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 …

Review on various borehole cleaning parameters related to oil and gas well drilling

V Deshmukh, SK Dewangan - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2022 - Springer
The present paper is a review of various borehole cleaning parameters and rheological
properties of drilling mud which affects the cuttings transport. This parameter influences the …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of the effect of drill pipe rotation on improving hole cleaning using water-based mud enriched with polypropylene beads in vertical …

NS Heshamudin, A Katende, HA Rashid, I Ismail… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Field experience has shown that the inefficient transport of small cuttings is a main factor
contributing to excessive drag and torque during the drilling of a deviated hole; however …

Impact of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the rheological and fluid-loss properties, and the hydraulic performance of non-damaging drilling fluid

S Medhi, DK Gupta, JS Sangwai - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exploration of shale gas has indeed changed the dynamics of the petroleum industry.
Efficient drilling in shale bearing zones largely depends on the nature of drilling fluid that are …

[HTML][HTML] Cuttings transport: On the effect of drill pipe rotation and lateral motion on the cuttings bed

A Busch, ST Johansen - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Drill pipe rotation is considered a relevant factor for cuttings transport and hole cleaning.
However, in the term “rotation” is often used as a moniker for the combination of plain drill …

Removing cuttings from inclined and horizontal wells: Numerical analysis of the required drilling fluid rheology and flow rate

G Wang, M Dong, Z Wang, T Ren, S Xu - Journal of Natural Gas Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inclined and horizontal wells are prone to the accumulation of drilling cuttings.
Determination of the optimal drilling parameters that facilitate cuttings removal is a key …

The effect of drill–pipe rotation on improving hole cleaning using polypropylene beads in water-based mud at different hole angles

A Katende, B Segar, I Ismail, F Sagala… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
Hole cleaning is always a problem, particularly during drilling operations, and drilling fluid
plays an important role in transporting drill cuttings through an annular section of wellbore to …

Development of technology for hydromechanical breakdown of mud plugs and improvement of well cleaning by controlled buckling of the drill string

VG Kadochnikov, MV Dvoynikov - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The article provides brief information about a non-standard experimental setup developed in
the laboratory of the St. Petersburg Mining University Well Drilling Department. The …

Rheological studies and numerical investigation of barite sag potential of drilling fluids with thermochemical fluid additive using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

O Alade, M Mahmoud, A Al-Nakhli - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing advancement in drilling technology had necessitated the development of self-
destructive mud cake, which is composed of encapsulated thermochemical fluids (TCF) to …

3D numerical and experimental modelling of multiphase flow through an annular geometry applied for cuttings transport

H Ferroudji, MA Rahman, A Hadjadj, TN Ofei… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of volume fraction and pressure gradient is considered indicating
parameters of efficient cuttings transportation. It is vital, in this regard, to consider all …