There are several operational indicators and trends from the mud engineer’s daily mud checks and a few special tests that can be used to identify water wetting of oil-mud solids before the problem becomes serious and irreversible.
Continue reading “Water-Wet Solids In Drilling Mud”Rotary Steerable Drilling Systems
Effective rotary steerable drilling systems overcome most of the problems with steerable motors by providing continuos pipe rotation while drilling. This is accomplished, with the tool reported on in this paper, with a non-rotating steerable sleeve containing three extendable pads that push against the borehole wall.
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Continue reading “Blow-out preventer stack”– Wiki
A blowout preventer (BOP) is a large, specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells to prevent blowouts, the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well. They are usually installed in stacks of other valves.
DUAL-DENSITY MUD SYSTEM FOR DEEPWATER DRILLING OPERATIONS
Drilling operations in waters deeper than 3,000 ft are increasing throughout the world, and the industry is considering the challenges imposed by ultradeep waters. Leases have been obtained in water depths up to 10,000 ft, with the requirement that they be drilled within the next decade. Use of current technology to drill these leases will require extremely large floating drilling units and large-diameter marine-riser systems.
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