Workover Planning

Annual Production Target

Crude oil & gas production target set by
the Company, a MOU with Ministry of
Petroleum – Annual Plan.
Annual Crude Oil Production Target

• Contributions from old producing wells

• Contribution from new drilling wells

• Contributions from workover wells

 Annual Gas Production Target

• Contribution from associated gas

• Contribution from non-associated gas

• Contribution from drilling of new gas wells

• Contribution from workover wells

 Annual Water Injection Target

Why is water injection?

 Pressure maintenance by replenishing

the voidage created by production.

 Better sweep efficiency & to maximize

recovery.
 Miscellaneous jobs
• Well killing
• Well-head repair etc.
 What is Workover ?

• The works carried out to revive the sick

wells onto production/injection.
• A well falls sick due to high water cut/
coning, very high GOR production, sand
production, corrosion of down hole
tubular, fish inside wellbore, annulus
pressure build-up, well head leak etc,.
 Types of Workover Jobs

Workover Jobs are executed using

 Rigs/ Outfits
 Without outfits, only with statics
& surface lines
 WORKOVER JOBS USING RIGS/ OUTFITS
• Re-completion in the same sand: Completion of well in
same sand after recovery of fish/ sand cleaning/
redesigning/ providing artificial lift assistance/ change in
leaky tubing, wellhead etc.
• Isolating the existing sand: Completion of well in lower
sand after isolating the existing higher up sand with the
help of packers.
• Plug back and complete in higher up sand: Plugging
back the existing zone by setting a bridge plug/ cement
plug and perforating higher up zone/ sand.
•Isolation Repair and Recompletion: Squeezing of
cement behind casing to repair zonal isolation and
recompletion in the zone/ sand.
 WORKOVER JOBS USING RIGS/ OUTFITS
• Water shut-off : Restricting the preferential water
flow by injecting chemical/ polymer thereby altering
the near wellbore fluid saturation.
• Acidization: Removal of formation damage caused
by completion/ plugging of perforation tunnel, near
wellbore damage due to deposits/ debris (organic or
inorganic). Acids commonly used are Hydrochloric,
Hydrofluoric, Hydrochloric- Hydrofluoric ( Mud acid),
Acetic.
• Water disposal well: Converting a well into WDW, for
the disposal of the produced formation water.
 WORKOVER JOBS USING RIGS/ OUTFITS
• Water injection well: To convert a well into WI, to
inject water into the reservoir at a down dip location to
maintain the reservoir pressure for maximizing
recovery.
• Completion of gas wells: To complete a well in a gas
zone either by plugging back earlier producing zone.
Gas well completion is slightly different from oil well.
• Bottom Tagging: Assess/ confirm drilling depth the
clearance inside the well bore prior to perforations .
 WITHOUT OUTFITS
• Live Condition perforation: Extension of perforations
in the same sand while the well is on production as is
where is basis in order to enhance oil production.
• Setting of Though Tubing Bridge Plug: Plugging the
lower zone.
• Well killing : Securing of high pressure/ live well for
safety and environment considerations.
• Well - head repair: Repairing of non-working/
damaged well head due to operational problems or
miscreants’ activities.
• Acidization: Improving upon the injectivity of water
injection well/ WDW on regular basis.
• Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
 WELL SELECTION CRITERIA
• Reservoir Specific
Balance Recoverable Reserve (BRR).
Reservoir performance, drive mechanism,
petro physical properties and fluid
characteristics, fluid saturations & present fluid
contacts
• Well Specific
Well specific problems like poor isolation, GLV
malfunctioning/ installing artificial lift systems
etc., change of corroded/ leaky tubing etc.
Workover Planning & Execution

WELL SELECTION PRODUCTION / INJECTION

PRIORTIZATION WELL CLEAN UP

ALLOCATION OF RIGS OPERATION

PREPARATION OF PAD RIG MOVEMENT

 Cased hole Wire-line Jobs
• CBL-VDL-GR-CCL/USIT
• Production Logging Tool (PLT)
• Reservoir Saturation Tool (RST)
• Setting of BP/RP
• Tubing puncture
• Tubing cutting
• Perforations ( TTP, HSC, TCP)
 Workover Fluids

• Bottom hole pressure recorded for reservoir monitoring

and designing the weight of kill fluid
• Weight of W/O fluid should be sufficient to balance
reservoir pressure
• Less solid content

• Non corrosive nature

• Environment friendly/less pollution

• Brine-KCl, NaCl, Na formate, CaCl2, Aphron ICS

• Other additives like Xanvis-pill, Hi-vis pill

 Completion of Work over

• A work over job is completed in 1-6 months depending

on the nature of the jobs.

• A total of around 90 – 100 jobs per year against 150 jobs

• Average cost / well : Rs 70-90 lakhs.

• Production gain of oil @15 m3 per day

• Gas potential build up of 50,000 m3 per day

 CONCLUSION

• It is a multidisciplinary team effort for better and

efficient Workover performance.
THANK YOU
 Workover Programs/ Plans
• Basic Data
• Production history of the well along with
past workover details, if any.
• Operational steps
• Workover programs are finalized after
consultation with Drilling, Production and
Chemical Depts.
• Execute
 Characteristics of Fluids System

• Weight of W/O fluid should be more than the reservoir

pressure but less than fracture pressure
• Less solid content
• Non corrosive nature
• Environment friendly/less pollution
• Good suspension quality and proppant properties, if
used.
 Completion of Work over
• A work over job completes 1-6 months
depending on the nature of the jobs.
• Average cost ` 70-90 lacs/well.
 Breakeven cost
• Production gain of oil @15 klpd.
• Gas potential build up of 40,000 scmd.
 Typical Workover Program in OIL
(Operational steps)
1. *Kill the well with 69 pcf salt soln.
2. Unset packer, circulate thoroughly and pull out production string with
packer & GLVs.
3. Make a round trip with rotovert and J-nipple down to 3658.5 m (BP).
4. WLD to set a bridge plug at 3652 m (perf: 3654-3657 m). Test
Bridge plug upto 500 psi. (Details will be provided separately).
5. R/in OE tubing down to top of Bridge (3652 m) and change over to
water. POOH tubing.
6. R/in 2.7/8” OD N-80 tubing with Hydraulic packer & GLVs down to
3540 m & set packer (Short joint at 3581.6-3583.5 m & 3630.5-
3632.4 m to be kept exposed).
7. Lower fluid level by 500 m.
8. WLD/ SLB to perforate 3638-m LK+TH Sand with 2.1/8” gun (details
will be provided separately).
9. Bring the well onto production by gas-lifting/NPU/CTU, if required.
Water cone
Comparison of Sand Bodies
Acidization
Well Completion
 Perforating Gun

Shaped
Charges

Through Tubing Perf. Gun Through casing perf. gun

 Learning
• Team effort
• Proactive action
• Timely preparation of well including civil job prior
to W/O
• Faster decision making to avoid rig time loss
• Proper lining up of forward location for minimum
ILM duration
• Expeditious well selection & job execution for
LCP using Mast Unit
CTU operation
 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF WELL HEAD SHOWING SLIP
SEAL, PRIMARY SEALS, SECONDARY SEALS, PACKING
PORT AND TESTING PORT

X-BUSHING

BIT PILOT

TEST PORT PACKING PORT

PRIMARYSEAL RUBBER
WITH TWO IRON PLATES RING JOINT GASKET
AT TOP &BOTTOM

SLIP SEAL ASSEMBLY

SEALS
 CAP FLANGE
TOP VALVE
CROSS PIECE
SIDE VALVE

BEAN BODY

MASTER
VALVE ARM VALVE

CASING VALVE

W.F. SPOOL
ANNULUS VALVE
CASING HEAD HOUSING

BASE PLATE
STORM CHOKE
13 3/8” CASING

9 5/8” CASING
5 1/2” CASING

2 7/8” TUBING
PACKER
PERFORATION

BRIDGE PLUG
 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF WELL HEAD SHOWING SLIP
SEAL, PRIMARY SEALS, SECONDARY SEALS, PACKING
PORT AND TESTING PORT

X-BUSHING

BIT PILOT

TEST PORT PACKING PORT

PRIMARYSEAL RUBBER
WITH TWO IRON PLATES RING JOINT GASK
AT TOP &BOTTOM

SLIP SEAL ASSEMBLY

SEALS
PLT Job

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Pressure

Temperature
Depth
GR Fluid
Density
 Channel and Squeeze
Before Squeeze After squeeze

Perfs

USI

CBL

USI CBI VDL USI CBI VDL

USIT-Casing inspection mode USIT-Cement bond inspection mode
 Channel and Squeeze
Before Squeeze After squeeze

Perfs

USI

CBL

USI CBI VDL USI CBI VDL

•SOLVING SPECIFIC WELL
AND RESERVOIR PROBLEMS
•To prevent water coning
•To prevent excessive production
of gas
•To enhance production
•To repair primary cement job
•To control sand problems
 WELL NO. A D.F. Elev: 122.83 m asl
G.L. Elev: 118.57 m asl
Dev.Corrn: 106.4 m
BD factor: 137.8 m
Job: To plug back the existing set of
perforations and test the well in the
higher up 2205-m Tipam Sand. 14” Casing shoe: 60.9 m

9.5/8” Casing shoe: 1310 m

Cement Top: 1773.9 m

2.7/8” OD EUE N-80 tubing with Retainer

packer & Straddle packer at 3035 m

2205 m Tipam Sand : 2205.2-2326.6 m

Perfs: 3063.3-67.3 m & 3066.5-72.5 m . Produced gas for

3062 m Barail 2ndSand : 3062- 3101.3 m short period and ceased to flow.
GWC : 3075 m

Perfns: 3165.35-69.92 m & 3176.02-3180.59 m

3132 –m Barail 3rd Sand: 3132.4 – 3183.9 m BP at 3077 m Produced @ 87KLPD oil+ high GOR. Squeezed cemented
GOC : 3145.5 m Ext perfns: 3157.5-59.5m, 3153.0-55.0 7 3158.0-60.0 m.
Produced only water. Again ext perfn in 3140.0-45.0 m.
Water only.
BP at 3200 m ----PB
3209 m Barail 4th+5th Sand: 3208.6 – Bottom

Perfs: 3209.5-3221.7 m for water injection (P B).

5.1/2” F loat Collar/ Casing Shoe = 3240.33 m / 3259.84m

 D.F. Elev: 122.83 m asl
WELL NO. A G.L. Elev: 118.57 m asl
Dev.Corrn: 106.4 m
BD factor: 137.8 m
Job:

14” Casing shoe: 60.9 m

9.5/8” Casing shoe: 1310 m

Cement Top: 1773.9 m

2.7/8” OD EUE N-80 tubing with Retainer

packer & Straddle packer at 3035 m

2205 m Tipam Sand : 2205.2-2326.6 m

Perfs: 3063.3-67.3 m & 3066.5-72.5 m . Produced gas for

3062 m Barail 2ndSand : 3062- 3101.3 m short period and ceased to flow.
GWC : 3075 m

Perfns: 3165.35-69.92 m & 3176.02-3180.59 m

3132 –m Barail 3rd Sand: 3132.4 – 3183.9 m BP at 3077 m Produced @ 87KLPD oil+ high GOR. Squeezed cemented
GOC : 3145.5 m Ext perfns: 3157.5-59.5m, 3153.0-55.0 7 3158.0-60.0 m.
Produced only water. Again ext perfn in 3140.0-45.0 m.
Water only.
BP at 3200 m ----PB
3209 m Barail 4th+5th Sand: 3208.6 – Bottom

Perfs: 3209.5-3221.7 m for water injection (P B).

5.1/2” F loat Collar/ Casing Shoe = 3240.33 m / 3259.84m

 Prioritization of wells
1. Potential of the well
2. Downhole conditions
3. Safety considerations
4. Environmental concerns
5. Logistics
6. Availability of Resources including services
 USES OF RST

•Determine Oil saturation

• Identify formation fluid
contacts (i.e., gas, oil,
and water contacts),
• measure formation
porosity,
• identify lithologies and
mineralogies