Wells – Processes – Placing fluid into the formation
Patent
1996-04-30
1997-04-01
Schoeppel, Roger J.
Wells
Processes
Placing fluid into the formation
166308, E21B 4325
Patent
active
056157398
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for completing or recompleting wells for production is disclosed. The apparatus and method are particularly adapted to the completion of oil or gas wells having a plurality of production zones. In particular, the apparatus is useful for oil or gas wells having production zones which require stimulation prior to initial production of the well, or producing wells which require recompletion in order to open new zones or to reperforate and stimulate existing zones from which production has slowed down or ceased. The apparatus comprises a header spool having a pressure rating that is about as high as the burst pressure rating of the surface casing of the well. The header spool is mounted to a casing spool before a wellhead is placed on the well. The header spool has an internal passage which is at least as large as the diameter of the casing in the well. This permits an efficient completion of the well after the casing is cemented in. The apparatus in accordance with the invention permits the unobstructed use of a full range of tools including casing perforation tools, blowout preventers, casing plugs, logging tools, fishing tools, and other apparatus required in the completion of a well for production. The method for completing wells involves installing a header spool in accordance with the invention on the well before a wellhead is installed and performing the steps required to perforate the casing and stimulate or fracture the zones requiring treatment in order to prepare the well for production before wellhead equipment is installed. This method and apparatus permits a well to be completed at a significantly less cost than for completing a multi-zone well in the traditional manner of completing after the wellhead equipment is installed.
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