Inverse gas lift using dual flow SSV - first North Sea

multiwell campaign

8th European Gas Well Deliquification Conference - 2013

Norman Strachan, Weatherford; Jerry Sutton, Weatherford

Presented by: Norman Strachan, IGLS Product Manager, Aberdeen

15th October 2013
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Inverse Gas Lift System

Applications
The IGLS solution
Components of the system
Animation
North Sea multiwell campaign
Summary of benefits

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Inverse Gas Lift Applications

Numerous wells are now reaching the stage they require gas lift.
Many of these wells were not designed to allow conventional gas lift.
Annulus integrity may be compromised preventing gas injection.
Full depth gas injection may be required.

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Inverse Gas Lift Solution

IGLS allows a method of gas injection via an insert string.
Gas Injected through insert string - Coiled Tubing or Macaroni String.
Production via annulus between insert string and existing tubing.
Gas tight casing not required.
Installed using traditional intervention techniques.
Utilises existing tree with new intermediate spool.
Maintains fully functional master valves and SCSSV.
Fully removable with no effect on original completion components.

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Inverse Gas Lift Components

The IGLS components consist of the following (bottom to top):
Gas injection valve and coiled tubing.
Dual Flow Safety Valve installed in existing safety valve profile.
Suspension hanger to lock DFSV and lower IGLS in place.
Seal stinger, tubing and concentric hanger.
Intermediate spool to land concentric hanger.

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Components Injection Valve

Valves can be run deeper than conventional gas lift
allows to the perforations if desired.
Multiple valves can be used to unload the well.

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Components Dual Flow Safety Valve

Locates within existing safety valve seal bores.
Controlled via existing DHSV control line.
Dual flow path, gas through centre & production through annular bore.
Flapper closes off both injection & production paths.
Metal to metal seal on flapper & flow tube nose.
API 14A, Class 1, qualified, rod piston design.

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Components Dual Flow Safety Valve

Valve closed - Injection and production paths isolated and equalised.

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Components Dual Flow Safety Valve

Valve open - metal to metal seal between flow paths.

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Components Dual Flow Safety Valve

Available Sizes:
Tubing Size
4
5
7

Seal Bore
3.813
4.313, 4.562
5.750, 5.950

Tubing Size
3

Seal Bore
2.750, 2.813

Under Development

Seal options:

Standard chevron stack.

Weatherford Damaged Bore - energised seal stack.
Swellable stack.
Hybrid WDB and swellable stack

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Components Suspension Hanger

Suspension Hanger
Carries full string weight, takes load off no-go.
Gas injection through centre bore
Production via annular spaces and past slips.
Polished Bore Receptacle to sting into with upper IGLS.

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Components Seal Stinger

Seal Stinger
Seals injection path between lower and upper IGLS.
Stings into PBR on suspension hanger.
Shearable centraliser on provides positive indication of space out.
Dynamic 20 year pressure cycle simulated to verify life.

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Inverse Gas Lift Spool & Concentric Hanger

Concentric Hanger
No-go within intermediate spool.
Lock-down or self locking.
Gas injection and production bores.
Run with standard industry tools.

Intermediate Spool
Supplied by Weatherford or xmas tree OEM.
No modification to existing xmas tree required.
Application Specific ID and Length ( 2.5ft)
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Inverse Gas Lift Animation

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Installations to Date
October 2008

System trial using Coiled Tubing as Upper String, demonstrated problems for centralisation of all sealing
interfaces

October 2009

Installation of 2 off 5.95 systems

Successful installation, currently awaiting Gas Compressor commissioning

June 2013

Installation of 4.562 system

Successful installation, currently awaiting Gas Compressor commissioning

June 2013

SIT#2 for the 4.562 system

System trial using Jointed Pipe as Upper String, 100% successful

May 2010

SIT#1 for the 4.562 system

Installation of 4.562 system

Successful installation, due to later Annulus testing tubing collapsed, system pulled to allow workover

November 2013 Planned installation of 4.313 system

Equipment currently being mobilised

Q-1 2014

Client planning installation of 2 off 4.562 systems

Planning remedial work programme to solve well integrity issues to allow installation of systems

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Inverse Gas Lift Summary

Means of introducing gas lift to a well that has no gas lift capability.
Install gas lift in a well which has casing integrity problems.
DFSV utilises existing safety valve seal bores and control line.
DFSV isolates production & injection paths.
Gas lift to any depth within the well.
Utilizes existing tree & completion.
Qualified to API 14A, Class 1.
Ease of installation saving rig time and costs.

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Questions?
Thank You

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