Ageing Offshore Well Structural Integrity Modelling Assessment And Rehabilitation Event: Ageing Offshore Well Structural Integrity Modelling Assessment And Rehabilitation Date: November 2014 Author: R. Ramasamy - 2H, M. Aljaberi, H. Aljunaibi - Zadco Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is operating Upper Zakum (UZ) Field offshore Abu Dhabi consisting several offshore wellhead platform towers (WHPT) which have been in service for over 30 years and evidence of severe corrosion has been found on majority of these well’s conductors and casings. A major challenge faced by ZADCO is to repair corroded well’s conductor casing to prevent well structural collapse and extend the life further to allow for safe and planned retirement. The challenges faced during the assessment includes the absence of design basis, well age, data accuracy and drilling quality for 30 years, the challenges takes another dimension when factoring the number of wells and possible different configurations. They way forward was to categorise the wells into several groups with close design configurations and then reverse engineer the design basis to a build a structural model for that fits the various wells configuration to establish the minimum thicknesses to assure well’s structural integrity, and the requirement for life extension by suitable repair method. This paper outlines the activities undertaken to design and implement an effective process for evaluating the structural integrity of aging well conductors considering over 6000 possible well configuration scenarios. The paper describes the engineering methodology involved in the integrity assessments for well conductor evaluation using analytical methods to assess the present strength and stability states of the conductor/casing assembly based on corrosion inspection data and the knowledge of existing cement elevations and operating conditions of the well. Operability guideline plots are generated to present the available safety margin of the aging conductor/casing system, and to enable well conductors with unacceptable structural integrity to be identified. Where safety margins are poor, repair solutions and mitigation methods are also developed for implementation on the affected conductors and casings. A detailed rehabilitation flow-chart is also developed to assist engineers in the repair/replace decision-making process, with comprehensive guidelines for assessing and executing the rehabilitation steps for extended safe operations of ageing conductors, hence prolonging the well operating life. If you would like a copy of this technical paper register to download it (pop-up form). Back to All Technical Papers Services Deepwater Production Systems Riser Concept Engineering Steel Catenary Risers Top Tensioned Risers Hybrid Risers Flexible Pipes & Risers Composite Risers Subsea Flowlines & Jumpers Subsea Umbilicals System Verification & CVA Drilling, Completion & Workover Drilling Risers Drilling Riser Management Subsea Completion & Workover Risers Subsea Wellheads & Conductors Offshore Platform Conductors Platform Well Integrity & Life Extension Well Engineering Well Plug & Abandonment Integrity, Life Extension & Monitoring Riser Integrity & Life Extension Subsea Wellhead System & Life Extension Machine Learning for Riser Engineering Riser System Digital Twin Riser Monitoring System Engineering Riser Inspection, Maintenance & Repair Subsea Incident Engineering Fracture Mechanics and ECA Minimum Facility Platforms Conductor Supported Wellhead Platforms & CoSMOS Monopile Wellhead Platforms Exploration to Early Production Systems Structural Engineering Services Installation Engineering Decommissioning Engineering Riser Delivery Management Component Detailed Design Mechanical Connectors Systems & Qualification Testing Offshore Renewables & Alternative Resources Fixed Offshore Wind Floating Offshore Wind Deep Sea Mining Get the latest riser insights! Receive our riser news, published papers and blog posts in your inbox monthly. *