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Casing Design
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Casing Design
Diameter Example
1. Drive pipe or structural pile 16”-60” 30”
{Gulf Coast and offshore only}
150’-300’ below mudline.
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Types of Strings of Casing
Diameter Example
6. Liner(s)
7. Tubing String(s)
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Example Hole and String Sizes (in)
Hole Size Pipe Size
36” Structural casing 30”
26” Conductor string 20”
1,000’
4,000’
Surface pipe
IntermediateString
Production Liner
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Classification of CSG.
RANGE 1 16-25 ft
RANGE 2 25-34 ft
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Casing Threads and Couplings
Required Design
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Abnormal
Master
Valves
Wellhead
• Hang Csg. Strings
• Provide Seals
• Control Production
from Well
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Wellhead
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Wellhead
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Casing Design
Tension Tension
Depth
Burst
Collapse
Collapse
STRESS
Burst:
Burst Assume full reservoir pressure all along the wellbore.
Collapse: Hydrostatic pressure increases with depth
Tension: Tensile stress due to weight of string is highest at top
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Casing Design
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Casing Design - Collapse
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Casing Design - Tension
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Casing Design - Burst
(from internal pressure)
p Internal p
Pressure
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Casing Design - Burst
Example 1
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Burst Example
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23 lb/ft
26 lb/ft
N-80 30
Collapse Pressure
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Collapse Pressure
D
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Yield Strength t
P YP 2Y p 2
Collapse : D
t
A
Pp Yp B C
Plastic Collapse: D
t
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Casing Design - Collapse, cont’d
Transition F
Collapse: PT Y p G
D
t
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Elastic 46 .95 X10
PE 2
Collapse: D D
1
t t
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Casing Design - Collapse
(D/ t)
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Example 2
1. Calculate D 5.500
22.54
the D/t ratio: t 1
5.500 5.012
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From Halliburton book
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Example 2
D
22.54
2. Check the mode of collapse t
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Example 2
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Pp Yp B C
D/t
2.991
55,000 0.0541 1,206
22.54
Halliburton Tables
Pp 3,117 psi
rounds off to 3,120 psi
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Example 3
Determine the collapse strength for a 5 1/2” O.D.,
14.00 #/ft, J-55 casing under axial load of 100,000
lbs
The axial tension will reduce the collapse pressure
as follows:
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S A S A
Y PA 1 0 .75 0 .5 YP
Yp Yp
FA 100,000
SA 24,820 psi
Area 5.5 2 5.012 2
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38,216 psi
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Pp YPA B C
D/t
2.945
38,216 4.557 x10 2 700 .43 2,551
22.54
Pp 2,550 psi