A Successful Completion/Perforation by Use of a Downhole Lubricator Valve: A Case Study from the Siri Field, Danish Sector, North Sea

Abstract

TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractTo be able to lubricate long perforating assemblies (guns) in horizontal wells, and to retrieve them without killing the well has always been attractive for many reasons, both from an operational point of view and to minimise formation damage.This paper describes a case study from the Siri Field where lubricating long gun assemblies against a tubing-retrievable downhole lubricator ball valve (DHLV) enabled running up to 1000 m of 3.5" perforation guns in two runs in a live well. This was performed without the use of a surface deployment system, and without exposing the tubing-retrievable surface controlled subsurface safety valve (TRSCSSV) to potential damage in the event of inadvertently dropping the perforation guns during completion.Use of this equipment gives also the added benefit of considerably reducing the equipment rigup heights for Siri in the future life of the field, after the jackup drilling rig has moved off location.