WELL PLANNING & DRILLING ENGINEERING
Codeco-Vanoco Engineering is a Calgary oil and gas engineering company that offerings services that are unique to our competitors. We have the software and the expertise to offer services such as:
Well Planning (Wellbore Designing)
Codeco-Vanoco uses Landmark’s COMPASS™ software to generate well trajectory plan for directional and horizontal wells. We provide 2D and 3D directional and horizontal well planning with wall plots and anticollision in a detailed report with spider and 3D proximity plot. Codeco-Vanoco also does SAGD Well Planning and horizontal well pad location layout work for commercial scheme applications.
Torque & Drag Analysis (TDA)
Torque and drag problems are very common during the drilling and casing running operations. Codeco-Vanoco uses Landmark’s Wellplan™ software to provide Torque & Drag Analysis (TDA) for high angle and horizontal well profiles and as built survey applications.
Casing Design (Vertical, Slant, Horizontal Well Profiles)
Codeco-Vanoco uses Landmark’s Stress Check™ software to provide accurate valuation of casing wear limits, minimum-cost design solutions, comprehensive design summary of minimum burst, collapse, axial and triaxial safety factors for each string with connections.
Steam Hydraulics (SAGD or Steam Drive)
Codeco-Vanoco uses Fractical Solution’s QFLOW™ Software to predict the pressure and phase behavior in a steam injection well. Steam distribution modeling is fundamental in sizing casing for a Steam Injection project and especially important in pressure sensitive operations like Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Projects. QFLOW™ can simulate insulated tubing and outflow control devices.
MODELING
At Codeco-Vanoco we have the expertise to model:
- Drilling (rotating on/off bottom; sliding or back reaming) and tripping
- Sensitivity analysis on friction factors and tortuosity
- Friction factor calibration with Pason data
- Steam injection with tubing mounted steam splitters
We also provide:
- Design Factors in Collapse, Burst and Tension as well as Tri-axial loading for Casing Design in Drilling Programs
- Pick up weight, slack off weight prediction and verification of string buckling in Bottomhole Assembly (BHA) Assessment
- Assessment of Over-pull Margin during tripping and wellbore hydraulics for Drilling Rig Selection
- Tension, Hook load and torque predictions for Casing Design and Casing Connection Selection
- Pulldown force Assessment for lateral extension (horizontal well length) evaluation in Shallow Extended Reach Drilling and Completion Operations
- Steam Quality, Wellhead Pressure, Horizontal Pressure Drop and any annular space Super-heating in SAGD Steam Injection Wells including Insulated Tubing systems
REGULATORY NOTIFICATIONS & PLANNING
In addition to our completion services we can also supply Directive 83/IRP 24 Hydraulic Fracturing notifications which include:
- Assist in the development of Inter-wellbore Communication Policies
- Analysis of any Identified Offset Wells (IOW)
- Arrange for your Remote Monitoring and other risk mitigation processes
- Provide a Post Frac Report on your Monitoring
We also offer all of your post frac/completion regulatory services:
- Emergency Response Plans
- Flare Permits
- Flare Notifications