Risk analysis of single- and dual-string gas-lift completions

Journal Article · Wed Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/19281-PA· OSTI ID:6088573

Grassick, D D; Kallos, P S ^[1]; Jardine, I J.A. ^[2]; Deegan, F J ^[3]

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1. Enterprise Oil PLC (US)
2. Baker-Jardine and Association Ltd. (US)
3. W.S. Atkins Engineering Sciences (US)

Such risk-assessment techniques as failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) and fault-tree analysis (FTA) are in common use by engineers but have a number of shortcomings. Dynamic simulation, a new computer technique, counters many of these deficiencies by introducing a time element that accommodates realistic component-failure characteristics and testing and inspection activities. The paper demonstrates how FMEA and FTA have been used to help design North Sea well completions and how dynamic simulation models complex systems realistically to allow comparison of designs and to provide insight into operating availability and component-testing frequencies.

• OSTI ID: 6088573
• Journal Information: Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA) Vol. 42:11; ISSN JPTJA; ISSN 0022-3522
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
ARTIFICIAL LIFTS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENGINEERING
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS
GAS LIFTS
OIL WELLS
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
RISK ASSESSMENT
SIMULATION
STIMULATION
SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WELL COMPLETION
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS