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

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Darren Worth [E] Sr. Research EngineerProduction Operations

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CFD Analysis of Well Equipment Erosion during Fraccing Operations