A Service-Life Model for Casing Strings

Conventional casing design is based solely on the achievement of adequate design factors in burst, collapse, and tension from the loads generated by the hanging weight of the pipe, internal and external surface pressures, and fluid densities. The effects of cementing, temperature changes, ballooning, changes in cross-sectional area, bending, and helical buckling are virtually never considered. This paper describes a service-life model for the design analysis of casing strings that includes the significant factors that affect the performance of the string.