Well Work-over

By

AKHILOME .E. CHRISTIAN

S/PED/81002
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
 INTRODUCTION • What is WORK OVER

• WELL KILLING
• RECOMPLETION
• RE-PERFORATION
WORK-OVER
• STIMULATION,
OPERATIONS • SQUEEZE CEMENTING,
• RETRIEVAL/RUNNING OF TUBING
AND COMPLETION HARDWARE,
ETC.

CONTENT WHY
Reasons for Workover

OUTLINE WORKOVER

CONCLUSION
What is Work-Over
 After drilling a well, the formation is evaluated to know if it
contains Oil in commercial quantity. If it does, the well is
completed and placed on stream. At a point in the producing life
of the well, the initial conditions of the well may change leading
to a decline in the performance of the well.

 If the reservoir still contains a reasonable amount of hydrocarbon

something has to be done to improve the performance of the well
or reservoir.

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What is Work-Over
 The term Work-over, is used to refer to a kind of well intervention
that is aimed at enhancing the performance of a well. It involves
recompleting already completed well for improved performance.

 The process of performing major maintenance or remedial

treatments on an oil or gas well after initial completion . In many
cases, work-over implies the removal and replacement of the
production tubing string after the well has been killed and a
work-over rig has been placed on location.

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Work-Over Operations
 The operations involved in maintenance and servicing, repairing,
installation of down - hole production equipment etc. in an initially
completed well (production well) is termed as workover operation

 To some degree Workover operations varies depending on the reasons for

which they are carried out. The first basic operation done during
Workover is well killing

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 Well killing involves circulating a fluid (called workover fluid e.g. Brine) into
the well whose weight is appropriate to control the formation pressure.

 The workover begins by removing the well head and possibly the flowline,
then lifting the tubing head from the casing hanger thus beginning to pull out
the tubing from the completion.

 Workover Operations involves well kill operation, retrieval of tubing and

completion hardware, re-perforating, stimulating, running of completion and
wellhead hardware equipment and tubing

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Steps in Work-over Operation

 Rig-up Mast
 Well killing
 Rig down of X-mass tree & rig up of BOP
 Circulation
 Tripping of Tubing
 Specified jobs
 Final Running in of Tubing
 Rig down BOP

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Is it really necessary for us…???

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Reasons
 Workover operations are carried out for mainly two reasons such as:

Mechanical Problems

Reservoir Related Problems

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 a) Repair/Replace of
damaged equipment
Mechanical Reasons
b) Replace artificial lift
equipments

Reservoir Related Reasons c) Cement and Casing

Problems

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 a) Repair natural damage within
the well
Mechanical Reasons
b) Zone Transfer

Reservoir Related c) Stimulation

Reasons
d) Convert well from production to
injection

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 Zone Transfer
 One of the most common reason for a Workover is to recomplete a well
from one zone to another.

 Many wells are drilled to intentionally penetrate many zones, but only one
zone at a time is produced. In some wells, lower zones are produced first.

 When reservoir depleted, they are recompleted (isolated) so that another

zone farther up can be produced.

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Re-Completion

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Replace Artificial lift Equipment
 When a reservoir does not have, or cannot maintain, sufficient drive
energy to produce at an economical rate, assistance through artificial
lift is required. There are four basic types of artificial lift:

 Sucker rod pump

 Hydraulic pump
 Electric submersible pump (ESP).
 Gas lift.

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 Stimulation
 Stimulation is a general term describing variety of operations
performed on a well to improve its productivity.

 It plays a vital role in production operations.

 Production in a damaged or low-producing zone can be increased by

some techniques as follow:

 (i) Acid Stimulation

 (ii) Hydraulic Fracturing

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 Convert well from production to injection
 Workovers are done to convert producing
wells to injection wells. In this type of
workover water, Gas, Chemicals etc. can
be injected into the reservoir

 For example, such a workover might

involve converting a producing well
configured for continuous or intermittent
gas lift as shown in the figure given on the
right hand side to a water injection well.

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Conclusion
The profitability of a well as an investment venture depends on how
long it is on stream and on how much it produces. Its lifetime and output
are naturally due to the reservoir's initial  characteristics. However, they
are also dependent on keeping the well maintained in good working order
and adapting completion properly to the constantly varying conditions
prevailing in the reservoir and around the wellbore.
 
Although proper drilling, cementing, and completion practices

minimize the need, virtually every well may need several workovers during
its lifetime to satisfactorily fulfil its purpose.

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