Numerical Modeling of Radial Fracturing of Cement Sheath Caused by Pressure Tests
To achieve an acceptable level of zonal isolation, well integrity should be guaranteed in hydrocarbon production and geological CO2 sequestration. Well pressure test can cause different types of failures in the well system leading to leakages through these failures. Laboratory evidences have reveale...
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ftsintef:oai:sintef.brage.unit.no:11250/2634370 2023-05-15T14:21:42+02:00 Numerical Modeling of Radial Fracturing of Cement Sheath Caused by Pressure Tests Gheibi, Sohrab Sangesland, Sigbjørn Vrålstad, Torbjørn 2019 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2634370 https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96319 eng eng ASME Press ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2019): Volume 8: Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Petroleum Technology urn:isbn:978-0-7918-5887-5 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2634370 https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96319 cristin:1762127 Well integrity Cement sheath Well pressure tests Fractures Chapter Peer reviewed 2019 ftsintef https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96319 2021-08-04T12:00:14Z To achieve an acceptable level of zonal isolation, well integrity should be guaranteed in hydrocarbon production and geological CO2 sequestration. Well pressure test can cause different types of failures in the well system leading to leakages through these failures. Laboratory evidences have revealed that occurrence of radial tensile fractures is likely during pressure tests. In this paper, we use a numerical code call MDEM which was formulated based on discrete element method. The code can model discontinuum feature of fractures. A model of a lab-sized pressure test was built and compared to an experiment previously published. The model was tested under different confinement levels and effect of the tensile strength of rock on the radial fracture was investigated at the same lab-scale. Fracture opening profiles are also presented showing the leakage potential of these fractures under different pressure level. publishedVersion Book Part Arctic SINTEF Open (Brage) Volume 8: Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Petroleum Technology |
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To achieve an acceptable level of zonal isolation, well integrity should be guaranteed in hydrocarbon production and geological CO2 sequestration. Well pressure test can cause different types of failures in the well system leading to leakages through these failures. Laboratory evidences have revealed that occurrence of radial tensile fractures is likely during pressure tests. In this paper, we use a numerical code call MDEM which was formulated based on discrete element method. The code can model discontinuum feature of fractures. A model of a lab-sized pressure test was built and compared to an experiment previously published. The model was tested under different confinement levels and effect of the tensile strength of rock on the radial fracture was investigated at the same lab-scale. Fracture opening profiles are also presented showing the leakage potential of these fractures under different pressure level. publishedVersion |
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