An Experimental Study of Well Control Procedures for Deep Water Drilling Operations

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Holden ◽  
Adam T. Bourgoyne
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Control Procedures

Kick detection and well control in a closed wellbore

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Nas
Keyword(s):  
Control Process ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Pressure Management ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Managed Pressure Drilling ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
Additional Level

Closing the wellbore at the top with a rotating control device (RCD) for some kinds of managed pressure drilling (MPD) operations raises a number of issues with regards to well control and kick detection. The wellbore is closed and the standard flow check of looking into the well is no longer possible. The use of a RCD provides drillers with an additional level of comfort because it is a pressure management device, but it doesn’t eliminate the need to have well control as a primary objective. In recent MPD operations, it has already been observed that well control procedures are relaxed as a result of managed pressure drilling. Is managed pressure drilling the same as primary well control, and how do we deal with kicks in managed pressure drilling operations? At what point in a well control process do we hand over from MPD to drillers’ well control, and who is responsible? This paper will present some of the issues that need to be considered when planning and conducting MPD operations. Early kick detection and annular pressure control are promoted as an essential part of MPD operations, but there can be confusion as to where the responsibility for well control lies. Does the responsibility remain with the drilling contractor and operator or with the provider of the MPD services. The paper provides some case studies where MPD and well control conflicted, causing a number of issues that in some cases led to the loss of wells.

Well Control Procedures in Deep Water

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C.V. Martins Lage ◽  
E.Y. Nakagawa ◽  
A.G.D.P. Cordovil
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Control Procedures

Impact of Data Quality on Well Operations: Case Study of Work-over Operations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Enyekwe ◽  
Osahon Urubusi ◽  
Raufu Yekini ◽  
Iorkam Azoom ◽  
Oloruntoba Isehunwa
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Data Management System ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Short Time

ABSTRACT Significant emphasis on data quality is placed on real-time drilling data for the optimization of drilling operations and on logging data for quality lithological and petrophysical description of a field. This is evidenced by huge sums spent on real time MWD/LWD tools, broadband services, wireline logging tools, etc. However, a lot more needs to be done to harness quality data for future workover and or abandonment operations where data being relied on is data that must have been entered decades ago and costs and time spent are critically linked to already known and certified information. In some cases, data relied on has been migrated across different data management platforms, during which relevant data might have been lost, mis-interpreted or mis-placed. Another common cause of wrong data is improperly documented well intervention operations which have been done in such a short time, that there is no pressure to document the operation properly. This leads to confusion over simple issues such as what depth a plug was set, or what junk was left in hole. The relative lack of emphasis on this type of data quality has led to high costs of workover and abandonment operations. In some cases, well control incidents and process safety incidents have arisen. This paper looks at over 20 workover operations carried out in a span of 10 years. An analysis is done on the wells’ original timeline of operation. The data management system is generally analyzed and a categorization of issues experienced during the workover operations is outlined. Bottlenecks in data management are defined and solutions currently being implemented to manage these problems are listed as recommended good practices.

scholarly journals Experimental study of growth kinetics of CO2 hydrates and multiphase flow properties of slurries in high pressure flow systems

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (56) ◽  
pp. 32873-32888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-fang Lv ◽  
Jiang-wei Zuo ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Shi-Dong Zhou ◽  
Da-yong Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Growth Kinetics ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Flow Properties ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Water Transportation ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines ◽  
Kinetics Of

The formation and accumulation of hydrates in high pressure oil and gas pipelines bring great risks to field development and deep-water transportation.

Experimental Study on the Influence of other Factors on Compression Resistance Performance of Emulsion Explosives in Deep Water

2014 ◽  
Vol 535 ◽  
pp. 729-733
Author(s):  
Lei Liu ◽  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Li Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Paraffin Wax ◽  
Emulsion Explosive ◽  
Emulsion Explosives ◽  
Small Influence ◽  
Resistance Performance ◽  
Compression Resistance

Since oil phase materials, oxidizer, and water are important components of emulsion explosive, their influences on compression resistance performance of emulsion explosives in deep water was studied by using reusable experiment device to simulate the deep charging environment. The experimental results show that with the equivalent content of the oil phase material, the sequence of three oil phase types of emulsion explosives from good to bad in terms of compression resistance performance and explosion performance in deep water are composite wax, composite wax and machine oil, paraffin wax, vaseline and machine oil. With the equivalent content of oxidant, the type of oxidant species has quite small influence on compression resistance performance and explosion property. Within a certain range, water content has small influence on compression resistance performance, and explosion performance increases with the increasement of water content, while it significantly decreases with water content increasing to a certain amount.

Experimental study on the migration regularity of sand outside a large, deep-water, open caisson during sinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 106601
Author(s):  
Bing-Nan Jiang ◽  
Meng-Ting Wang ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Lu-Lu Zhang ◽  
Jian-Lin Ma
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Deep Water

scholarly journals Experimental study on plunging breaking waves in deep water

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 2007-2049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho-Joon Lim ◽  
Kuang-An Chang ◽  
Zhi-Cheng Huang ◽  
Byoungjoon Na
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Breaking Waves

Experimental Study on the Response Behaviour of SeaStar Mini Tension Leg Platform Against Random Water Waves

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Alemi Ardakani ◽  
Mohammad Javad Ketabdari
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Water Waves ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Ocean Waves ◽  
Scaled Model ◽  
Wave Flume ◽  
Response Behaviour ◽  
New Generation

Among the compliant platforms, TLP is a vertically moored structure with excess buoyancy, used for deep water oil exploration. In this structure tethers can be tensioned to such an extent that heave, roll and pitch motions of the platform induced by ocean waves are virtually eliminated. SeaStar is new generation of mini tension leg platforms which is similar to a spar and has favorable response features of a TLP. This paper illustrates the results of experimental work performed on a 1/100 scaled model of SeaStar TLP in a wave flume. The study refers to the induced tension in different tendons of the model and the motion response behaviour of the model on different degrees of freedom under several directional impinging random water waves. The results are presented in the frequency domain and the response amplitude operator for each motion of the platform has been calculated.

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