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    (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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    (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

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    (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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