... and bottom hole assembly. This information may lead to enhancing the wellbore stability by monitoring the thermal stresses, especially in high-temperature wells. Moreover, predicting the drill bit temperature can result in increasing the lifetime of the bit by adjusting the operating conditions to keep...

... operations, reduced non-productive drilling time, and optimized the overall drilling cost. Yield Criteria wellbore integrity wellbore stability upstream oil & gas reservoir characterization borehole wellbore design drilling operation strength reduction concentration geomechanics...

.... Better control on mud cap and related chemicals. Challenge: Poor wellbore stability in highly depleted formations/reservoirs or interbedded sections Plastering effect strengthening the borehole wall (smearing cuttings on the borehole wall) while rotating the casing during drilling. The smearing...

... or differentially completion stuck issues during the deployment, both of which completion equipment OD plays a big rule in. Another challenge is related to open-hole conditions, specifically wellbore stability, which could pose a huge impact on how successfully a well gets completed with OH completion. Washouts...

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.... The drilling safety is affected and may lead to the failure of drilling to the target reservoir. The drilling fluid density is the key factor to maintain the salt bed’s wellbore stability. The in-situ stress of the composite salt bed (gypsum-salt -gypsum-salt-gypsum) is usually uneven distributed. Creep...

... to discover whether nanoparticles added to drilling fluids penetrate shale formations and improve wellbore stability. Starting with quantitative analysis of the shale rocks, we found the mineralogy and clay composition of these rocks by using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD analysis shows that the shale...

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... analyses, real-time monitoring and post-drilled evaluation to manage the stability of horizontal wells. The safe mud weight window derived from geomechanics provides the basis for mud weight and mud formulation designs that can be continuously optimized to improve wellbore stability and reduce drilling...

... model, wellbore stability parameters and the mechanism of drilling problems are applied to the drilling engineering design optimizing mud parameters, wellbore structures and trajectory of high deviation wellbore. It is shown that geomechanical approach can improve wellbore stability and drilling rate...

... that are fractured, under pressured, cavernous or highly permeable. Traditionally, the wells in these types of fields experience some or all of these drilling problems. Wells drilled through the interbedded shale and sandstone Barik formation usually encounter severe wellbore stability issues that result...

... any future breakthroughs or hole collapse. 4-1/2" drop-off liner was successfully run in multiple wells and proved to be very efficient. This cost effective innovative technique resulted in restoring the wellbore stability and help in sustaining the production from the upper drain. wellbore...

... to the interaction of the drilling/fracturing fluid with the layered-matrix e.g. interaction of water-based-mud with reactive clay minerals. This paper focuses on the impacts of the pore fluids redistribution on wellbore stability in organic rich carbonate rocks. The experimental method consisted of measuring...

... Abstract Geomechanical modeling is a key driver in attaining optimum wellbore stability while drilling horizontal wells in the orientation of the minimum horizontal stress (Shmin). Although geomechanical modeling remarkably helped to obtain best estimates on minimum required mud weights...

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... frequently encountered while drilling shales formations. It also reviews the most common shale testing methods used to evaluate the interaction potential of various shale-drilling fluid systems. Moreover, the paper describes different mechanisms by which shale can be inhibited and wellbore stability problems...

... 70 to 75% and the intra-reservoir shares by approximately 45 to 50%, when the shear plane of failure aligns with the weak laminations, compared to loading parallel, or perpendicular to the bedding planes. The inclusion of the measured strength anisotropy functions into a wellbore stability model...

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