Application of vacuum-insulated tubing to mitigate annular pressure buildup

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-51

  Azzola, Jim H ^a   Tselepidakis, Dimitri P ^b   Pattillo, Phillip D ^c   Richey, John F ^c   Tinker, Steven J ^c   Miller, Richard A ^c,d   Segreto, Sal J ^e  

^a Thermal Science LLC

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d Viking Engineering   (United States)

^e Grant Prideco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL INSULATION; WELLHEADS;

ANNULAR PRESSURE BUILDUP (APB); GELLED BRINE; VACUUM-INSULATED TUBING (VIT);

TUBING;

BRINES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL INSULATION; TUBING; WELLHEADS;

DEEP WATER; INSTALLATION; MODELING; WELLHEAD;

EID: 34047232918     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90232-pa     Document Type: Review

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