SANTA ELENA PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

CASING DESIGN

Author:
Francisco Javier burgos

Teacher: Ing. Romel Angel Erazo Bone

Semester: 6

15/November/2020
La libertad-Santa Elena-Ecuador
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Design a casing program for drilling a vertical development well. The regional pore pressure and
fracture gradients are given in table 1.

1. Determine casing setting depths for different casings using the given fracture/ pore
pressure profile (suggestion: set the conductor pipe a depth of 350ft; set the production
casing at 15000 ft)
2. List the mud weight used to drill each hole section.

3. Select hole (bit) and casing sizes for each section of the well. Use a 7in OD production
casing.

4. Determine the cementing volume for each casing section of the drilled well, and the total
volume cement needed.
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

1. Determine casing setting depths for different casings using the given fracture/ pore pressure
profile (suggestion: set the conductor pipe a depth of 350ft; set the production casing at
15000 ft)
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Setting depth 1: 7490 ft

Setting depth 2: 11000 ft

Setting depth 3: 15000 ft

2. List the mud weight used to drill each hole section.

Mud weight: 12.124

Mud weight: 14.42

Mud weight: 15.93

3. Select hole (bit) and casing sizes for each section of the well. Use a 7in OD production casing.

Section 1:
Diameter hole: 20 in
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PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Diameter pipe: 17 ½

Section 2:
Diameter hole: 13 3/8
Diameter pipe: 12 ¼

Section 3:
Diameter hole: 9 5/8
Diameter pipe: 8 ½

4. Determine the cementing volume for each casing section of the drilled well, and the total
volume cement needed.

πD2 πD2
V c= ( 4
−
4
h)
2 2
π (1.67) π ( 1.46)
Vc1 =( − )∗7490
4 4

¿ 3866.65 ft 3 =696 BBLS

π (1.11)2 π ( 1.02)2
V c 2= ( 4
−
4 )
∗11000

¿ 1656.17 ft 3 =298.11 BBLS

π (0.8)2 π (0.71)2
V c 2= ( 4
−
4 )∗15000

¿ 1601.03 ft 3=288.19 BBLS

Total volume:

V T =( 696+298.11+ 288.19 ) BBLS=1282.3 BBLS