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PTRE 201
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Preliminaries
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Lecture Outline
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• Phases in an oilfield life cycle
• Different types of wells drilled in each phase
• An overview of the activities before drilling operations start
• National and international agreements involved in drilling projects
• Governmental regulations
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1. Exploration: Involves geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys
2. Appraisal: Preliminary development planning, feasibility studies
3. Development: Capital-intensive investments for operational infrastructure
4. Production: Starting to produce hydrocarbon
5. Abandonment: Decommissioning of facility installations
Oilfield Life Cycle
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• Geoscientists predict where the oil and gas occur.
– Geology: Structural and stratigraphic studies
– Geochemistry: Chemistry of petroleum and its sources
– Geophysics: Gravity, magnetic and seismic methodologies
• Existence of a working petroleum system is proved.
– Preliminary business and economic planning
– Define the optimal drilling location
• Drilling starts after all
» geological,
» economic,
» political and
» environmental
conditions are considered and evaluated.
Exploration Phase
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• WildCat Wells
– Drilled in an unexplored and unproven area Might be “Dry Hole”
• Exploratory wells
– Assess if a prospect comprises commercial amounts of hydrocarbon
• Appraisal (step out, delineation) wells
– Determine the size of the field
– Assess the viability of the reservoir
• Developmental wells
– Drilled in the known extent of the field to produce the hydrocarbon
• In-fill wells
– Drilled within the original drilled well patterns
Well-Type Classification
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• The most expensive component in exploration and field development.
• A multidisciplinary project:
– Operating company
– An outside drilling contractor
– One or more service companies
• Health, safety and environmental (HSE)
Drilling Engineering Group Activities:
– Detailed well design, drilling rig selection
– Contractor evaluation and bid requests
– Risk assessment
– Ensuring safe, economic and on schedule operations
Drilling Operations
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• In most countries, all mineral resources belong to the government
• In the United States and parts of Canada, private land has two separate ownerships:
– Surface rights owner
• Can build a house, ranch, or farm on the land
– Mineral rights owner
• Can explore for and produce the gas and oil found on their land
Land Rights
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Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Prepared by Dr Minou
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PTRE 201
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Preliminaries
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Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Prepared by Dr Minou
Rabiei
Lecture Outline
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• Phases in an oilfield life cycle
• Different types of wells drilled in each phase
• An overview of the activities before drilling operations start
• National and international agreements involved in drilling
projects
• Governmental regulations
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1. Exploration: Involves geological, geochemical and
geophysical surveys
2. Appraisal: Preliminary development planning, feasibility
studies
3. Development: Capital-intensive investments for operational
infrastructure
4. Production: Starting to produce hydrocarbon
5. Abandonment: Decommissioning of facility installations
Oilfield Life Cycle
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Rabiei
• Geoscientists predict where the oil and gas occur.
– Geology: Structural and stratigraphic studies
– Geochemistry: Chemistry of petroleum and its sources
– Geophysics: Gravity, magnetic and seismic methodologies
• Existence of a working petroleum system is proved.
3. – Preliminary business and economic planning
– Define the optimal drilling location
• Drilling starts after all
» geological,
» economic,
» political and
» environmental
conditions are considered and evaluated.
Exploration Phase
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• WildCat Wells
–
Hole”
• Exploratory wells
– Assess if a prospect comprises commercial amounts of
hydrocarbon
4. • Appraisal (step out, delineation) wells
– Determine the size of the field
– Assess the viability of the reservoir
• Developmental wells
– Drilled in the known extent of the field to produce the
hydrocarbon
• In-fill wells
– Drilled within the original drilled well patterns
Well-Type Classification
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• The most expensive component in exploration and field
development.
• A multidisciplinary project:
– Operating company
– An outside drilling contractor
– One or more service companies
• Health, safety and environmental (HSE)
5. Drilling Engineering Group Activities:
– Detailed well design, drilling rig selection
– Contractor evaluation and bid requests
– Risk assessment
– Ensuring safe, economic and on schedule operations
Drilling Operations
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• In most countries, all mineral resources belong to the
government
• In the United States and parts of Canada, private land has two
separate ownerships:
– Surface rights owner
• Can build a house, ranch, or farm on the land
– Mineral rights owner
• Can explore for and produce the gas and oil found on their
land
6. Land Rights
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Lease
A legal document that grants the right to explore, drill and
produce oil and gas
during the life of the lease.
Signing Bonus
An up-front payment to the owner for granting the lessee a right
to explore the
property for a limited period of time.
– No exploration
–
extended
Royalty
A fraction of the gross revenue from production paid to the
owner.
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Concession Agreement
• Full control over exploration and production
• Liable for the entire costs and risks
• Pay bonuses, taxes, and royalties to the host country
Production-Sharing Contract
• Full control over exploration and production
• Liable for the entire costs and risks
• An agreed share of the gross production (cost oil) goes
towards the costs.
• The remaining production (profit oil) is split between the
company and the host country
Service contract
• Contractor is paid a fee for specific services
Production contract
• Contractor takes over an existing or underdeveloped field to
improve production
• Portion of the increased production paid to the contractor
Foreign Contracts
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Joint Operating Agreements
• A single well or the development of a larger area
• Reduce the financial impact of a dry hole
• Cost share and production shares are defined and agreed
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Support (Contribution) Agreement
Dry hole agreement
• Cash contribution towards a dry hole
• Receives the geological and drilling information
Bottom hole agreement
• Cash contribution to a certain well depth
• Receives the geological and drilling information
9. Acreage contribution agreement
• Property lease or interest contribution
• Receives the geological and drilling information
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Drilling Contracts
Footage drilling contract
• Based on cost per foot to drill down to contract depth
Daywork contract
• Based on a cost per day to drill down to contract depth
Turnkey contract
• An exact cost to drill down to the contract depth
Combination contract
• Footage rate to a certain depth and daywork rate below that
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Government Regulations
Drilling Spacing Unit (DSU)
• A legally described boundary (a square
or a rectangle area) around each well
• Typically 40 or 80 acres for oil wells and
640 acres for gas wells.
• Depends on the oil viscosity and
reservoir permeability.
• Well can be off center but cannot be
located on the edge.
Allowable
• The maximum amount of production
allowed from a single well, lease, or
field during a specific unit of time.
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Drilling Plan
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Authority for expenditure (AFE)
Drilling Prognosis
11. Drilling engineers & contractors
Technical aspects Expected drill time Cost estimate
Drilling permits acquired
Lease is secured
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Site preparation
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Site is cleared of vegetation and leveled
Below-ground-level cellar is excavated
Reserve pit and settling pits for water
or drilling fluid (mud) discharges
Pad for the drilling rig and other
equipment is constructed
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Rigging Up
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Rig Crew
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• Company man/Rig Supervisor
• Tool Pusher
• Driller
• Derrick man
• Floormen (Rotary helpers, roughnecks)
• Mud Engineer (Mud Logger)
• Mechanics & Electricians
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Typical Rig Site
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Power
Pipe Racks
13. Drill Rig
Mud System
Personnel
Quarters
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Mud System
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Drilling Mechanics
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History of Drilling
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Cable Tool Rigs
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• Derrick
• Engine
• Drilling Cable
• Drill Stem
• Drill bit
• Bailer
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Cable Tool Rigs
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Advantages:
• Suitable for remote settings
15. • Low fuel consumption
• Low capital investment and cheap maintenance
• Efficient use of personnel
• Simple design
Disadvantages:
• Very slow
• Rock chips remain in the hole
• Limited to vertical holes
• Suitable for shallow depths
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Rotary Drilling Rigs
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• Hoisting System
• Rotary System
16. • Fluid Circulating System
• Power System
• Well Control System
• Well Monitoring System
Rotary Rig Components
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Hoisting system
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• Derrick
• Draw works
• Fast line
• Crown block
• Travelling block
• Dead line
17. • Deal line anchor
• Storage reel
• Hook
Derrick
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Hoisting System
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The Rotating System
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– Swivel
– Kelly
– Kelly Bushing
– Master Bushing
– Rotary Table
18. Drill String
Rotates Rotates
Bit
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• Rotary Table: Spinning section of the drillfloor
• Master Bushing: Receives the rotational momentum
• Kelly Bushing: Transfers the rotation to the Kelly
Rotary Mechanism
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• Developed in the 1970s
• Becoming very popular
• More efficient than
conventional rotary systems
Top Drives
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Drill String
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• Transmits the rotational movement to the drill bit
• Transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps)
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Drill Pipe Connection
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Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems
Virtual Tour of a Drilling Rig
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http://www.efdvirtualsite.org/
http://www.efdvirtualsite.org/
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Drill Pipe Connection
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Drill Bit
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• Located at the bottom of the drill string
• Breaks up & dislodges the formation rock
• Common diameters of 3 3/4 to 26 in
• Rotating at a rate of 50-100 rpm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZxUiFFVEAQ
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Blade Bits (Drag, Wing, Fishtail Bits)
– Unconsolidated formations
– Cuts the rock by shearing force
Tricone Bits
– Cuts by crushing and chipping
21. • Milled teeth
– Long toothed for soft formation
– Short toothed for medium hard formations
• Insert or button type
– Tungsten carbide implanted on the cone
Drill Bit Types
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Polycrystalline Diamond Compact Bits
• Man-made polycrystalline diamonds
attached to the carbide inserts
Diamond Bits
• Industrial diamonds implanted on bit
• Extremely hard formations
• 40-50 times harder than steel bits
Drill Bit Types
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22. Drill Bits
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• Drilling Fluid
• Drilling fluid pumps
• Mud pits
• Compressors
• Mud mixing equipment
• Solid removal equipment
The Circulating System
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De-sander and De-silter)
Mud Pump
De-gasser
Vibrating mesh screens (shale shaker)
Mud Mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbI0wDUj0U
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Drilling mud is a mixture of clay with:
• Water (water-based)
• Oil (oil-based)
• Oil and water (emulsion mud)
• Water & a synthetic organic matter (synthetic-based)
Purpose:
• Cool and lubricate the drill bit
• Remove debris and cuttings
• Stabilize the well wall
Drilling Mud
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Drilling Mud
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Underbalance Drilling
24. Mud hydrostatic pressure < Formation pressure
• Reservoir fluids flow into the wellbore
• Sides of the well to cave in
• Equipment trapped
• Blowout
Overbalance Drilling
Mud hydrostatic pressure > Formation pressure
• Prevent reservoir fluids from entering wellbore
• Drilling mud is forced into the surrounding rocks
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Circulating System
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The Power System
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Depending on the size of the rig and
the drilling depth, one or more diesel
25. engines supply the power to the rig.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj8AmehIwfM
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Well Monitoring and Control Systems
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Well Monitoring System:
• Sensors, gauges, indicators, alarms
Well Control System:
• Detect, stop and remove undesired formation fluid in the
borehole.
Kick: Undesired entrance of formation fluid into the borehole
Blowout: Uncontrolled release of formation fluids from the well
to the surface
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Seal, control and
monitor wells to
prevent uncontrolled
release of formation
fluids from the well.
26. Blowout Preventer (BOP)
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Well Control
BOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW3yULTG9NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjgkCXE2P9o
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Drilling Problems
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27. Drilling Problems
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• Junk in hole
• Stuck Pipe
• Lost Circulation
• Formation Damage
• H2S Embrittlement
• Kick and Blowout
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Fish in the Hole
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• Very time consuming and
costly for the operator.
• A side track or a new
borehole may be necessary.
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Fishing Tools
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Wireline spear
Impression block (a weight with
soft lead or wax on the bottom)
Washover pipe (washpipe)
Tapered mill reamer Junk mill
Magnets
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Drill String Twist Off
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Causes:
• Rough pipe handling
• Faulty drill string
• Improper torque and stress
29. • Damage on the drill string
Diagnosis:
• Loss of drill string weight
• Lack of penetration, increased rotary speed
• Reduced pump pressure, increased pump speed
Spear: fits into and grips the inside of the pipe
Overshot: Fits and grips the outside of the pipe
Overshot
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Mechanical Sticking
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• Inadequate hole cleaning
• Unconsolidated formations
• Sloughing shale
• Hole Geometry
• Ledges: Soft rock above and
below the hard rock washed out
• Key seating: The drill pipe wears
30. a groove in the side of the well
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Mechanical Sticking
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Stuck Pipe
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Mechanical Sticking
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• Locate the stuck point using a stuck-point indicator tool or
stuck-pipe log
• Back off: Unscrew the free section of the drill string
• Cut above the stuck point:
- Chemical cutter:
Hydrofluoric Acid
- Jet cutter: Shaped
explosive charge
31. - Severing tool: Powerful
explosive
• Use fishing tools to
remove the stuck pipe
Back off Video
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Differential Pressure
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ΔP = Pmud – Pformation
Pmud = ρgh
ΔP
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+
Overbalanced Drilling
Underbalanced Drilling
ΔP
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32. Differential Pipe Sticking
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Solution
• Reduce hydrostatic pressure
• Pipe release agents to reduce the
surface tension
• Sudden movement of the drill
string (Jarring)
Source: www.aapgsuez.net
Jarring
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Lost Circulation
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Drilling fluid flow in > flow out
Causes:
• High formation permeability
• Faults and fractures
• Low formation pore pressure
• Drilling fluid characteristics
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Lost Circulation