Authors : Claudia Marcela Hernandez, Robinson Perez and Cristian Rincon-Guio
Abstract: The packers are tools created to isolate and control fluids in the well and these become one of the most critical equipment to develop an adequate completion design, either for lower or upper completion. In the literature and in the different companies that provide these packers, they present different classifications which help in an initial approximation, to determine which packer should be selected, according to the function to be performed in the well. These classifications are not found in a clear way and neither a characterization that helps to make an appropriate selection of the equipment. In addition to the above, currently new technologies have been implemented for types of packers, operational applications and design that have not yet been categorized. According to the above, a detailed analysis was carried out, identifying the different classifications and categories that the packers may have as well as their description, characterization and relationship among them in order to achieve the adequate selection of this equipment for an optimal completion design.
Claudia Marcela Hernandez, Robinson Perez and Cristian Rincon-Guio, 2019. Packer Classification for Well Completion Design. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 4761-4766.