WO2013009305A1 - Essai des couches lors d'un forage à pression gérée - Google Patents

Essai des couches lors d'un forage à pression gérée Download PDF

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WO2013009305A1
WO2013009305A1 PCT/US2011/043750 US2011043750W WO2013009305A1 WO 2013009305 A1 WO2013009305 A1 WO 2013009305A1 US 2011043750 W US2011043750 W US 2011043750W WO 2013009305 A1 WO2013009305 A1 WO 2013009305A1
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Stuart M. JEFFRIES
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Priority to CA2841125A priority patent/CA2841125C/fr
Priority to RU2014104013/03A priority patent/RU2585780C2/ru
Priority to PCT/US2011/043750 priority patent/WO2013009305A1/fr
Priority to BR112014000553A priority patent/BR112014000553B8/pt
Priority to MX2014000417A priority patent/MX353095B/es
Priority to CN201180072236.0A priority patent/CN103688020A/zh
Priority to US13/546,117 priority patent/US8783381B2/en
Publication of WO2013009305A1 publication Critical patent/WO2013009305A1/fr
Priority to US14/300,173 priority patent/US9759064B2/en

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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
    • E21B49/08—Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells
    • E21B49/087—Well testing, e.g. testing for reservoir productivity or formation parameters
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/08—Controlling or monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid, e.g. automatic filling of boreholes, automatic control of bottom pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/08—Controlling or monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid, e.g. automatic filling of boreholes, automatic control of bottom pressure
    • E21B21/085—Underbalanced techniques, i.e. where borehole fluid pressure is below formation pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/06—Measuring temperature or pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B2200/00—Special features related to earth drilling for obtaining oil, gas or water
    • E21B2200/02—Down-hole chokes or valves for variably regulating fluid flow

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  • the present disclosure relates generally to equipment utilized and operations performed in conjunction with well drilling operations and, in an embodiment described herein, more particularly provides for formation testing in managed pressure drilling.
  • Managed pressure drilling is well known as the art of precisely controlling bottom hole pressure during drilling by utilizing a closed annulus and a means for regulating pressure in the annulus.
  • the annulus is typically closed during drilling through use of a rotating control device (RCD, also known as a rotating control head or rotating blowout preventer) which seals about the drill pipe as it rotates .
  • RCD rotating control device
  • FIG. 1 is a representative view of a well drilling system and method which can embody principles of the present disclosure .
  • FIG. 2 is a representative block diagram of a pressure and flow control system which may be used in the well drilling system and method.
  • FIG. 3 is a representative flowchart for a method of testing a formation, which method can embody principles of this disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a representative flowchart for another version of the formation testing method.
  • FIG. 1 Representatively illustrated in FIG. 1 is a well drilling system 10 and associated method which can embody principles of the present disclosure.
  • a wellbore 12 is drilled by rotating a drill bit 14 on an end of a drill string 16.
  • Drilling fluid 18, commonly known as mud is circulated downward through the drill string 16, out the drill bit 14 and upward through an annulus 20 formed between the drill string and the wellbore 12, in order to cool the drill bit, lubricate the drill string, remove cuttings and provide a measure of bottom hole pressure control.
  • a non-return valve 21 typically a flapper-type check valve
  • Control of bottom hole pressure is very important in managed pressure drilling, and in other types of drilling operations.
  • the bottom hole pressure is precisely controlled to prevent excessive loss of fluid into an earth formation 82 surrounding the wellbore 12, undesired fracturing of the formation, undesired influx of formation fluids into the wellbore, etc.
  • the annulus 20 can be open to the atmosphere at the surface during overbalanced drilling, and wellbore pressure is controlled during
  • Nitrogen or another gas, or another lighter weight fluid may be added to the drilling fluid 18 for pressure control. This technique is useful, for example, in
  • RCD rotating control device 22
  • the drill string 16 would extend upwardly through the RCD 22 for connection to, for example, a rotary table (not shown), a standpipe line 26, kelley (not shown), a top drive and/or other conventional drilling equipment.
  • the drilling fluid 18 exits the wellhead 24 via a wing valve 28 in communication with the annulus 20 below the RCD 22.
  • the fluid 18 then flows through mud return lines 30, 73 to a choke manifold 32, which includes redundant chokes 34 (only one of which might be used at a time).
  • Backpressure is applied to the annulus 20 by variably restricting flow of the fluid 18 through the operative one(s) of the redundant choke(s) 34.
  • downhole pressure e.g., pressure at the bottom of the wellbore 12, pressure at a downhole casing shoe, pressure at a particular formation or zone, etc.
  • downhole pressure can be conveniently regulated by varying the
  • a hydraulics model can be used, as described more fully below, to determine a pressure applied to the annulus 20 at or near the surface which will result in a desired downhole pressure, so that an operator (or an automated control system) can readily determine how to regulate the pressure applied to the annulus at or near the surface (which can be conveniently measured) in order to obtain the desired downhole pressure.
  • Pressure applied to the annulus 20 can be measured at or near the surface via a variety of pressure sensors 36, 38, 40, each of which is in communication with the annulus.
  • Pressure sensor 36 senses pressure below the RCD 22, but above a blowout preventer (BOP) stack 42.
  • Pressure sensor 38 senses pressure in the wellhead below the BOP stack 42.
  • Pressure sensor 40 senses pressure in the mud return lines 30 , 73 upstream of the choke manifold 32 .
  • Another pressure sensor 44 senses pressure in the standpipe line 26 .
  • Yet another pressure sensor 46 senses pressure downstream of the choke manifold 32 , but upstream of a separator 48 , shaker 50 and mud pit 52 .
  • Additional sensors include temperature sensors 54 , 56 , Coriolis
  • flowmeter 58 and flowmeters 62 , 64 , 66 .
  • the system 10 could include only two of the three flowmeters 62 , 64 , 66 .
  • input from all available sensors is useful to the hydraulics model in determining what the pressure applied to the annulus 20 should be during the drilling operation.
  • the flowmeter 58 it is not necessary for the flowmeter 58 to be a Coriolis flowmeter, since a turbine flowmeter, acoustic flowmeter, or another type of flowmeter could be used instead.
  • the drill string 16 may include its own sensors 60 , for example, to directly measure downhole pressure.
  • sensors 60 may be of the type known to those skilled in the art as pressure while drilling (PWD),
  • drill string sensor systems generally provide at least pressure measurement, and may also provide temperature measurement, detection of drill string
  • Various forms of wired or wireless telemetry may be used to transmit the downhole sensor measurements to the surface.
  • lines such as, electrical, optical, hydraulic, etc., lines
  • lines could be provided in a wall of the drill string 16 for communicating power, data, commands, pressure, flow, etc.
  • Additional sensors could be included in the system 10, if desired.
  • another flowmeter 67 could be used to measure the rate of flow of the fluid 18 exiting the wellhead 24, another Coriolis flowmeter (not shown) could be interconnected directly upstream or downstream of a rig mud pump 68, etc.
  • the output of the rig mud pump 68 could be determined by counting pump strokes, instead of by using the flowmeter 62 or any other flowmeters.
  • separator 48 could be a 3 or 4 phase separator, or a mud gas separator (sometimes referred to as a "poor boy degasser"). However, the separator 48 is not necessarily used in the system 10.
  • the drilling fluid 18 is pumped through the standpipe line 26 and into the interior of the drill string 16 by the rig mud pump 68.
  • the pump 68 receives the fluid 18 from the mud pit 52 and flows it via a standpipe manifold 70 to the standpipe 26.
  • the fluid then circulates downward through the drill string 16, upward through the annulus 20, through the mud return lines 30, 73, through the choke manifold 32, and then via the separator 48 and shaker 50 to the mud pit 52 for conditioning and recirculation.
  • the choke 34 cannot be used to control backpressure applied to the annulus 20 for control of the downhole pressure, unless the fluid 18 is flowing through the choke.
  • a lack of fluid 18 flow will occur, for example, whenever a connection is made in the drill string 16 (e.g., to add another length of drill pipe to the drill string as the wellbore 12 is drilled deeper), and the lack of circulation will require that downhole pressure be regulated solely by the density of the fluid 18.
  • a backpressure pump (not shown) could be used to supply pressure to the annulus 20 while the fluid 18 does not circulate through the drill string 16, if desired.
  • the fluid is flowed from the pump 68 to the choke manifold 32 via a bypass line 72, 75.
  • the fluid 18 can bypass the standpipe line 26, drill string 16 and annulus 20, and can flow directly from the pump 68 to the mud return line 30, which remains in communication with the annulus 20.
  • both of the bypass line 75 and the mud return line 30 are in communication with the annulus 20 via a single line 73.
  • the bypass line 75 and the mud return line 30 could instead be separately connected to the wellhead 24, for example, using an additional wing valve (e.g., below the RCD 22), in which case each of the lines 30, 75 would be directly in communication with the annulus 20.
  • Flow of the fluid 18 through the bypass line 72, 75 is regulated by a choke or other type of flow control device 74.
  • Line 72 is upstream of the bypass flow control device 74, and line 75 is downstream of the bypass flow control device .
  • Flow of the fluid 18 through the standpipe line 26 is substantially controlled by a valve or other type of flow control device 76.
  • the flow control devices 74, 76 are independently controllable, which provides substantial benefits to the system 10, as described more fully below.
  • the flowmeters 64, 66 are depicted in FIG. 1 as being interconnected in these lines. However, the rate of flow through the standpipe line 26 could be determined even if only the flowmeters 62, 64 were used, and the rate of flow through the bypass line 72 could be determined even if only the flowmeters 62, 66 were used. Thus, it should be
  • system 10 it is not necessary for the system 10 to include all of the sensors depicted in FIG. 1 and described herein, and the system could instead include additional sensors, different combinations and/or types of sensors, etc .
  • a bypass flow control device 78 may be used for filling the standpipe line 26 and drill string 16 after a connection is made in the drill string, and for equalizing pressure between the standpipe line and mud return lines 30, 73 prior to opening the flow control device 76. Otherwise, sudden opening of the flow control device 76 prior to the standpipe line 26 and drill string 16 being filled and pressurized with the fluid 18 could cause an undesirable pressure transient in the annulus 20 (e.g., due to flow to the choke manifold 32 temporarily being lost while the standpipe line and drill string fill with fluid, etc.).
  • the fluid 18 is permitted to fill the standpipe line 26 and drill string 16 while a substantial majority of the fluid continues to flow through the bypass line 72, thereby enabling continued controlled application of pressure to the annulus 20.
  • the flow control device 76 can be opened, and then the flow control device 74 can be closed to slowly divert a greater proportion of the fluid 18 from the bypass line 72 to the standpipe line 26.
  • a similar process can be performed, except in reverse, to gradually divert flow of the fluid 18 from the standpipe line 26 to the bypass line 72 in preparation for adding more drill pipe to the drill string 16. That is, the flow control device 74 can be gradually opened to slowly divert a greater proportion of the fluid 18 from the standpipe line 26 to the bypass line 72, and then the flow control device 76 can be closed.
  • flow control devices 76, 78 could be integrated into a single flow control device 81 (e.g., a single choke which can gradually open to slowly fill and pressurize the standpipe line 26 and drill string 16 after a drill pipe connection is made, and then open fully to allow maximum flow while drilling) .
  • a single flow control device 81 e.g., a single choke which can gradually open to slowly fill and pressurize the standpipe line 26 and drill string 16 after a drill pipe connection is made, and then open fully to allow maximum flow while drilling
  • a pressure and flow control system 90 which may be used in conjunction with the system 10 and associated method of FIG. 1 is representatively illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the control system 90 is preferably fully automated, although some human intervention may be used, for example, to
  • the control system 90 includes a hydraulics model 92, a data acquisition and control interface 94 and a controller 96 (such as a programmable logic controller or PLC, a suitably programmed computer, etc.). Although these elements 92, 94, 96 are depicted separately in FIG. 2, any or all of them could be combined into a single element, or the
  • the hydraulics model 92 is used in the control system 90 to determine the desired annulus pressure at or near the surface to achieve the desired downhole pressure. Data such as well geometry, fluid properties and offset well
  • hydraulics model 92 In making this determination, as well as real-time sensor data acquired by the data acquisition and control interface 94 .
  • the data acquisition and control interface 94 operates to maintain a substantially continuous flow of real-time data from the sensors 44 , 54 , 66 , 62 , 64 , 60 , 58 , 46 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 56 , 67 to the hydraulics model 92 , so that the hydraulics model has the information it needs to adapt to changing circumstances and to update the desired annulus pressure, and the hydraulics model operates to supply the data acquisition and control interface substantially
  • a suitable hydraulics model for use as the hydraulics model 92 in the control system 90 is REAL TIME HYDRAULICS (TM) provided by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. of
  • a suitable data acquisition and control interface for use as the data acquisition and control interface 94 in the control system 90 are SENTRY (TM) and INSITE (TM) provided by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Any suitable data acquisition and control interface may be used in the control system 90 in keeping with the principles of this disclosure.
  • the controller 96 operates to maintain a desired setpoint annulus pressure by controlling operation of the mud return choke 34. When an updated desired annulus
  • the controller uses the desired annulus pressure as a setpoint and controls operation of the choke 34 in a manner (e.g., increasing or decreasing flow resistance through the choke as needed) to maintain the setpoint pressure in the annulus 20.
  • the choke 34 can be closed more to increase flow resistance, or opened more to decrease flow resistance.
  • Maintenance of the setpoint pressure is accomplished by comparing the setpoint pressure to a measured annulus pressure (such as the pressure sensed by any of the sensors 36, 38, 40), and decreasing flow resistance through the choke 34 if the measured pressure is greater than the setpoint pressure, and increasing flow resistance through the choke if the measured pressure is less than the setpoint pressure.
  • a measured annulus pressure such as the pressure sensed by any of the sensors 36, 38, 40
  • This process is preferably automated, so that no human intervention is required, although human intervention may be used, if desired.
  • the controller 96 may also be used to control operation of the standpipe flow control devices 76, 78 and the bypass flow control device 74.
  • the controller 96 can, thus, be used to automate the processes of diverting flow of the fluid 18 from the standpipe line 26 to the bypass line 72 prior to making a connection in the drill string 16, then diverting flow from the bypass line to the standpipe line after the connection is made, and then resuming normal circulation of the fluid 18 for drilling. Again, no human intervention may be required in these automated processes, although human intervention may be used if desired, for example, to
  • a method 100 of testing an earth formation 82 is
  • the method 100 may be performed in conjunction with the well system 10 described above, or it may be performed with other well systems. Thus, the method 100 is not limited to any of the details of the well system 10 described herein or depicted in the drawings .
  • step 102 the method 100 begins while drilling ahead.
  • drilling fluid 18 is
  • a drill motor or mud motor (not shown) can be used to impart rotation to the drill bit without rotating the entire drill string.
  • the annulus 20 is sealed from the earth's atmosphere by the rotating control device 22.
  • the annulus 20 could be sealed by a device which does not rotate with the drill string.
  • step 104 drilling of the formation 82 is ceased.
  • the drill bit 14 is preferably picked up out of contact with the formation 82, so that the drill bit does not cut into the formation.
  • Conditions such as drill string torque, wellbore 12 pressure (e.g., as measured by the downhole sensors 60), annulus 20 pressure at the surface (e.g., as measured by sensors 36, 38, 40), etc., can be measured now for reference purposes.
  • step 106 circulation of the fluid 18 through the drill string 16 is ceased. Ceasing circulation removes from wellbore pressure the friction pressure due to flow of the fluid 18 through the annulus 20. Therefore, a small
  • sensors 60 are in communication with the surface by, for example, wireless telemetry (e.g., acoustic or electromagnetic telemetry), or wired communication (e.g., via electrical, optical, etc., lines to the surface), then wellbore pressure measurements may be obtained throughout the method 100. If circulation of the fluid 18 is necessary for communication of measurements from the sensors 60 to the surface, then the measurements can be obtained after
  • step 108 flow out of the annulus 20 is monitored while, in step 110, the choke 34 is incrementally opened.
  • the choke 34 is incrementally opened.
  • the fluid 18 is circulating through the drill string 16 and annulus 20
  • further opening the choke 34 will result in reducing backpressure applied to the annulus, thereby reducing pressure in the wellbore 12.
  • incrementally opening the choke 34 will result in decreasing pressure in the wellbore 12 at a faster rate.
  • step 112 after incrementally opening the choke 34, flow out of the wellbore 12 is checked to see if the flow is greater than that due to only the reduction in pressure in the wellbore. If not, then the choke 34 is further incrementally opened (i.e., the method 100 returns to steps 108, 110).
  • step 114 the pore pressure is determined. If the sensors 60 are in communication with the surface at the time the influx 84 is detected, then the pressure in the wellbore 12 can be measured directly in real time. The formation 82 pore pressure is approximately the same as the pressure in the wellbore 12 when the influx 84 occurs.
  • the sensor measurements can be used to communicate sensor measurements to the surface. If the sensors 60 are not in communication with the surface at the time the influx 84 is detected (e.g., if mud pulse telemetry is used to communicate sensor measurements to the surface), then the sensor measurements can be
  • pressure in the annulus 20 at the surface can be added to hydrostatic pressure due to the static column of the fluid 18 in the annulus. This sum is approximately equal to the formation 82 pore pressure.
  • step 116 circulation of the fluid 18 through the drill string 16 and annulus 20 is resumed.
  • pressure measurements can be obtained from the sensors 60 at this point using mud pulse telemetry, in case the sensor measurements were not accessible after step 106.
  • step 118 the pore pressure determined in step 114 is verified using measurements from the downhole sensors 60.
  • the pore pressure may have previously been calculated from surface pressure measurements, density of the drilling fluid 18, etc. However, any such calculations of pore pressure are preferably verified in step 118 with actual wellbore 12 pressure measurements near the formation 82 using the downhole sensors 60. Of course, if the downhole sensors 60 were used for measuring the wellbore 12 pressure and
  • the verifying step 118 may not be performed.
  • step 120 drilling is resumed.
  • the drill bit 14 is again rotated, and the drill string 16 is set down to cut into the formation 82. Since the formation 82 pore pressure has now been measured, pressure in the wellbore 12 can be more accurately controlled relative to the pore pressure to achieve managed pressure drilling objectives (reduced formation damage, reduced fluid loss, etc.). This is far preferable to relying on offset well data for pore pressure gradient to predict pore pressure in the formation 82.
  • FIG. 4 Another version of the method 100 is representatively illustrated in FIG. 4. In this version, circulation of the fluid 18 through the drill string 16 and annulus 20
  • steps 106 and 116 of the FIG. 3 version are not used in the FIG. 4 version of the method 100.
  • the method 100 of FIG. 4 includes a step 122, in which flow both into and out of the wellbore is monitored.
  • the flowmeter 66 can be used to monitor flow into the wellbore 12, and the flowmeter 58 can be used to monitor flow out of the wellbore.
  • the method 100 of FIG. 4 includes a step 124, in which it is determined whether flow out of the wellbore is greater than flow into the wellbore. If the flow out of the wellbore 12 is greater than flow into the wellbore, this is an indication that the influx 84 is occurring .
  • Pore pressure in the formation 82 will be approximately equal to, or slightly greater than, pressure in the wellbore 12 when the influx 84 occurs.
  • the sensors 60 can be used to measure pressure in the wellbore 12 in real time. Since the fluid 18 continues to flow through the drill string 16 and annulus 20, mud pulse telemetry can be used, if desired, to transmit pressure and other sensor measurements to the surface .
  • a formation 82 can be efficiently tested in conjunction with managed pressure drilling. Furthermore, in certain examples
  • a pore pressure of the formation 82 can be readily determined.
  • the above disclosure provides to the art a method 100 of testing an earth formation 82.
  • the method 100 can include incrementally opening a choke 34 while drilling into the formation 82 is ceased, thereby reducing pressure in a wellbore 12.
  • An influx 84 into the wellbore 12 (due to reducing pressure in the wellbore 12) is detected.
  • the method 100 can also include verifying the pressure in the wellbore 12 with at least one pressure sensor 60 in the wellbore 12.
  • the method 100 can include ceasing circulation of drilling fluid 18 through a drill string 16 prior to
  • the method may also include verifying the pressure in the wellbore 12 with at least one pressure sensor 60 in the wellbore 12, after resuming circulation of the drilling fluid 18 through the drill string 16.
  • Incrementally opening the choke 34 may cease when the influx 84 is detected.
  • Detecting the influx 84 can include detecting how fluid
  • the method 100 can include determining approximate formation 82 pore pressure as pressure in the wellbore 12 when the influx 84 is detected. Determining the approximate formation 82 pore pressure can include summing pressure in the annulus 20 near the surface with hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore 12, or determining approximate formation 82 pore pressure can include summing pressure in the annulus 20 near the surface with hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore 12 and friction pressure due to circulation of fluid through the wellbore.
  • the method 100 can also include, prior to incrementally opening the choke 34, drilling into the formation 82, with an annulus 20 between a drill string 16 and the wellbore 12 being pressure isolated from atmosphere.
  • the method 100 of testing an earth formation 82 which method can include: drilling into the formation 82, with an annulus 20 between a drill string 16 and a wellbore 12 being pressure isolated from
  • the above disclosure also describes the method 100 of testing an earth formation 82, which method can include: drilling into the formation 82, with an annulus 20 between a drill string 16 and a wellbore 12 being pressure isolated from atmosphere; then incrementally opening a choke 34 while drilling is ceased, thereby reducing pressure in the
  • the method can be practiced in conjunction with other drilling methods, such as, other drilling methods which include isolating the annulus 20 from the earth's atmosphere (e.g., using a rotating control device 22 or other annular seal) at or near the surface.
  • other drilling methods which include isolating the annulus 20 from the earth's atmosphere (e.g., using a rotating control device 22 or other annular seal) at or near the surface.
  • the method 100 could be used in conjunction with underbalanced drilling, any drilling operations in which the annulus 20 is pressurized at the surface during drilling, etc .

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La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant de tester une formation géologique et pouvant consister, d'abord en une ouverture incrémentielle d'une duse alors que le forage dans la formation est arrêté, ce qui réduit la pression dans le puits de forage, puis en une détection d'un afflux dans le puits de forage en raison de la réduction de pression dans le puits de forage. Un autre procédé permettant de tester une formation géologique peut consister à forer dans la formation, en laissant entre un train de tiges et un puits de forage un espace annulaire dans lequel la pression est indépendante de la pression atmosphérique, puis à réaliser une ouverture incrémentielle d'une duse alors que le forage dans la formation est arrêté, ce qui réduit la pression dans le puits de forage, ensuite à détecter un afflux dans le puits de forage en raison de la réduction de pression dans le puits de forage, et enfin à déterminer une pression approximative des pores de la formation et à considérer cette pression comme la pression régnant dans le puits de forage lorsque l'afflux est détecté. Le fluide de forage peut couler ou ne pas couler dans le train de tiges quand l'afflux est détecté. Une sonde manométrique de fond de puits peut être utilisée pour vérifier la pression dans le puits de forage.
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CA2841125A CA2841125C (fr) 2011-07-12 2011-07-12 Essai des couches lors d'un forage a pression geree
RU2014104013/03A RU2585780C2 (ru) 2011-07-12 2011-07-12 Способ испытания земляного пласта при бурении с контролем давления (варианты)
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BR112014000553A BR112014000553B8 (pt) 2011-07-12 2011-07-12 método de testagem de uma formação de solo
MX2014000417A MX353095B (es) 2011-07-12 2011-07-12 Pruebas de la formación en perforación de presión controlada.
CN201180072236.0A CN103688020A (zh) 2011-07-12 2011-07-12 在压力受控的钻探中对地层的测试
US13/546,117 US8783381B2 (en) 2011-07-12 2012-07-11 Formation testing in managed pressure drilling
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