Workover and well interventions

Some reasons a well may require intervention include

Mechanical failure sand production decrease in production

Changes in reservoir access additional

characteristics pay zones
Paraffin wax and asphaltene build-up Scale build-up Sand production

Paraffin wax and asphaltene, a tar Scale is caused by chemical Some wells will produce
like substance, are two of the most precipitation from produced fluids. sand along with oil and gas
common problems affecting well This is just like limescale in a which can eventually block
production. kettle. the production zone.
 Wireline
Wireline is another well intervention method.

Slickline Braided wireline Electric wireline

Slickline is often used for
simple mechanical remedial
operations such as pulling
retrievable plugs.
Braided wireline is used for
more heavy-duty remedial
operations such as fishing
stuck tools.
Electric wireline is used to run
electrically operated tools in to the
well such as perforating guns, or
tools which measure and report
information back to surface.
 Coiled tubing

Coiled tubing is used to pump chemicals directly to the bottom of the well, such as in a
circulating operation or a chemical wash.
 Workover Rig

Opening windows in the casing Drilling the well deeper

 Older Wells

Because of changing in reservoir conditions or other reasons may it needs to pull out the old completion in
this instance a wo rig will be employed
 Reasons of workover

Opening windows in the

Drilling the well deeper casing for drilling Well abandonment
horizontally
 Killing the well

Kill fluid Killing manifold X_mass Tree

 Killing the well

Methods for killing a well

First method Sec method

Circulating fluid Circulating fluid
down the tubing down the annulus
then up to the then up to the
annulus and go to tubing and go to
the surface the surface
 Removing the Production Tubing

1. removing the flow line and Christmas tree, and lifting the tubing hanger from the wellhead.
2. pull out the completion string.
 Bring a well back into production

Nodding donkey

ESP
Back the well into production
 The End

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