Well completed with an ESP producing water

An offshore well within the Republic of the Congo was completed with an ESP bypass system and was producing water. There was a small window of suitable tubing in which to set a 2 1/8-in CoilFLATE packer below the depth of the production packer and subsequently cut the tubing in between both.

During this operation, the operator needed to achieve two objectives:

• Set a 2 1/8-in CoilFLATE packer permanently inside 4 1/2-in tubing within in a 105-ft [32-m] window of the 3.96-in-ID joint to isolate the lower completion for subsequent cementing by the rig before sidetracking.
• Run in hole (RIH) with firing head and a PowerCutter tubular cutter to cut the tubing just below the packer.

The following sequence of events occurred in the second phase:

• The ACTive Perf services BHA was conveyed to required depth.
• The depth correlation was referenced to the operator’s baseline log.
• The PowerCutter tubular cutter was fired and activation was confirmed by monitoring downhole parameters in real time.

Depth correlation accuracy confirmed packer positioning The ability to run two different services in the same sequence and

The ability to run two different services in the same sequence and real-time monitoring of downhole measurement data ensured the accuracy and success of the operation. ACTive services provided a nondisputable advantage by monitoring all downhole parameters in real time to reliably activate the firing head. The CCL depth correlation enabled accurate CoilFLATE packer positioning, accurate depth positioning, and activation of the PowerCutter tubular cutter.