What is the screen interval of a well?

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Entering Well Interval Data

 

In ERPToolsX, WCI stores basic well completion information.  WINT stores specific well interval or segment information and WMI stores routine well maintenance information.  WCI and WINT are required tables for all newly established well locations.

 

WINT has been designed to capture the following attributes of each well segment: start/end depth, material composition, diameter, and where applicable screen slot size and percent open area.  A well interval (screened interval) is defined by the sum of multiple well segments i.e.: (screen, blank casing, filter pack etc.).  Segment type is synonymous with, and identified by the valid value entered in the field CLASS.  The easiest way to conceptualize the mechanics of this table is to view the casing (and all components attached to it such as screen and foot) as one component, and all other materials serving to secure or seal the casing component in the borehole (e.g. grout, seal, and filter pack) as the other component.  Within each component all depth entries must be contiguous.  No overlap between depth entries is allowed within a component.  Overlapping depth entries must occur between components for the well to function properly, but again no overlap can occur within a component.   Note in the example below depth, screen no., class, and material are required for all segments.  Segment diameter is supplied for the casing and screen only.  Slot size and percent open area apply only to the screened segment.  Validation will be performed on the values in this table alone and versus applicable depth and diameter fields in both LDI and WCI i.e.; borehole depth, borehole diameter, and total casing depth).

 

As mentioned previously, screen no. is assigned by the user to each screened or well interval.  Its purpose is to define a logical screened interval for validation that can be treated as a single unit within a well.  Validation proceeds to ensure that each component within a segment makes sense (spatial and logical): i.e. the seal IED can’t be greater than screen IBD, or screen IED can’t exceed TOTDEPTH or borehole depth).  In the case of multiple screens, screen no. separates each interval, so that each segment is validated within its own interval, and intervals are compared to each other as a whole.

 

Additional screens that exist down hole are added and incremented after the preceding screen, (all components of the second screen for example have the screen no. 2 starting with the blank connected to the first screen).  See example 2 below.

 

The Well Maintenance Information (WMI) table captures routine maintenance items such as protective cap replacement, ground surface elevation changes or measuring point elevation changes.  When submitting elevation changes (ground surface or measuring point) both elevation and measuring point elevation must be supplied.    

 

Example #1

FIGURE B-4

 

LOCID

IBDEPTH

IEDEPTH

CLASS

SCRNO

MATERIAL

SDIAM

SOUA

PCTOPEN

MW-01

0.00

23.00

GROUT

1

CNC

 

 

 

MW-01

0.00

26.00

BLANK

1

PVC

4.00

 

 

MW-01

23.00

25.00

SEAL

1

BNT

 

 

 

MW-01

25.00

40.00

FILPK

1

FSP

 

 

 

MW-01

26.00

38.50

SCRN

1

PVC

4.00

0.02

12

MW-01

38.50

39.00

FOOT

1

PVC

 

 

 

 

Example #2

FIGURE B-5

 

LOCID

IBDEPTH

IEDEPTH

CLASS

SCRNO

MATERIAL

SDIAM

SOUA

PCTOPEN

MW-02

0.00

18.00

GROUT

1

CNC

 

 

 

MW-02

0.00

20.50

BLANK

1

PVC

4

 

 

MW-02

18.00

20.00

SEAL

1

BNT

 

 

 

MW-02

20.00

32.00

FILPK

1

FSP

 

 

 

MW-02

20.50

30.00

SCRN

1

SLS

4

0.010

12

MW-02

30.00

40.00

BLANK

2

PVC

4

 

 

MW-02

32.00

34.00

SEAL

2

BNT

 

 

 

MW-02

34.00

60.00

FILPK

2

FSP

 

 

 

MW-02

40.00

50.00

SCRN

2

SLS

4

0.010

12

MW-02

50.00

58.5

BLANK

3

PVC

4

 

 

MW-02

58.50

59.00

FOOT

3

PVC

 

 

 

 

 

 



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When you drill a groundwater monitoring well down into an aquifer to draw water, you can’t just stick a pipe in the ground and expect it to work. Some water will fill the bottom of the pipe, but not at high enough quantities to make it a working well. Plus, the water will be full of sediment. The answer to both of these conundrums is a well screen.



What Is A Well Screen?

Wells need to produce at high enough levels to be usable. That means that you need to increase the surface space through which water will flow from the aquifer into the pipe. You do this with a well screen.

A well screen is a filter that allows water to enter the pipe from several entry points. The filter can be made from a number of materials. The filter needs to have a large surface area through which water can penetrate. It needs to have non-clogging slots to keep water flowing. It must resist corrosion because it will be in contact with water. It needs to have enough strength to keep the surrounding structure intact.

The openings in the well screen need to be small enough to hold back a good deal of the surrounding formation. The water flow through the screen should be consistent and not too fast.

Today's ready-made screening materials make adding a well screen easy. These modern screens are constructed to cut down on encrusting, which helps keep water flowing. The wide surface of the screen translates to minimal pressure loss. It controls sand and silt production in the well, no matter what aquifer it is tapping.

When Would You Need To Install A Well Screen?

Installing a well screen is recommended for all environmental drilling  jobs. It helps to prolong the life of the well and keeps the water flowing without restriction.

Unconsolidated materials, like sand and fine silt, can flow with water without any issues. These fine particulates must be filtered out before the water becomes usable. A well screen helps to keep most of this fine material out of your well water. This lessens the need for filtering the water and keeps the water flowing.

Adding a gravel pack around the well screen helps filtrate the water even more than the well screen alone. The gravel pack provides another layer of filtering around the screen. It also provides a structural element that helps keep surrounding materials in place.

If you need environmental drilling services, contact Talon/LPE Drilling Services. We provide drilling services throughout Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

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