Unconventional Oil and Gas - C-FER Technologies · Industry Challenges • Fraccing Operation Risks...
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Industry Challenges • Fraccing Operation Risks • Artificial Lift/Deliquification Performance • Well Design & Casing Integrity • Completion System Optimization • Cement Integrity Highlight: Fraccing Operation Risks Erosion damage to wellhead components and downhole assemblies can occur in high fluid rate environments containing hard and abrasive solids, such as those in high rate, multi-stage fracturing operations and flow-back. These conditions could result in a significant well loss or blowout hazard. Assessing and mitigating erosion becomes critical in these cases, impacting safety, the environment and cost. Prediction of the location and the degree of potential damage and material loss is required to aid in the design and optimization of completion/fraccing systems and processes. C-FER’s Capabilities • Modelling erosion and material loss with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) • Simulation of flow and erosion in wellhead, piping and downhole components • Structural analysis of surface and downhole equipment • Risk assessment of fracturing and operating life of wells Highlight: Artificial Lift/Deliquification Performance C-FER’s Experience: • Management of Joint Industry Project (JIP) on downhole gas/liquid separation • Laboratory testing of the various deliquification systems • Assistance in development of deliquification system prototype • Development of deliquification method selection tool • Evaluation of development strategies for extended reach gas wells, including several different well geometries and artificial lift system options Unconventional Oil and Gas C-FER Technologies www.cfertech.com Printed in Canada 2014 Darren Worth [E] Sr. Research Engineer Production Operations [email protected] [T] 780.450.8989 x 237 [F] 780.450.3700 CFD Analysis of Well Equipment Erosion during Fraccing Operations
Transcript of Unconventional Oil and Gas - C-FER Technologies · Industry Challenges • Fraccing Operation Risks...
Industry Challenges
• FraccingOperationRisks• ArtificialLift/DeliquificationPerformance• WellDesign&CasingIntegrity• CompletionSystemOptimization• CementIntegrity Highlight: Fraccing Operation Risks
Erosiondamagetowellheadcomponentsanddownholeassembliescanoccurinhighfluidrateenvironmentscontaininghardandabrasivesolids,suchasthoseinhighrate,multi-stagefracturingoperationsandflow-back.Theseconditionscouldresultinasignificantwelllossorblowouthazard.Assessingandmitigatingerosionbecomescriticalinthesecases,impactingsafety,theenvironmentandcost.Predictionofthelocationandthedegreeofpotentialdamageandmateriallossisrequiredtoaidinthedesignandoptimizationofcompletion/fraccingsystemsandprocesses.
C-FER’sCapabilities• ModellingerosionandmateriallosswithComputationalFluidDynamics(CFD)• Simulationofflowanderosioninwellhead,pipinganddownholecomponents• Structuralanalysisofsurfaceanddownholeequipment• Riskassessmentoffracturingandoperatinglifeofwells
Highlight: Artificial Lift/Deliquification PerformanceC-FER’sExperience:• ManagementofJointIndustryProject(JIP)ondownholegas/liquidseparation• Laboratorytestingofthevariousdeliquificationsystems• Assistanceindevelopmentofdeliquificationsystemprototype• Developmentofdeliquificationmethodselectiontool• Evaluationofdevelopmentstrategiesforextendedreachgaswells,includingseveraldifferentwellgeometriesand
artificialliftsystemoptions
Unconventional Oil and Gas
C-FERTechnologies
www.cfertech.com
PrintedinCanada2014
Darren Worth [E] Sr. Research EngineerProduction Operations
[email protected][T] 780.450.8989 x 237[F] 780.450.3700
CFD Analysis of Well Equipment Erosion during Fraccing Operations
