For complex drilling operations with narrow geo-pressure windows, it is not uncommon to have problems with formation fracturing, due to erroneous mud pump management. To assist the driller in managing the circulation, it is possible to limit both the acceleration of the mud pumps whilst changing the flow-rate as well as the actual flow-rate, to avoid generating downhole pressure above the fract...

Numerical simulation of fluid flow and transport processes in the subsurface must account for the presence of wells. The pressure at a gridblock that contains a well is different from the average pressure in that block and different from the flowing bottom hole pressure for the well [17]. Various finite difference well models have been developed to account for the difference. This paper present...

To ensure safe and stable drilling operation, bottom hole pressure (BHP) should be kept within some region. However measurement of the BHP is sometimes not available or reliable, especially when the circulation is low, e.g., during pipe connection procedures. This paper presents the application of a moving horizon estimation (MHE) method for online estimation of the BHP during petroleum drillin...

 Production data analysis techniques have been widely used for estimating reservoir properties such as gas in place and average pressure. Knowledge of this information is crucial for proper reservoir management. The present study discusses the roadmap, challenges and uncertainties for analyzing production data in an Iranian gas-condensate offshore field. This work is an integrated study in...

Since Dual Gradient Drilling (DGD) is a new and advanced drilling technology, currently its methods, procedures, simulations and experiments are still underdeveloped. It requires more study, research and advanced methods on DGD systems. The motivation of the paper is to study DGD systems, design good operational drilling parameters, and work on automated DGD systems to further realize safe and ...

The hole drilling method is based on the measuring of the surface relaxed strains when a small hole is drilled on the examined component. From the relaxed strains, measured generally by using special strain gage rosette, the residual stresses is computed by using proper influence coefficients, provided also by the ASTM E837-08 standard. Such influence coefficients are obtained by numerical simu...

After hydraulic fracturing, some treatments intended for production enhancement fail to yield predetermined effects. The main reason is the insufficient research about fracture propagation mechanism. There compelling evidence that I-shaped fracture, two horizontal fractures at junction of coalbed and cover/bottom layer, one vertical in have formed part after fracturing. Therefore, this paper ai...

The study of rotary steering drilling technology is currently one of the hot topics in the drilling engineering field. It requires accurate well trajectory control instructions when rotary steerable tools are applied to achieve the well trajectory control goal. A drilling trajectory prediction model will benefit this progress. According to the continuous beam theory, a mechanical model of push-...