... rock type drilling well integrity international petroleum technology conference centralizer adnoc onshore unstable formation drilling parameter geologist casing geological subdiscipline non-directional casing interbedded formation 25-inch non-directional casing mud weight implementation...

... against actual failure observed in Caliper log and wellbore instability events. These calibrated 1D geomechanical models are then utilized for predicting mud weight in upcoming exploration and development wells. Wellbore stability analysis has helped to predict optimum mud weight for a number...

... mud weight exhibition ppg economical approach application wb material reduction vietnam material usage product mix fracture international petroleum technology conference controlling cost Introduction Development drilling can be very challenging when reservoirs are composed...

... Abstract Objective/Scope The objective of this paper is to highlight the fact that while in conventional drilling there can sometimes be no mud weight solution for drilling a particular narrow margin section without either exceeding the Leak Off Test value at the shoe, or falling below...

... with a large number of problems. The drilling problems included high pressure influxes, stuck pipe while controlling influxes, circulation losses with high mud weights and ECD’s, differential sticking against permeable formations, inefficient bottom hole pressure control due to mud weight reduction with high...

... section was causing losses; (2) what was the most important parameter for casing depth selection; (3) the effects of ROP on hole cleaning and the eventual effect on hole stability; (4) the effects of faults in the region; and (5) the consequences of a reactive approach to changes in the mud weights. When...

... system for the shallower sections, and reducing mud weights needed to stabilize the long shale interval from 100+ pcf toward 70-80 pcf by utilizing OBM), Increasing top-hole rate of penetration by strategically moving all the directional nudging into the 8-½-in/8-⅜-in OBM drilled hole section...

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... The drilling mud weight window addresses two modes of wellbore rock failure which lie on opposite ends. Breakouts being near the minimum limit and fracturing at the maximum. However, as evidenced by image logs, it's not uncommon to identify breakouts and induced fractures taking place within...

... polymer based cement spacer including lost circulation material that was successfully applied in a hostile gas field in the Middle East. These wells can recurrently present abnormal pressure, which often leads to a formation breakdown while trying to provide well control due to the heavy mud weights...

... This paper presents an artificial intelligence (AI) solution for predicting time-dependent safe mud weight windows and polar charts for inclined wellbores. The AI agents, in the form of neural networks, are trained and tested on data generated from a poroelastic analytical solution...

... transverse fractures during the stimulation stage. However, drilling along the minimum horizontal stress direction requires higher mud weights and advanced geomechanics studies to minimize wellbore instability due to prevailing in-situ stress conditions. This increased mud weight leads to higher differential...

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... the salt, which requires a different mud weight than the overlying and underlying formations. Most early exploration wells through salt were drilled as vertical wells; however, achieving the necessary directional trajectory control through a mobile salt caused concern. Therefore, potential geomechanical...

... hole condition in real time for two wells drilled in the Western Offshore basin, India. One case study illustrates the importance of mud chemistry over the mud weight being used to drill. The second case study underscores the interpretation of shear failure as the reason for cavings from cuttings...

... element) approaches. The analytical approach is used to conduct a sensitivity analysis to investigate the impact of well trajectory on minimum required mud weight. The finite element analysis is conducted to investigate the dimension of the breakout developed under different mud weights. The results...

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...-slip with the strike-slip faulting belt in the west having the highest stress ratio. Due to the complexity of the pressure distribution, lateral formation changes and different stress conditions, improper mud weights and casing designs were used in some earlier wells, which likely led to the types...

... with developing drilling strategies for more cost effective well delivery. As such, it becomes critical to understand the key mechanisms of borehole failures and fluid losses during drilling of the laterals so that proper mud weights and mud designs can be formulated to overcome the drilling challenges...