Sensitivity Analysis of Major Drilling Parameters on Cuttings Transport during Drilling Highly-inclined Wells

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2009-01-01

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Ozbayoglu, E. M.
Miska, S. Z.
Takach, N.
Reed, T.

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In this study, a layered cuttings transport model is developed for high-angle and horizontal wells, which can be used for incompressible non-Newtonian fluids as well as compressible non-Newtonian fluids (i.e., foams). The effects of major drilling parameters, such as flow rate, rate of penetration, fluid density, viscosity, gas ratio, cuttings size, cuttings density, wellbore inclination and eccentricity of the drillsting on cuttings transport efficiency are analyzed. The major findings from this study are, the dominating parameter on wellbore cleaning is the flow rate, and, as the viscosity of the fluid is increased, the thickness of the cuttings bed developed in the wellbore is significantly increasing. Also, cuttings properties, fluid density, wellbore inclination and eccentricity have some influence on cuttings transport.

Subject Keywords

Fuel Technology, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, General Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67337

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PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10916460701700195

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Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Article

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E. M. Ozbayoglu, S. Z. Miska, N. Takach, and T. Reed, “Sensitivity Analysis of Major Drilling Parameters on Cuttings Transport during Drilling Highly-inclined Wells,” PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, pp. 122–133, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67337.