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US 2021/0334430 A1Published application
Method to engineer dependability into abandonment/kick-off plugs
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, lnc.
InventorSiva Rama Krishna JANDHYALA
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Abstract
A system and method comprising utilizing numerical analysis to determine the dependability of plug formulations and locations in wells. The plugs are typically used for abandonment or kick-off purposes. The system and method rely on defining initial physical and material properties, generating a geometric model, and applying loads and boundary conditions to the model. The numerical analysis is preformed to determine stress or deformation for the components of the well, thus providing a basis for selecting a suitable well plug formulation and location.
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A computer-implemented method of selecting well plugs, the method comprising:
- (a) defining initial physical and material properties for a geomechanical system comprising a well, a plug and a well location for the plug, wherein the well comprises a wellbore casing and the surrounding geophysical structure;
- (b) generating a geometric model based on the initial physical and material properties;
- (c) creating a numerical analysis of the geometric model to determine dependability of the plug, wherein the numerical analysis determines one or more properties for elements of the geometric model based on loads experienced by the geomechanical system, and wherein the properties include at least one of stress or deformation for elements, the elements representing portions of the geomechanical system, and the numerical analysis is created fOr a plurality of times such that the dependability determined by the numerical analysis is based on the properties for the elements as a function of time for the loads experienced by the geomechanical system;
- (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) for one or more additional geomechanical systems, wherein each of the additional geomechanical systems is different from other geomechanical systems used in steps (a) through (c), and the difference of the additional geomechanical systems includes changing at least one initial physical or material property of the plug or changing the well location for the plug;
- (e) comparing the dependability determined for each geomechanical system;
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- (f) selecting a plug and well location for the plug to use in the well based on the comparison in step (e).
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A system for selection well plugs, the system comprising:
- a main memory configured to store computer readable code for an application module;
- at least one processor coupled to the main memory, said at least one processor executing the computer readable code in the main memory to cause the application module to perform operational steps of:
- (a) defining initial physical and material properties for a geomechanical system comprising a well, a plug and a well location for the plug, wherein the well comprises a wellbore casing and the surrounding geophysical structure;
- (b) generating a geometric model based on the initial physical and material properties;
- (e) creating a numerical analysis of the geometric model to determine dependability of the plug, wherein the numerical analysis determines one or more properties for elements of the geometric model based on loads experienced by the geomechanical system, and wherein the properties include at least one of stress or deformation for elements, the elements representing portions of the geomechanical system, and the numerical analysis is created for a plurality of times such that the dependability determined by the numerical analysis is based on the properties for the elements as a function of time for the loads experienced by the geomechanical system;
- (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) for one or more additional geomechanical systems, wherein each of the additional geomechanical systems is different from other geomechanical systems used in steps (a) through (c), and the difference of the additional geomechanical systems includes changing at least one initial physical or material property of the plug or changing the well location for the plug;
- (e) comparing the dependability determined for each geomechanical system;
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- (f) selecting a plug and well location for the plug to use in the well based on the comparison in step (e).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.