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Casing hanger
In petroleum production, the casing hanger is that portion of a wellhead assembly which provides support
for the casing string when it is lowered into the wellbore. It serves to ensure that the casing is properly
located. When the casing string has been run into the wellbore it is hung off, or suspended, by a casing hanger,
which rests on a landing shoulder inside the casing spool. Casing hangers must be designed to take the full
weight of the casing, and provide a seal between the casing hanger and the spool.

Casing Hangers may also be suspended within the wellhead by means of radial distortion of the wellhead bore
e.g. the "Pos-Grip" method.

This is installed to support the individual casing strings in the well. It is the landing base or the casing head.
This is usually welded or screwed to the top of the surface casing string. The surface casing serves as a
foundation pile for the well which transfers the hanging load to the earth. The casing head is prepared with a
bowl into which the slips sit and chuck the casing in place. Most casing heads allow for the pressure readings
to be taken on the annulus and provide the means to pump out or into if necessary. The top of the casing
string and annulus is usually sealed.

The most common size of casing hanger is 133⁄8 in (340 mm) with over 155,000 such units installed worldwide
in 2014 alone. Intermediate Casing

The contraction of the oilfield industry throughout 2015 meant that this figure was reduced somewhat to just
under 120,000 units, of which 36,822 were "Pos-Grip" casing hangers.

Intermediate, or protective, casing may be one or more strings of casing. Protective casing is most frequently installed in a well because of the
mud weight required to drill deeper in the well. Common sizes of intermediate strings range from 7 in (180 mm) to 103⁄4 in (270 mm) (or larger in
deep wells). Each string is cemented in place. Obviously, if several strings of intermediate casing are required in a well, the diameter of the surface
hole must be large enough to permit all of the necessary strings. Wells are planned from the bottom up. The purpose of the well determines the
diameter of the bottom of the well. If the well is an exploratory wild cat offshore, the bottom of the well must be only large enough to
accommodate a logging sonde. If the well is a very productive oil well, a 7 in (180 mm) production tubing might be installed in a larger diameter

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casing. Gas wells may only require a small 27⁄8

in (73 mm) tubing set in 43⁄4 in (120 mm) casing, so the hole might be relatively small. With rank
wildcats in geological basins that have not been explored extensively, the first holes might be large enough to provide for a couple of contingency
strings of casing.

See also
Oil Well
Extraction of petroleum

External links
Illustration, Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/c/casing_hanger.aspx)
Plastik Askı (https://simpaski.com/)

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