CASING DRILLING APPLICATION

WELL: MNIF-686

Machmud Hanafi
Northern Area Oil Drilling Dept.

October 8, 2008

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 OUTLINE

• Strategic Plan
• Well Review
• Procedures
• Drilling Time Comparison
• Casing Drilling Equipment
• Lesson Learnt

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 STRATEGIC PLAN

• MNIF-686 and QTIF-360 wells have been selected for

casing drilling 22” surface hole to establish a learning
curve.
• MNIF-686 will be the first well to be casing drilled
with18-5/8” casing and 22” PDC bit. If this technology
is successfully implemented, it will be applied to wells
with trouble zones.
• Casing Drilling Technology is an alternative to address
problematic wells i.e. loss circulation/flow, wellbore
instability.

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 WELL REVIEW
• Casing Design: Burst and Tension.
 > Circulating pressure.
 > Total casing weights/loads.
• Hydraulics, ECDs.
 Hole cleaning and ECD are critical in smaller annulus loading with
cuttings.
• Torque and Drag Analysis.
 Higher torque as drilling deeper should not exceed connection torque
rating.
• Casing Connections.
 Applicable to all connections provided connection torque > drilling
torque. Otherwise torque ring is required.
• Buckling and Wear.
 Control WOB and RPM will avoid buckle and wear.

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 PROCEDURES
• Drill 22” pilot hole using conventional BHA to 190’ (to observe drilling
parameter and hole condition).
• Make up FC and PDC while on the rig floor, as follows:
 22” EZC606 PDC Casing Drilling Bit.
 18-5/8” Float Collar.
 One 18-5/8” casing joint.
 18-5/8” Float with Baffle Collar.
 18-5/8” casing to surface and average make-up torque.

• Tag weld first five joints of 18-5/8” casing.

• Strap between bit and float collar.
• Casing drill 22” hole to 18-5/8” casing point with the following
parameters: WOB: 6-20 klbs; RPM: 20-60; GPM: 800-1000; Press.:
1000 psi; Torque: 6000 - 9000 ft-lbs.

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 DRILLING TIME COMPARISON

Average time to complete 28” & 22” Hole Sections = 7.4 days

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