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CWM OMC 2005geolog PDF
CWM OMC 2005geolog PDF
ABSTRACT
To solve the serious problems experienced drilling
deviated wells, ENI started experimenting with the
cutting weight sensors two years ago.
One such device is installed in front of each shale
shaker, and connected to the mud logging data
acquisition system. A real time engineering software
transforms the weight of cuttings measured at the shale
shakers into volume and the results are graphically
displayed on the rig floor.
The field results confirm that the cutting weight
sensors provide an accurate real time detection of
cuttings volume taken out from the hole.
This information correctly analyzed together with other
drilling data, can be extremely useful to understand the
different phenomena occurring while drilling. In FIG.1
particular the cuttings machine data are evaluated both
versus depth and versus time in order to obtain the
instantaneous picture of wellbore behaviour during
drilling, tripping and circulating. BOREHOLE C
As a result, the drilling crew knows exactly what is STABILITY U
happening downhole, e.g. when caving occurs or when T
T
cuttings remain in the hole and additional circulation is CAVINGS I
required. Furthermore, additional information is N
provided to the fluid engineer to better evaluate the G
mud efficiency.
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In this paper the analysis method is presented together O
CUTTINGS
with some case histories from wells drilled in the South L
of Italy . BOREHOLE U
CLEANING M
E
FIG.2
THE CUTTING WEIGHT SENSORS
FIG. 4
FIG. 5
FIG. 6 WELL B - OBJECTIVE to drill 1685 m of 12 1/4” to run 9 5/8 ” + 10 3/4 casing
FIG. 6
If, for example, Cutting Weight Sensors show that the Moreover, the field is within the limits of a natural
volume of cuttings retrieved while drilling a deviated park, resulting in many development wells drilled from
well is much less than the theoretical one, this could be the same site (Cluster drilling), leading to highly
related to the poor cleaning efficiency of the mud deviated trajectories in the overburden (up to 1500 m at
system. A poor cuttings recovery during circulation at 60° deviation in over pressured shales).
the end of a bit run would aggravate such a situation.