Zhu Xiaohua,Zeng Li,Li Dongmei,et al.Gas-Induced dynamic characteristics of tubing strings in ultra-deep wells: a case study of an ultra-deep well in the Shunbei No. 4 Belt[J].China Petroleum Machinery,2026,54(9):83-92.
Zhu Xiaohua,Zeng Li,Li Dongmei,et al.Gas-Induced dynamic characteristics of tubing strings in ultra-deep wells: a case study of an ultra-deep well in the Shunbei No. 4 Belt[J].China Petroleum Machinery,2026,54(9):83-92.DOI: 10.12473/CPM.202505044.
Gas-Induced Dynamic Characteristics of Tubing Strings in Ultra-Deep Wells: a Case Study of an Ultra-Deep Well in the Shunbei No. 4 Belt
The condensate gas reservoir in the Shunbei No. 4 belt is an ultra-deep accumulation with high temperature, high pressure, high corrosive fluids, and high productivity. The extremely harsh service environment has caused string breakage and falling in several wells. It is necessary to optimize string configuration by interpreting the deformation and stress of the production string. Taking an incident well S1 in the Shunbei No. 4 belt as an
example, the RNG
k
-
ε
turbulence model was used to investigate the high-pressure gas flow, with the support a hybrid finite element-computational fluid dynamics (FE-CFD) numerical simulation method. Considering the fluid-solid interaction (FSI) between the high-pressure gas and the production string, a full-well gas-induced tubing string vibration response model was established and solved using the staggered integral coupling method. The results show that the transverse rupture of the 5th tubing in Well S1 occurred because it was just located at the critical position beyond the constraint protection of the wellhead, while the
δ
1
section of the tubing string underwent severe transverse deformation under alternating stress. Moreover, the breakage of the 236th tubing was caused by the combined effect of stress concentration induced by geometric changes and longitudinal bouncing. When the optimized string configuration was used, the cost increased slightly, but the transverse and longitudinal deformations were mitigated greatly. Furthermore, stress concentration induced by sudden change in wall thickness was effectively controlled. The proposed method can be used to calculate the dynamic behaviors of strings under different production rates and tubing configurations. The study provides certain reference for string safety warning and design optimization.
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