Definition(s)
Production Casing
Innermost string of casing in the well
[SOURCE: API RP 90, modified].
Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards
Production Casing
See casing.
Source: API RP 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, Third Edition, August 1999 (2007). Global Standards
Production Casing (or Long String Casing)
The casing which is installed from the wellhead to the top of, or through, the completion interval and is cemented in place to seal off producing/injection zones and waterbearing formations. The tubing string, if used, is suspended in the production casing. In deeper wells, the production casing may be replaced by a production liner.
Source: API BULLETIN E3, Environmental Guidance Document: Well Abandonment and Inactive Well Practices for U.S. Exploration and Production Operations, First Edition, January 1993 (Reaffirmed June 2000). Global Standards
Production Casing
Casing that is set through a productive interval.
Source: API STD 65 – Part 2, Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well Construction, Upstream Segment, Second Edition, December 2010. Global Standards
Production Casing
Full string of production casing from below the objective interval with casing hanger in the subsea wellhead housing. Normal clearance casing OD in.: 9 5/8. Tight clearance casing OD in.: N/A. NOTE These are examples only. Each well can have variations in number of casing strings and sizes. Naming conventions can vary. The heavy-wall surface casing designs may allow 13 5/8 in. to be run as a liner and not tied back. NOTE These are examples only. Each well can have variations in number of casing strings and sizes. Naming conventions can vary. The heavy-wall surface casing designs may allow 13 5/8 in. to be run as a liner and not tied back.
Source: API RP 96, Deepwater Well Design and Construction, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards
Production Casing
“Production casing” means the casing installed from the wellhead to the top of or through the completion interval and cemented in place to seal off production or injection zones and water-bearing formations.
Source: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Definitions, Alaska Admin. Code tit. 20, § 25.990, December 7, 2012. Regulations
Production Casing
“Production casing” means a string of casing set to isolate the permitted hydrocarbon bearing reservoir(s), and other pressurized flow or corrosive, hydrogen sulfide-bearing zones not effectively isolated by previous casing(s).
Source: Division of Mineral Resources Management – Oil and Gas, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 1501:9, January 2012. Regulations
Production Casing
“Production casing” means the casing string set above or through the producing zone of a well which serves the purpose of confining and/or producing the well production fluids.
Source: Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation, Oklahoma Administrative Code 165:10, February 2013. Regulations
Production Casing
Production casing—A string of pipe other than surface casing and coal protective casing which is run for the purpose of confining or conducting hydrocarbons and associated fluids from one or more producing horizons to the surface.
Source: Oil and Gas Wells, Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Chapter 78, December 2012. Regulations
Production Casing
Casing that is the innermost string of casing in the well. Production fluids enter the casing below the production packer and continue to the surface through the production string. At a minimum, the production casing will be rated for the maximum anticipated pressure that may be encountered from the production zone.
Source: API RP 90, Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore Wells, Upstream Segment. First Edition, August 2006. Global Standards