Description
Traditional design approaches, including working stress design, have served our industry well for decades. In recent times, with an increase in deeper, hotter, and more complex wells, the Industry has encountered the limitations of traditional design approaches that often imply either the impossibility of design, or force engineers to make subjective compromises in the design. More sophisticated alternative design approaches are needed, primary among which is reliability-based design.
This lecture focuses on the application of reliability-based design for complex wells. Traditional design approaches and their limitations are reviewed briefly. The evolution of design to limit states, as exemplified by the recent ISO TR 10400 and API TR 5C3 documents for casing and tubing is discussed in some detail. The rationale for reliability based design is introduced. The rigorous statistical basis and the standards that govern the development of reliability based designs are discussed and placed in the context of the natural tolerance and aversion of a society to risk. The concept of "Design Levels" based on the sophistication and probabilistic nature of the approach is introduced. Finally, it is shown that reliability based design approaches are standard in virtually every other structural and civil design disciplines, with our industry being a late adopter of this critical enabling technology.
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