PETRONAS CARIGALI OPERATION (PCSB-SKO)

25th-26th July 2012

Time: 08.30 AM to 17.00 PM
Venue: Abnaki Hall 2, Orchid Block

Day 1
0830 1000: Wireline Equipment
1000 1015: Break
1015 1200: Wireline Equipment - continue
1200 1400: Lunch & Zohor Prayer
1400 1530: Manual/ Requirements PPGUA (Petronas Procedure and Guideline for Upstream Activities)
-WRM (Wellbore Risk Management)-CIMG (Carigali Inspection and Maintenance
Guideline)
1530 1545: Break
1545 1615: Other well intervention activities
1615 1700: Conclusion/ Wrap-up
Day 2
0930 0945: Introduction
- Safety briefing
- Round the table
- Expectation
- Ground rules
0945 1200: Wireline Operations
1200 1315: Lunch & Zohor Prayer
1315 1330: Site visit arrangement (PPE)
1330 1700: Delcom Workshop: Tools/ Equipments Familiarization

INTRODUCTION TO WIRELINE OPERATION

1. Routine Valve Change (RVC)
2. Gaslift Valve Change (GLVC)
3. Bottom Hole Pressure & Temperature Survey i.e.

FBUS, FGS & SGS

The term Wireline relates to the use of a wire to convey downhole tools or equipment
in a wellbore. Wireline is commonly used in the following operations:

Checking the production tubing drift

Checking the build up of wax, scale or wellbore deposits

Confirming the well depth or clearance to perforations

Running and pulling plugs and flow control devices

Opening and closing sliding side-doors or similar completion equipment

Conducting pressure and temperature surveys using mechanical or electrical

gauges and recorders.

Installing tubing pack-offs or similar completion devices

Logging and perforating

Gas Lift Valve Change (GLVC)

Routine Valve Change (RVC)

 To enable wireline tools to be run into a wellbore under pressure, the surface
equipment listed below is generally required:
o Stuffing box
o Lubricator bleed off valve
o Quick unions (Otis or Bowen)
o BOP (Blow Out Preventer)
o Riser sections (Optional)
o Tree connection (Optional)
o Gin pole and rope blocks or similar lifting device
(Wireline Mast)
o Lifting clamp
o Wire clamp
o Hay pulley
o Weight indicator sensor

 To deliver wireline tools into a wellbore to perform wireline operation

Measuring
Head to Combi
gauge

Hydraulic
motor Inhole /
Outhole
control lever

 An example tool string incorporating the basic components for slickline operations is
shown as follow





Rope Socket Connect slick line wire to tool string

Stem - adds weight or mass to the tool sting to overcome friction and provide improved
jarring impact down hole
Knuckle Joint - enables rotational movement and flexibility between the tool string
Mechanical jar - provides a means of creating an impact force that is used to set, unset or
operate down hole tools

Stem

Rope
Socket

Link Jar/Mechanical
Jar

Knuckle
Joint

Gauge Cutter / Drift







Cut sand, scale, paraffin and other deposits from the tubing wall
Check the tubing ID
Tag and confirm the total depth
Locate the nipple ID restrictions and no-go
Locate general restrictions in the completion string

Gauge Cutter

Wireline Drift

Blind Box
 The blind box is used when heavy downward jarring is required to

dislodge a fish or push something down the hole. It is flat on the bottom
and hardened to reduce wear and damage.
Blind Box
Lead Impression Block
The impression block or lead impression block (LIB)

is used to obtain a picture (impression) of the

component creating the down hole blockage or obstruction

LIB

Wire Scratcher
 A wire scratcher is used to remove soft paraffin or scale deposits from the ID of the

tubing, nipple profiles or completion equipment

PART 2
ROUTINE VALVE CHANGE (RVC)

Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve (SCSSV)



Valves are run below the surface but can be controlled from the surface. This control is
achieved by hydraulic pressure transmitted from a control panel on the surface to the
valve by stainless steel tubing.

Wireline retrievable - Can be installed and recovered using wireline

SCSSV can have ball or flapper type closures

Wireline Retrievable SCSSV (WR-SCSSV) need to change out every 3 years or

Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve (SCSSV)

A WR SCSSV (Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve) is pulled and/or
replaced for one or a combination of the following reasons :
 Scheduled routine maintenance and inspection requirement as SOP.
 Leak test failure during a routine leak test or after a production station shutdown.
 Failure to hold control line pressure. This can result from failure of the SCSSVs elastomer

seals, or when the SCSSV has become unseated from its landing nipple.


Typical WRSCSSV in SKO & SBO are as follow:

1. B7 Setting profile at BP-6 nipple

2. FXE Setting profile at XXO nipple
3. SOF Setting profile at S4 nipple

B7 SCSSV is installed at BP6 nipple.

JDC

D1T

Installation: D1T running tool to set the valve

Retrieval: 3 JDC / 2.5 GSL to retrieve the valve

B7 Valve

GSL

FXE SCSSV is installed at XXO nipple

GS

Retrieval: 3 GSL to retrieve the valve

FXE Valve

X-Line

Installation: 3 X-Line running tool to set the valve

SOF SCSSV is installed at S4 nipple

GS

Retrieval: 3 GS to retrieve the valve

SOF Valve

SOF Running Tool

Installation: SOF running tool to set the valve

PART 3
GASLIFT VALVE CHANGE (GLVC)

Side pocket mandrels are installed in all the wells during completions. Devices are installed in
them to provide communication between the tubing/casing annulus for the purposes of gaslifting
injection or calculation of fluids, or to isolate the annulus from the tubing if the mandrels is not
in use. In most cases, the side pocket mandrels are used for gaslifting purposes, hence much
wireline work is carried out in the retrieval and installation of gaslift valves and dummies.
 Prior to carrying out any side pocket mandrel operations, the following

mandatory precautions shall be observed strictly.

 Installation of a gaslift valve catcher below the deepest mandrel where

the gaslift valve change operation is to be performed.

Ensuring that there is no over-balance of pressure on the annulus side.
In the event the required pressure balancing source is not available, e.g,

production station being shut down, it may be necessary to open the

Sliding Side Door (SSD) above the top packer in the long string to allow
the fluid in the annulus to U tube into the tubing for a few hours, and
then closing back the SSD and bleeding off any pressure in the annulus.
This will reduce the hydrostatic pressure.

The following items of wireline equipment are required to

install and retrieve gas lift valves:
 Kick Over Tool (OK-6 & Merla) - To align the valve or pulling tool above the

latch.
 Running Tools (GA-2 & JK)- Matched to the type of latch in use and attached
with shear pins, the running tool screws into the kick-over tool.
 Pulling Tools (JDC & JDS)- Selected to suit the latch in use, the pulling tool is
attached to the kick-over tool to recover the valve.
 Gaslift Valve Catcher - A gaslift valve catcher shall be installed below the
deepest mandrel where the gaslift valve change operation is to be performed.
Ideally , catcher was installed in the top X-profile/ SSD. Designed to catch
dropped gaslift valve during retrieval / installation.

GA-2 Running
Tool

JK Running
Tool
Gaslift Valve
Catcher

PART 4
BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE &
TEMPERATURE SURVEY

Formation pressure and temperature data is essential for reservoir evaluation

and monitoring. The instruments to obtain this information are available in the
following types:


Electronic Memory Recorder (EMR) - EMR can be run on wireline and store data to be downloaded
to a computer when the gauge is returned to the surface. EMR record Pressure & Temperature data
for analysis

Down Hole Shut In Tool (SIT) - The wire line conveyed battery-operated shut-in tool can be landed
in most well completions because it uses the nipples matching lock mandrel. A down hole
pressure recorder is run below the valve with a shock absorber. SIT permits down hole shut-in of a
completed well, close to the producing interval. As a result, well bore storage effects are
minimized, and the pressure response obtained allows a better and quicker reservoir analysis to be
performed. SIT can also be used on wells that do not naturally flow to surface (for example, gas lift)
where a surface shut-in would be meaningless. Valve operation is controlled by an electronic clock
that is programmed with a time delay prior to running in the hole with the valve open. SIT is
landed in the appropriate nipple, and the well is flowed until the programmed delay expires. When
the valve closes, down hole shut-in is achieved and recorded.

Conventional Bottom Hole Pressure & Temperature Survey



Static Gradient Survey (SGS)

To measure the reservoir to determine;
Static bottom hole pressure
Static gradient

Flowing Gradient Survey (FGS)

To measure the reservoir to determine;
Flowing bottom hole pressure
Flowing gradient
Gas lift optimization

Flowing & Build Up Survey (FBUS)

To measure the reservoir to determine;
Productivity index
Flowing gradient of the well fluid.
Possible communication between zones.
Rate of pressure build up upon closing in the well
Static Gradient of the well fluid.
Reserves Determination
Recovery Monitoring
Formation Damage Assessment
Well Deliverability Determination
Reservoir Characteristic

Pressure Gauges run in tandem to perform gradient survey

Basic step of Gauge operation






Gauge are programmed using manufacturer s soft ware.

During programming, sampling rate & duration of survey are inputted into gauge
via interface
confirmation signal will be emitted to indicate successful program
Survey operator will then take note of the start of recording time

Down Hole Shut In Tool (SIT) is utilized during Flowing & Build Up Survey
(FBUS) to automatically shut in the well down hole
Basic operation of SIT in the well





SIT is run in hole and install in the tubing accessory in open position
After installation, SIT allow well to flow to test separator
SIT activated to shut the well for pressure build up analysis
SIT activated to open well to equalize and pulled out of off hole

SIT down hole operation

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