This course provides a thorough understanding of tubing movement and forces.
Public :
Completion engineers or technicians.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Knowledge of well completion equipment, well operations and/or well intervention.
Course Content
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Presentation of the problem.
Parameters to be verified (worst place and case) and possible cures.
Reference state and present states of the well, various conventions.
Calculation principle.
Computation of temperature and pressure changes.
CASE OF A DOWNHOLE BINDING DEVICE PERMITTING FREE TUBING MOVEMENT
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Duration : 1 Day
Temperature effect.
Ballooning effect.
Piston effects (not including buckling).
Effect of the friction resulting from the fluid flow.
Buckling effect:
Awareness to the key parameters.
Buckling criteria.
Location of the neutral point and determination of the movement resulting from buckling.
Global effect: movement of the sliding binding device, tension force at the wellhead…
CASE OF A DOWNHOLE BINDING DEVICE PERMITTING NO TUBING MOVEMENT
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Calculation principle.
Estimation of flink.
Determination of flink taking buckling into account.
CASE STUDY
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Analyze data and decide which element(s) or parameter(s) of a completion equipment must be modified to solve problems related to tubing movement,
Write a completion program taking tubing behavior into account,
Analyze correctly a tubing behavior-related problem encountered during operation and provide an adequate solution.
Ways & Means
Exercises and a large case study.
Numerous animation and videos.
Learning assessment
Quiz.
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To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
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