DRILLING ENGINEERING (CGE576)

TUTORIAL 3
A well is being planned for a location. The pore pressure, fracture gradient and lithology
data from logs of nearby wells are given in Fig 1. The minimum length of surface casing
required to protect the freshwater aquifers is 2000 ft. Approximately 180 ft of conductor
casing is generally required to prevent washout on the outside of the conductor.
The intended well completion requires the use of 7 production casing set at 15,000 ft.

EXERCISE 1
Determine the number of casing strings needed to reach this depth objective safely, and
select the casing setting depth of each string.
EXERCISE 2
Select casing sizes (OD) for each casing string in Exercise 1.
Answer: Refer slide Casing Part 2