Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 255 views

    Casing Design Loads

    Uploaded by

    Richard More Leon
    This document discusses casing design loads, including collapse, burst, and tension loads. Collapse load considers partial evacuation of the casing string. Burst load looks at full displacement of casing to gas or tubing failure. Tension loads include installation loads from casing weight, pressure, bending, drag, shock, and point loads. Service loads also apply tensions from changes in pressure, temperature, and point loads affecting the cemented casing. Casing is designed to withstand these various loads with safety factors applied to uniaxial and triaxial stresses.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Casing Design Loads

    Uploaded by

    Richard More Leon
    255 views4 pages
    This document discusses casing design loads, including collapse, burst, and tension loads. Collapse load considers partial evacuation of the casing string. Burst load looks at full displacement of casing to gas or tubing failure. Tension loads include installation loads from casing weight, pressure, bending, drag, shock, and point loads. Service loads also apply tensions from changes in pressure, temperature, and point loads affecting the cemented casing. Casing is designed to withstand these various loads with safety factors applied to uniaxial and triaxial stresses.

    Original Description:

    casing

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses casing design loads, including collapse, burst, and tension loads. Collapse load considers partial evacuation of the casing string. Burst load looks at full displacement of casing to gas or tubing failure. Tension loads include installation loads from casing weight, pressure, bending, drag, shock, and point loads. Service loads also apply tensions from changes in pressure, temperature, and point loads affecting the cemented casing. Casing is designed to withstand these various loads with safety factors applied to uniaxial and triaxial stresses.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    255 views4 pages

    Casing Design Loads

    Uploaded by

    Richard More Leon
    This document discusses casing design loads, including collapse, burst, and tension loads. Collapse load considers partial evacuation of the casing string. Burst load looks at full displacement of casing to gas or tubing failure. Tension loads include installation loads from casing weight, pressure, bending, drag, shock, and point loads. Service loads also apply tensions from changes in pressure, temperature, and point loads affecting the cemented casing. Casing is designed to withstand these various loads with safety factors applied to uniaxial and triaxial stresses.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 4

    Casing design loads

    Introduction to Casing Design Loads (Collapse, Burst and tension Load)

    1 Collapse Load
    The design load case for collapse is based on a partial evacuation of the casing
    string.
    For partial evacuation during the drilling phase, the internal pressure profile is
    based on mud losses to pore pressure. Full evacuation after a blow-out is
    evaluated as a special case.
    For the production casing with gas lift facilities, full evacuation above the packer is
    used as worst design load case. The external pressure profile for collapse is
    constructed in two sections; that for the cement column and that for the annulus
    fluid column.
    Corrosion, wear and downrating because of tension is treated separately.
    The uniaxial design factor used for collapse design is 1.0. The collapse capacity
    should be downrated according to the maximum temperature to which the casing
    will be exposed when the collapse load can occur.

    2 Burst Load
    For the drilling phase, the worst case internal pressure loading corresponds to full
    displacement of the casing to gas and the well closed in at surface. Since the HCwater contact in the structure is known, the chosen gradient should be assumed to
    originate from this depth. When the gas/oil ratio is very low, the relevant oil gradient
    may be used.
    For burst loading during the production phase, a tubing failure with CITHP acting
    on top of the packer fluid is used as worst design load case. The external pressure
    profile is equal to the one used for collapse load.
    When evaluating the burst capacity of a casing, a down rating because of wear,
    corrosion, temperature and applied compression is required before the design
    factor is introduced.
    The uniaxial design factor for burst design is 1.1.

    3 Tensile Load

    3.1 Installation Loads


    The dynamic and static installation loads are experienced during the installation of
    the casing and during cementation and pressure testing.These loads should
    include:

    Casing weight (in air) loads

    Pressure (buoyancy) loads

    Bending loads

    Dynamic drag loads

    Shock loads

    Point loads

    Static drag loads

    The maximum expected axial load during the dynamic part of the installation phase
    is the greater of:
    Either:
    Casing weight (in air) load
    +

    Pressure (buoyancy) load

    Bending load

    Drag load

    Or:
    Casing weight (in air) load
    +

    Pressure (buoyancy) load

    Bending load

    Shock load

    The maximum expected axial load during the static part of the installation phase is
    the greater of:

    Either:
    Casing weight (in air) load
    +

    Pressure (buoyancy) load

    Bending load

    Point load due to pre-cementation pressure test (against a retrievable packer)

    Or:
    Casing weight (in air) load
    +

    Pressure (buoyancy) load

    Bending load

    +
    Point load due to post-cementation pressure test (against the sealed float
    shoe)
    The uniaxial design factor for tension design is 1.3.

    3.2 Service Loads


    The calculations on service loads are done to ensure that the triaxial incremental
    stresses in the pipe body resulting from changes in pressure, temperature, and
    applied point loads relative to the "as-cemented" condition, do not cause the casing
    to fail. Also instability, i.e. occurrence of buckling is checked for.
    The calculations on service loads can be divided into three main groups as follows:

    3.2.1. Pressure loads


    Triaxial stress analysis
    i).

    Tangential stress

    ii).

    Radial stress

    iii).

    Axial stress

    a).

    Increase in internal fluid density

    b).

    Partial evacuation

    c).

    Reduction in external fluid density

    iv).

    Von Mises Equivalent stress

    v).

    Use of the WELLCAT program

    Buckling potential analysis


    i).

    Reduced axial force

    ii).

    Buckling resistance

    3.2.2. Temperature loads


    Triaxial stress analysis
    i).

    Linear casing expansion

    ii).

    Annulus fluid expansion

    Buckling potential analysis


    i).

    Reduced axial force

    ii).

    Buckling resistance

    3.2.3. Point loads


    Example: Loads applied to production packers when installing the completion
    The following design factors are applicable:

    Uniaxial tension design factor:

    1.3

    Uniaxial compression design factor:

    1.0

    Triaxial design factor:

    1.25

    You might also like