Research on Wellbore Integrity Assurance Technology for Deepwater High-Pressure Oil and Gas Wells

Abstract

Annulus pressure control is critical to well safety in deepwater oil and gas wells, and it is crucial for deepwater high-pressure oil and gas wells, which are related to production safety. At present, the deepwater annular pressure analysis model is mainly based on the trapped annulus principle. For the high annular pressure of deepwater high-pressure oil and gas wells, it brings great management and control challenges. This paper proposes a deepwater high-pressure oil and gas well annular pressure analysis method considering formation connectivity. According to the existing measures of annular pressure management and control, the differences between various types of annular pressure management and control technology are systematically analyzed and expounded, and the annular pressure management and control technology of deepwater high-pressure oil and gas wells is proposed accordingly. At the same time, combined with the actual case of a deepwater high-pressure well in the South China Sea, the annular pressure considering different influencing factors is analyzed, and the appropriate management and control methods of annular pressure are recommended. This paper systematically summarizes and studies the analysis and control technology of annular pressure in deepwater high-pressure oil and gas wells, which provides a technical basis for China’s deep water to move from conventional deepwater to deepwater high-pressure, and can provide a reference for the management and control of annular pressure in oil and gas wells in subsequent deepwater projects.

Keywords

• deep water and deep oil and gas
• annular pressure
• analytical prediction
• control technology