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What does CemCAT means?
-cementing computer-aided treatmen
Would you be able to displace cement slurry at a pumping rate of 8 bpm and treating pressure of 2000 psi? equipment available for 300 HHP
-NO (Presión*Gasto)/40.8
What does zonal isolation means?
Zonal isolation does not mean to seal off certain zone from others. zonal isolation (that is, to prevent communications between the different zones in a well).
Examples of Plastic Formation :
salt
Examples of corrosive formation fluids are
waters containing sodium, calcium, magnesium, or dissolved CO2
- H2S
- CO2
API casing specification used to describe a pipe
- OD
- Weight
- Grade
- Collapse & Burst Pressure
- Thread Types
Key parameters you should know about any working string (casing, drill pipe, tubing).
- Collapse Pressure
- Burst Pressure
- OD
what does a BLOW OUT is?
is an uncontrolled blow of reservoir fluids into the wellbore and sometimes catastrophically to the surface.
Part of the BOP:
Anular preventer (hydrill)
Pipe Ram
Blind Ram
Shear Ram
After bumping the top plug on a 9 5/8-in primary cementing job, when you bleed off pressure, returns do not stop. What happened? What would you do?
-Floating equipment failed. Pump back until plug bumps, bleed off rapidly and observe returns again. Repeat twice, if returns still do not stop, hold minimal pressure until cement sets.
TOP job cementing job operation
-Cement Job Done in the annulus in order to BRING THE TOP OF CEMENT TO SURFACE
The key points in top job operation?
- Bring cement to surface
- Macarroni Tubing Used
- Max depth 250/ 300 ft
- High Pressure Friction
- No – STD connections
Reasons of using TOP PLUG in a primary cementing
- Positive Indication of end of DISPLACEMENT
- Separates cement from DISPLACING FLUID to avoid contamination
Reasons of using BOTTOM plug in a primary cementing
- Separates chemical wah/ spacer & mud to avoid contamination
- It wipes the drilling fluid layer from INSIDE of the casing
Plugs are used to :
- separate various fluids (e.g., cement from displacement fluid)
- wipe the inside walls of the casing to aid in mud removal
- provide a surface indication of slurry placement by increasing pressure on the surface when the plug seals (this is called “bumping”).
Purpose of the conductor casing
- Avoid/ Reduce WASHOUT under the drilling rig structure and have a way to return the drilling mud back (Flow Nipple)
The surface casing purpose is to
- Protect surface FRESH WATER FORMATION , close unconsolidated or LOSS CIRCULATION ZONES and allow BOPS installation|
The intermediate casing is run t0
- Keep the integrity of the borehole, normally long-string. Support liners run below this string
The production casing will
- Isolate the pay (production) zone & protect production equipment. Normally small volumes of slurry used.
Advantages of STAB – IN cementing?
- Less Cement CONTAMINATION
- Less Channeling
- Small Displacement Volume
Types of casing string
- Conductor
- Surface
- Intermediate
- Production
- Liner
Thread used in primary cementing pipe
- 8 round
- VAM & Buttress
- Hydrill (integral)
Why would we use a liner, select 3 reasons.
- Economics
- Cover corroded and damage casing
- Reduce Weight of the casing
- Cover Lost circulation zones, shales and plastic zones
Why is recommended to stop down the pumping rate during the last Bbl of displacement?
- Is important to slow the displacement to avoid excessive pressure
- Few barrels are pumped before the pump rate must be slowed down (to +/- 2 bpm) to be able to notice the rise of pressure that indicates the liner wiper plug has been released
Liner is
- any string of casing whose top is located below the surface. Liners are set by drillpipe, which is subsequently removed. The liner is attached to casing by liner hangers.
Intermediate liner
- Intermediate, or drilling, liners are used to cover problem zones during drilling.
- This is not a very common type of liner
Tie-back
- Run back to the surface because of corrosion or pressure problems in the casing
OVERLAP :
part of the liner is the most critical to cement correctly.
Cementing the liner lap
- this has to be a good seal between formation and production path
- liner overlap ranges from 100 to 500 ft, it may vary from 50 to 500 ft.
- Not pump too much cement above the top of the liner 50 to 150 ft is normal.
- Small volume of cement 10 bbl or less
- large volumes of washers and/or spacers to avoid contamination
Poor cementing of liners
- communication between the top of the liner and the zone just under the previous casing shoe.
Floats leaking after liner job
Top plug does not bump as per calculated displacement
- Pump ½ shoe track volume
2. Shut down and proceed to checking floats
Select the correct plugs used in liner cementing job
- DP dart and Liner wiper plug
Liner procedure (by number)
• Pressure test lines.
• Pump wash/spacer.
• Mix and pump slurry.
• Stop pumping and Drop “Pump Down” plug (or drill pipe wiper dart).
• Is recommended to pump Spacer behind the dart to prevent cement contamination when drill pipe is released. Pump enough to cover 200 to 500 ft of drill pipe and liner across the hanger depth. Schematic on next slide
• Complete rest of displacement
- Remember to slow the rate down before reaching setting tool to shear the pins holding the wiper plug inside the liner. Pressure spike should be observed.
• Bump plug /check for returns.
• Release tool.
• Pull up to T.O.C. and reverse circulate