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Petroleum Production Technology Tutorial.4 Packer and Tubing Load Calculation

(1) A packer is set at 7000 feet with 8000 lbs of tubing hanging below it. Salt water fills the annulus and crude oil fills the tubing. (2) If oil with a gradient of 0.354 psi/ft is injected at 1200 psi surface pressure, it will need to be determined if this will seat or unseat the packer. (3) The maximum allowable injection pressure also needs to be determined given the casing and tubing sizes.

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Petroleum Production Technology Tutorial.4 Packer and Tubing Load Calculation

(1) A packer is set at 7000 feet with 8000 lbs of tubing hanging below it. Salt water fills the annulus and crude oil fills the tubing. (2) If oil with a gradient of 0.354 psi/ft is injected at 1200 psi surface pressure, it will need to be determined if this will seat or unseat the packer. (3) The maximum allowable injection pressure also needs to be determined given the casing and tubing sizes.

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Petroleum 

Production Technology‐  Tutorial.4
Packer and tubing load calculation

By :
Dr. Mofazzal Hossain  
Omar Al‐Fatlawi

1
Problem .1 – Packer force calculations
Problem:
"tubing wt (8000 lb)" A packer is set at 7000 ft with a tubing weight  of 
8000 lbf (as shown in Figure below). The  annular 
salt water in annulus is filled with salt water with gradient  of 0.443 
annular   psi/ft (i.e. 0.052 psi/ft/ppg*8.5 ppg). 
8.5 lb/gal
pressure force (a) If oil with gradient of 0.354 psi/ ft (i.e. 
0.52*6.8) is injected through tubing with a 
crude oil in tubing surface  pressure of 1200 psi, determine 
whether this  injection will seat or unseat the 
6.8 lb/gal
packer. 
(b) Determine maximum allowable injection 
Packer set   pressure
depth=   tubing pressure  
7000 ft force Given  that Casing OD = 5.5 inch, ID= 4.91 inch, 
and  Tubing OD: 2 3/8‐in. and ID = 1.99 inch.

Given: Casing: (OD: 5 ½ in.) ID = 4.91 in.


Tubing OD: 2 3/8-in. ID = 1.99 in.
Nominal weight of tubing is 4.7 lb/ft

Note: Conversion factor 
from ppg (lb/gal) to psi/ft is .052
From gm/cc to psi/ft is 0.433 psi/ft
Problem. 2
The 2 7/8‐in., 6.4 lb/ft, J‐55 NU tubing string in a 6000‐ft
oil well was designed based on the tubing's buoyant
weight in water. What additional load would be imposed
on the tubing if a rod pump were to be pressure tested to
500 psi after the well had been operating for some time
and the annulus pumped off? The well produces 30° API
oil (SG: 0.876) with no water. Water and steal density are
respectively of 1 and 8 gm/cc.
If company policy dictates the use of a design factor of
1.5 for joint strength, can this pressure test be safely  
carried out? Given that the API joint strength rating of 2  
7/8‐in., 6.4 lb/ft, J‐55, non‐upset tubing = 72,600 lb and  
Comment on your results.

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