1 Conventional Completions Vision 2010 PDF

Production Technology
David Davies
Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.
Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies
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Completion Concepts
D. R. Davies
Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.
Chapter 1: Learning Objectives
1. Selection criteria for:
– Bottom Hole Completion Technique
– Flow Conduit between Reservoir & Surface
2. Describe:
– Completion String Components & their Function
– Multiple Zone Completions
3. Wireline Servicing of Completion Accessories

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Design & Completion Objectives for
Production & Injection Wells
1. Provide optimum production/injection performance.
2. Minimise the total costs per unit volume of fluid
produced or injected
– minimise the cost of initial completion, maintaining
production & any remedial measures
3. Ensure safety.
4. Maximise the integrity and reliability of the completion
over the envisaged completed well life
Well Integrity includes:

1. Well Construction Integrity:
– Wellhead & X-mass tree
– Casing & Cement Integrity (CBL, Zonal Isolation etc.)
– Casing Corrosion Logs
2. Completion Integrity Assurance:
– Wellhead & Christmas tree
– Down Hole equipment (Safety Valve, Sliding Side Door, Dual
or Single Packer either Permanent or Retrievable, etc.)
– Artificial lift (Gas Lift or Pump)
3. Flow Assurance
– Scale, Asphaltene, Corrosion Management, Etc.
4. Well Life Cycle Management
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Examples of
Well Integrity
Failures
Introduction
• The fundamental design of a completion consists of four
principal decision areas:
1. Specification of bottom hole completion technique.
2. Selection of the production conduit.
3. Assessment of completion string facilities.
4. Evaluation of well productivity &/ or injectivity
• Followed by:
1. Specification of all equipment and materials
2. Optimisation of completion inflow performance
3. Optimising total well design.
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Completion
Strategy
Design
Open Hole or
Barefoot Completion
• Simple/low cost completion
• Drawback - all zones open to
(cross)flow, no control
• Consolidated formations only:
a) E.g. deep wells with depletion
drive
b) Naturally fractured reservoirs
e.g. limestone
c) Long completion intervals or
limited access. E.g. horizontal
& multi lateral wells
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Slotted Liner/Wire Wrapped/
Expanding Screen Completion
• Drawback
1. All zones open to (cross)flow,
no control
2. Screen may become plugged
• Controls sand production from
weaker formations:
1. Reservoirs with large &
homogenous sand grains
2. Long completion intervals or
limited access e.g. horizontal
& multi-lateral wells
Cemented & Perforated

Production Liner/ Casing
• Liner has lowest cost
• Commonest type of
completion
• Inflow selectivity
achieved by careful
positioning of
perforations if
cement hydraulically
seals casing annulus
• Multi-zone
completions possible
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Production Conduit Options
Tubingless Casing & Tubing Flow or Tubing Flow with

Casing Flow
Tubingless
Tubing Flow without annulus isolation
Casing Flow
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Tubingless Completion Flow

• Provides maximum production rate BUT
1. The well must be killed by squeezing
(injecting) the wellbore contents into the
formation along with any rust, scale, etc.
reducing the permeability
2. May require high fluid pressures & potential
for possible casing burst
3. Need to overcome the tendency of the
denser kill fluid to “fall” through the low
density hydrocarbons during the operation
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Tubing and/or Casing Flow
• Highest production rates achieved by
combined Tubing & Annular flow
– Beneficial for high PI wells
• Deep circulation capability allows annulus
& tubing contents to be circulated to surface
(U-tube) during well killing
– Lower pressures than for squeeze kill
– No need to inject into reservoir
• Casing corrosion & erosion still possible
Tubing Flow without Annulus Isolation

• Tubing Flow only gives some protection to
casing & phase slip reduced
• Gas accumulates in annulus if FBHP<
Bubble Point
– Gas eventually fills the annulus leading to
annulus heading when gas slug flow up the
tubing at regular intervals
• Casing exposed to produced fluids

– But corrosion inhibitor can be continuously
injected into annulus if required
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Tubing Completion Flow
Packer
• Most widely used completion type for

naturally flowing wells
• Packer isolates annulus with
compressed or inflated rubber elements
• Packer located close to top of reservoir
– Minimises trapped annular gas
volume below the packer.
• Well killing via circulation port in
tubing OR punch hole in tubing
Basic Well Completion

Schematic
• Pressure & Flow Containment

• Annulus Isolation
• Downhole Closure of the
tubing below the wellhead
• Circulation between Annulus
& Tubing
• Tubing Isolation
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Completion String must be able to:
1. Withstands anticipated pressures during production

and well operations e.g. stimulation
2. Produce or inject into the reservoir with minimal loss
of flowing pressure
3. Minimise reservoir fluid contact with the production
casing (annulus isolated from the production tubing)
4. Remotely shut-off flow downhole when required.
5. Selectively circulate between annulus & tubing.
6. Install a plug in the tubing e.g. for pressure testing.
The
General
Well
Completion
Scheme
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Casing Spool
Well Head
Assembly
• Suspend casing and tubing strings

• Support surface closure/flow control device:
i) Blow-out preventer stack whilst drilling or
ii) Xmas tree for production or injection
• Provide Hydraulic access to the annuli between :
(i) Casings for cement placement
(ii) Production casing & tubing for well circulation
Christmas tree
placed on top
of well head
assembly
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A basic
Xmas Tree
• Xmas tree controls the flow of produced or injected fluids

• Attached to wellhead after installing the production tubing.
• Two wing valves - for production & well killing (injection)
• Snubbing, wireline or coiled tubing access via swab valve
• Master valve controls all hydraulic & mechanical access to well
• Often duplicated to increase well safety
• Valves may be manual, electical or hydraulic operated.
The Production Tubing

Tubing is not just a “piece of pipe”!
• It is special equipment manufactured to a high

standard to withstand high mechanical stresses,
fluid pressures & temperatures for long periods in
an often corrosive environment
• Failure to select & correctly install a suitable tubing

results in expensive workovers or loss of the well
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The Production Tubing must be specified to:
1. Minimise pressure losses (tubing internal diameter).
2. Have sufficient tensile strength to allow suspension of
the complete string without tensile failure.
3. Withstand the maximum conceivable internal pressure
4. Withstand the maximum conceivable collapse pressure
5. Resistant to chemical corrosion from the produced or
injected fluids, Corrosion reduces the tubing’s strength,
potentially leading to the above failures
The Production Tubing

1. Many grades of steel are available e.g. N80, C75 etc.:
– N, C, etc. defines the composition & heat treatment
– Figure is the minimum tensile strength (1,000s psi)
2. Tubing size defined by its outside diameter
3. Tubing wall thickness defined by its weight/foot
4. Both tubing & coupling type define the completion
string’s tensile strength & hydraulic integrity
Full Tubing Specification
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Two types of Threaded Couplings:
1. Internal pressure necessary to produce a pressure seal.
• E.G. API round thread &buttress connections
• Thread compound (or pipe dope), applied to the
threads, is compressed by external pressure acting on
the coupling & fills any void spaces in the coupling.
2. Premium metal-to-metal or elastomeric connections
• E.G. Extreme Line, Hydril or VAM thread designs.
• Seal is generated by torque bringing together seal
shoulders or a tapered surfaces within the thread itself
• VAM developed for completing high pressure gas wells
where rigorous sealing & pressure integrity is essential
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A box type
tubing
connection
Annular Pressure Seal (Packer)

• Production Packer’s annular seal:
1. Improves flow stability &
production control
2. Protects the outer pressure
containment system (production
casing/wellhead)
3. Selectively isolate zones e.g. two
producing zones of different fluid
properties, GOR, pressure, etc.
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Packer Retrievability
(1) Retrievable Packers can be easily retrieved.
– Packer integral part of the tubing string
– Run to the setting depth
– Setting mechanism actuated
(2) Permanent Packer cannot be easily retrieved.
– Usually run & set separately e.g. on wireline
– Run with or without a tailpipe
– Tubing is run later, pressure seal achieved by
– Part of the packer milled away, allowing the
rubber element to collapse & the packer retrieved
Permanent
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Packer Setting Mechanism
• Packer setting involves compression & extrusion of a
rubber element:
• Mechanically – e.g. by rotation of tubing string.
• Compression or Tension - based on weight of tubing
– A mechanical device transfers the force to compress
the rubber element.
A Compression Set Packer
• Sealing elements compressed against casing wall

• Slips grip casing wall due to downthrust of lower cone
• Unidirectional sealing & resistance to tubing movement
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Packer Setting Mechanism
• Packer setting involves compression & extrusion of a
rubber element:
• Mechanically – e.g. by rotation of tubing string.
• Compression or Tension - based on weight of tubing
– A mechanical device transfers the force to compress
the rubber element.
• Hydraulic – Ball plugs tubing below the packer.
Pressure sets the packer without being exerted on the
formation or annulus
• Electrical - Packer & tailpipe lowered on electric line
to the setting depth. A small explosive charge is
detonated to actuate the packer setting mechanism
Dynamic Tubing Seal Assemblies allow Tubing Movement
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Tubing Anchor & Static Tubing Seal Packer
• Tubing Anchor prevents tubing

movement without sealing the
annulus
• Static Packers use “metal-to-metal”
rather than elastomer to achieve a
pressure seal
– Suitable for gas wells
– Tubing has to be run under
tension to avoid tubing buckling
when well placed on production
Subsurface Safety Valve

Provides a remote, failsafe, shutdown system of sub-surface
isolation for catastrophic Xmas tree failure
Manages:
• Xmas tree removal while preparing to pull tubing
• Removal of valves or valve components for servicing
• Accidental damage to Xmas tree
• Wellhead leaks at the Xmas tree flange seals
1. Direct Controlled SSSV (or "storm chokes“) close well
when preset pressure drops or flow rates exceeded OR
2. Surface Controlled SSSV (SCSSSV) closes well by loss
of hydraulic pressure to the downhole valve
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Wireline Retrievable ScSSSV
• Valve nipple is part of the tubing string
• Valve assembly is run & retrieved by wireline
• Valve has smaller flow diameter than the tubing
Valve Action
• Valve held open due to hydraulic pressure
• Pressure acts on a piston which moves a flow tube
against the ball after pressure equalisation
• Valve closure occurs on loss of hydraulic pressure
• A spring ensures reverse movement of the piston &
flow tube
Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve Operation

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Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve
• Ball valve held in

open position by
control line
pressure during
normal operation
• Ball valve closes
to seal tubing
when pressure lost
e.g. in an
emergency
Flapper ScSSSV is an alternative to the ball valve
closed
Valve fully open

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Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve
Provides a remote, failsafe, shutdown system of sub-surface
isolation for catastrophic Xmas tree failure
• Allows:
• Xmas tree removal while preparing to pull tubing
• Removal of valves or valve components for servicing
• Accidental damage to Xmas tree
• Wellhead leak at the Xmas tree flange seals
2. Surface Controlled SSSV (ScSSSV) opens well by
hydraulic pressure fed to the downhole valve
• Hydraulic pressure via a 0.25 in. control line in annulus
Side Pocket Mandrel

– Many types of Valve can be
installed in a Side Pocket Mandrel:
• Gas Lift Valve
• Dummy Valve
• Chemical Injection Valve
• Circulating Valve
• Differential Dump/Kill Valve
• Water Injection Control Valve
Valve Body
No
restriction
to tubing
access
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Wireline Operated Sliding Side Door
permitted
Aligning the outer & inner ports by moving the sleeve allows
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Landing Nipples
Applications:
1. Isolate the tubing string
2. Ported device for tubing & annulus communication
3. Emergency closure of tubing
4. Downhole regulation or throttling of the flow.
5. Install downhole Pressure or Temperature recording
gauges
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Landing Nipples
5. Install downhole P or T recording gauges
Two types of application
• Nipples installed at various points in the string for:
(a) Plugging the tubing for:
Pressure tests, Setting Hydraulic packer & Zonal isolation
Landing Nipples
5. Install downhole P or T recording gauges
Two types of application
• Nipples installed at various points in the string for:
(a) Plugging the tubing for:
Pressure tests, Setting Hydraulic packer & Zonal isolation
(b) Installing flow control equipment:
Downhole chokes, SSSVs & pressure recorders
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Installing flow control Landing
equipment: Nipple
Subsurface Flow control valve
• Nipples can be of two types:

- No-go: nipple size decreases
down string
(Largest nipple placed on top)
- Selective Nipples
Multiple, same size nipples use
selective locking mechanism
Flow Coupling
• A 2 - 4 ft length of heavy
walled tubing installed in areas
where excessive turbulence
expected
• E.G. above & below cross-
overs, landing nipples, ScSSSV,
sliding sleeves, etc.
• Provides extra protection
against internal erosion
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Completion
Equipment
Perforated Wire Line Entry

Flow Tube Guide (WEG)
• Allows fluid to • Provides easy re-

enter when the a entry of wireline
plug is installed at tools into tubing
the base of the tail
pipe. E.g. by
pressure gauges
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Schlumberger
General
Well
Completion
Scheme
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Multiple Zone Completions
Multiple Zone Completions

(a) Comingled Flow:
• Multiple zones flow at the same time into the tubing
e.g. two zones producing via a single tubing string
(b) Alternate Zone Well Completion:
• Only one zone flows into the tubing at any time
• Lower zone produced first
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(Selective)
Single String
Dual Zone,
Two Packers
• Two zone
completion using
one tubing string to
commingle both
zones or selectively
produce each zone
Alternate Zone Well Completion Strategy

Advantages
(1) Effective control of all aspects of reservoir depletion
and well control.
(2) Depletion strategy can be easily changed to adapt to
new situations. E.g. change a producer to an injector.
(3) One well’s problems do not production from other
zones/wells.
(4) Each well is relatively simple mechanically
– risk of failure due to complexity minimised.
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Alternate Zone Well Completion Strategy
Disadvantages
(1) More wells required to achieve the same degree of
depletion control
- Greater cost for same drainage reservoir efficiency
(2) Zonal productivity differences will defer production &

extend field life unless well count increased
– Increase unit production costs.

Co-mingled Zonal Flow
(a) Advantages:
(1) Minimises well numbers & capital investment.
(2) Reduced drilling time accelerates production build-up
(b) Disadvantages
(1) Mixing of produced fluids can give problems:
(a) Corrosion/erosion: acids, H2S, CO2, produced sand.
(c) Different composition of fluids & economic value
(d) Different zonal WOR and GOR will influence the
tubing vertical lift performance
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Co-mingled Zonal Flow
(b) Disadvantages (continued)
(2) Poor performance of the less productive/lower pressure
reservoirs due to inflow from more productive zones
(3) Control of individual zonal production not possible.
(4) Fluid injection, e.g. for stimulation, cannot easily be
diverted into required layer.
(5) Total well production influenced by change in
characteristics of one zone. E.g. increased WOR
Multizone Completion Options

(a) Comingled Flow:
• Multiple zones flow at the same time into the tubing
e.g. two zones producing via a single tubing string
(b) Alternate Zone Well Completion:
• A single zone flows into the tubing at any time
• Lower zone produced first
(c) Segregated, Multi-Zone Flow:
• Multiple production conduits within the same wellbore
• Each tubing produces one zone only
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Dual String, Dual Zone
• Separate tubing
string for each zone
• Production from
each zone monitored
& controlled.
• Suitable completion
for problem well
fluids
Segregated Multiple Zone Depletion

Advantages
(1) Zonal production rates independently controlled.
(2) Changes in the production characteristics of one zone
will not influence the others.
(3) Some remedial work possible for individual zones
(stimulation, re-perforating, etc.)
(4) Continuous zonal monitoring possible gives better
reservoir management.
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Segregated Multiple Zone Depletion
Disadvantages
1. Additional CAPEX & rig time required to install the
extra tubing string.
2. Smaller tubing sizes reduces well total flow capacity.
3. Increased mechanical complexity increases the chance

of equipment failure.
Dual Zone
Completion
Options
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Extra Equipment for Dual Completions
• Dual Tubing Head Hangers
• Dual Packers
• Blast Joints installed in tubings placed opposite upper
zone perforations
Min Max MD-RKB TVD-RKB

ID" OD" ft ft
Tubing hanger 350
10 3/4" Casing 5.5", 17 ppf tubing 4.767 5.953
1/4" Encapsulated control line

Flow coupling 4.767 5.953
SSV: T-5EMS TRDHSV w / 3.5" AF Profile 3.500 9.200 850
Completion Flow coupling

5.5" Pup Joint
5.5", 17 ppf tubing
4.767
4.767
4.767
6.072
5.953
5.953
Schematic 10 3/4" x 9 5/8" X-over

5", 18 ppf Tubing 4.151 5.364 1000 1000
5.5" Tubing 4.767 5.953 1500 1500
2700 2695
5-1/2" Flow Coupling 4.767 6.072

5-1/2"Pup Joint 4.767 5.953
5-1/2"Pup Joint 4.767 5.953
•Equipment listed include: Polished Bore Receptacle

5-1/2" Pup Joint
KC1-22 Anchor
9 5/8" SAB-3 Packer
4.872
4.767
4.884
4.750
8.125
5.364
6.468
8.150
3944
3950
3957
3972
7" MOE (Mill-Out Extention) 6.185 7.027 3988
X-over, 7" New Vam B x 5" Fox RS P 4.151 7.693 4000 3989
5" Pup Joint 4.151 5.364
5" Pup Joint 4.151 5.364
5" Flow Coupling 4.151 6.072
• Pup joints 4.135" AOF Wireline Nipple

5" Flow Coupling
5" Pup Joint
4.135
4.151
4.151
6.050
6.078
5.364
4102
5" Tubing Joint 4.151 5.364
• X- Overs etc. 5" Pup Joint

5" Flow Coupling
4.125" AOF Wireline Nipple
4.151
4.151
4.125
5.364
6.077
5.950 4765
5" Pup Joint 4.151 5.364
5" Pup Joint - perforated 4.151 5.364
4.000" AOF Wireline Nipple 4.000 5.950 5500
OD’s, ID’s & Depths 5" Flow Coupling

5" Pup Joint
5" Tubing Joint w ith centraliser
5" Pup Joint
4.151
4.151
4.151
4.151
6.077
5.364
5.364
5.364
Wireline Reentry Guide 4.151 5.451 5600 5577
7" Liner 6.059 7.512 5600 5577
6.059 7.512
6.059 7.512
6.059 7.512
6.059 7.512
6.059 7.512
6.059
6.059
7.512
7.512
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Well Completion Design
• Well characteristics such as:

(a) pressure, (b) productivity or injectivity index, (c) fluid
properties & (d) rock properties and geological data.
• Geographical factors such as:
(a) location, (b) water depth (if offshore), (c) weather
conditions & (d) accessibility.
• Operational design constraints such as:
(a) environmental regulations & (b) safety aspects
• The number of producing zones.
Wireline Servicing of Completion Accessories

• Typical Wireline applications:
1. Installation of completion equipment prior to running
the production tubing e.g. a packer and a tailpipe.
2. Installation or retrieval of equipment within the tubing
string e.g. valves, pressure gauges, etc.
3. Operation of downhole equipment to either divert or
shut off fluid flow. e.g. open a SSD, install bridge plug
4. Removal of materials which have built up in the tubing
string e.g. wax or sand.
5. Adjustment of the completion interval (perforating)
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Wireline can work on a “live” well
• Wireline intervention & surface equipment must allow:
• Lowering and retrieval of the tool string to the
(downhole) work location & its subsequent retrieval.
• Monitoring of tool position & cable tension.
• Equipment to position lubricator & tool string vertically
above well & lower through Xmas tree & into the tubing
• The ability to insert tool string into live well & prevent
well fluid from escaping into the environment
• A blowout preventor capable of sealing the annulus
around the wire & cutting, if necessary, the wireline
Surface Wireline
Equipment mounted
on a Xmas Tree
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Surface Wireline Equipment
The wireline is wound onto a reel on a
self contained skid with independent
power supply for drum rotation &
measurement of cable length & tension
Surface Monitoring Equipment
The wireline operator must know the tool string’s

depth in the well & the tension on the cable
• Length of cable inserted in the well gives the
approximate depth of the tool string
• This length is measured by holding the cable against an
odometer (a wheel with a device that counts the number
of rotations) as the tool string is lowered into the well
Also:
• The cable tension is continuously monitored to ensure
that the breaking strength of the cable is not exceeded
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Monitoring Cable Tension
The cable tension will:
• Increase as the tool string is lowered into the well due
to the increasing weight of the wire &
• Reduce during recovery of the tool string from the well
• Reduce (rapidly) when it does not easily fall down the
well due to increasing friction or a downhole restriction
• Reduce as the tool string is lowered through a restriction
in the tubing string; giving an indication of tool position
• Increase (rapidly) if the tool string is "caught" by a
downhole restriction during recovery of the wireline
Example Completions
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Single Zone
(no tubing movement)
• VAM tubing with anchor
seal assembly latched into
permanent packer.
• The VAM tubing for high
pressure gas production
(high quality seal)
• Permanent packer &
tailpipe are run & set on
drillpipe or electric wireline
• No moving seal assembly -
tubing stress adjusted
when tubing landed
Single Zone
(with Locator Seal Assembly)
• Well produced through a

tubing string with moving
seal assembly located inside a
permanent packer
• Two nipples included in the
tailpipe (for gauge placement)
– Upper one: Isolates formation
when the tubing is retrieved
– Lower nipple: for installation
of pressure gauges
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Single Zone
(with ELTSR)
• Completion can produce at high
rates (20,000 - 30,000 b/d)
• Large bore tubing minimises
pressure drop in the tubing
• Packer and tailpipe set on
electric cable or coiled tubing
• Tubing string is latched into the
packer with an anchor seal
assembly at the base of an
Extra Long Tubing Seal
Receptacle (ELTSR)
• Tubing movement is ~ 5 -15 ft
(depends on flow rates &
operating temperatures)
MonoboreSingle Zone
(with PBR)
• High Flowrate Completion with
Polished Bore Receptacle (PBR)
• Monobore: constant diameter
from surface to reservoir (for
easier access / intervention)
• PBR: moving seal assembly at
base of tubing string allows for
tubing expansion/contraction
• No nipple for isolation below PBR
• Isolate with tailpipe (& nipple)
below PBR or by thru-tubing
bridge plug
• Circulation kill using a shear valve
in SPM or SSD
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Single Zone
(with gas lift)
• Gas lift string with Side

Pocket Mandrels
• Gas Lift valves installed
in SPMs allows
controlled gas entry into
tubing from annulus.
• Retrievable packer
preferred if frequent
mechanical repair
expected
Selective Completion
(with gas lift)
• Gas lift gas is injected down

the short string or
• Selective or commingled
production via a single string
• Gas injection via the tubing
avoids excessive gas pressures
being exerted on the
production casing (casing
integrity & offshore safety
issues)
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Single Zone
(with ESP)
• An ESP installation
with “Y” tool allows
access to the producing
zone below the tailpipe
e.g. for production
logging surveys etc.
• A retrievable hydraulic
set packer reduces
difficulties pulling the
string when replacing
the pump
Dual Completion
(segregated production)
• Separate production & management

of two reservoir zones
• Retrievable upper dual packer
• Long string connects to lower
permanent packer via a moving seal
• Tubing equipment is duplicated in
both strings e.g. two ScSSSVs, etc.
• Thick walled tubing (“Blast Joints”)
mitigates erosion of the long string
at the upper zone fluid entry point
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A “Tubingless”
Dual completion
• Triple completion
also possible
• Tubing repair more
difficult than for a
conventional well
– possible with extra
equipment
Chapter 1: Learning Objectives
1. Selection criteria for:
– Bottom Hole Completion Technique
– Flow Conduit between Reservoir & Surface
2. Describe:
– Completion String Components & their Function
– Multiple Zone Completions
3. Wireline Servicing of Completion Accessories

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Production Technology

Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Chapter 1: Learning Objectives

1. Selection criteria for:

– Bottom Hole Completion Technique

– Flow Conduit between Reservoir & Surface

– Completion String Components & their Function

– Multiple Zone Completions

3. Wireline Servicing of Completion Accessories

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Well Integrity includes:

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Cemented & Perforated

Tubingless Casing & Tubing Flow or Tubing Flow with

Tubingless Completion Flow

Tubing Flow without Annulus Isolation

• Casing exposed to produced fluids

• Most widely used completion type for

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Basic Well Completion

• Pressure & Flow Containment

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1. Withstands anticipated pressures during production

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Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

• Suspend casing and tubing strings

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• Xmas tree controls the flow of produced or injected fluids

The Production Tubing

• It is special equipment manufactured to a high

• Failure to select & correctly install a suitable tubing

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The Production Tubing

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Annular Pressure Seal (Packer)

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

A Compression Set Packer

• Sealing elements compressed against casing wall

Dynamic Tubing Seal Assemblies allow Tubing Movement

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

• Tubing Anchor prevents tubing

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Subsurface Safety Valve

Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve Operation

• Ball valve held in

Revised 2010 HWU MSc. PT - David Davies

Flapper ScSSSV is an alternative to the ball valve

Valve fully open

Side Pocket Mandrel