High Performance Water-based Drilling Fluids—A High Efficiency Muds Achieving Superior Shale Stability While Drilling Deepwater Well with HPHT in South China Sea

Li Huaike; Geng Tie; Guo Lei; Luo Jiansheng

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High Performance Water-based Drilling Fluids—A High Efficiency Muds Achieving Superior Shale Stability While Drilling Deepwater Well with HPHT in South China Sea

Li Huaike, Geng Tie, Guo Lei, Luo Jiansheng

Published in Science Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 7, Issue 4)

Received: 18 September 2019 Accepted: 5 November 2019 Published: 13 November 2019

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Abstract

In deepwater drilling operation, low temperature, high pressure, gas hydrate, narrow density window are the major challenges for drilling fluids to meet, and with the increasing depth drilled, high temperature and high pressure condition was occurred in deepwater well. In the other side, Oil based muds (OBM) and synthetic based muds (SBM) are limited in using because of the strict environment rules in the South China Sea. In deepwater HTHP well, shale hydration, dispersion and Equivalent Circulation Density (ECD) caused by rheology change with high temperature difference are the two critical problems. Therefore, petroleum service institutes and companies take much time and money on research to develop a high performance water-based mud system (HPWBM) to solve these problems and improve drilling efficiency. In the paper, a new method to estimate amine derivatives was proposed, the specific test steps was introduced in detail, and secondly a High efficiency muds (HEM) are selected and the main properties were evaluated in lab such as rheological properties at lower temperature, shale inhibition and anti-accretion. Finally, the system was applied successfully in LS project in the South China Sea. The results showed that HEM system delivered high drilling performance such as shale stability, high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) resistance, lubricity and high rate of penetration (ROP) with no wellbore problems, and the system is suitable for deepwater HTHP well operation.

Published in	Science Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjee.20190704.16
Page(s)	98-103
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Deepwater, HTHP, HPWBM, Inhibition

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Li Huaike, Geng Tie, Guo Lei, Luo Jiansheng. (2019). High Performance Water-based Drilling Fluids—A High Efficiency Muds Achieving Superior Shale Stability While Drilling Deepwater Well with HPHT in South China Sea. Science Journal of Energy Engineering, 7(4), 98-103. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjee.20190704.16

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Li Huaike, Geng Tie, Guo Lei, Luo Jiansheng. High Performance Water-based Drilling Fluids—A High Efficiency Muds Achieving Superior Shale Stability While Drilling Deepwater Well with HPHT in South China Sea. Sci J Energy Eng. 2019;7(4):98-103. doi: 10.11648/j.sjee.20190704.16

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Li Huaike

China Oilfield Services Limited, Langfang, China
Geng Tie

China Oilfield Services Limited, Langfang, China
Guo Lei

China Oilfield Services Limited, Langfang, China
Luo Jiansheng

China Oilfield Services Limited, Langfang, China

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