Practical and successful prevention of annular pressure buildup on the Marlin project

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-234

  Vargo Jr , Richard F ^a   Payne, Mike ^a   Faul, Ronnie ^b   LeBlanc, John R ^c   Griffith, James E ^d  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b Halliburton's Global Bus Tech   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d Halliburton's Global Cementing Staff   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE TUBES; PRESSURIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OUTER ANNULI;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

GULF OF MEXICO; MARLIN FIELD;

EID: 0142184785     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/85113-PA     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. MacEachran, A. and Adams, A.J.: "Impact on Casing Design of Thermal Expansion of Fluids in Confined Annuli," paper IADC/SPE 21911 presented at the 1991 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 11-14 March.
2. Ellis, R.C. et al.: "Marlin Failure Analysis and Redesign: Part 2, Redesign," paper SPE 74529 presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26-28 February.
3. Gosch, S.W. et al: "Marlin Failure Analysis and Redesign: Part 3, VIT Completion With Real-Time Monitoring," paper SPE 74530 presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26-28 February.
4. Bradford, D.W. et al.: "Marlin Failure Analysis and Redesign: Part I, Description of Failure," paper SPE 74528 presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26-28 February.
5. Moe, B. and Erpelding, P.: "Annular Pressure Buildup: What It Is and What to do About It," Deepwater Technology (2000) 21.
6. Robello, G. et al.: "Multistring Casing Design for Deepwater and Ultradeep HP/HT Wells: A New Approach," paper SPE 74490 presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26-28 February.
7. Robello, G. and Gonzales, A.: "Optimization of Multistring Design with Wellhead Growth," paper SPE 56762 presented at the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 3-6 October.
8. O'Brien, T.B.: "A Case Against Cementing Casing-Casing Annuli," paper SPE 35106 presented at the 1996 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, New Orleans, 12-15 March.
9. Crook, R.J. et al.: "Effective Cement Placement," Well Servicing (1999) 14.
10. Leach, C.P. and Adams, A.J.: "A New Method for the Relief of Annular Heat-Up Pressures," paper SPE 25497 presented at the 1993 Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 21-23 March.
11. Heathman, J., Wilson, J.M., and Cantrell, J.H: "Removing Subjective Judgment from Wettability Analysis Aids Displacement," paper SPE 59135 presented at the 2000 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, New Orleans, 23-25 February.
12. Goodwin, K.J. and Crook, R.J.: "Cement Sheath Stress Failure." SPEDE (December 1992) 291.
13. Benge, O.G. et al.: "Foamed Cement Job Successful in Deep HTHP Offshore Well," Oil and Gas J. (1996) 58.
14. Ravi. K., Bosma, M., and Gastebled, O.: "Improve the Economics of Oil and Gas Wells by Reducing the Risk of Cement Failure," paper IADC/SPE 74497 presented at the 2002 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Dallas, 26-28 February.