OIL & GAS

PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
BASICS OF COMPLETION AND WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY

MUHAMMAD IBAD SIDDIQUI

Field Petroleum Engineer
UNITED ENERGY PAKISTAN LTD.

September 19th, 2013

Rules of the House
• DISCIPLINE is a pre-requisite for this session
and has to be maintained

• No Cell Phones during the presentation – turn

them off or put them on SILENT mode

• All questions will be entertained at the end of the

session
Contents
• Well Completion
• Well Completion Assembly
• Components of a Typical Completion Tail Assembly
▫ Re-Entry Guide (REG)
▫ Pup Joint
▫ Bottom No-Go / Landing Nipple
▫ Perforated Pup Joint
▫ Top No-Go / Selective Landing Nipple
▫ Pup Joint
▫ Mill-Out Extension
▫ Seal-Bore Extension
• Production Packer
▫ Types of Production Packer
Contents
▫ Locator Seal Assembly (LSA)
▫ Tubing
▫ Sliding Sleeve Door (SSD)
▫ Side Pocket Mandrel (SPM)
▫ Flow Coupling
▫ Sub-Surface Safety Valve (SSSV)
• Typical Completion Assembly
• Typical Single Completion
• Typical Dual Completion
What is Well Completion

• The activities and methods of preparing a well

for the production of oil and gas or for other
purposes, such as injection; the method by
which one or more flow paths for hydrocarbons
are established between the reservoir and the
surface.
Well Completion Assembly
• The set of down-hole tools installed in the well-
bore to provide the flow path for the reservoir
fluid to be produced from the reservoir to the
surface.
Components of a Typical Completion Tail Assembly

• Re-Entry Guide (REG)

• Pup Joint
• Bottom No-Go / Landing Nipple
• Perforated Pup Joint
• Top No-Go / Selective Landing Nipple
• Pup Joint
• Mill-Out Extension
• Seal-Bore Extension
• Production Packer
Re-Entry Guide (REG)
• A re-entry guide generally takes one
of two forms:
▫ Bell Guide
▫ Mule Shoe

• The Bell Guide has a 45° lead in taper

to allow easy re-entry into the tubing
of well intervention tool strings (i.e.,
wireline or coiled tubing).

• This guide is commonly used in

completions where the end of the
tubing string does not need to bypass
the top of a liner hanger.
Re-Entry Guide (REG)
Re-Entry Guide (REG) ………..Contd
• The Mule Shoe Guide is
essentially the same as the Bell
Guide with the exception of a large
45° shoulder

• Should the tubing land on a liner

lip while running the completion
in the well, the large 45° shoulder
should orientate onto the liner lip
and kick the tubing into the liner.
Pup Joint
• The pup joint is a short
length of tubing having
the same specifications
as of the tubing to be
used in completion
string
Pup Joint
• The main purpose to use this pup joint at this
place is to provide a length or housing to keep
the pressure gauges hanging from the bottom
no-go nipple inside the completion string
Bottom No-Go / Landing Nipple
• A nipple that incorporates a
reduced diameter internal
profile that provides a positive
indication of seating by
preventing the tool or device to
be set from passing through the
nipple
Bottom No-Go / Landing Nipple
• The restricted internal
diameter created by the
no-go profile in a landing
nipple provides positive
positioning for a variety
of devices
Perforated Pup Joint
• A Perforated Joint may be incorporated
in the completion string for the purpose
of providing bypass flow if bottom-hole
pressure and temperature gauges are
used for reservoir monitoring.

• The design criteria for a Perforated Joint

is that the total cross-sectional area of
the holes should be at least equivalent to
the cross sectional area corresponding to
internal diameter of the tubing.
Top No-Go Nipple
• The Top No-Go Nipple is a
short tubular device with an
internally machined profile
with exactly same
specifications as of the
bottom no-go nipple.

• The basic purpose is to

provide an internal profile for
plugs to be seated
Top No-Go Nipple
• The basic difference between the two nipples is
the lesser ID of bottom no-go
Pup Joint
• The main purpose to use this pup joint at this
place is to provide a length to be perforated
and flow path is restored in case a plug in top
nipple can’t be retrieved
Mill-Out Extension
• The Mill-Out Extensions provide a
large ID below the packer seal-bore,
which allows a single-trip packer
milling tool to be used when tubing
is run blow the packer assembly.

• It is a pup joint used to provide

additional length and inside
diameter necessary to accommodate
a standard milling tool.
Seal-Bore Extension
• A tube extending the effective packer
seal bore; used where excessive tubing
expansion or contraction is
anticipated.

• Seal Bore Extension is used to provide

an additional sealing bore when a long
seal assembly is run to accommodate
tubing movement and has the same
honed I.D. as the packer.
Production Packer
• A production packer is as a sub-surface
component used to provide a seal
between the casing and the tubing in a
well to prevent the vertical movement
of fluids past the sealing point, allowing
fluids from a reservoir to be produced
to surface facilities through the
production tubing.
Types of Production Packer
• Production packers may be
grouped according to their ability
to be removed from a well, that is,
▫ Retrievable
▫ Permanent
Types of Production Packer
• Retrievable Packers are run on the
tubing string and may be set
mechanically or hydraulically

• They are usually removed from the

well by the application of mechanical
forces.
Types of Production Packer
• A type of production packer that
incorporates a seal-bore that accepts a seal
assembly fitted to the bottom of the
production tubing.
• The seal-bore packer is often set on
wireline to enable accurate depth
correlation.
• For applications in which a large tubing
movement is anticipated, as may be due to
thermal expansion, the sealbore packer
and seal assembly function as a slip joint.
Locator Seal Assembly (LSA)
• A system of seals arranged on the
component that engages in a seal-
bore to isolate the production-tubing
conduit from the annulus. The seal
assembly is typically longer than the
seal-bore to enable some movement
of the components while maintaining
an efficient seal.
Locator Seal Assembly (LSA)
• The Locator Seal Assembly is the
simplest packer seal system

• It is run in the well on the production

tubing string until its no-go shoulder
“locates” on the top of the packer

• This positions one or more seal stacks in

the packer’s seal bore and establishes a
seal between the packer and tubing
LSA Components
• Half Mule Shoe
• Seal Units
• Extension Seal Assembly / Spacer Tube
• No-Go Locator
Tubing
• A single length of the pipe that is assembled to
provide a conduit through which the oil or gas
will be produced from a wellbore.
• Tubing joints are generally around 30 ft [9 m]
long with a thread connection on each end.
Tubing
• The specification of the tubing material,
geometry of the tubing, and design of the
connection thread are selected to suit
the reservoir fluid and wellbore conditions.
Sliding Sleeve Door (SSD)
• It allows communication between
the tubing and the annulus.
• It consist of two concentric
sleeves, each with slots or holes.
• The inner sleeve can be moved
with well intervention tools,
usually wireline, to align the
openings to provide a
communication path for the
circulation of fluids.
Sliding Sleeve Door (SSD)
• It is used for the following purposes:
▫ To circulate a less dense fluid into the tubing
prior to production
▫ To circulate appropriate kill fluid into the
well prior to workover
▫ As a production devices in a multi-zone
completion
▫ As a contingency should tubing/tailpipe
plugging occur
▫ As a contingency to equalise pressure across
a deep set plug after pressure integrity
testing
▫ To assist in the removal of hydrocarbons
below packers.
Side Pocket Mandrel (SPM)
• Side pocket mandrels (SPMs) give you
the cost-effective edge for maximizing
your production and revenue while
minimizing or eliminating costly
workovers.
Flow Coupling
• A tubular manufactured in 2 to 4 ft lengths with
tubing threads at the ends. Installed at points in
the tubing string where excessive turbulence is
expected. E.g. above and below cross-overs,
above and below a landing nipple or a SSSV. To
protect against this abrasion, flow couplings are
installed above and below the nipple to act as
flow straightening devices.
Sub-Surface Safety Valve (SSSV)
• It is a hydraulically operated
downhole tubing retrievable safety
valve.
• The purpose of an SSSV is to shut off
flow from a well in the event of a
potentially catastrophic situation
occurring.
• These situations include serious
damage to the wellhead, failure of
surface equipment, and fire at surface.
Sub-Surface Safety Valve (SSSV)
• The depth at which an SSSV is
installed in a completion is
dependent on well environment
(onshore, offshore), production
characteristics (wax or hydrate
deposition depth), and the
characteristics of the safety valve
(maximum failsafe setting depth).
Typical Completion Assembly
• TUBING HANGER
• TUBING
• FLOW COUPLING
• TRSCSSSV
• FLOW COUPLING
• TUBING
• SLIDING SLEEVE DOOR (SSD)
• TUBING
• LOCATOR SEAL ASSEMBLY
• PERMANENT SEAL BORE PACKER
• SEAL BORE EXTENSION (SBE)
• MILL OUT EXTENSION (MOE)
• PUP JOINT
• LANDING NIPPLE
• PERFORATED PUP JOINT
• BOTTOM NO GO / LANDING NIPPLE
• PUP JOINT
• RE-ENTRY GUIDE (HALF MULE) SHOE
Typical
Single
Completion
Typical
Dual
Completion
Special Thanks to
• M/s Mari Petroleum Company Ltd.
• M/s Schlumberger
• M/s Weatherford
• M/s Baker Hughes
• M/s Halliburton
• M/s Delta Doha
Q/A Session
Thank You !