Well completion
Do you think a well is ready
for production as soon as it's drilled?
Well completion is the phase
that comes after the drilling of
a well but before the well is used for production.
The process of well completion involves a group of operation
that extends beyond simply installing well bore
tubular & well completion equipment.
In fact the well completion process includes:
a well but before the well is used for production.
The process of well completion involves a group of operation
that extends beyond simply installing well bore
tubular & well completion equipment.
In fact the well completion process includes:
1-
installing & cementing
2-
running production tubing
3-
Perforating a well
4-
cleaning up or testing
Occasionally
the completion design can be affected by factors
such as a complex
wellhead or any processing storage requirements
affecting productivity.
such as a complex
wellhead or any processing storage requirements
affecting productivity.
Completion
engineers used 2 main industrial terminologies:
1-
lower completion for the part
across reservoir
sand face that includes perforation,
flow control valves & permanent monitoring
sand face that includes perforation,
flow control valves & permanent monitoring
2-
Upper completion for part
above packers' assembly that
includes safety valves, gas lift mandrels,
tubing & wellheads.
includes safety valves, gas lift mandrels,
tubing & wellheads.
There are 3 basic requirements that any well
completion must meet.
A well completion system must be
1-
efficient in terms of meeting all the production objectives
2-
safe in terms of a secure well environment
3-
economic in terms of the profit generated over the cost incurred
Based on the completion objectives, well completion is
divided into 3 basic styles.
These are
These are
1-
temporary
2-
permanent
3-
workover
The table below displays the
difference between the different
styles of well completions
styles of well completions
Well completion:' its significance in
productivity'
The significance of well completion
lies in the fact that it is the
only productivity factor, amongst three, which can be influenced by
man to increase productivity.
The two other productivity factors namely Reservoir Boundary
& Reservoir properties are natural factors over which man
has no control.
only productivity factor, amongst three, which can be influenced by
man to increase productivity.
The two other productivity factors namely Reservoir Boundary
& Reservoir properties are natural factors over which man
has no control.
Well completion & skin effect
While designing well completion factor
that must be taken into
consideration is the skin effect.
Skin has a direct impact on well productivity which can
be +ve or –ve. Skin is the change in radial flow geometry near
the well bore caused by flow
convergance, wellbore damage, perforation, partial penetration and
deviation. The effect of skin can be seen as a pressure drop across
the completion this drop in pressure results from reduction in total
pressure available to bring fluids from a distance Re to the well
bore at distance Rw.the pressure at distance Re from the well
bore axis is the undisturbed reservoir pressure.Pewhrer as the
pressure at a distance Rwfrom the well bore axis is the well
bore pressure Pwf. the resultant pressure drop is the draw down
that causes movement of fluids from a distance Re to the distance Rw
consideration is the skin effect.
Skin has a direct impact on well productivity which can
be +ve or –ve. Skin is the change in radial flow geometry near
the well bore caused by flow
convergance, wellbore damage, perforation, partial penetration and
deviation. The effect of skin can be seen as a pressure drop across
the completion this drop in pressure results from reduction in total
pressure available to bring fluids from a distance Re to the well
bore at distance Rw.the pressure at distance Re from the well
bore axis is the undisturbed reservoir pressure.Pewhrer as the
pressure at a distance Rwfrom the well bore axis is the well
bore pressure Pwf. the resultant pressure drop is the draw down
that causes movement of fluids from a distance Re to the distance Rw
There
are different ways to maximize the productivity. These include:
1-
creating highly conductive path to the well bore by fracturing the
formation
2-
reducing the viscosity by employing methods such as steam injection
3-
removing skin by employing methods such as acidizing
4-
increasing well penetration by perforating deeper into the formation
5-
reducing formation volume factor by choosing correct surface separator
Types of well completion:
1-
open hole completion
2-
cased hole completion "in which we use perforation"
3-
slotted linear completion
4-
gravel back completion
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