Patent ID: 9187965
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: E21B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method associated with the production of hydrocarbons using tubular member comprising threaded connections, the method comprising: determining constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections the constituents comprising a first plurality of the threaded connections and a second plurality of the threaded connections; conducting physical testing on each constituent of the first plurality of the threaded connections at a plurality of test conditions to test connection performance of the tested constituent at each of the plurality of tested load and pressure test conditions, producing a first plurality of tested connection performance results; performing modeling analysis on each constituent of the first plurality of threaded connections at a plurality model conditions to determine a modeled connection performance factor for each of the modeled plurality of modeled conditions, producing a first plurality of modeled connection performance factors for each modeled constituent of the first plurality of threaded connections; comparing for each constituent the first plurality of tested connection performance results and the first plurality of modeled connection performance factors to determine a characteristic performance factor for each constituent of the first plurality of threaded connections; comparing each of the determined characteristic performance factor for each constituent of the first plurality of threaded connections with each other to determine a first plurality constituent group characteristic performance factor; performing modeling analysis on each constituent of the second plurality of threaded connections at a plurality of model conditions to determine a second plurality modeled connection performance factor for each of the plurality of modeled conditions, producing a second plurality of modeled connection performance factors for each modeled constituent of the second plurality of threaded connections; applying the first plurality constituent group characteristic performance factor to the second plurality of threaded connection constituents to define an acceptable range of performance limits for at least one of the second plurality of threaded connections; obtaining tubular members from the constituents based upon the defined acceptable range of performance limits obtained in the evaluation of the threaded connections; installing the obtained tubular members within a wellbore; and producing a formation fluid from the wellbore containing the tubular members.