Removal – SPE 144080

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Example Reducing Dynamic Loads on Completions

Packer

Debris Sub

Automatic
Explosive Release

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String Movement – Original vs Modified

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Axial Force Reduced on Tubing

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Loads Reduced on Packer

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Summary

„ Simulation of original design shows axial

forces on explosive gun release of 70 klbs and
160 klbs on packer Packer

„ Adding spacer at bottom of gun reduced load

on packer to 100 klbs and force on explosive Debris Sub
gun release to 3 klbs.
klbs String movement
downwards.
„ Modified design was used on jobs and Automatic
executed successfully Explosive Release

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Gun Shock Study in HP Wells – SPE 146809

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Gun Shock Study in HP Wells – SPE 146809

„ Some tubing damage on one well. If simulation run before the job,
h li l bbuckling
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Gun Shock Study in HP Wells – SPE 146809

„ Recovered crushable elements from explosive activated

shock
h k absorbers
b b are evidence
id off lloads.
d M Model
d l can bbe usedd tto
predict shock loading with or without shock absorbers.

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Summary

„ Wellbore
W llb ddynamics
i are accurately
t l predicted
di t d ffor DUB andd
DOB modeling
„ Forces on completions are accurately predicted
„ Loads on wireline strings are accurately predicted
„ Solutions to reduce gun shock can be quickly analyzed

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Prediction of Wellbore Pressure and Gun Shock Loads

„ M d l Overview
Model O i
„ Example
p of Wellbore Dynamics
y
„ Wireline Perforating Example
„ Scale
S l ClCleanup in Questions
i Lib
Libya E
Example
l ?
„ Completion
p Perforatingg Example
p
„ HP Well Study

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