Drilling consists of 2 processes: breaking the formation with a bit and removing the drilled cuttings. In rotary drilling, rotational speed and weight on bit are used to control drilling, and the optimization of these parameters can markedly improve drilling performance. Although fluids are used for cuttings removal in terrestrial drilling, most planetary drilling systems conduct dry drilling w...

The drilling time data of gas logging are used to calculate drilling time ratio of the reservoir, and the total hydrocarbon data are used to calculate hydrocarbon contrast coefficient and to establish the drilling time ratio--hydrocarbon contrast coefficient crossplot. The standards of distinguishing the boundaries of hydrocarbon zones, hydrocarbonaceous water layers and dry layers are determin...

The Haynesville Shale is a subsurface rock formation located beneath the Northeast Texas/Northwest Louisiana border near Shreveport. This formation is estimated to contain very large recoverable reserves of natural gas, and during the two years since the drilling of the first highly productive wells in 2008, has been the focus of intensive leasing and exploration activity. The development of na...

The continuous development of global economy with decreasing in available hydrocarbon sources and increasing discovery and extraction costs due to decrease in-situ oil and gas reservoir, displays the necessity of using new techniques for the improve rate of penetration and productivity in well. Nanotechnology has already contributed significantly to technological advances in the energy industri...

Well "X-01" is a slant (J-Type) directional well and will be subjected to appropriate technically qualified drilling casing planning in order prevent problems such as burst, collapse, tension that can cause increased internal external pressure loads experienced by the casing. The methodology used this research document study quantitative analysis using Drilling Software taking into account load...

control of well drilling operations poses a challenging issue to be tackled. the loss of well control could lead to the occurrence of blowout as a severe threat, involving the risk of human lives and environmental and economic consequences. conventional proportional-integral (pi) controller is a common practice in the well control operation. the small existing margin between pore pressure and f...

The Measurement/Logging While Drilling (M/LWD) system is a kind of sensors system which is used to help oil/gas drilling field technicians to steer well drilling. In M/LWD, several kinds of sensors are installed into drill string to measure the underground logging data during well drilling operations, and a sink within the drill string collects the logging data from the sensors and then transmi...

most of the year kept prospectors at bay, there was little to regulate. But as global warming thaws the ocean’s layers, oil giants, shipping companies and even the odd enterprising tourist operator are casting their eyes towards the high north. The biggest boom could be in oil and gas. The US Geological Survey surprised some experts when it declared that a quarter of the world’s undiscovered re...

numerous parameters influence bit selection process, which considering all them is not normally feasible. existing methods use limited number of these parameters to choose a suitable bit for a specific drilling condition. one of the widely used methods is cost per foot. specific energy and drilling strength are another methods currently used for bit selection. different methods of bit selection...