Suitability Analysis of the Deformation Behavior of Metal Corrugated Casing in High-Temperature Wellbore

Siqi Ren, Jing Zhao, Zhiqin Kang, Guoying Wang and Dong Yang ()
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Siqi Ren: Key Laboratory of In-Situ Property Improving Mining of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Jing Zhao: Key Laboratory of In-Situ Property Improving Mining of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Zhiqin Kang: Key Laboratory of In-Situ Property Improving Mining of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Guoying Wang: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
Dong Yang: Key Laboratory of In-Situ Property Improving Mining of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: The stability of the casing is a crucial prerequisite for implementing the in situ high-temperature steam injection method in oil shale reservoirs. In order to address the issues of substantial expansion, concentrated thermal stresses, and susceptibility to damage observed in traditional straight casings under high temperatures, this paper proposes the utilization of a corrugated casing structure. In this regard, to investigate the impact of the shape and structure of the wellbore casing on its mechanical properties, identical corrugated and straight casings were selected and studied. Uniaxial compression and tensile tests were conducted on the casings, along with coordination deformation experiments between the casing and cement sheath under varying temperatures. Numerical simulations were employed to obtain the deformation characteristics of the corrugated and straight casings under axial compression and tension loads, as well as the stress distribution on the outer casing wall. The results showed that when subjected to the same amount of deformation under axial loading, the corrugated casing experienced lower compressive and tensile loads compared to the straight casing. Moreover, under the sole constraint of cement sheath, increasing the temperature led to lower vertical strains (perpendicular to the ground) at all measuring points of the corrugated casing as compared to the corresponding strains in the straight casing. Numerical simulations revealed that, under the same temperatures, the deformation at the interface between the corrugated casing and the cement sheath was smaller, while the vertical stress at the interface of the corrugated casing was also lower than the straight casing. Overall, the corrugated casing, with its corrugated structure that enabled micro-deformation, effectively mitigated the axial deformation of the casing caused by thermal expansion. Consequently, the corrugated casing reduced the extrusion of wellbore casing on the cement sheath, thereby preserving the integrity and stability of the wellbore cementing structure.

Keywords: high temperature; corrugated casing; deformation; wellbore cementing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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