Well Services Familiarisation
Well Services Familiarisation
Well Services Familiarisation
1. Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
2. Well Completions
3. Xmas Tree and Well Heads
4. Flow-lines
What is a Well Completion?
1. OPO - Operations
2. TPT – Petroleum engineering
3. TDE - Drilling
Well Services
What do we do?
The Lubricator
Sections of pipe that can be screwed
together to make up a pressure
containing vessel
The lubricator is screwed onto the
Xmas tree cap, which is above the
Swab Valve
The lubricator is made up to be longer
than the tools that will be run into the
well.
Wireline PCE
Wire
Wireline PCE
4. Open up Swab
valve and allow Remember, the
well pressure to toolstring is lowered
enter the lubricator. into the well under
gravity!
5. With pressure
equal in the well
and lub, power the
drum of wire
forward and allow
the toolstring to
descend into the
well
Coil Tubing
Coil tubing is another intervention method
that we use on our wells.
Coil tubing is a continuous length of tubing
that can be run though a completion.
Coil tubing allows the pumping of various
fluids and gasses into the well or reservoir.
Coil Tubing
The coil tubing unit is made up of:
A truck mounted reel of coil tubing operated
by a hydraulic motor
A method of pushing and pulling the Coil
into the well, known as an injector
A primary barrier to allow the coil into the
well under pressure control, known as a
“stripper”
A set of BOP’s in case of emergency.
Coil Tubing
Coil Tubing
The Coil tubing reel
Outside diameter of coil
used in AFPC is 1.5”
The length of coil on a
reel is about 20,000ft.
Coil Tubing
The Injector Head
Unlike wireline, the coil is not
lowered and pulled from a well
by the reel.
Nitrogen Lifting
Wells can quit flowing for
various reasons.
In AFPC, we can re-start these
well by reducing the Hp of the
fluid column by N2 gas
injection
As the fluid column becomes
lighter, the well will begin to
flow.
Coil Tubing Applications
Clean Out
Reservoir Stimulation
The reservoir can be
damaged during drilling and
production.
Coil tubing can be used to
pump chemicals such as
acid into the reservoir to
remove the damage and
improve the permeability
Electric Line Operations
Some of our operations require special
wireline tools to be run.
These tools are operated by an electrical
current
To use these tools, the wire or cable has a
small electrical wire running through the
centre.
This method of intervention is called
“electric line”
Examples of Electric line operations
Logging
Perforation
Water shut off
Electric Line Operations
Logging
Pressure
Temperature WATER
Depth OIL
Electric Line Operations
Electric line logging can measure
The type of formation behind the casing
Leaks in the tubing or casing
Corrosion and wear in the tubing and casing
The condition of the cement behind the casing
The oil water contact in a reservoir
Flow regimes
Electric Line Operations
Perforation.
Before we can produce
hydrocarbons to surface, we must
be able to open up a communication
path between the reservoir and the
completion.
Any Questions?