Study on Well-Kill Calculation Model with Deep-Water Engineer’s Method

2011 ◽  
Vol 393-395 ◽  
pp. 996-999
Author(s):  
Zhang Zhi ◽  
Tai Ping Xiao ◽  
Jian Hong Fu
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Compressibility Factor ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Development Face ◽  
Casing Pressure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Exploration And Development

With the growing demand for oil and gas resources of China, exploration and development face more complex situation and there is an urgent need to move to (deeper than 1000m) deep sea oil and gas exploration and development. As the density window for safe drilling fluid is narrow, the mud line is in high pressure and low temperature environment, and the cycle pressure loss in choker line is larger and other characteristics, Well-kill calculation model with deep-water engineer’s method is disparate with that for land. To this end, combined with the special formation conditions in deep water well control and the characteristics of long choke line, on the basis of considering the impact of the friction of choker line, gas compressibility factor, temperature and other parameters on the casing pressure and stand-pipe pressure, well-kill pressure parameters (including stand-pipe pressure, casing pressure, maximum casing pressure, etc.) calculation model of deep-water engineer’s method is established to carry out example calculation, which has directive significance for on-site well-kill construction.

Comparative experimental evaluation of drilling fluid contamination on shear bond strength at wellbore cement interfaces

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mileva Radonjic ◽  
Arome Oyibo
Keyword(s):  
Bond Strength ◽  
Shear Bond Strength ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Cement Slurry ◽  
Geothermal Wells ◽  
Sustained Casing Pressure ◽  
Zonal Isolation ◽  
Casing Pressure ◽  
The Impact

Wellbore cement has been used to provide well integrity through zonal isolation in oil and gas wells as well as geothermal wells. Failures of wellbore cement result from either or both: inadequate cleaning of the wellbore and inappropriate cement slurry design for a given field/operational application. Inadequate cementing can result in creation of fractures and microannuli, through which produced fluids can migrate to the surface, leading to environmental and economic issues such as sustained casing pressure, contamination of fresh water aquifers and, in some cases, well blowout. To achieve proper cementing, the drilling fluid should be completely displaced by the cement slurry, providing clean interfaces for effective bond. This is, however, hard to achieve in practice, which results in contaminated cement mixture and poor bonds at interfaces. This paper reports findings from the experimental investigation of the impact of drilling fluid contamination on the shear bond strength at the cement-formation and the cement-casing interfaces by testing different levels of contamination as well as contaminations of different nature (physical vs. chemical). Shear bond test and material characterization techniques were used to quantify the effect of drilling fluid contamination on the shear bond strength. The results show that drilling fluid contamination is detrimental to both cement-formation and cement-casing shear bond strength.

Study on the Characteristics of Well Completion Technology in Deepwater Oil and Gas Field Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 70-72
Author(s):  
Jianbo Hu ◽  
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Yifeng Di ◽  
Qisheng Tang ◽  
Ren Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Well Completion ◽  
Development Capacity ◽  
Exploration And Development

In recent years, China has made certain achievements in shallow sea petroleum geological exploration and development, but the exploration of deep water areas is still in the initial stage, and the water depth in the South China Sea is generally 500 to 2000 meters, which is a deep water operation area. Although China has made some progress in the field of deep-water development of petroleum technology research, but compared with the international advanced countries in marine science and technology, there is a large gap, in the international competition is at a disadvantage, marine research technology and equipment is relatively backward, deep-sea resources exploration and development capacity is insufficient, high-end technology to foreign dependence. In order to better develop China's deep-sea oil and gas resources, it is necessary to strengthen the development of drilling and completion technology in the oil industry drilling engineering. This paper briefly describes the research overview, technical difficulties, design principles and main contents of the completion technology in deepwater drilling and completion engineering. It is expected to have some significance for the development of deepwater oil and gas fields in China.

Risk Assessment of Subsea X-Tree System

2011 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 1000-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yong Wang ◽  
Hong Huan Zhang ◽  
Meng Lan Duan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Reliability Analysis ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Production System ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Subsea Production System ◽  
Exploration And Development

That the oil and gas exploration and development is extending into deep water proceeds the rapidly shift to subsea production system. However, complex subsea equipment and frequency offshore accidents aroused the concern on the risk assessment of subsea system. The paper illustrates the hazard aspects which should be focused on in the subsea equipment compared with the surface equipment. The hazards identification and risk analysis on subsea X-tree system is carried out. A general risk-prevent process of subsea X-tree system is illustrated, so does the reliability analysis process. Besides, some commendations on subsea detection and maintenance are presented in the paper.

Evaluation of Equivalent Circulating Density in Deep Water Dynamic Kill Drilling

2011 ◽  
Vol 121-126 ◽  
pp. 3048-3052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Ling Jiang ◽  
Zong Ming Lei ◽  
Qing Bao Meng
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Rheological Parameters ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Normal Cycle ◽  
Shallow Wells ◽  
Water Surface Layer ◽  
The Impact

Dynamic kill drilling is a technology which is applied in order to control the deep water drilling shallow gas or shallow wells flowing by establish a normal cycle automatically in the deepwater shallow wells section. Equivalent circulating density (ECD) is an important parameters to control the bottom hole pressure, in the ECD estimate, if we don’t consider the effects of low temperature on rheological parameters of drilling fluid, it will result in errors in ECD estimates. Considering the impact of low temperature on the rheological parameters, this paper determines the temperature, rheological parameters and the annulus circulating pressure loss of each well section. Then Superposing each well section annular circulating pressure loss together, and finally calculate the equivalent circulating density. The deeper the water the greater of difference between ECD prediction model and the results calculated by rheological parameters on ground, and the more shallow wells the larger of difference. Therefore, in the process of deep water surface layer dynamic killing, We need to predict the equivalent circulating density of drilling fluids (ECD) accurately.

scholarly journals Analysis of Development Status of High Performance Water-based Drilling Fluid

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Deep Wells ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Unconventional Oil And Gas ◽  
The Impact

Deep wells, ultra deep wells and unconventional oil and gas exploitation have gradually become the focus of exploration and development. The oil-based drilling fluid is gradually replaced by water-based drilling fluid because of the impact of cost and environmental protection factors. In order to better replace oil-based drilling fluid, research on high-performance water-based drilling fluid has been carried out at home and abroad, and its comprehensive performance has gradually approached that of oil-based drilling fluid. The research progress and future development trend of high performance water-based drilling fluid abroad are introduced.

Risk Assessment and Reliability Analysis of Subsea Production Systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liaqat Ali ◽  
Shan Jin ◽  
Yong Bai
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Reliability Analysis ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Production System ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Subsea Production System ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In past years, offshore oil and gas accidents have often occurred. Environmental hazards have the capability of turning into very difficult to manage in addition with the modern technology limits and lack of a fail-safe operation that can identify, control and terminate the accidents. However, the offshore crude oil also natural gas search and development is expanding to deep-water and moving promptly to the subsea production systems. (SPS). Though, the complicate subsea equipment material besides frequency offshore disasters stimulated the consideration onto the risk analysis of subsea systems. Detection of the impact of deep-water oil and gas reserves in the subsea production system. However, loss of SPSs can contribute to massive industrial failure, severe natural pollution, and indeed serious disasters. Therefore, the reliability analysis and safety of SPS have turned into a dominant consideration. This study addresses on the hazards and risk conditions which must be concentrated in the subsea machinery associated within surface equipments. Furthermore, the risks identification also the risk investigation onto subsea “Xmas tree” system is brought out. An over-all risk avert procedure of subsea “Xmas tree” system is represented, also the reliability evaluation method. Moreover, several recommendations on subsea production maintenance and detection are given in this research. This paper is reviewing the following section, subsea production system, hazards or risk identification, environmental issues, hydrate problems, corrosion problems, safety issues, risk assessment on subsea “Xmas tree”, reliability issues of a subsea system.

scholarly journals Transverse Vibration Analysis of the Riser in Deep Water

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zifeng Li ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Min Zhao ◽  
Xuejiao Li
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Transverse Vibration ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Bend Angle ◽  
Transverse Displacement ◽  
Oil And Gas Development

With high international oil price, the exhaustion of onshore resources and declination of oil and gas production in shallow sea, deep water has become the important succeeding area of worldwide oil and gas. During deepwater oil and gas development, riser must be used to isolate seawater, circulate drilling fluid, and compensate the heaving movements of the string and so on. However, with the operating water depth increasing, the loads of waves and ocean currents on the riser become more complex, leading to extremely high construction risk and funds risk of deep-water operations. In this paper, considering the combined action of inside and outside fluid on the riser, transverse vibration partial differential equation is derived, and solved with finite difference method. Meanwhile, transverse displacement response of the riser acted by outer load is determined, and the shear force, bending moment and bend angle at different locations are solved, then the influence factors of riser transverse vibration are analyzed. The mechanical analysis of marine riser can provide a theoretical guidance for safe and effective drilling work, which is of great significance for the offshore oil and gas development.

Nanoparticles As Promising Additives to Improve the Drilling of Egyptian Oil and Gas Fields

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mady ◽  
Omar Mahmoud ◽  
Abdel Sattar Dahab
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Nile Delta ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Western Desert ◽  
Drilling Process ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Egypt is both one of the major oil-producing non-OPEC countries and one of the oldest energy producers in the Middle East. Recently, the Egyptian government have signed several agreements for the exploration of oil and gas in several provinces/regions including; the Mediterranean, the Western Desert, the Nile Delta, and the Gulf of Suez. Petroleum companies have given great attention to Egypt’s new discoveries such as Zohr Gas Field and Nour exploration prospect. Successful drilling operations to reach the oil and gas targets depends strongly on the effectiveness of the drilling fluid (mud). It can be considered as the heart of the drilling process, where they are used to fulfil several valuable functions. Drilling fluid technology is one of the most targeted and developed technologies worldwide. Several studies have examined the use of various types of nanoparticles (NPs) to enhance the properties and improve the performance of muds. NP can be defined as a simple particle structure with a size in the range of nanometers. The effectiveness of NPs can be accredited to their small size and high surface-area-to-volume ratio. Using NPs showed promising enhancements on the rheological and filtration characteristics as well as thermal stability and carrying capacity of the drilling fluid. Moreover, adding NPs to the drilling mud was found to minimize the shale permeability and thus, promote wellbore stability. The swelling and collapse of shale formations is expected under drilling with water-based mud, which might complicate the drilling operation. In the present work four types of NPs (nanosilica, nanoaluminium, nanotitanium, and nano copper oxide) were tested as promising additives to improve the characteristics of KCL-Polymer mud, which is mainly used to drill shaly formations. The impact of NPs-type, -size, and -concentration were thoroughly investigated using standard viscometer and API filter press. The results showed higher potential of nanotitanium and nanoaluminium to enhance the mud properties when used at small concentrations (0.3–0.5 wt.%). This research paper discusses a latest application and presents the most valuable findings concerning the efficient use of NPs in the drilling fluid industry. On this basis, different recommendations are stated, which might help researchers to better understand NPs’ functionality in this area of application and promote using NPs-based drilling muds as cost-effective and environmental-friendly fluids to drill the Egyptian oil and gas wells.

Experimental Study of the Impact of Drilling Fluid Contamination on the Integrity of Cement–Formation Interface

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nnamdi Agbasimalo ◽  
Mileva Radonjic
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Interface Zone ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
Sustained Casing Pressure ◽  
Casing Pressure ◽  
The Impact

Flood experiments were conducted over 30-day periods at 14.48 MPa (2100 psi) confining pressure and temperature of 22 °C (72 °F) with cement–sandstone composite cores and brine at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. Higher pH values were observed in the effluent brine from the 10% mud contaminated core than the 0% mud contaminated core due to increased dissolution of cement. Microtomography revealed higher porosity at the interface zone of the 10% mud contaminated core. These show that mud contamination has a deleterious effect on the cement–sandstone interface and may create pathways for interzonal communication as well as sustained casing pressure.

scholarly journals Study on wellbore instability mechanism and drilling fluid optimization of Yingsha block in southwest Tarim Basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 03045
Author(s):  
Yong Sheng ◽  
Yan Ye ◽  
Zhishi Zhou ◽  
Guangxu Zhou ◽  
Wei Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clay Minerals ◽  
Recovery Rate ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Instability Mechanism ◽  
Wellbore Instability ◽  
Filtration Loss ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Exploration And Development

The southwest area of Tarim has good potential for exploration and development, but the geological conditions of Yingsha block are complicated and complex conditions occurred frequently in drilling operations. There were 11 times lost circulation, which ranged from N2a to E1a and the lithology ranged from mudstone and sand-mudstone interbeds to gypsum rock, and the drilling cycle is up to 719 days, which seriously restricts the exploration and development of oil and gas resources. In this paper, the rock mineral composition and physical and chemical characteristic profiles of the whole well have been established for the well drilled in this area. The characteristic profiles show that quartz (21.4%~57.4%) and clay minerals (17%~44.9%) are the main layers in the lower strata (5069 m-7015 m) drilled in Yingsha. The clay minerals are dominated by illite (58%~85.75%) without smectite. The highest proportion of illite/smectite formation is 25%, the highest expansion rate is 23.87%, and the lowest recovery rate is 3%. Therefore, the stratum has strong hydration and dispersion characteristics. The average porosity of 4064 m-6666.5 m is 1.86%-6%, and the formation cracks are well developed. The wellbore instability mechanism in Yingsha is the good physical property of the sandstone, the development of cracks and micro-cracks in the lower strata, the broken strata, and the strong hydration and dispersion ability. The performance evaluation of KCL-Polysulfonate drilling fluid used in Yingsha shows that the recovery rate increases to more than 80% when the amount of KCL is 7–10%. With the introduction of paraffin nano-emulsion, the filtration loss is reduced by 30%, and the inhibition and plugging performance of drilling fluid is further improved.

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