A review of technological advances and open challenges for oil and gas drilling systems engineering

EI Epelle, DI Gerogiorgis - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The ever‐increasing quest to identify, secure, access, and operate oil and gas fields is
continuously expanding to the far corners of the planet, facing extreme conditions toward …

Experimental and numerical study of cuttings transport in inclined drilling operations

MM Huque, MA Rahman, S Zendehboudi, S Butt… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Directional drilling has become popular in recent decades in both onshore and offshore
operations due to reduced drilling costs and improved recovery. In a directional well drilling …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the electric resistance tomographic technique to investigate its efficacy in cuttings transport in horizontal drilling scenarios

MS Khan, A Barooah, MA Rahman, I Hassan… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study is focused on the experimental evaluation of the non-intrusive electric
resistance tomographic (ERT) technique in the presence of different types of water-based …

Investigation of cuttings transport in a horizontal well with high-speed visualization and electrical resistance tomography technique

MM Huque, MA Rahman, S Zendehboudi, S Butt… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a horizontal well drilling operation, a part of generated drill cuttings tends to settle down at
a lower annular section. Formation of sand bed causes several operational issues such as …

[HTML][HTML] Процессы транспорта шлама при очистке скважин с произвольной ориентацией буровых труб, содержащих эксцентрично расположенное круглое …

СН Харламов, Д Мехран - Известия Томского политехнического …, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
Актуальность работы вызвана необходимостью современной оценки решения
проблем: моделирования течений смеси вязкой жидкости с твердыми частицами и …

Experimental study of cuttings transport with non-Newtonian fluid in an inclined well using visualization and electrical resistance tomography techniques

MM Huque, S Imtiaz, S Zendehboudi, S Butt… - SPE Drilling & …, 2021 - onepetro.org
Hole cleaning is a concern in directional and horizontal well drilling operations where drill
cuttings tend to settle in the lower annulus section. Laboratory-scale experiments were …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of a solid particle deposition velocity in drag reducing fluids with salinity

C Obi, MA Rahman, I Hassan, R Hasan - Petroleum Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Optimal and cost-effective drilling operations in extended-reach horizontal wells depend on
efficient solid cuttings removal from the borehole. Several solids-suspended multiphase …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation of bottom hole and formation temperature by drilling fluid data: a machine learning approach

S Gul, V Aslanoglu, MK Tuzen… - 44th Workshop on …, 2019 - pangea.stanford.edu
Two of the most critical measurements during and after drilling a geothermal well are the
bottom hole circulating temperature (BHCT) and the static formation temperature (SFT) …

Advanced materials and sensors in well logging, drilling, and completion operations

S Gul, J Shiriyev, V Singhal, O Erge… - Sustainable Materials for …, 2021 - Elsevier
The oil and gas well construction is often associated with the unknowns and uncertainties
while executing the operations. Because, while drilling, the drilling bit is under the ground …

Comprehensive Review on Wellbore Cleaning: Analyzing Factors, Simulation Models, and Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Drilling Efficiency

N Boyou, AS Haddad, R Rafati… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2024 - journals.ekb.eg
Inadequate wellbore cleaning is a recurring problem as removing cuttings from thousands of
meters from the downhole to the surface is challenging during any drilling process. High …