Safety of Casing-Shoe Test and Casing-Shoe Integrity After Testing Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Summary Increased injection volume during a casing-shoe test is needed to gather data, but it increases the possibility of lost circulation or reduced casing-shoe strength after testing. These hazards often encourage drilling engineers to halt casing-shoe tests prematurely just to confirm the casing-shoe strength. This paper addresses drilling-engineering concerns regarding lost circulation during a casing-shoe test, the extent of fracture propagation, the amount of data obtainable as a function of the drilling-fluid volume injected, and the casing-shoe integrity expected after testing. Laboratory data and a numerical model are used to illustrate phenomena that occur during casing-shoe tests. Analysis of the data yields guidelines for safe casing-shoe tests.

published proceedings

  • SPE Drilling & Completion

author list (cited authors)

  • Morita, N., Fuh, G., & Boyd, P. A.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Morita, Nobuo||Fuh, Giin-Fa||Boyd, PA

publication date

  • January 1997