This paper describes the completion principles used for the development of the Alwyn North field. The main goal was to achieve a high level of reliability and safety.

Operational problems during completion installation and exploitation are analyzed. The corrective actions taken to overcome these problems are also described.

Keywords:
reliability, new vam, sub-sea well, assembly, injector well, upstream oil & gas, completion installation and operations, nipple, packer, valve
Subjects:
Completion Selection and Design, Completion Installation and Operations, Completion equipment
Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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