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Buckling & Wellhead Load After Cementing

CASING PROPERTIES CASING OD (IN.) 7 CASING ID (IN.) 6.276 CASING WT./FT 26 CASING LENGTH (FT) 10,000
EXTERNAL END AREA (SQ.IN.) INTERNAL END AREA (SQ.IN.) STEEL END AREA (SQ.IN.)
38.48 30.94 7.55

Wellhead Loads after Cementing INITIAL CONDITIONS (While cement sets)

Wellhead Load (=Tension at surface)
T; Mlbs Mud wt. inside (MWi) Mud wt outside (MWo) Pressure inside (Pi) Pressure outside (Po) Avg cement dens (MWc) Top of cement (TOC) Pickup is +

9 12 1,500 1,000 16 8,000 18

ppg ppg psi psi ppg ft

+wt. of pipe +wt mud inside -wt cement -wt. mud outside + pressure-area + Pickup

+wpf*L/1000 +0.052MWi Ai L/1000 -0.052MWc Ao(L-TOC)/1000 -0.052MWo Ao TOC/1000 + (PiAi - PoAo)/1000 + Pickup

260 145 -64 -192 8 18

Mlb (Slackoff is -)

Initial Wellhead Load

Mud wt inside Mud wt outside Pressure inside Pressure outside Changes (final - initial) dMWi dMWo dPi dPo dTemp 4 -4 500 2,000 ppg ppg psi psi F

175

FINAL CONDITIONS 13 ppg 8 ppg 2,000 psi 3,000 psi

Formulae for dT + (0.052dMWi)Ai(TOC)/1000 - (0.052dMWo)Ao(TOC)/1000 +2 dPi Ai/1000 -2 dPo Ao/1000 -AE(dTemp)/1000 Total dT dT; Mlbs 15 19 9 -46 -53 -55

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Final Wellhead Load

119

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Buckling of Casing after Cementing INITIAL CONDITIONS (While cement sets)

Mud wt. inside (MWi) Mud wt outside (MWo) Pressure inside (Pi) Pressure outside (Po) Avg. cement dens (MWc) Top of cement (TOC) Pickup 9 12 1,500 1,000 16 8,000 18 ppg ppg psi psi ppg ft Mlb (Slackoff is -) Initial Effective tension at TOC +pipe below TOC +wpf(L-TOC)/1000 +wt mud inside +0.052MWi Ai(L-TOC)/1000 -wt cement -0.052MWc Ao(L-TOC)/1000 +Pickup +Pickup Teff;Mlbs 52 29 -64 18

Initial Teff at TOC

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FINAL CONDITIONS
Mud wt inside Mud wt outside Pressure inside Pressure outside 13 8 2,000 3,000 ppg ppg psi psi

Changes (final - initial) Formula for dTeff dTeff;Mlbs dMWi 4 ppg -(1-)(0.052dMWi)Ai(TOC)/1000 -36 dMWo -4 ppg +(1-)(0.052dMWo)Ao(TOC)/1000 -45 dPi 500 psi -(1-2)dPi Ai/1000 -6 dPo 2,000 psi +(1-2)dPo Ao/1000 31 dTemp 34 F -AE(dTemp)/1000 -53 If Teff < 0, assume casing is buckled. Total dTeff -109 Final Teff at TOC -74

Buckled?

Yes

TEMPERATURE CALCULATIONS (For drilling strings )

Static Temperatures Surface (Ts) Bottom hole (Tb) TVD next hole section

60 355 14,000

F F ft

y = TOC/TVD k = 0.4+0.306y+0.029y^2-0.125y^3 Init. avg temp: Ts + (Tb-Ts)y/2 Final avg temp;F: Ts+(Tb-Ts)k Must be entered above;F: dTemp

0.57 0.561

144 225 81

(For completion strings )

Surface Injection (Tsi) At perforations (Tp) TVD Perforations E = 30,000,000 psi;

32 123 9000

F F ft

y = TOC/TVD For big jobs f = 3 Little jobs f = 2 Final avg temp; F: Tsi+(Tp-Tsi)y/f Must be entered above; F: dTemp Coefficient of thermal expansion = 6.9E-6 /F

0.89 3

59 -85

Poisson's ratio = 0.3;

PROGRAM DOS NAME: CAS_BUCK.XLS PURPOSE: Computes stresses, loads, and buckling in casing after cementing COMPUTATIONS: 1. Buckling in intermediate and completion casings 2. Wellhead loads in intermediate and completion casings

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