Tubular Design Course

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INTRODUCTION TO CASING DESIGN (DURATION: 8 HOURS)

• Introduction to Casing & Tubing Design - Instructor and student introductions are made in order to familiarize the instructor with each participant’s background. A casing design overview is provided and the course outline is discussed.

  • Objectives

  • Method

• Material Aspects - This section takes an in depth look at the material aspects of design. Basic material science concepts are followed by a brief look at ISO 15156.

  • Pipe Mechanics

  • Sour Service (H2S)

• Casing Loading & Design Considerations - The most common drilling load cases are presented.

  • Drilling Casing Load Cases

• Fundamental Design Principles - Load calculation methods for burst and collapse design factors are presented.

  • Burst & Collapse

    • Burst with Class Exercise

    • Collapse with Class Exercise

FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES (DURATION: 8 HOURS)

• Connection Selection - The components of a connection and connection selection techniques are discussed.

  • API

  • Semi-Premium

  • Premium

• Fundamental Design Principles (cont.) – Load calculation methods for the tension, compression, and triaxial design factors are presented.

  • Service Life Design Methods

    • Buoyancy & Pressure-Area Method

    • Tension/Compression with Class Exercise

    • Triaxial with Class Exercise

• Casing Loading and Design Considerations – The most common production casing load cases are presented with special emphasis on the Casing Frac load case.

  • Production Casing Load Cases

• Permian Well Design – A discussion of lessons learned from past Permian well designs.

  • Connection Selection

  • Rig Practices

  • Inventory

  • Doglegs

  • Torque & Drag

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INSTRUCTOR

Peter Erpelding

Tubular Design & Training Team Lead

Peter Erpelding, P.E. is a consulting engineer for Viking Engineering and specializes in mechanical and thermal analysis of drilling and completion equipment. Mr. Erpelding is heavily involved in engineering projects involving deep water, high pressure, high temperature, and highly corrosive reservoirs. He has conducted numerous software training courses, and casing/tubing design seminars. Prior to working for Viking, he spent four years with Schlumberger, and seven years with OTS. He has an additional seven years of teaching experience in the fields of Reactor Physics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer. He has served on the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School, and Johns Hopkins University.