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- ECD is the effective density exerted by a circulating fluid against the formation. As the ECD approaches or exceeds the fracture gradient, casing must be set to prevent fracturing the formation. As the ECD approaches or goes below the pore pressure, increasing the drilling mud density or adding back pressure is required to manage or prevent formation flow. Thus, in some instances, a back pressure control device is mounted in the return flow line for the drilling fluid.
- Back pressure control devices are also necessary for controlling "kicks" in the system caused by the intrusion of salt water, formation fluids orgases into the drilling fluid which may lead to a blowout condition. In these situations, sufficient additional back pressure must be imposed on the drilling fluid such that the formation fluid is contained and the well controlled until heavier fluid or mud can be circulated down the drill string and up the annulus to kill the well. It is also desirable to avoid the creation of excessive back pressures which could cause the drill string to stick, or cause damage to the formation, the well casing, or the well head equipment.
- Mud weight is the primary means of pressure control.
- the annular pressure profile is preferably maintained between the pore pressure and the fracture pressure.
- Pore pressure is defined as the pressure being exerted into the wellbore by fluids or gases within the pore spaces of the formation (also known as the formation pressure).
- Fracture gradient is defined as the pressure required to physically rupture the formation and cause fluid losses. Maintaining the fluid pressure between the pore and fracture pressures should provide a stable well, i.e., no fluid intrusion into the wellbore (a kick) or formation breakdown. The area located between the pore and fracture pressures is called the well stability window.
- annular pressure is primarily controlled by mud density and mud pump flow rates.
- a column of mud exerts hydrostatic pressure on the formation.
- the circulating fluid exerts a frictional pressure on the formation in addition to the hydrostatic pressure.
- ppg pounds per gallon
- ECD equivalent circulating density
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of a conventional oil or gas well.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of a system for controlling the operating pressures within an oil or gas well.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of the automatic choke of the system of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of the control system of the system of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5A is a graphical illustration of an embodiment of a pore and fracture pressure graph for an oil or gas well.
- FIG. 5B is a graphical illustration of an embodiment of a pressure profile showing the desired drilling pressure of an oil or gas well.
- FIG. 6 is a graphical illustration of a pump rate vs Equivalent Circulating
- FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a method of using the system of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of a computer system according to embodiments of the present disclosure.
- Embodiments herein describe a managed pressure drilling method.
- the method defines a drilling plan for a first section of wellbore and determines a desired drilling pressure for the first section.
- the method determines a pump speed and a corresponding choke set point for producing the desired drilling pressure for the first segment of the drilling plan.
- Embodiments herein also describe well drilling method.
- the method includes drilling a first segment according to a drilling plan and maintaining a near constant bottom hole pressure via a choke assembly which provides a back pressure and a mud pump which provides a downhole pressure.
- the downhole pressure is correlated to a pump speed and the choke assembly is operated to provide the back pressure.
- the back pressure substantially is the downhole pressure subtracted from the bottom hole pressure.
- a typical oil or gas well 10 includes a wellbore 12 that traverses a subterranean formation 14 and includes a wellbore casing 16.
- a drill pipe 18 may be positioned within the wellbore 12 in order to inject fluids such as, for example, drilling mud into the wellbore.
- the end of the drill pipe 18 may include a drill bit and the injected drilling mud may be used to cool the drill bit and remove particles away drilled by the drill bit.
- a mud tank 20 containing a supply of drilling mud may be operably coupled to a mud pump 22 for injecting the drilling mud into the drill pipe 18.
- the annulus 24 between the wellbore casing 16 and the drill pipe 18 may be sealed in a conventional manner using, for example, a rotary seal 26.
- a choke 28 in fluid communication with the annulus 24 between the wellbore casing 16 and the drill pipe 18 in order to controllably bleed off pressurized fluidic materials out of the annulus 24 back into the mud tank 20 to thereby create back pressure within the wellbore 12.
- the choke 28 is manually controlled by a human operator 30 to maintain one or more of the following operating pressures within the well 10 within acceptable ranges: (1) the operating pressure within the annulus 24 between the wellbore casing 16 and the drill pipe 18--commonly referred to as the casing pressure (CSP); (2) the operating pressure within the drill pipe 18— commonly referred to as the drill pipe pressure (DPP); and (3) the operating pressure within the bottom of the wellbore 12- -commonly referred to as the bottom hole pressure (BHP).
- CSP casing pressure
- DPP drill pipe pressure
- BHP bottom hole pressure
- sensors, 32a, 32b, and 32c may be positioned within the well 10 that provide signals representative of the actual values for CSP, DPP, and/or BHP for display on a conventional display panel 34.
- the sensors, 32a and 32b, for sensing the CSP and DPP, respectively are positioned within the annulus 24 and drill pipe 18, respectively, adjacent to a surface location.
- the operator 30 may visually observe one of the more operating pressures, CSP, DPP, and/or BHP, using the display panel 34 and attempt to manually maintain the operating pressures within predetermined acceptable limits by manually adjusting the choke 28. If the CSP, DPP, and/or the BHP are not maintained within acceptable ranges, fluid loss and/or an underground blowout may occur thereby potentially damaging the production zones within the subterranean formation 14.
- Back pressure control systems useful in embodiments disclosed herein may include those described in, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 7,004,448 and 6,253,787, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006001 1236, and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/104,106 (assigned to the assignee of the present application), each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the reference numeral 100 refers, in general, to an embodiment of a system for controlling the operating pressures within the oil or gas well 10 that includes an automatic choke 102 for controllably bleeding off the pressurized fluids from the annulus 24 between the wellbore casing 16 and the drill pipe 18 to the mud tank 20 to thereby create back pressure within the wellbore 12 and a control system 104 for controlling the operation of the automatic choke.
- the automatic choke 102 may also be operated manually.
- the automatic choke 102 includes a movable valve element 102a that defines a continuously variable flow path depending upon the position of the valve element 102a.
- the position of the valve element 102a is controlled by a first control pressure signal 102b, and an opposing second control pressure signal 102c.
- the first control pressure signal 102b is representative of a set point pressure (SPP) that is generated by the control system 104
- the second control pressure signal 102c is representative of the CSP.
- the automatic choke 102 provides a pressure regulator than can controllably bleed off pressurized fluids from the annulus 24 and thereby also controllably control back pressure in the wellbore 12.
- the automatic choke 102 is further provided substantially as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,253,787, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the control system 104 includes a conventional air supply 104a that is operably coupled to a conventional manually operated air pressure regulator 104b for controlling the operating pressure of the air supply.
- a human operator 104c may manually adjust the air pressure regulator 104b to generate a pneumatic SPP.
- the pneumatic SPP is then converted to a hydraulic SPP by a conventional pneumatic to hydraulic pressure converter 104d.
- the hydraulic SPP is then used to control the operation of the automatic choke 102.
- the control system 104 may be an electronic control system.
- the system 100 permits the CSP to be automatically controlled by the human operator 104c selecting the desired SPP.
- the automatic choke 102 then regulates the CSP as a function of the selected SPP.
- the above systems may be used to control the operating pressure within a narrow well stability window using one or more Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) techniques.
- MPD Managed Pressure Drilling
- Managed pressure drilling techniques use a collection of tools to hold back pressure and more precisely controls the annular pressure profile.
- a managed pressure drilling technique known as the Constant Bottom Hole Pressure Profile method may be used, particularly during casing connections. In this method, by applying back pressure during connections (pumps off) a constant BHP is achieved.
- Managed pressure drilling methods depend upon keeping the wellbore closed at all times. Back pressure can also be held during the drilling phase (pumps on) to provide additional pressure control on the well.
- an exemplary pressure profile comprises a pore and fracture pressure graph.
- the graph includes depth in feet along the left vertical axis, which starts at zero depth, corresponding to the surface and extends to 6000 feet deep (in this exemplary embodiment). Pressure in pounds per square inch (psi) is shown along the top horizontal axis and starts at zero and increases to 1000 psi.
- the mud weight (MW) in pounds per gallon (ppg) is shown along the bottom horizontal axis and starts at 8.0 ppg and increase to 18.0 ppg (in this embodiment). This graph will be different for every well drilled.
- a well stability window can be defined as the area between the pore and fracture pressures. Connections are made to add pipe to the drill string. To make the connection, the mud pumps must be turned off, the connection made, and the mud pumps restarted. Mud weight is the primary means of pressure control and the drilling engineer will determine the mud weight necessary for each segment of the drilling plan.
- a drilling plan can be defined for each of the segments. The drilling plan typically sets forth equipment, pressures, trajectories and/or other parameters that define the drilling process for the borehole. The drilling process may then be performed according to the drilling plan. However, as information is gathered, the drilling operation may deviate from the drilling plan.
- the drilling plan may also be adjusted as new information is collected.
- the drillmg plan may be used to determine a desired drilling pressure for the various segments of the well.
- the desired drilling pressure may be any pressure within the well stability window.
- the data in the pore pressure graph may be historical data, may be simulated, or may be calculated using an algorithm for predicting drilling properties. Simulation of the pore pressure graph may be done by computer modeling programs for drilling operations.
- the annular friction pressure adds to the mud weight fluid hydrostatic pressure.
- ECD Equivalent Circulating Density
- the mud weight fluid hydrostatic pressure is above the pore pressure and provides pressure control during static times (pumps off), but when the mud pump is turned on, the ECD may be above the fracture pressure increasing the chance for wellbore fracture and/or lost circulation. Reducing the static fluid pressure (mud weight) will keep the ECD below the fracture pressure when the pumps are running. However, when the mud pumps are off there is an increased chance for a kick from a permeable zone.
- a near constant BHP By trapping back pressure during connections (pumps off) a near constant BHP can be achieved.
- the back pressure will increase the BHP.
- Back pressure may be applied via a choke and back pressure can be held constant during the drilling phase (pumps on) to provide additional pressure control on the well.
- Near constant allows for slight variations in the pressure. The variations may be + 1 %, + 2%, + 5%, or ⁇ 10%
- the chokes described according to embodiments disclosed herein may be associated with operating panels, similar to those described in U.S. Patent Application No. 2006/0201671 , which is incorporated herein by reference, including a remote operating panel and a local operating panel, which may be proximate to the back-pressure control system.
- the remote operating panel may receive data from at least one remotely located wellbore sensor.
- the remote operating panel may include: a plurality of operator controls located on the housing for controlling operation of the back pressure control system and a display located on the housing for visually displaying values of data received from the wellbore sensor.
- the local operating panel may be in electronic communication with the remote operating panel.
- the local operating panel may include a local operator controller having an operator interface for receiving operator instruction input into the local panel and operable to receive operator instructions from the remote panel and transmit operator instructions.
- a Human Machine Interface may be used to control the back pressure (choke) control systems.
- the above described remote and local operating panels may include a housing within which the controls are located, including one or more of speed dials, open/close levers, a contrast, a stroke reset switch, analog gauges, a digital display, and other components useful for operation of the pressure control apparatus.
- the operating panels may also include a plurality of electronic inputs to provide input of electronic data from one or more sensor communication cables and/or one or more sensors.
- a panel communication cable may connect the local panel to the remote panel electronically.
- One or more sensors are generally located within the wellbore to measure predetermined parameters.
- sensor communication cables connect the sensors and the local panel.
- the remote actuator panel includes preprogrammed algorithms operative to interpret measurement data and transmit responsive instruction to control fluid pressure control systems.
- the local panel includes an emergency stop button, instructions from the remote actuator panel are routed through the local panel because the emergency stop cannot be bypassed.
- the local panel includes preprogrammed algorithms operative to interpret measurement data and transmit responsive instruction to control fluid pressure control systems.
- the operator is provided with three methods of control.
- the first method is electronically through the use of the remote panel from a remote location such as the doghouse.
- the second method is electronically and allows the operator to control the back pressure control system from the local panel.
- the final method of control is mechanical by using manual controls coupled to the control fluid pressure control system. All of the electronic components should be provided for hazard area use. Examples of methods which render the electronics for hazard area use include, but are not limited to, purging, encapsulation, or combinations thereof.
- a remote panel may be in electronic communication with a plurality of local panels located respectively proximate a plurality of back pressure control systems.
- embodiments may include a plurality of remote panels that are in electronic communication with a local unit whereby a single remote panel controls the local panel and the other remotes are allowed to monitor the local panel.
- the remote panels may include a graphical touch screen.
- the remote panels may be networked into a rig-wide system that may also include an internet connection allowing remote panels to be located off-site, such as a remote office anywhere in the world.
- the remote panel may include a selection switch on the panel to toggle operational control between two or more detent locations corresponding to the two or more control fluid pressure control systems.
- the panels may be designed for concurrent control of two or more back pressure control systems without the need for a toggle switch.
- apparatus for controlling back pressure control systems described herein may additionally provide for advanced control of the system components, such as via a proportional-integral-differential (PID) controller, such as described in, for example, U.S. Patent No. 6,575,244, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- PID proportional-integral-differential
- a trapped pressure technique may be used.
- the trapped pressure refers to the bottom hole pressure.
- the mud pump speed is ramped down while the choke is closed to trap pressure in the annulus.
- the ECD is reduced.
- the back pressure is increased.
- the choke operator and the mud pump operator must work in tandem to lower pump speed while increasing choke pressure. Success of the connections depends on the skill of both the mud pump operator and the choke operator.
- the pressure profile may be used to guide both the mud pump operator and the choke operator.
- a pressure profile table of pump rates and casing pressure targets may be used by the mud pump operator and the choke operator to guide the operation and thereby provide a more stable bottom hole pressure operation.
- the pressure profile table of pump rates and casing pressure targets may be entered into a Low Pressure AutoChoke Console (LP AC) available from M-I L.L.C. (Houston, TX), which will control the casing pressure according to the table entries.
- LP AC Low Pressure AutoChoke Console
- the pressure profile table of pump rates and casing pressure targets may be acquired from the drilling engineer or determined by the following method.
- a target bottom hole pressure is determined from offset well parameters.
- offset well parameters include but are not limited to pore pressure, fracture gradient, mud weight, depth of well, casing pressure and/or type, etc.
- ECD equivalent circulating density
- the target casing pressure is calculated, by subtracting the equivalent ECD pressure from the target BHP.
- the target casing pressure may be used during operation of the choke to provide a set point for maintaining near constant bottom hole pressure.
- An example of a pressure profile table is shown below:
- the data may also be shown in graphical form, as shown in FIG. 6.
- the pressure profile table may be simulated using drilling parameters from nearby installations or based on historical data.
- the simulation may be provided by a drilling simulation model.
- the drilling simulation model may be provided by a computer program.
- the table of mud pump speed vs. ECD pressures may be applied to a mathematical curve-fit function providing a mathematical function which allows an ECD to be calculated for any mud pump speed within the range tested, thus the resulting mathematical function replaces the pressure profile table.
- Figure 6 can be produced using the any of the above models or procedures.
- the drilling of the well may commence according to a drilling plan, such as that shown in Fig. 5B.
- the following drilling plan may be performed for making a connection using the pressure profile of Table I.
- the above process may be augmented by a computer system.
- the pump speed is set to 61 spm which correlates to an equivalent ECD pressure of 310 psig, meaning a casing pressure of 105 psi must be provided to achieve the target bottom hole pressure.
- the computer system monitors the pump speed and when it sees the pump speed begin to reduce to 61 spm it sets the choke setpoint pressure (SPP) to a value according to the pressure profile algorithm and mathematical function mentioned earlier.
- SPP choke setpoint pressure
- the computer controlled set point pressure should be 105 psi +- a small curvfit error.
- This automatic calculating and setting of the choke set point pressure will continue for each of the stages until the pump speed of 35 spm is reached.
- the computer system will rapidly increase the choke set point pressure (SPP) until the choke fully closes.
- the computer system will then signal the choke operator to shut off the mud pumps, trapping pressure behind the choke. The connection will then be made. Once the connection is made, the pump operator will reverse the procedure and start the pump at 35 spm.
- the computer system will detect that pump speed has started and set the choke set point pressure (SPP) to 335 psi.
- the computer system will calculate the required choke set point pressure (SPP) according to the pressure profile algorithm and mathematical function mentioned earlier and set the choke set point pressure accordingly. Once a pump speed of 70 spm is reached the computer system will set the choke set point pressure to 0 psi and it will remain at this pressure until the next connection is made.
- the BHP may be monitored in real time. If the BHP is monitored in real time, the information may be used to generate a pressure profile table, such as Table 1. In other embodiments, when monitoring the BHP in real time, the BHP may automatically set the SPP to hole it at or near a predetermined value. In other embodiments, pressure may be automatically trapped if mud pumps are lost, i.e., power failure, etc.
- inventions the present disclosure may be used for a managed pressure drilling method 700.
- the method 700 includes the steps of defining a drilling plan for a segment of wellbore 710 and determining a desired drilling pressure for the drilling plan 720.
- a pump speed and a corresponding choke set point to produce the desired drilling pressure of the drilling plan may then be determined 730.
- a computer may be programmed to change the setpoint pressure automatically according to the pressure profile as the pump speed changes during a connection.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented on virtually any type of computer regardless of the platform being used.
- a computer system 700 includes one or more processor(s) 701, associated memory 702 (e.g., random access memory (RAM), cache memory, flash memory, etc.), a storage device 703 (e.g., a hard disk, an optical drive such as a compact disk drive or digital video disk (DVD) drive, a flash memory stick, etc.), and numerous other elements and functionalities typical of today's computers (not shown).
- processor 701 is hardware.
- the processor may be an integrated circuit.
- the computer system 700 may also include input means, such as a keyboard 704, a mouse 705, or a microphone (not shown).
- the computer system 700 may include output means, such as a monitor 706 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, or cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor).
- the computer system 700 may be connected to a network 708 (e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, or any other type of network) via a network interface connection (not shown).
- a network 708 e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, or any other type of network
- LAN local area network
- WAN wide area network
- the Internet or any other type of network
- the computer system 700 includes at least the minimal processing, input, and/or output means necessary to practice embodiments of the present disclosure.
- one or more elements of the aforementioned computer system 700 may be located at a remote location and connected to the other elements over a network. Further, embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented on a distributed system having a plurality of nodes, where each portion of the present disclosure (e.g., the local unit at the rig location or a remote control facility) may be located on a different node within the distributed system.
- the node corresponds to a computer system.
- the node may correspond to a processor with associated physical memory.
- the node may alternatively correspond to a processor or micro-core of a processor with shared memory and/or resources.
- software instructions in the form of computer readable program code to perform in certain embodiments may be stored, temporarily or permanently, on a computer readable medium, such as a compact disc (CD), a diskette, a tape, memory, or any other computer readable storage device.
- a computer readable medium such as a compact disc (CD), a diskette, a tape, memory, or any other computer readable storage device.
- the computing device includes a processor 701 for executing applications and software instructions configured to perform various functionalities, and memory 702 for storing software instructions and application data.
- Software instructions to perform embodiments may be stored on any tangible computer readable medium such as a compact disc (CD), a diskette, a tape, a memory stick such as a jump drive or a flash memory drive, or any other computer or machine readable storage device that can be read and executed by the processor 701 of the computing device.
- the memory 702 may be flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), persistent storage, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), any other type of suitable storage space, or any combination thereof.
- the computer system 700 is typically associated with a user/operator using the computer system 700.
- the user may be an individual, a company, an organization, a group of individuals, or another computing device.
- the user is a drill engineer that uses the computer system 700 to remotely operate managed pressure drilling systems at a drilling rig.
- the computer system may be programmed to change the setpoint pressure automatically according to the pressure profile as the pump speed changes during a connection.
- embodiments disclosed herein may provide for continued bottom hole pressure via operation of back pressure control systems during well operations, including connections.
- the ability to continue operation of back pressure control systems during connections with a pressure profile table may provide for improved operations during drilling of a wellbore, thus avoiding unwanted pressure deviations and other events that may result in stoppage of drilling or damage to the wellbore and associated equipment.
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