Casing pressure:

Terms Related to Casing pressure

• Casing burst pressure

  The amount of pressure that, when applied inside a string of casing, causes the wall of the casing to fail. This pressure is critically important ...

• Shut-in casing pressure (sicp)

  Pressure of the annular fluid on the casing at the surface when a well is shut in

• Annular pressure

  Fluid pressure in the annulus between tubing and casing or between two strings of casing.

• Rock a well

  To bleed pressure from casing of a dead well, then from tubing, then from casing, and so on so that the well will start to ...

• Bradenhead squeeze

  A process used to repair a hole in the casing by pumping cement down tubing or drill pipe. First, the casinghead, or bradenhead, is closed ...

• Casing seal test

  A procedure whereby the formation immediately below the casing shoe is subjected to a pressure equal to the pressure expected to be exerted later by ...

• Pressure-integrity test

  A method of determining the amount of pressure that is allowed to appear on the casing pressure gauge as a kick is circulated out of ...