PNGE-492 Geothermal Energy Technologies

Exploration Techniques and Drilling

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QUESTIONS

1. Write 3 items of the phases of exploration program.

2. What kind of results and/or maps are obtained after a geological survey program.
3. What kind of results and/or maps are obtained after a hydrological survey program.
4. What kind of measurements and/or surveys are performed during a geophysical program.
5. Try to remember 3 elements in a well-pad and write them.
6. Explain the drill string elemets and explain what is the role of drill-collars.
7. Write the functions of drilling mud.
8. Why do we run the casing and cement the well-bore?
9. What is the reason for the “Deepwater Horizon” disaster?
10. What is the role of Blow-out Preventer (BOP) in the drilling rig?

ANSWERS

1. Well Site Selection, Well Design, Drilling Plan

2. The results which may give information about rock types, sediments and faults.

3. The results gives how much water exist there and helps us to analyze whether we
should drill a well there or not.

4. The seismic surveys, gravity analysis, resistivity can be given as a example.

5. Reserve pit, Suction tank and Shaker tank

6. Drillpipes: Drill pipe, is hollow, thin-walled, steel or aluminium alloy piping that is
used on drilling rigs

BHA: It is a component of a drilling rig. It is the lowest part of the drill string,
extending from the bit to the drill pipe.

Drill Bit: A drill bit is a tool used to cut or crush rock.

Drill Collar: Their principal purpose in the drill string is to provide the axial force
needed to advance the drill bit

7. The functions of drilling mud, removes cuttings from well, suspend and release
cuttings, control formation pressures, maintain wellbore stability and cools lubricates
and supports the bit and drilling assembly.

8. Because restriction of fluid movement between permeable zones, provision of

mechanical support of the casing string, protection of casing from corrosion, support
of the well-bore walls to prevent collapse of formations are needed.

9. The people who planned the well did not include enough cement between the 7-inch
production casing and the 9 7/8-inch protection casing.

10.  It is a safety equipment designed to prevent uncontrolled flow of formation fluids
during drilling and completion operations.