HOMCO Internal Steel Liner
Casing Patch
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HOMCO Internal Steel Liner Casing Patch
Fast, Permanent Casing Leak Repairs
with the HOMCO Steel Liner Casing Patch
Applications
Designed to seal perforations, collar and thread leaks, splits and limited
corroded areas in tubing and casing and to provide added protection
during squeeze jobs, the HOMCO internal steel liner casing patch is
as versatile as it is effective to any depth.
The HOMCO patch has repeatedly sealed leaks and perforations where
cementing efforts have failed, including in production wells, wells that
must be deepened after patching and disposal storage wells. The patch
is permanent yet can be removed from the wellbore by milling.
Slide (circulating) valve
Bumper jar
Safety joint
Holddown
Cone
Collet
Dual cylinder
Liner Bull plug
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Advantages
The HOMCO patch offers significant advantages over other
sealing methods.
Speed
Repairs are made quickly. Total setting time is limited only by
roundtrip time.
Operations can be resumed as soon as the setting tool is pulled
and the patch is pressure tested.
Reliability
Steel makes the seal and is resistant to cracking and crumbling.
An epoxy resin, spread on a fiberglass mat covering the outside
diameter of the steel liner, is extruded into leaks and cavities in the
casing wall and acts as a gasket and secondary sealing agent.
The setting tool is designed for twice the required operating pressure.
Versatility
The casing patch is available in 20-ft (6.1-m) lengths, which can be
made up to several hundred feet.
Weatherford has a complete line of tools and patches for more than
60 different sizes and weights of tubing and casing between 2-7/8
and 26 in.
The casing patch is available worldwide through all Weatherford
service locations.
Thick (1/8-in.) liners are available for normal patching operations.
A new, heavier-wall liner has been developed and successfully used
and is now available for higher-pressure operations. Also available on
request are a special liner material for highly corrosive conditions and
a material for high-temperature wells (600°F/316°C).
Patches can be run through and set below previously installed patches
of the same type.
Installation of the HOMCO internal steel liner casing patch is only
by qualified Weatherford personnel using special setting tools
and techniques.
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Installation Sequence
1 2 3
Circulating valve
Tubing is raised to Hydraulic pressure is
close the circulating applied to force out
valve. buttons on the hydraulic
holddown, anchoring
the cylinder firmly and
Hydraulic holddown isolating the workstring
from all tensile loads
caused by the setting
The setting tool is assembled. operations.
The patch is sized to the casing.
The expander assembly,
extensions and casing patch are
placed on the lower piston rod.
After the steel liner is coated with
epoxy resin, the tool is run into the
string. The liner is positioned
across the leak area.
Lower piston rod
Leak
Patch material
Expander assembly
Collet
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Pressure on the The expander
underside of the piston assembly is again
pulls the expander forced through the
assembly into the corrugated patch,
bottom of the corrugated expanding it against
patch. As pressure the inside of the
increases, the expander casing. This
assembly is forced procedure is
farther into the patch, continued until the
expanding it against the entire patch is set.
inside of the casing. The epoxy resin
Five feet of patch can be coating (that was
expanded in one stroke. applied in step 1)
The circulating valve is is extruded into any
opened by lowering the leaks or cavities in
tubing and telescoping the casing wall and
the slide valve. The acts as a gasket and
tubing is raised again to additional sealing
pull up the cylinders in agent. Setting time The HOMCO casing patch is an
relation to the pistons normally requires internal steel liner with a standard
held down by the less than 30 minutes wall thickness of 1/8 in. Available in
expander assembly. for a 20-ft (6.1-m) 20-ft (6.1-m) lengths, the patch is
The expanded section patch. The tool is corrugated longitudinally to provide
of patch is anchored to then removed from clearance for running inside casing.
the casing wall by the the hole, and the Covered with a glass mat and coated
with epoxy resin, the patch is
friction caused by patch is pressure
expanded to conform symmetrically
compressive hoop tested as required. to the casing bore.
stress. Hydraulic
Casing diameter is reduced by 0.30 in.
pressure is again
(7.62 mm), using the standard 1/8-in.
applied to the tubing
liner, and by 0.48 in. (12.20 mm),
after the circulating valve using the heavier-wall liner. Special
is closed. The hydraulic liners are available for high-pressure
holddown buttons are and high-temperature operations as
expanded to anchor well as hydrogen sulfide, carbon
the cylinder in a new, dioxide and corrosive conditions.
higher position.
A more detailed casing patch
installation procedure and technical
manual are available on request.
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Real Results
The HOMCO internal steel liner casing patch is recognized worldwide as a cost-effective casing remediation
system. Using special setting tools and techniques, skilled Weatherford personnel have installed more than
10,000 patches to date. Following are some examples.
Casing Size Liner Length Setting Depth (MD)
Well Client Weatherford Location (in.) (ft/m ) (ft/m ) Type of Leak
20 175
Fencher Louisville Gas & Electric Jane Lew , West Virginia, USA 4-1/2 Corrosion
6.1 53
60 334.75
Not Available Acclaim Energy Nisku, Alberta, Canada 5-1/2 Split casing
18.3 102
20 1,671
Not Available Petrovera Resources Nisku, Alberta, Canada 7 Perforations
6.1 509
28 16,630
16 / 26 Well B 29 Brittannia Operator UK Ltd Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 9-5/8 Split casing
8.5 5,069
60 4,300
D-114 Thums Long Beach Company Rancho Dominguez, California, USA 8-5/8 Corrosion
18.3 1,311
40 14,190
Johnson 5-5 ExxonMobill - Jay Laurel, Mississippi, USA 7-5/8 Other
12.2 4,325
20 7,673
Crow ell 1D Burlington Resources Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA 7-5/8 Collar leak
6.1 2,339
60 1,071
27 CDX Gas LLC Farmington, New Mexico, USA 5-1/2 Corrosion
18.3 326
20 1,516
SA 14 ExxonMobil Company Santa Paula, California, USA 26 Perforations
6.1 462
20 1,516
HE 33 ExxonMobil Company Santa Paula, California, USA 26 Perforations
6.1 462
30 3,707
2 Sandia Technology Williston, North Dakota, USA 9-5/8 Collar leak
9.1 1,130
30 10,298
NORMADON 1 Chesapeake Operating Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 4-1/2 Perforations
9.1 3,139
30 545
George Riebe Setex Oil & Gas Bridgeport, Texas, USA 4-1/2 Collar leak
9.1 166
40 53
Singleton Star Energy Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 13-3/8 Split casing
12.2 16
220 1,495
Mustang Sally No. 1-9 ExxonMobil West Texas, USA 5-1/2 Corrosion
67 456
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Pressure Capacities
Casing Liner
OD Wall Leak Size Internal Pressure External Pressure
(in.) (in.) (in./mm ) (PSI/bar ) (PSI/bar )
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 2,500 172.37
4-1/2 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 1,700 117.21
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 800 55.15
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 1,850 127.55
5-1/2 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 1,300 89.63
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 750 51.71
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 1,200 82.74
6-5/8 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 950 65.50
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 700 48.26
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 1,100 75.84
7 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 875 60.32
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 650 44.81
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 1,000 68.94
7-5/8 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 800 55.15
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 600 41.36
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 900 62.05
8-5/8 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 700 48.26
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 550 37.92
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 800 55.15
9-5/8 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 650 44.81
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 500 34.47
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 750 51.71
10-3/4 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 600 41.36
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 450 31.02
1 or less 25.4 9,850 679.13 600 41.36
13-3/8 1/8 2 50.8 4,925 339.44 500 34.47
3 76.2 3,283 226.35 400 27.57
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