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Drilling Fluid Services On Offshore Wells: Georgiy Gagloyev
Drilling Fluid Services On Offshore Wells: Georgiy Gagloyev
ON OFFSHORE WELLS
Georgiy Gagloyev
Politecnico di Torino
10/10/2011
Structure
• Objectives
• Key issues on fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Presentation progress
• Objectives
• Key issues on fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Objectives
• Objectives
• Key issues on drilling fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Key issues on drilling fluids while on offshore
• Objectives
• Key issues on fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Drilling fluid design selection
• GLYDRIL system
– enhanced polymer
– water-based chemistry
– barrier against water
migration
• Completion fluid
– CaCl2 brine (94-97% purity)
– Displacement
• base fluid pill
• transition spacer
• solvent spacer
• surfactant spacer
Presentation progress
• Objectives
• Key issues on drilling fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Cost comparison on a given well
• Objectives
• Key issues on drilling fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Hole problems and contingencies on offshore
Pore Pressure
ECD
Overburden
Hole problems and contingencies on offshore
12.8 1200
ECD
Flow rate
12.7
1000
0.17 p p g
12.5
0.21 p p g
600
12.4 0.63 p p g
400
12.3
0.25 p p g
12.2 200
12.1 0
2:13:55 2:14:38 2:15:22 2:16:05 2:16:48 2:17:31
1400 Time 11.5
1200
11.45
1000
Pump Output (gpm)
11.4
ECD (ppg)
800
0.16 p p g
600
11.35
400
11.3
200 Flow rate
ECD
0 11.25
4:07:41 4:10:34 4:13:26 4:16:19 4:19:12 4:22:05 4:24:58
Time
Hole problems and contingencies on offshore
10
Baseline
13.20
13.00
12.80
12.60
12.40
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
Circulating Time (min)
SagWare Circulating Mud Weight Corrected with Temperature
13.80 140
MW @ 85F
Nominal MW
13.60 FL Temp 120
13.40 100
Flowline Temperature (oF)
13.20 80
MW (ppg)
13.00 60
12.80 40
12.60 20
12.40 0
0:00 0:28 0:57 1:26 1:55 2:24 2:52 3:21 3:50
Time (h:mm)
Presentation progress
• Objectives
• Key issues on drilling fluids while on offshore
• Drilling fluid design selection
• Costs comparison on a given well
• Hole problems and contingencies in offshore
• Conclusions
Conclusions