High-Pressure Flammability of Drilling Mud/Condensate/Sour Gas Mixtures in Deoxygenated Air for Use in Underbalanced Drilling Operations

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Raj Mehta ◽  
R.G. Moore ◽  
C.A. Kip Pratt ◽  
S.D. Gair ◽  
C.W.J. Hoyer
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Underbalanced Drilling ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Sour Gas

Turbodrill Bottomhole Assembly and Real-Time Data Improve Through-Tubing Coiled-Tubing Drilling Operations in Sour Gas Well

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ebrahimi ◽  
P. J. Schermer ◽  
W. Jelinek ◽  
D. Pommier ◽  
S. Pfeil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Gas Well ◽  
Coiled Tubing ◽  
Real Time Data ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Sour Gas

scholarly journals Calculation Analysis of Pressure Wave Velocity in Gas and Drilling Mud Two-Phase Fluid in Annulus during Drilling Operations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanhua Lin ◽  
Xiangwei Kong ◽  
Yijie Qiu ◽  
Qiji Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Pressure Wave ◽  
Angular Frequency ◽  
Mass Force ◽  
Virtual Mass ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Influx Rate ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Well Depth

Investigation of propagation characteristics of a pressure wave is of great significance to the solution of the transient pressure problem caused by unsteady operations during management pressure drilling operations. With consideration of the important factors such as virtual mass force, drag force, angular frequency, gas influx rate, pressure, temperature, and well depth, a united wave velocity model has been proposed based on pressure gradient equations in drilling operations, gas-liquid two-fluid model, the gas-drilling mud equations of state, and small perturbation theory. Solved by adopting the Runge-Kutta method, calculation results indicate that the wave velocity and void fraction have different values with respect to well depth. In the annulus, the drop of pressure causes an increase in void fraction along the flow direction. The void fraction increases first slightly and then sharply; correspondingly the wave velocity first gradually decreases and then slightly increases. In general, the wave velocity tends to increase with the increase in back pressure and the decrease of gas influx rate and angular frequency, significantly in low range. Taking the virtual mass force into account, the dispersion characteristic of the pressure wave weakens obviously, especially at the position close to the wellhead.

scholarly journals Numerical Modeling of Foam Drilling Hydraulics

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozcan Baris ◽  
Luis Ayala ◽  
W. Watson Robert
Keyword(s):  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Lost Circulation ◽  
Pressure Profiles ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Bit Life ◽  
Foam Drilling

The use of foam as a drilling fluid was developed to meet a special set of conditions under which other common drilling fluids had failed. Foam drilling is defined as the process of making boreholes by utilizing foam as the circulating fluid. When compared with conventional drilling, underbalanced or foam drilling has several advantages. These advantages include: avoidance of lost circulation problems, minimizing damage to pay zones, higher penetration rates and bit life. Foams are usually characterized by the quality, the ratio of the volume of gas, and the total foam volume. Obtaining dependable pressure profiles for aerated (gasified) fluids and foam is more difficult than for single phase fluids, since in the former ones the drilling mud contains a gas phase that is entrained within the fluid system. The primary goal of this study is to expand the knowledge-base of the hydrodynamic phenomena that occur in a foam drilling operation. In order to gain a better understanding of foam drilling operations, a hydrodynamic model is developed and run at different operating conditions. For this purpose, the flow of foam through the drilling system is modeled by invoking the basic principles of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. The model was designed to allow gas and liquid flow at desired volumetric flow rates through the drillstring and annulus. Parametric studies are conducted in order to identify the most influential variables in the hydrodynamic modeling of foam flow. 

Mathematical modeling of formation damage effect during underbalanced drilling operations

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1651-1661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erfan Aghashahi Ardestani ◽  
Afshin Davarpanah ◽  
Ghasem Zargar ◽  
Behnam Mirshekari
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Damage Effect ◽  
Formation Damage ◽  
Underbalanced Drilling ◽  
Drilling Operations
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