Getting Up to Speed: Managed Pressure Drilling

✍ Scribed by Barkim Demirdal

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 167
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With extraction out of depleted wells more important than ever, this new and developing technologyis literally changing drilling engineering for future generations. Never before published in book form,these cutting-edge technologies and the processes that surround them are explained in easy-tounderstandlanguage, complete with worked examples, problems and solutions. This volume is invaluableas a textbook for both the engineering student and the veteran engineer who needs to keep up withchanging technology.  Read more...

Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Inside Front Cover; Preface; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Why and Basic Principles of Managed Well-Bore Pressure; About This Chapter; 1.1 Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling and Some Definitions; 1.2 History; 1.3 Advantages and Methods of Managed Pressure Drilling; 1.4 Basic Mathematical Ideas behind MPD; 1.5 Basic Well Control; 1.6 Pore Pressure; 1.7 Overburden Pressure; 1.8 Rock Mechanics; Questions; Answers; Chapter 2: Situational Problems in MPD; About This Chapter; 2.1 Introduction 2.2 ECD Manipulation-Pore Pressure and Fracture Pressure Convergence2.3 Total Lost Circulation; 2.4 Deepwater Marine Drilling; 2.5 Connections and Trips; 2.6 Annular Pressure Loss and Hydraulics; 2.7 The Effect of Pipe Movement; Questions; Answers; Chapter 3: Constant Bottom-Hole Pressure with Pressure as a Primary Control; About This Chapter; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Pressure Control; 3.3 Constant-BHP Choke Systems; 3.4 Operational Considerations; 3.5 DAPC System Description; Questions; Answers; Chapter 4: MPD with Flow Measurement as the Primary Control; About This Chapter 4.1 Description of the Process4.2 Special Drilling Equipment; 4.3 Real-Time Data Acquisition and Control; 4.4 Drilling Applications; 4.5 Case Histories; Questions; Answers; Chapter 5: Continuous Circulation System; About This Chapter; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The System; 5.3 Development; 5.4 Control System; 5.5 Applications; 5.6 Operation; 5.7 Well Planning; 5.8 Records and Reporting; 5.9 Case History; 5.10 Safety; Questions; Answers; Chapter 6: A Simplified Approach to MPD; About This Chapter; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Discussion; 6.3 A Simplified Approach; 6.4 Implementation; 6.5 Conclusion AcknowledgmentsQuestions; Answers; Chapter 7: Mud Cap Drilling; About This Chapter; 7.1 History of Mud Cap Drilling; 7.2 Pressurized Mud Cap; 7.3 Floating Mud Cap; 7.4 Mud Cap Operation; 7.5 Pressurized Mud Cap Operation; 7.6 Conclusion; Questions; Answers; Chapter 8: Dual-Gradient Drilling; About This Chapter; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Problems Associated with Conventional Riser Systems in Deep Water; 8.3 AGR Riserless Mud Return System; 8.4 AGR Dual-Gradient System; 8.5 Subsea Mud-Lift Drilling System (Joint Industry Project); 8.6 Dual-Gradient Well Control; 8.7 Additional Comments 8.8 ExamplesQuestions; Answers; Chapter 9: Equipment Common to MPD Operations; About This Chapter; 9.1 Rotating Control Devices and Rotating Annular Preventers; 9.2 Chokes; 9.3 Drill-Pipe Nonreturn Valves; 9.4 Down-Hole Annular Valves; 9.5 ECD Reduction Tool; 9.6 Coriolis Flowmeter; 9.7 Disc Pump (Friction Pump); Questions; Answers; Chapter 10: MPD Candidate Selection; About This Chapter; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Candidate Selection and Feasibility Study; 10.3 What Is MPD Candidate Selection?; 10.4 Steps Involved in Candidate Selection; 10.5 Examples; Questions; Answers