Production Technology Basic Completion Concepts Completion Hardware (Equipment)

Production Technology
Basic Completion Concepts
Completion Hardware (Equipment)
Mofazzal Hossain, PhD, MIEAust, CpEng

Associate Professor – Petroleum Engineering
ARRC Building
Email: md.hossain@curtin.edu.au
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Introduction to Well Completion
Introduction
Design Basis
Bottom hole completion options
Completion Design Example
Additional reading:
Chapter 3 – section 3.5‐3.17
Chapter 4 section 4.1~4.4, and 4.6.
Chapter 5
Introduction
What is well completion?
“The well completion may be considered to be the activities
with objective of which to equip a well with necessary means
to convert a drilled well into a safe and efficient producer or
injector (i.e. production or injection conduit) by developing
interfaces between the reservoir and surface production
systems”.
How to design a completion system or how to complete a
well ……..????
Introduction
Completion of a well depends on many factors:
Well production strategy
Nature of Interface between wellbore and reservoir
Number of tubing strings
Surface location
Stage of completion
Functional and well service requirements
Completion design is a very challenging task. It combines many
engineering and sciences disciplines (e.g physics, chemistry,
mathematics, engineering, geology, hydraulics, material science) and
practical hands‐on wellsite experience.
Introduction
Main purposes of completion
Completion task involves providing or
installing a well with
Safety barriers ‐ different control
devices (closure of the flow)
Surface or subsurface control devices:
e,g, Subsurface safety valve (SSSV)
Pressure and flow containment
Casing (Csg), Tubing (Tbg), Packer and
Wellhead
Tbg Size chosen so that maximum
production rate can be achievable
Annulus Isolation (control of the
direction production flow)
Production Packer set Deep
Introduction
Main purposes of completion (cont)
 Circulation Capability
Sliding Sleeve (SS), Sliding Side Door (SSD) or Side Pocket Mandrels (SPM)
Open and Close
 Tubing Isolation
Plug in Nipple
 Downhole Tubing Detachment
WorkOver – replacement of tbg / completion components/ repairing the well
 Tubing Stresses relief
Moving Seals Allow for Contraction/Expansion
 Suspend Monitoring Equipment
Pressure /Temperature Gauges in Nipples
 Controlled Fluid Injection from the Annulus
Corrosion Inhibitor, Gas Lift
 Downhole Pump System
 Wireline Entry Guide
Introduction
Components of a completion string (general)
SSSV ‐ Subsurface Safety Valves
SSCSSV ‐Subsurface Controlled
Subsurface Safety Valves
SCSSV ‐ Surface Controlled
SS – Sliding Sleeves
SSD ‐ Sliding Side Door
SPM ‐ Side Pocket Mandrels
WEG ‐ Wireline entry guide
Introduction
Barriers and test procedures
Primary Barriers Test procedure Secondary barriers Test procedure
Christmas tree Pressure test Downhole safety  Inflow tested during
valves  from below during valve completion installation.
completion  Subsequent periodic
installation. inflow tests.
 between valves
periodically
Tree connection to  Cavity pressure test
tubing hanger and possible tubing
pressure tests
 Subsequent
monitoring of cavity
pressure
Tubing and body of  Tubing pressure Tubing hanger, Pressure test
completion tests. wellhead (tubing  During drilling (with
components  Subsequent hanger spool), mud).
monitoring of casing- production casing.  Sometimes tested
tubing annulus during completion
pressure. annulus pressure test
Packer  Pressure test (from (brine).
above or below). Usually not tested routinely
during operations.
Casing under Pressure test Cement above  Possible test as part of
packer  During drilling with packer. Possibly leak off test of next
mud. intermediate casing hole section.
 Possible pressure (and cement).  Monitoring of annulus
test during completion pressure (except
operations subsea wells
after Jonathan Bellarby, 2009
Introduction
Design basis
Completion design basis depends on various
factors, such as:
Gross production rate;
Well pressure and depth;
Rock properties;
Fluid properties;
Well location.
What is the design output/ End product of
completion design?
Introduction
Design basis
Fundamentally completion design consists of:
• Specification of bottom hole completion options
• Selection of production tubing/string
• Assessment of completion string or tubing performance
• Assessment well performance
All of above areas starts from conceptual design with
limited information and end up final design once all
criteria meet
Completion Design process Tree
Initiate Design
Bottom Hole Selection Of Completion Well

Completion Production String Productivity
Technique Conduit Components
Conceptual
Design
Detailed Well
Casing String Completion Performance
Design String Design Optimisation
An iterative
Final
Design (s) process
Variables that can impose Stress on
Completion Components
• Downhole conditions imposed
by:
• reservoir fluids,
• reservoir depth
• severity of the well path
• Design varies depending on
• Choice of downhole tools
and there setting depths
• Pressure, temperature and
their effect on changing the
fluid properties and weight
applied to the string
Note any changes create
stresses/forces on completion
strings and that need to be
accounted for
Bottom hole completion
options
Bottom Hole Completion Options
Open hole Slotted liner Cemented liner

 Low Cost (uncemented) or cased hole
 Medium Cost  High Cost
 No Zonal Control
 No Zonal Control  Zonal Control
 Consolidated
Formations
Example –Completion options
Tubing Shoe Casing Shoe
TD
PAY
I - Open Hole Completion
A- B- C-
Deep Plain Open-Hole
Tailpipe Screen Gravel
Screen
Liner Pack
Casing Shoe
TD PBT
D PBT
PAY D
TD
II - Uncemented Liner Completions
Screen
Gravel
Tubing
Shoe
Pay
Pay Pay
Frac
Sand
PBTD PBTD PBTD
Casing Shoe
III - Perforated Completions

Example –Gravel pack Completions
(A) (B) (C)

Open Hole Gravel Packs
Cased Hole Gravel Pack Under-Reamed Window Under-Reamed Below Casing
Tubing completion concepts
Tubing Completion Concepts
Tubingless Tubing Completion Tubing Completion Tubing Completion

Completion Without Packer Without Packer With Annulus
(with annulus (without annulus Packer
production) production)
Tubing Completion Concepts
T u b in g le s s T u b i n g C o m p l e ti o n T u b i n g C o m p l e ti o n T u b i n g C o m p l e ti o n
C o m p le tio n W ith o u t P a c k e r W ith o u t P a c k e r W i th A n n u l u s
( w i th a n n u l u s ( w i th o u t a n n u l u s P a c k e r
p r o d u c tio n ) p r o d u c ti o n )
Features Features Features Features

 Low Cost
 Easy Installation  High Cost  High Cost  Very High Cost
 Low Complexity  Circulation Possible  Circulation Possible  High Complexity
 Well Killing Difficult  Csg Corrosion  Corrosion Inhibition  Circulation Possible
 Csg Corrosion  High Prod Rate  Any Prod Rate  Corrosion Inhibition
 High Prod Rate  Full Ann Pressure  Full Ann Pressure  Any Prod Rate
 Full Ann Pressure  No Artificial Lift  No Artificial Lift  Ann. Press Isolated
 No Artificial Lift  Artificial Lift
 Stable Production
 Multi-zone Reservoir
Note tubingless completion some time refers as slim hole completions
Single zone completion (example)
(a) Single tube(temporary); (b) tubingless gas well; (c) simple
low cost single string, (d) high pressure; (e) high‐rate liner
completion
Multiple Zone Completions
 Reservoirs with more than one distinct layers
(heterogeneous reservoir, as in the case of most of
the reservoirs)
Intersected by a single well
Layer A
Layer A
Barrier
Layer B
Layer B
Barrier
Layer C Layer C
Layered Reservoir with layers Layered Reservoir with
still in communication NO vertical communication
Dual and Multiple zone tubing completions (options)
 Co‐mingling the various flow
zone – production from multiple
zone through a single tube
Z ON E
 Segregated – producing through
A
ZON E
multiple tubing from multiple
A
zone within a single well
Z ON E
B
ZON E
B
 Alternate – complete each
individual well from each zone
CO -M ING LING SEG REG ATED in a single reservoir (e.g. two
zones – two well in the same
reservoir of different zones)
 Selective – completion strings
ZON E run through a series of zone and
A
produces from individual flow
Z ON E
A
ZON E
A zone using selective
equipments, such as plugs,
ZON E ZON E ZON E
B B B sliding sleeves (SS)etc
ALTERNATE SELECTIVE
Dual zone tubing Completions ‐ examples
Tubing / Casing Flow Dual Tubing / Single String Selective
Casing
Corrosion
1. Upper Zone 2. Lower Zone 2 Zones Single String

Annular Flow Annular Flow 2 Strings Selective
Main concerns:
– possible damage of casing by corrosion or abrasion
– pressure limitations on the annulus with respect to casing burst (specifically in case where
stimulation is necessary)
Tubing String Design Basis
Tubing String Design Basis:
• Tubing Size
• Basic Pressure and Tension
Requirements Please review chapter 5 for
theoretical basis
• Special Tensional Considerations
• Coupling Selection
Tubing Size
Tubing Size ‐ Tubing sizes are specified based on (API standard specification)
• Outside Diameter (OD)
• Internal Diameter (ID)
• Drift – ‘Quality Control’ ID Evaluation
Tubing Weight – function of thickness of pipe wall
Nominal Size Weight ID Drilling Drift Wireline Drift

(inches) (ppf) (inches) (inches) (inches)
2-3/8 4.70 1.995 1.901 1.875

2-7/8 6.50 2.441 2.347 2.313
3-1/2 9.30 2.992 2.867 2.750
4-1/2 12.75 3.958 3.883 3.813
5-1/2 15.50 4.919 4.825 4.750
For more tubing specification see the note and i‐handbook from slb.com
http://www.slb.com/resources/software/ihandbook.aspx
Tubing Grade
 Tensile Strength
• Tensile loads that can be tolerated by tubing body or a joint of tubing
without the occurrence of failure
• API grades are designated based on certain Chemical & Physical
Properties
• Certain Grades Designed for high H2S, CO2 Environments
• Each grade has a designation such as J55, K55 (seamless), N80, L80(L
for Limited yield strength–H2S), C75 (C for extra – chrome + heat
treatment to reduce corrosion), and P110.
 For example, L80 has controlled hardness, which provides extra hardness resistance to
H2S corrosion
• L = Chemical Composition & Manufacturing Process
• Lower Grade
• 80 = Minimum Material Yield Strength
• 80,000 lbs
• Lower No = “Softer” Steel
Note:
K — has higher ultimate strength than J
C, L — "restricted yield strength" with tighter specifications
P — high strength
Tubing Grade (continue)
The tube grades with controlled hardness are generally specified when the
partial pressures of H2S or CO2 exceed NACE (National Association of Corrosion
Engineers) MR0175 (Petroleum and natural gas industries—Materials for use in
H2S‐containing environments in oil and gas production) recommendations
Tubing Threaded connections/coupling
Non-Upset – NU
(limited for use in shallow wells which require
infrequent service)
The API couplings are: External Upset – EUE

(provides reliable service and is used extensively
in the oilfield).
Integral Joint
Specific commercial design
Premium Threads
• New VAM
• Hydril CS
Type of connection to be chosen depends on
• Loads expected
• Level of corrosion
• Pressure
• Amount of bends, doglegs VAM thread Hydril thread
Tubing Threaded connections/coupling
Two general types:
1. Connections requiring
internal pressure to
produce tight seal (API
round and Buttress
type thread)
2. Metal to metal seal
connection (Premium
type)
Design basis of Production Tubing
Actual Situation
Ideal Situation For severe loading conditions
(e.g., ultra deep >20,000 ft
(6000 m), very high pressure
>10,000 psi (70 MPa), very hot
>300° F (150° C)), it is
necessary to make a detailed
computer‐assisted stress
analysis
The balance of design assumptions versus actual conditions
Typical criteria for tubing design on a flowing well
Condition Loading Design Criteria Typical Design Factor
Kill pressure on
Internal
hydrocarbon- filled tubing
*Assuming separate checks are
Burst Packer fluid and zero 1.125 not planned on shock and
External
annulus pressure
bending effects; otherwise use
Check effects of 1.5
Considerations
compression
Casing head pressure=

External
shut-in tubing pressure
Graphical Tubing String
Collapse Tubing empty and 1.125
Internal Design method is a
depressured
convenient way of
Considerations Check effects of tension
understanding loading
Buoyant weight in Body: 1.333 conditions and presenting
Tension Running
completion fluid Joint: 1.8* design results.
Cold stimulation and hot
Operating production conditions
Tension and Body: 1.125
Compression Joint: 1.333
Check effects of
Considerations temperature and
pressure changes
Total Stress Triaxial Max. stress 80% yield
Some common downhole completion tools
Production Packers Hydraulic Control Line
Flow Coupling
Tubing‐Retrievable
Safety Valve
Flow Coupling
Flow Coupling
Sliding Side‐Door
Circulating Device
Slips Flow Coupling
Cone
Straight Slot Locator
Packing Element Seal Units and Accessories
Retrievable Packer
Sealbore Extension
Millout Extension
Adapter
Tubing Joint or Pup
X Landing Nipple
Perforated Pup Joint
Landing Nipple
Wireline Re‐entry Guide
 Setting mechanism (running, setting,
unsetting), seal, tubing‐packer connection
 1) Permanent (drillable) packers
◦ Removed by drilling or milling
 2) Retrievable packers
◦ Hydraulically set (pressurizing the tubing)
◦ Mechanically set (compression, tension, rotation of
the prod string, may involve wireline)
Reactive Element Packer

MPas-e Remote Set Packer System
Packer calculations
 Multiply areas with corresponding
pressures to obtain forces acting on both
planes of the packer
 Add additional force acting directly on side
(like tubing weight)
 Make a balance of forces
Example – Packer force calculations (1)
"tubing wt (7000 lb)" Problem:
Depth: 6000 ft
salt water in annulus Salt water in annular space
annular The packer was set with
8.6 lb/gal
pressure force 7000 lb "tubing weight"
We inject oil with 1000 psi
crude oil in tubing surface pressure in the tubing
6.9 lb/gal (to displace some acid)
Question: will the injection
unseat the packer?
tubing pressure
force If the net force is upward:
the packer will be unseat!
Casing: (OD: 5 ½ in.) ID = 4.91 in.
Tubing OD: 2 3/8‐in. (C‐75, 4.7 lb/ft) ID = 1.99 in.
Internal area of casing: (pi*4.91^2/4) =18.8 in2
Outer area of 2 3/8‐in. tubing (pi*(2+3/8)^2/4= 4.4 in2
Internal Area of of 2 3/8‐in. tubing (pi*1.99^2/4) = 3.1 in2
Example – Packer force calculations (2)
38,900 lb 7,000 lb tubing wt
Internal circle area of of casing: 18.8 in2
annular Outer circle of 2 3/8‐in. tubing: 4.4 in2
pressure force 8.6 lb/gal Internal circle of 2 3/8‐in. tubing: 3.1 in2
wt salt water
Annular bhp: (6,000 ft)(0.45psi/ft) =
2,700 psi
6.9 lb/gal
crude oil
Tubing bhp: (6,000 ft)(0.36 psi/ft)+
1,000 psi =3,160 psi
Tubing force =(18.8‐3.1 in2)(3,160 psi)=49,600 lb
49,600 lb Annular force = (18.8‐4.4 in2)(2,700 psi)=38,900
lb
Weight of tubing = 7000 lb
tubing pressure
force
49,600 lb ‐ 38,900 lb ‐7,000 lb = 3,700 lb

The injection operation will unseat the packer!
Travel Joints
 Allows tubing movement and expand or contract
freely with changes in down hole pressure and
temperature
 Solve the problems of contraction or expansion of
tubes in production/injection wells
Main features
• Two telescopic tubes with seal elements
• Typically placed in the completion string above the
shallowest packer to accommodate tubing movement
• It may also be placed between packers or near the
surface to facilitate well space out usually placed above
shallowest packer
• Can rotate freely, or translate tubing rotation to packer
• Stroke lengths – 2,4,8,10,15,20,25 feet
Adjustable Unions
Similar to travel joints, adjustable
unions consist of concentric tubes
designed to open and close.
• They are threaded and open
or close by rotation rather
than by travel or stroking of
the device
• Facilitate spacing out where
spacing is critical e.g.
between packers
• 12 – 24 inches of extension
Flow Couplings
A short thick walled pipe attached with tube
that provide extra strength and protect the
tube from delays erosional failure from
turbulent flow
Usually 2 times wall thickness of tubing
• Available in 3‐5ft, 10ft lengths. The length selected
depends on fluid flow rates (how quickly turbulent
flow is expected to dissipate) and the abrasiveness
of the fluid encountered
• Use around SSV’s, downstream of SSD’s and landing
nipples (i.e. around the devices that reduces flow
diameters, and causes restriction to flow)
Blast Joints
Similar to flow couplings extra thick pipe
used to
• Prevents abrasion on tubing from
perforations
• delays the erosional failure at the
point where fluids enter the well bore
and impinge on the tubing string.
• They have the same internal
diameter as the tubing, but a larger
external diameter (provide extra
strength)
• Available in 20 or 30 ft lengths
Nipple
 Short tubular with box and pin threaded connection and
precisely machined and configured internal bore (profile). This
internal profiled bore accept a suitable sized mandrel having
matching external profile
 Profile used to locate, lock and seal subsurface flow controls
 Used at any point inside a completion string to provide facility
for
• securing any mandrel (eg. SSV) within the nipple.
• sealing capability for the mandrel within the bore of the nipple
• Isolation or plugging of the tubing string for well shut in, workover
for hydraulically setting packers
• landing a ported device which allows communication between the
tubing and the annulus.
• Emergency closure of the tubing or annular flow conduit by remote
or direct control (SSV).
• Downhole regulation or throttling of the flow
• The installation of downhole pressure and temperature recording
gauges
Potential Nipple Locations
Landing Nipple
Landing nipples are short sections of thick‐walled tubulars
that are machined internally to provide a locking profile and
at least one packing bore
The purpose of a landing nipple is to
• provide a profile at a specific point in the completion string to
locate, lock, and seal subsurface flow controls, either using a
wireline or pumpdown methods
3 main types:
• No‐go nipples
• Selective nipples
• Subsurface safety valve nipples
No‐go Landing Nipples
 Point of reduced diameter and operates such that
the outside diameter of the mandrel will be slightly
larger than the minimum inside diameter of the
nipple and hence prevents its passage through the
nipple (ODMandrel>IDNipples)
 Prevents passage of larger wireline tools
 ‘Step down sizing’ – each deeper device must have
smaller ID
 No‐go profile (no‐go shoulder) can be above or
below packing bore
Above – top no‐go
Below – bottom no‐go
Selective Landing Nipples
Three methods of selectivity:
 Selectivity based upon Variable internal profile
• Match profile to set of locating keys on lock mandrel
• Nipples run as a part of completion tubes in correct
sequence in predetermined selective position (5~7
positions)
 Selectivity based upon Setting Tool Selective
• Setting tool activated by nipple profile
• Setting tool includes its removable locking and sealing
device,
• Tool is designed with a system of fixed external profiles
 Selectivity based upon pre‐spaced magnets
• Usually comprises
• a lower sections with locking profile and sealing section
contains
• An upper section with two pre‐spaced magnet rings
• Mandrels are locked in position by a mechanical locking
mechanism actuated by a small explosive charges
detonated by by electric circuit when the mandrels lands in
the nipple
Device used to shut off production in an emergency
situation when the well conditions of pressure/flow rate
very from designed values
Two main categories:
• SSCSSV (Subsurface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valves) –
Operated based pre‐set pressure condition (automatic/direct
controlled) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEb0JIzAfKE
• SCSSV (Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valves)‐operated
using a surface control system that feeds hydraulic pressure
directly to the downhole valve assembly through wire line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3oQKTgAKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBgUwlK6Wn4
SSCSSV ‐ Storm Chokes
 Operate automatically by changes in well pressure/flow
 No hydraulic line required
 The valves can be run and installed within specific landing
nipples within the production tubing
Two basic types
• Flow controlled – operate when flow rate exceed preset rate
• Ambient pressure – sense drop in pressure below preset value
 Both have different valve closing devices
• Ball type
• Flapper type
• Poppet type
SCSSV
Controlled from surface through hydraulic line that feeds hydraulic
pressure directly to the downhole valve assembly through wire line
 Classified by method of retrieval
• Tubing Retrievable
• Wireline Retrievable
 Also classified by closure mechanism
• Ball
• Flapper
Annular Safety Valves
Used to
 Seals the annulus between tubing and casing
 Protects from any gas in annulus, if wellhead integrity is lost
Common applications
• Gas‐lift completions – large volume of compressed gas in
annulus
• ESP completions– gas vented from ESP into annulus
Wireline or tubing retrievable (both available)
Circulation Devices
 A means of communication between
tubing & annulus, such as
• Sliding Sleeve (SS)
• Sliding Side Door (SSD)
 Common Uses
• Provide a circulation path
• Putting a well on production
• killing a well
• equalizing pressure when changing valves etc
• Allow production to enter tubing
• Access to formation for stimulation A Sliding Sleeve
• Can be used virtually any point in the completion
string where circulation, injection, or selective
production is required
Sliding sleeves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLvcseCaf6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqPViLNqR4
Side Pocket Mandrels (SPM)
 The side pocket mandrel (SPM) consists of
a tubing mandrel with ports located on its
outside wall
 Uses
• Injection of gas for gaslift
• Injection of chemicals
• Emergency kill device
• Means of circulating fluids
 Parallel receiving chamber offset from
string
 Chamber holds flow control devices
WL Re‐Entry Guides
Wireline re‐entry guide (WEG) or half‐mule
shoe runs at bottom of string to
• Guide for wireline tools etc.
• Prevents hanging up and breakage of tools
Source: http://www.umalaska.com/products.html
Well Completion Designs
Example
 Well Completion Design Factors
Differing well characteristics such as
• Pressure & PI/IPR
• Fluid Properties
• Rock Properties / Geological Data
Geographical Constraints
• Location
• Water Depth (offshore) and Weather Conditions
• Accessibility
General Constraints
• Safety & Environment
• No of producing zones
Halliburton Completion Products
Single zone completion – Example 1
Tubing Hanger
(w/profile)
SSSV Hydraulic
Control Line
Sub Surface Safety Valve
(w/profile Nipple)
Gas Lift Mandrel Production

(with GLV) Casing
Production
Tubing
Sliding Sleeve
(w/profile Nipple)
Permanent Seal Bore
Packer w/ seal Asembly
Profile Nipple
Tailpipe
Wireline Entry Guide
Perforations
Simple case‐Basic completions
Single String Permanent Packer Completion Single String Retrievable Packer Completion
Single zone completion ‐ Example 2
Casing
 No provision for tubing
SSSV
Tubing
movement
Nipple
• minimum temperature
WL Operated SSD
and/or pressure variation
Locator Seal Assy
Permanent Packer
Seal Bore Protector
Millout Extension
Nipple
Perforated Flow Tube
No‐Go Nipple
Liner Example of single‐string producer with locator
seal assembly and tailpipe on packer.
Single Zone Completion ‐ Example 3
 High Flow rate
– 15‐30,000 bbl/d
SSSV
– Utilising extra long
Tubing tubing seal receptacle
Casing (ELTSR) for Tubing
Movement
WL Operated SSD
– Tbg Movement 5‐15ft
Long Tubing Seal Receptacle
w/Nipple and Anchor Seals on Slick Joint
Permanent Packer Wireline Set
Millout Extension
Tailpipe
Nipple
Perforated Flow Tube
Landing Nipple Example of single string producer utilizing
Liner hydraulic set retrievable packer.
Single Zone Completion – example 4
. SSSV
 High Flow rate
Tubing injection/production
SPM for Chemical Injection or
With Shear Valve to permit Circulation Utilizing a Police bore
Casing receptacle (PBR).
Nipple Offers Large Monobore
Polished Bore Receptacle
Liner Packer & Hanger Assy
Liner
Example of single‐zone high‐volume
producer/injector
Single zone completion – Example 5
 Gas Lift
SSSV
• SPM open at Preset
Nipple Pressures
Side Pocket Mandrels for
Subsequent Gas Lift • Retrievable Packers allows
Nipple Workover
Retrievable Packer
Nipple
Perforated Joint
Landing Nipple
Example of single‐zone/single string
producer/injector with retrievable
packer with provision for gas lift
Single Zone Completion – Example 6
 Electric Submersible Pump
SSSV
Assist Flow to Surface
ESP in Side Leg Allows
Nipple
Intervention Access
SPM
Retrievable Packers allows
Workover
SSD
Retrievable Packer
Nipple
Example of single‐zone producer with
Check Valve
ESP
electric submersible pump (ESP)
Wireline Re‐entry Guid
Dual Zone Completion – Example 1
SSSV’s
SSD’s
SPM
Dual String Packer retrievable

Isolating Nipple’s
Landing Nipple
Blast Joint
Flow from Upper Zone
SSD
Locator Seal Assy
Permanent Production Packer
Isolating Nipple
Landing Nipple
Flow from Lower Zone D u a l S t r in g P e r m a n e n t P a c k e r C o m p l e t io n
Allows Separate Production (Courtesy Halliburton)

ESP Completion Example
• Allows annulus gas below the
packer to vent to the annulus above
the packer
• In an emergency situation, the
hydraulic control pressure can be
released from the control line to
allow the gas below the packer.
• A single hydraulic control line can
operate the tubing‐retrievable
safety valve and the annulus gas
vent valve pressure in both Electrical Submersible Pump Completions
directions
Large Production Tubing
SSSV’s
Small Injection Tubing
 Selective Production with optional
Retrievable Dual Packer
Nipple
Gas Lift
• Gas injected through Separate String
SPM’s • Protect Prod Casing at Surface
Production Tubing
Travel Joint
Locator Seal Assy
SSD
Isolating Nipple
Wireline Re‐entry Guide
Casing Example of dual‐zone selective producer
with gas lift string
 Tubingless
Casing • Low Cost / Basic Limitations
• Single, Dual or Triple Tbg
Wireline Isolation Nipple
Direct Controlled SSSV
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Mofazzal Hossain, PhD, MIEAust, CpEng

Bottom Hole Selection Of Completion Well

Open hole Slotted liner Cemented liner

I - Open Hole Completion

II - Uncemented Liner Completions

PBTD PBTD PBTD

III - Perforated Completions

(A) (B) (C)

Tubingless Tubing Completion Tubing Completion Tubing Completion

Features Features Features Features

1. Upper Zone 2. Lower Zone 2 Zones Single String

Nominal Size Weight ID Drilling Drift Wireline Drift

2-3/8 4.70 1.995 1.901 1.875

The API couplings are: External Upset – EUE

Casing head pressure=

Reactive Element Packer

49,600 lb ‐ 38,900 lb ‐7,000 lb = 3,700 lb

Gas Lift Mandrel Production

Dual String Packer retrievable

Flow from Lower Zone D u a l S t r in g P e r m a n e n t P a c k e r C o m p l e t io n

Allows Separate Production (Courtesy Halliburton)

Dual Production Packer

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