Browsing by Subject "Drilling "
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(2022-03-02)Utilizing fluids in oil and gas drilling operations is unavoidable. Chemical properties of the fluid are critical, as they directly affect drilling performance and most importantly, formation damage in production zones. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The thesis presents an approach to adaptive decision making strategies to reduce bottlenecks in a drilling operation and to extend tool life. It is an attempt to portray the real drilling system in a typical Flexible ...
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(2020-09-29)The petroleum industry has long relied on pre-drilling geomechanics models to generate static representation of the mud weight limits. These models rely on simplifying assumptions such as linear elasticity, a uniform ...
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(2015-12-16)Drilling automation initially gained acceptance in the Oil & Gas industry as a solution to increase rigsite safety. While safety-related drilling automation has been implemented, many companies are beginning to recognize ...
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(2019-06-17)Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) uses a mixture of oil and air in small quantities to effectively lubricate and cool the cutting zone. Because of this small quantities of lubricants being used in the order of 5-100 ml/hr., ...
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(2013-04-11)Equipment failure and well deviations are prevailing contributors to production delays within the petroleum industry. Particular monetary focus is given to the drilling operations of wells to overcome these deficits, in ...
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(2015-08-03)Due to the foreseen need in literature to develop a more complete bit to formation interface law to be used in petroleum drilling applications, a full-scale bit force measurement drilling test rig was developed to measure ...
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(2019-01-15)Earthquakes and tsunami events pose significant threats to human life and property. Accordingly, the scientific community is developing an understanding of what controls fault strength and failure mechanics in order to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Drilling operations management will face hurdles to reduce costs and increase performance, and to do this with less experience and organizational drilling capacity. A technology called Drilling Simulators Software has shown ...
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(2009-05-15)Gas hydrate research in the last two decades has taken various directions ranging from ways to understand the safe and economical production of this enormous resource to drilling problems. as more rigs and production ...
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(2020-04-21)Subduction zones are known to produce large, damaging earthquakes, but they can also experience slow-slip events which cannot be felt by humans. Understanding the mechanisms which influence this variation in slip rate will ...
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(2012-10-19)In efforts to render the safest, fastest, and most cost efficient drilling program for a high temperature and high pressure (HT/HP) well the maximization of drilling operational efficiencies is key. Designing an adequate, ...
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(2012-10-19)Proper selection of drilling fluids plays a major role in determining the efficient completion of any drilling operation. With the increasing number of ultra-deep offshore wells being drilled and ever stringent environmental ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Although the use of compressible drilling fluids is experiencing growth, the flow behavior and stability properties of drilling foams are more complicated than those of conventional fluids. In contrast with conventional ...
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(2014-04-11)The United States regularly imports majority of the transportation oil, and several TCF of natural gas annually. Nevertheless, there is very large resource of natural gas in unconventional reservoirs, with over 2,200 TCF ...
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(2014-05-03)The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) uses a variety of technology for use in its deep water scientific research, including the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) Resolution (JR) drill ...
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(2013-12-06)Chances of cement sheath failure increase considerably when the application involves deep, high pressure/ high temperature (HPHT) wells. Such failures occur as a result of temperature and pressure-induced stresses created ...
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(2020-11-19)Deep earth drilling is a key technique to extract oil, gas, and geothermal heat from the earth. Energy focusing methods have been explored as an alternative approach to reach these resources. Many of these techniques require ...
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(2018-08-06)Drilling the highly interbedded Brushy Canyon in the Delaware Basin can force operators to use over three PDC bits to drill a 12.25” intermediate hole. A study was conducted in order to develop understanding of the mechanics ...
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(2016-12-08)Drilling Automation has become an important research effort in the Oil and Gas Industry since the fall of Oil prices in 2008. The cyclical nature of our industry and the fierce competition is pushing operators and drilling ...