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WO2015051027A1
WO2015051027A1 PCT/US2014/058677 US2014058677W WO2015051027A1 WO 2015051027 A1 WO2015051027 A1 WO 2015051027A1 US 2014058677 W US2014058677 W US 2014058677W WO 2015051027 A1 WO2015051027 A1 WO 2015051027A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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  • the invention is related to a controlling system for directional drilling and fracturing of oil and gas wells.
  • the hookload and surface torque measurements are used to calculate weight on the bit and the bit torque.
  • To apply weight on the bit it is required to apply some portion of drillstring weight on the bit.
  • the weight on the bit is calculated based on the difference between the hookload values when drillstring is off and on bottom.
  • the surface weight on the bit could be the true value, if the well is vertical and the axial friction force between drillstring and the wellbore is negligible.
  • the surface and downhole weight on the bit may not be the same due to axial friction force between drillstring and the wellbore. The same happens for bit torque calculation.
  • the bit torque is estimated from difference between surface torque measurements while drilling bit is off and on bottom. An improved method of calculating downhole weight on bit and using this information in the drilling process is required.
  • Drilling data has been used in rate of penetration (ROP) models to predict rock strength since the 1980s.
  • ROP rate of penetration
  • the development of ROP models has been ongoing for decades and since the 1980s there exist ROP models for tricone, PDC and natural diamond bits. These ROP models have mostly been verified for some bit types with laboratory drilling data and in some cases data collected from the field.
  • a method of drilling a well or fracturing a formation comprising the steps of drilling with a drilling system by rotating a bit, providing a model for calculating rate of penetration of the bit through the rock being drilled through, the model including the strength of the rock and known or estimated parameters, measuring or estimating a value of the rate of penetration of the bit, estimating the strength of the rock according to a value of the strength of the rock required to cause the model to calculate the rate of penetration of the bit to have the measured or estimated value given the known or estimated parameters and setting drilling or fracturing parameters according to the estimated rock strength.
  • the known or estimated parameters may include a measure of bit wear, and the model may include a proportionality of the rate of penetration through the rock to a function of the measure of bit wear.
  • a rate of change of the measure of bit wear may be measured based on the estimated strength of the rock.
  • the steps of the method may be repeated at a subsequent point in time, estimating the bit wear at the subsequent point in time using the estimated rate of change of the measure of bit wear.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of drilling rig that shows the block and tackle system.
  • the drilling system is connected to deadline or any other hookload measurement system to estimate downhole weight on the bit.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are respectively schematic descriptions of drillstring moving downwardly in a vertical well while the bit is off and on bottom respectively.
  • the axial and rotational friction forces between drillstring and the wellbore while bit is off and on bottom are negligible.
  • FIG. 3A and 3B shows respectively the schematics of drillstring off-bottom and on bottom while moving downwardly in a well with the geometry of vertical, build-up and the straight inclined sections.
  • the axial and rotational friction forces in the build-up section will be decreased applying some weight on the bit
  • FIG. 4A and 4B respectively illustrates the drillstring off-bottom and on bottom along a horizontal well which is pushing toward the bottom.
  • the axial and rotational friction forces in the curved section will be decreased while applying some weight on the bit.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing exemplary steps for calculation of downhole weight on the bit by using hookload measurements.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing exemplary steps for calculation of downhole bit torque by using the surface torque measurements.
  • FIG. 7 shows geometry of a drilled well which includes vertical, build-up, straight inclined and horizontal sections. The horizontal departure and measured depth have been plotted versus true vertical depth.
  • FIG. 8 compares tension and compression along drillstring when 1 lkdaN weight applies on the bit.
  • FIG. 9 shows reduction in axial friction force along drillstring when 11 kdaN weight applies on the bit.
  • FIG. 10 shows the surface and downhole weight on the bit for lm drilled interval.
  • the downhole weight on the bit is calculated as disclosed.
  • FIG. 11 shows the surface and downhole bit torque for lm drilled interval.
  • the downhole torque at the bit is calculated as disclosed.
  • FIG. 12 shows geometry of a short bend horizontal well which include vertical, build-up and horizontal sections. The horizontal departure and measured depth have been plotted versus true vertical depth.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates friction coefficient versus measured depth during drilling operation for the interval between 3070m to 3420m.
  • the estimated friction coefficients include effect of drillstring rotation.
  • FIG. 14 compares the surface and downhole WOBs for the drilled interval from
  • FIG. 15 shows surface WOB values versus measured depth during drilling operation when keeping 10 kdaN downhole weight on the bit.
  • FIG. 16 compares surface and downhole WOBs for a drilled interval from 2534m to 2538m.
  • the downhole WOB was estimated using "K" value multiplication into differential pressure across downhole motor.
  • FIG. 17 is an illustration of the wedge angle of a single cutter.
  • FIG. 18 is an illustration of wear of a tricone cutter.
  • FIG. 19 is a graph showing the reduction of rate of penetration with respect to bit wear for several IADC codes
  • FIG. 20 is a graph showing the rate of penetration with respect to hydraulic level
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic graph showing how the graph of rate of penetration v. weight on bit changes for different hydraulic levels
  • FIG. 22 is is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 117 ;
  • FIG. 23 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 437;
  • FIG. 24 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 517;
  • FIG. 25 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 627;
  • FIG. 26 is a graph showing a comparison or rock strength between the predicted values and the lab data for roller cone bit IADC 117;
  • FIG. 27 is a diagram showing example magnitudes of tangential stress around a borehole, with example thresholds for breakout and drilling induced fracture;
  • FIG. 28 is an illustration of different fracture directions, parallel to a horizontal borehole (left) and perpendicular to the horizontal borehole (right);
  • FIG. 29 is a flow diagram showing a method of using a rate of penetration model to estimate rock strength and set drilling or fracturing parameters according to the estimated rock strength;
  • FIG. 30 is a flow diagram showing a method of using a rate of penetration model to estimate rock strength and set drilling or fracturing parameters according to the estimated rock strength, in which a rate of change of a measure of bit wear is calculated, and the measure of bit wear at a subsequent point in time is estimated using the rate of change of bit wear.
  • the embodiments disclosed here provide mechanisms for improvement of drilling and fracturing underground formations.
  • the mechanisms are implemented at least partially through an drilling system that controls drilling system components and that receives information on drilling conditions from drilling system components.
  • the drilling system may be, for example, an autodriller.
  • the drilling system includes a processor that may be configured, by various means such as software, firmware and hardware, to calculate or estimate true downhole weight on bit (DWOB) by for example a) determining the static weight of drillstring; b) determining the axial friction coefficient including pipe rotation effect; c) determining the effect of downhole weight on the bit on value of axial friction force during drilling; d) determining downhole weight on the bit using axial friction coefficient and surface hookload measurements.
  • DWOB true downhole weight on bit
  • Any of the various embodiments of the drilling system disclosed in this document may use finite element or difference methods or an analytical solution to do the calculations. Any of the disclosed models or calculations may be implemented in the drilling system to control drilling or fracturing.
  • the true DWOB produces the required or manufacturer recommended and/or simulated optimum or near optimum DWOB which may be used to produce improved rate of penetration (ROP).
  • a better prediction of rock strength (RS) may also be obtained based on inverted ROP models while drilling or in a post analysis mode.
  • the RS may bring a more accurate and safer mud weight window to avoid wellbore collapse and fracturing, thus controlling mud weight may be an action taken as a result of estimation of the DWOB.
  • the RS may also be used to optimize or at least improve operating drilling parameters such as hookload/DWOB, RPM, bit design and properly predict bit wear which is a strong function of DWOB in drilling simulators.
  • the RS may be used to more accurately optimize current drilling operations and/or future wells in the area.
  • the more accurately predicted RS can also be used to correlate to Young's modulus (E) which in conjunction with RS can be used to determine the optimal locations to perform hydraulic fracturing in horizontal unconventional reservoirs.
  • E Young's modulus
  • the drilling system may be configured to calculate downhole torque on bit (DTOB) a) determining the rotational friction force while drilling bit is off bottom; b) determining the rotational friction coefficient including axial pipe movement effect from surface torque measurements while bit is off bottom; c) determining the effect of downhole weight on the bit on value of rotational friction force during drilling; d) determining downhole bit torque by using rotational friction coefficient and estimated downhole weight on the bit.
  • DTOB downhole torque on bit
  • the approach herein can use either finite element or difference methods or an analytical solution to do the calculations in the above approach.
  • the true or estimated DTOB may be used for more accurate tooth wear prediction and used for real-time monitoring bearing wear, which gives drilling engineers reliable recommendation when to pull out the bit off the bottom and avoid bit failure and lost bearing in the hole.
  • the drilling system system may function independently of the drilling operator or driller ("black box" operation), and the driller sees the surface weight on the bit and then the system automatically adjust the surface WOB so that the down hole WOB can be accurate.
  • the correct DWOB can give the optimal or near optimal WOB desired and other operating conditions for improvement of the overall or global ROP and minimize the $/ft.
  • the drilling system may display both surface WOB (from hook load measurements) and down hole WOB (estimated from the method) for the driller. This will also benefit the driller get more accurate founder points (WOB when ROP no longer increase) when drill-off tests are being carried out.
  • the drilling system may learn from the surface measured data as a well is being drilled ahead by calibrating both axial and rotational friction coefficients.
  • the friction coefficients can in addition help drilling engineers identify if drilling problems such as string sticking or insufficient hole cleaning is present, and may enable the drilling engineers to avoid pipe sticking.
  • the drilling system system may be used in both rotating and sliding drilling mode with a mud driven motor or with a rotary steerable system.
  • the drilling system may be used to calculate the static weight of drillstring using survey data, drillstring specification and local buoyancy factor at any bit depth, for example as provided by a mud logging unit on the rig site.
  • the axial friction coefficient including the drillstring rotation effect is estimated by using the friction model from an improved surface measured hookload. For example, the last several off-bottom time based data points (excluding abnormal points) may be selected to calculate the friction coefficient using the hookload and SWOB of those points.
  • An improved measured hookload may for example be obtained while the bit is moving downwardly, and sufficiently close to the bottom that the drillstring rotation is for practical purposes the same as expected while drilling ahead in a new section.
  • different equations may be used for calculating weight on bit or bit torque depending on whether a portion or element of the drillstring in a curved section is in compression or tension.
  • the drilling system may calculate the hookload by using axial friction coefficient and estimating the weight on the bit.
  • the calculated hookload is compared with measured hookload value and if the difference between these values is negligible, the estimated value for weight on the bit is taken as downhole weight on the bit. If the difference is not negligible, another value will be estimated for weight on the bit and this procedure is repeated to get the true downhole weight on the bit.
  • the rotational friction coefficient including the drillstring axial movement effect may be estimated by using the friction model from an improved measured surface torque while bit is off bottom and there is no torque at the bit.
  • An improved measured surface torque may be found while the bit is moving downwardly and sufficiently close to the bottom that the drillstring rotation is the same as expected when drilling ahead in the next section.
  • the estimated rotational friction force may be deducted from measured surface torque to find the downhole bit torque. The changes in downhole weight on the bit will change the rotational friction force which affects the value of the bit torque.
  • Use of the drilling system may provide an early real-time detection of the predicted trends (DWOB, friction factor) associated with some drilling dysfunctions (bit bouncing, stick-slip, lateral vibration, pipe sticking), which may enable the driller to take early corrective action to minimize escalation of the issue and therefore minimize the potential to induce coupling and catastrophic drill string integrity failures.
  • DWOB predicted trends
  • friction factor some drilling dysfunctions
  • FIG. 1 shows the schematic diagram of a drilling rig.
  • the drilling rig includes a derrick 10, drillstring 12, hoisting system, rotating system 16, circulating system (not shown) and power system (not shown).
  • Derrick 10 supports hoisting system and rotating system 16 which operate by power system (not shown).
  • a drillstring 12 includes a series of drill pipe joints which connected downwardly from surface into the borehole 18.
  • a drilling bit 20 is attached to the end of drillstring that is called bottom hole assembly (BHA) 22.
  • BHA bottom hole assembly
  • the BHA does many functions such as providing weight on the bit, torque at the bit by downhole motor etc.
  • the rotating system 16 may include the rotary table 16 or top drive (not shown) to rotate drillstring 12 at the surface to rotate drilling bit 20 at the bottom where it impacts the formation being drilled.
  • the hoisting system includes drawworks 24 and block and tackle system 14.
  • the drawworks 24 control the weight on the drilling bit 20 during drilling operation and raise and lower drillstring 12 through the wellbore.
  • the block and tackle system 14 comprised of crown block 26, travelling block 28 and drilling line 30. If the number of drilling lines in the block and tackle system 14 increase, the tension in drilling lines 28 will decrease which provide the higher load capacity for the hoisting system.
  • the drilling line 30 is connected to drawworks 24 from one end which is called fast line 32 and from other end connected to deadline anchor or wheel 34 which is called the dead line 36.
  • the hydraulic cell 40 is connected to deadline 36 to measure the tension in drilling line 30.
  • the measured tension in the deadline should be multiplied by the number of drilling line 30 between the sheaves 42 in block and tackle system 14.
  • the tension in the deadline 36 is not true value due to friction between the drilling line 30 and the sheaves 42. The true value can be calculated by considering the friction in block and tackle systeml4. When some weight of drillstring 12 applies on the drilling bit 20, a reduction in deadline 36 tensions is observed.
  • this reduction is considered as surface weight on the bit which is not usually equal to downhole weight on the bit.
  • the real-time hookload data should be transferred into drilling system system 44 for further treatment to obtain the downhole weight on the bit.
  • drilling system can calculate the downhole bit torque which results from surface rotation.
  • the real time surface torque should be sent to drilling system system 44 for calculating downhole torque at the bit. After calculating downhole weight on the bit and bit torque, they will be available for users 46 for different purposes such as drilling optimization and real-time drilling analysis.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates in schematic way a drillstring 12 in a vertical wellbore 46 with a hook 38 at the top.
  • the drillstring is hung from the hook 38 which mostly consists of drillpipe 48 and the lower end of the drillstring called bottom hole assembly 50 that carries a drilling bit 20.
  • the borehole is being drilled and extends downwardly from the surface.
  • the drilling bit is off bottom and entire load of drillstring applies on the hook 38.
  • the entire drillstring will be in tension 52, the minimum tension is at the drilling bit and maximum tension will be at the surface.
  • the friction force can be neglected.
  • F top F bottom +P*SW (1)
  • drillstring 12 is divided to n number of elements and calculation starts from drilling bit 20 to the surface.
  • the buoyancy factor is dynamic parameter which will vary along the drillstring 12 by changing the pressure, temperature, drilling cutting rate and gas influx etc.
  • FIG. 2B shows the drillstring in on bottom position.
  • FIG. 3A shows a drillstring in a deviated wellbore which consists of vertical 72, build-up 74, and straight inclined 76 sections.
  • the build-up 74 and straight inclined 76 sections there is contact between drillstring and the wellbore which results in friction force 78 and 80 against the pipe movement.
  • the nature of friction in these two sections is different.
  • the bit is off bottom and entire drillstring is in tension 82.
  • the tension will not have any contribution in axial friction force 78. But when build up section 74 begins, the tension at this point will have great contribution in the friction force 80.
  • the friction force 78 only depends on the weight of element which applies normally on the contact area but in the build-up section 74, the friction force 80 mostly depends on the tension at the bottom of the element and also the normal weight of drillstring element. The following is the general force balance for each element along drillstring.
  • Equation (5) shows the torque for an element in drillstring while bit is off bottom and there is no weight on the bit 90.
  • Torqu ?op Torqu ⁇ ottom +Torqu ⁇ eigh Torqu ?emion or 0 ] (5)
  • the torque will be the function of element weight only.
  • the tension 84 along drillstring will change which affects the value of rotational friction force 102 in the curved section 74 as well.
  • the value of torque on the bit 106 will be added as shown in equation (6).
  • the rotational friction force 104 in the straight inclined section 76 will not change.
  • Torqu op Torquq oiiom + Torquq it + Torqu ⁇ eight + [ ⁇ Torqu ension ) DWOB or 0 ] (6)
  • FIG. 4A shows a horizontal well which includes vertical 108, build-up 110 and horizontal 112 sections.
  • the drillstring is off bottom and pushing toward the bottom.
  • the axial friction force 114 is acting against the drillstring movement tendency.
  • the axial friction force 116 in horizontal section 112 is function of the weight of drillstring which normally applied on wellbore contact area. When drilling bit is off bottom and drillstring is pushing toward the bottom, some part of heavy drillpipe 118 will be in compression 120 due to axial friction force 116 in the horizontal 112 section.
  • the axial friction force 114 in the curved section which is in compression 120 is only function of weight of drillstring element. Above neutral point 122, the drillstring will be in tension 124 and axial friction force 114 will be depends on the normal force and tension force for each element. If the element is in horizontal 112 section, the axial friction force 116 will depend only to weight of the element.
  • the equation (3) can be applied for the horizontal well drilling for hookload calculation 126 when drilling bit is off bottom and moving toward the bottom. The friction force may be estimated according to a friction model using surface measurements conducted while the bit is off bottom.
  • the rotational friction force is related to build-up 110 and horizontal 112 sections.
  • the rotational friction force 138 is the function of normal force which is applied by the weight of drillstring element.
  • the rotational friction force 140 is only the function of weight but if drillstring is in tension 124 the rotational friction force 140 is the function tension and weight. That is, different equations are employed to determine the downhole weight on bit depending on whether a part of the drillstring in a curved section is in compression or tension.
  • FIG. 5 is a general flowchart showing the steps how "drilling system” can estimate downhole weight on the bit from surface measurements.
  • the first step is determining the static weight of drillstring, SWDS 146.
  • To calculate the SWDS 146 the following information are required at any measured depth:
  • the second step is determining when the bit is off or on bottom 148.
  • the mud logging unit records all necessary field data.
  • the measured depth and bit depth data will be used to know when the bit is off and on bottom 148 and also bit is moving upward or downward.
  • the measured depth corresponds to final drilled depth at any time of calculations.
  • the measured hookload 150 should be compared with SWDS. If difference between values 152 is negligible, it means there is no axial friction force and the well geometry is vertical 154.
  • some weight of drillstring applies on the bit and a reduction in the hookload will be observed.
  • the reduction in the hookload is taken as downhole weight on the bit, DWOB 156. Therefore the DWOB can be calculated directly from surface hookload measurements for a vertical well when drilling bit is off and on bottom.
  • the surface measured hookload may be determined while the bit is off bottom and has a drillstring rotation and when the bit is sufficiently close to the bottom that the drillstring rotation is the same as the expected drillstring rotation in the formation to be drilled. Therefore the followings conditions are considered to select the best measured hookload value while the bit is off bottom:
  • the hookload is chosen when the bit is moving downwardly very close to bottom hole. In this situation the drillstring movement is very slow like on bottom situation while drilling bit is penetrating a formation.
  • the drillstring rotation speed is the same as planned one while the bit goes on bottom for further penetration.
  • the effect of pipe rotation is included in axial friction coefficient
  • the axial friction coefficient 160 which includes the drillstring rotation effect will be estimated. This axial friction coefficient 160 will be used for DWOB 162 calculation when the bit goes on bottom for further drilling.
  • the next step is when the bit depth and the measured depth 164 are equal which means the bit is on bottom.
  • the measured hookload 166 is known, as it is measured from the surface, and the hookload 168 could be calculated as well.
  • the SWDS 146, axial friction force and DWOB should be known.
  • the SWDS 146 is obtained directly from aforementioned standard equations.
  • the DWOB 162 is estimated and the axial friction force will be calculated based on estimated DWOB.
  • some value should be estimated close to surface weight on the bit and applies in friction model to see its effect on value of axial friction force. If the difference between measured and calculated hookload is negligible 170 then the value is taken as DWOB 162. Otherwise another value is chosen and repeat the calculation. This loop will be continued until the difference between calculated and measured values becomes negligible.
  • the estimate of downhole weight on bit and bit torque can be used to modify drilling or fracturing process. This may comprise taking an action to change drilling or fracturing of the formation based on the estimate of DWOB or bit torque.
  • the modification of the drilling parameter during drilling is carried out by the drilling system system 44 and thus modifies the drilling process according to the modification of the drilling parameter.
  • the estimated DWOB may be used to determine rate of penetration. Further, a better prediction of rock strength may be obtained based on inverted rate of penetration models. The predicted rock strength may be used to select a part of the formation to be fractured, and fracturing the selected part of the formation.
  • the autodrilling system described here may automatically adjust surface weight on bit.
  • the drilling system displays surface WOB from hook load measurements and estimated downhole weight on bit.
  • the auto-driller may identify a founder-point.
  • the drilling system may learn from surface measured data during drilling by calibrating both axial and rotational friction coefficients from the surface measurement.
  • the axial and rotational friction coefficients may be used to identify a drilling problem.
  • the friction coefficients may additionally help identification of drilling problems such as string sticking or insufficient hole cleaning, and may be used in avoiding pipe sticking.
  • the action taken by the drilling system may be determining when to pull the bit off the bottom and then pulling the bit off the bottom.
  • the instructions for carrying out the processes described here may be contained in non-transient form on computer readable media. When saved to a computer forming part of the drilling system system, the instructions configure the drilling system system to carry out the instructions.
  • the drilling system may comprise a rig, a drill string connected downwardly into a borehole, an drilling system, the drilling system being configured to carry out instructions of the processes described herein.
  • FIG. 6 is a general flowchart showing the steps how "Drilling system” can estimate bit torque 172 when rotating from the surface.
  • the procedure is mostly similar to downhole weight on the bit 162. That is, in a preferred embodiment, the process is similar to calculating downhole weight on a bit: determine the rotational friction force while the drilling bit is off bottom; determine the rotational friction coefficient including axial pipe movement effect from surface torque measurements while bit is off bottom; determining the effect of downhole weight on the bit on value of rotational friction force during drilling; and determining downhole bit torque by using rotational friction coefficient and estimated downhole weight.
  • An estimate of rotational friction force while the bit is on bottom is estimated by using the rotational friction coefficient and downhole weight on the bit.
  • the estimated rotational friction force will be deducted from measured surface torque to find the downhole bit torque.
  • the changes in downhole weight on the bit will change the rotational friction force which affects the value of the bit torque.
  • the rotational friction coefficient including the drillstring axial movement effect may be estimated while the bit is off bottom and there is no torque at the bit. Note that different equations may be used when determining downhole torque on bit depending on whether a part of the drillstring in a curved section is in compression or tension.
  • the estimated downhole weight on the bit 162 in previous section is used for downhole bit torque calculation 172.
  • the bit depth should be compared with measured depth 174 to see the drilling bit is on bottom or off bottom.
  • the value of the measured surface torque is negligible 176, it means the drilling well is vertical and there is negligible rotational friction force 178.
  • the measured surface torque almost corresponds to downhole bit torque 172. If the measured surface torque is not negligible while bit is off bottom, it means the well is not vertical and there is rotational friction force against drillstring rotation 180.
  • the best selected data is when the bit is off bottom and is moving downwardly close to the bottom with the same pipe rotation as planned for drilling. From the rotational friction force 180 while bit is off bottom and using a reliable friction model, the rotational friction coefficient 182 could be estimated for next steps.
  • the measured surface torque 184 can be read.
  • the downhole weight on drilling bit, DWOB 162 will affect value of rotation friction force 186 due to changes in tension along drillstring.
  • DWOB 162 and rotational friction coefficient 182 in a reliable friction model yields the rotational friction force during drilling operation which changes whit the changes in DWOB 186.
  • the final step is calculating the downhole bit torque due to surface rotation by subtracting the rotational friction force from surface torque measurements 172.
  • a friction model is applied to estimate DWOB and bit torque during drilling operations.
  • survey data and friction coefficient are specified, the calculation begins at the bottom of drillstring and continues stepwise upwardly.
  • Each drillstring element contributes small load on hookload and surface torque.
  • the force and torque balance on drillstring element when the bit is off bottom can be written as follows:
  • F top fiwAL cos( a '° p + " b °"° m ) + M [(F battam ( ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ botto sm( a ' op + " bo ' tom )) 2
  • T top > ⁇ X bottom X ( ⁇ 1 ⁇ - ⁇ t>bottom ) X TM( ⁇ ))
  • Equation (8) is for compressed drillstring in the curved section
  • equations (9) (10) are used.
  • a drilled well was selected as shown in FIG. 7 to illustrate how drilling system can estimate the downhole weight on the bit and bit torque.
  • the well geometry includes two build-up sections, straight and horizontal sections.
  • drill bit When drill bit is at depth 2700 m, the entire drillstring was at tension. Applying 1 1 kdaN weight on the bit causes some portion of drillstring starting from bit to go in compression and reduce the tensile force for the rest as shown in FIG. 8. This reduction in tension along drillstring has effect on value of friction force as shown in FIG. 9 as much as 2.15 kdaN.
  • the downhole weight on the bit has effects only on the friction forces in those build-up sections. As discussed before, the weight on the bit will reduce the friction force in the curved sections which affect axial and rotational friction force as well.
  • the sample calculation has been shown as follow: When the bit is at depth 2695.6 m, almost 0.4 m off bottom and moving
  • the axial friction coefficient including the pipe rotation effect will be used when drillstring goes on bottom for drilling.
  • the axial friction coefficient can be updated for
  • the different values for downhole weight on the bit should be estimated until the difference between the measured and calculated hookloads become negligible.
  • FIG. 10 compares surface and downhole weight on the bit values for one meter drilled interval using the present invention method.
  • the increment in surface torque when drilling bit goes on bottom for drilling consider as bit torque.
  • the reduction in tension has a considerable impact on value of rotational friction force which should be counted for bit torque calculations.
  • the measured surface torque is as follow:
  • the Measured surface torque is equal to rotational friction force.
  • the rotational friction coefficient can be estimated:
  • the downhole torque at the bit can be estimated as follow:
  • the estimate of bit torque can be used to modify a drilling parameter.
  • the drilling parameter can be, for example, surface torque, drillstring rotation rate or hookload.
  • FIG. 11 compares the surface and downhole bit torque for one meter interval by considering effect of downhole weight on the bit on rotational friction force.
  • FIG. 12 is well geometry of another example which verifies the application of the current method.
  • 350 m drilled interval has been selected to estimate downhole weight on the bit from hookload measurements.
  • the friction coefficient should be estimated and updated during drilling operation.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates the plot of friction coefficient including drillstring rotation effect versus measured depth for this 350 m drilled interval to use for downhole weight on the bit estimation.
  • FIG. 14 compares the surface and downhole weight on the bit which estimated by using drilling system. To apply a constant weight on the bit as much as 10 kdaN, the drilling system estimate the value of surface weight on the bit versus measured depth as shown in FIG. 15.
  • this drilling system can be used for sliding drilling which is used for directional or horizontal drilling.
  • This drilling system may be used in sliding drilling using a mud driven motor, where the drilling bit rotated by mud motor instead of rotating the drillstring from surface.
  • the mud motor is powered by the fluid differential pressure.
  • K value is used to represent the ratio of DWOB to differential pressure which can be found during rotating time.
  • a new DWOB can be predicted with the product of K and differential pressure.
  • the average value for "K” is estimated during rotating time as much as «-0 / for a kPa drilled interval.
  • the differential pressure was multiplied by "K” value to estimate DWOB as shown in FIG. 16.
  • the drilling system may use T to improve drilling performance.
  • a newly developed analytical model was used to calculate the axial and rotational frictions between drillstring and the wellbore.
  • This model can be replaced by any other analytical and numerical models to calculate axial and rotational friction forces for downhole weight on the bit and bit torque estimation.
  • velocities, accelerations and forces respectively.
  • matrixes M, C and K represent mass, damping and stiffness respectively.
  • the forces include gravity, unbalanced mass and frictions with the wellbore.
  • Wilson- ⁇ a kind of numerical method, is used to get the solution to the above equation. Based on the equation, numerical solution method and appropriate boundaries, a finite element analysis (FEA) program is developed to do the calculation and analysis of torque and drag under different drilling modes with vertical, directional and horizontal wells.
  • FEA finite element analysis
  • the surface weight on bit is obtained usually by the difference between the hookload when the drill bit is very close to but off the bottom and the hookload when drilling is on afterwards. But those hookloads are not accurate because of friction from the sheaves.
  • Some dedicated surface measuring tools such as torque and tension(TTS) sub from Pason Systems Corp., can be used to measure the more accurate hookloads. Installed in the top drive assembly below the quill, the Pason TTS far exceeds the accuracy and responsiveness of other sensors used in the industry today. It uses temperature compensated strain gauge technology to measure the forces being applied to it, eliminating the need for field calibration.
  • the hookload measured with TTS is called net hookload, which is used to calculate the downhole weight on bit(DWOB) with the model disclosed in this patent.
  • a sheave efficiency coefficient is used to calculate the net hookload from surface hookload (usually measured on the deadline).
  • the coefficient is uncertain and different with different rigs, so there could be a problem when using the model, which means there exist big errors because the coefficient is very sensitive.
  • the coefficient can be obtained or adjusted.
  • TTS obtain the coefficient in the initial stages of drilling, then TTS can be removed in the following drilling.
  • the other is to use TTS in the whole process of drilling.
  • the TTS is an important measuring tools and the model will get more accurate DWOB if the TTS is integrated with the drilling system. This is because the use of TTS removes the uncertainty of the sheaves and the hook.
  • another TTS will be designed and integred into the drilling system disclosed in the patent. In conclusion the drilling system in this patent can be put into better use in conjunction with a measuring tool like the TTS or similar system.
  • ROP models were developed for some common I ADC tricone bit types and PDC bits.
  • the ROP models developed integrate the effect of drill bit operating parameters like WOB and RPM, drilling bit hydraulics including nozzle sizes, flowrate, mud weight, mud plastic viscosity through hydraulic horsepower and bit design and wear parameters depending on the bit type.
  • the ROP models are further verified and matched to laboratory drilling data collected at a full scale research drilling rig.
  • FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a model of chipping of a rock caused by a drill bit penetrating into a rock surface, taken from Dutta 1972 "A theory of percussive drill bit penetration".
  • a wedge-shaped bit ACB is shown with penetration hi. If the bit is truncated as represented by blunt wedge AA'B'B, according to the model the same wedge of crushed rock is formed with bit penetration hi'.
  • hi represents the depth of initial penetration when the chipping starts
  • ⁇ represents the angle of fracture plane OD to the rock surface BD
  • ⁇ represents the angle of internal friction of the rock
  • ⁇ represents the half-wedge angle of the crushed rock mass AOBC
  • ⁇ represents the half- wedge angle of the bit ACB
  • N represents the normal force to the fracture plane OD
  • T represents the shear force on the fracture plane OD
  • R represents the total force exerted by the rock wedge on the solid rock.
  • the tricone model developed in this project is based on the single cutter rock bit interaction analytically assuming a perfect cleaning model initially. Perfect cleaning means all the cutting debris is immediately removed by the drilling fluid under the bit and no regrinding of cutting or bit balling is taking place.
  • the model for each bit IADC code design is then empirically modified to match the laboratory drilling data and to integrate the hydraulics for bits with no wear.
  • the bit wear effect on ROP is integrated next using the wear function into the ROP model which was taken from the work by Wu (Wu, 2010).
  • WOB is the weight on bit
  • RPM is the bit rotational speed
  • CCS is the confined rock strength
  • ⁇ > is the bit diamater
  • ⁇ is the half wedge angle as illustrated by the single cutter action in FIG. 17.
  • the wear function is for a given IADC bit type modeled as:
  • Equation 15 shows how the total change in bit grade over time can be calculated as the sum of rates of change of bit grade at points in time. At points in time after the drilling is started, the bit grade can be estimated based on this change in the bit grade.
  • ABG C - Y WOB j ⁇ RPAd 6 ⁇ CCS ⁇ Abr
  • bit hydraulics is defined in the h(x) function as an efficiency between 0 and 100 percent where 100 percent is perfect cleaning.
  • FIG. 20 is a graph of rate of penetraton with respect to hydraulic level.
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing how rate of penetration varies with respect to weight on bit with different hydraulic levels. The figure is only schematic, in actuality the ROP curves away from the perfect cleaning line smoothly at each HSI level rather than abruptly as shown. The relationship of rate of penetration and weight on bit was modeled as well as determined experimentally for IADC 117, IADC 437, IADC 517 and IADC 627 bits in limestone and shale at different rates of bit rotation.
  • FIG. 22 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 117; the horizontal axis represents the datapoint number.
  • FIG. 22 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 117; the horizontal axis represents the datapoint number.
  • FIG. 23 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 437; the horizontal axis represents the datapoint number
  • FIG. 24 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 517; the horizontal axis represents the datapoint number.
  • FIG. 25 is a graph showing a comparison of the ROP values obtained from the model with that from laboratory experiment for IADC 627; the horizontal axis represents the datapoint number.
  • Incremental BG is defined as for the PDC and was first introduced by (Hareland, 1993) and (Rampersad,1996)
  • FIG. 26 is a graph showing a comparison of rock strength (CCS) between the predicted and the lab data for roller cone bit IADC 117.
  • FIG. 29 and FIG. 30 are flow diagrams showing methods of using a rate of penetration model to estimate rock strength and set drilling or fracturing parameters according to the estimated rock strength.
  • a model is provided for calculating rate of penetration through rock is provided, using the strength of the rock and known or estimated parameters.
  • rock is drilled through with a drilling system using a bit.
  • a value or estimate of a rate of penetration of the bit is measured or estimated.
  • the strength of the rock is estimated according to a value of the strength of the rock required to cause the model to calculate the rate of penetration of the bit to have the measured or estimated value given the known or estimated parameters.
  • step 214 drilling or fracturing parameters are set according to the estimated rock strength.
  • a model is provided for calculating rate of penetration through rock is provided, using the strength of the rock and known or estimated parameters including bit wear.
  • the bit wear is measured or estimated (for example, if a bit is new, it might be estimated as having no wear).
  • step 204 rock is drilled through with a drilling system using a bit.
  • step 206 a value or estimate of a rate of penetration of the bit is measured or estimated.
  • the strength of the rock is estimated according to a value of the strength of the rock required to cause the model to calculate the rate of penetration of the bit to have the measured or estimated value given the known or estimated parameters.
  • step 210 a rate of change of the measure of bit wear is estimated based on the strength of the rock.
  • steps 204-210 are repeated using the estimate of rate of change of bit wear to obtain a new estimate of bit wear.
  • step 214 drilling or fracturing parameters are set according to the estimated rock strength.
  • the rock strength profile is iteratively determining the confined rock strength CCS and for each depth increment this value may be converted into the ARSL or UCS value which is a function of the rock confinement being either positive or negative depending on if the rock was drilled over or underbalanced.
  • P e is the confining pressure seen at the bit and it is the difference between the hydrostatic mud pressure minus the formation pore pressure at the drillbit when drilling.
  • the CCS is the confined UCS and may be correlated to a rock material property through the normalization of the confining pressure (overbalance) effect as:
  • the model assumes the following: the rock is tectonically relaxed and the stresses are only due to the elastic response of the overburden, horizontal stress is transversely isotropic, Poisson's ratio is isotropic in all directions, Simple poroelastic relationship are applicable, Viscoelastic (creep) and thermal effects can be ignored.
  • Plane strain model couples horizontal stresses for no vertical displacement, relates tectonic effects to both E and v, requires knowledge of both horizontal stresses, is the default model used in most log analysis packages.
  • Poisson's ratio can be determined from:
  • Vartz 1 10 "7 At c 3 - 6 x 1 ( ⁇ 5 At] + 0.0107At c - 0.2962
  • At c is in ⁇ / ⁇
  • E is in 10 6 psi and p is in g/cm 3 .
  • the maximum horizontal stress is the most difficult component of the stress tensor to determine. It can be estimated where breakouts or drilling induced fractures are observed on image logs and where compressive strength or tensile strength is known.
  • the tangential stress is the stress concentration around the borehole that is responsible for borehole breakout and/or drilling induced fractures at the borehole wall. The tangential stress is given as
  • SH magnitude is the only unknown, its value can be varied until the stress concentration is such that either the compressive strength of the rock is consistent with the occurrence of breakout and/or is minimized such that it is less than the tensile strength consistent with the occurrence of drilling induced fracture. In this manner it is possible to constrain the SH at which failure will occur for a given stress state and rock strength.
  • FIG. 27 is a diagram showing example magnitudes of tangential stress around a borehole, with example thresholds for breakout and drilling induced fracture.
  • the most reliable maximum horizontal stress measurements have been derived from hydraulic fracturing (Hubbert & Willis, 1957; Haimson & Fairhurst, 1970).
  • Most controlled hydraulic fractures in sedimentary basins result in least principal stress magnitudes lower than the corresponding overburden stress indicating that the minimum horizontal stress had been measured.
  • the breakdown pressure equations could be used in an inverse manner to infer the in- situ stresses from the pressure data collected during the fracture treatments.
  • the Hubbert- Willis expression which is applicable to impermeable rocks, is shown as:
  • the Haimson-Fairhurst expression which is applicable to permeable rocks, is shown as:
  • OH and ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 are maximum and minimum horizontal stresses
  • o is the pore pressure
  • T is the tensile strength of rock
  • ⁇ is a poroelastic constant which varies in the range of [0, 0.5] and is defined as:
  • pore pressure in the vicinity of the borehole wall is the same as the fluid pressure in the borehole p w , while in the fast limit, the pore pressure remains at its initial value p 0 .
  • These two limits correspond to the Haimson-Fairhurst criterion (slow limit) and the Hubbert- Willis criterion (fast limit), provided that p 0 in the Hubbert- Willis criterion is interpreted as the initial fluid pressure in the borehole before the pressurization leading to breakdown, and not necessarily as the far-field pore pressure.
  • the tensile strength can be estimated using Murrel's extension of the Griffith criterion which usually fits experimental results better than that of the Griffith criterion (Fjaer et al, 1992).
  • CO is the unconfmed rock strength that can be estimated from Apparent Rock
  • K and K s are the bulk modulus of rock and the grain, respectively.
  • the bulk modulus of the rock is calculated from
  • the bulk modulus of quartz and clay are 76 and 42 GPa, respectively.
  • FIG. 28 shows possible fracture directions. On the left, a fracture is shown parallel to a horizontal borehole and on the right a fracture is shown perpendicular to the horizontal borehole. Effects of stress state on fracturing
  • the induced fractures will initiate along the borehole axis, but twist towards the in-situ stress state which controls fracture propagation outside the borehole region.
  • the fracture propagates in a direction normal to the least in-situ stress but in the direction of the intermediate in-situ stress.
  • Permeability barrier If the fracture propagates into a permeable rock, it may be arrested and not propagate further.
  • Pp - pore pressure - derived from diagnostic formation inject tests (DFIT) or obtained from pressure gradients provided by reservoir / production engineering
  • ARSL UCS
  • the stability model was constructed to help remove guesswork with regards to required increase in mud density.
  • the model must still be calibrated to handle mixed lithology (and therefore different strength properties).
  • MSE Mechanism Specific Energy
  • the concept of Mechanical Specific Energy is defined as the work required destroying a given volume of the rock.
  • the MSE surveillance process provide the ability to detect changes in drilling efficiency which can help the driller to optimize operating parameters and identifying the system constraints which is a key feature in well planning and operational practice and by definition can be defined as input energy to the output ROP that is the same ratio in Drill-Off test curve specially in linear part that could be the sign of efficient condition during drilling operation. Consequently; the MSE equation in terms of drilling parameters can be shown as:
  • a B is bit surface area (inch 2 )
  • N is rotary speed (Round per minute)
  • T is measured Torque (Ibf x ft)
  • MSE in psi Dupriest 2005, 2006).
  • measured torque is used as the main variable in the MSE calculation formula.
  • Torque at the bit can be measured by MWD system; also the majority of field data are in the absence of reliable torque measurement. Moreover; some torsional friction may cause significant erroneous readings in real torque measurements.
  • bit specific coefficient of sliding friction ( ⁇ ) is introduced to express torque as a function of the weight on the bit (WOB) and the bit diameter (3 ⁇ 4) and let the MSE to be calculated in the absence of reliable torque measurement.
  • Equation (4) and (5) are coupled to form the new form of MSE which called the modified MSE that can be shown as:
  • a B D B xROP Bit sliding friction coefficient is a constant dimensionless number which is used as around 0.21 for Rollercone and three to five time more for PDC bits as simplicity. For more accurate results; that could be better to obtain the exact bit sliding friction coefficient values using the measured torque and WOB in laboratory measurements (Pessier 1992).
  • the MSEMod is the confined MSE and need to be correlated to a rock material property and this is done through the normalization of the confining pressure (overbalance) effect as for the rock strength in the ROP models:
  • MSE Mod MSE Ref x (1.0 + a s x P e b ° ) (26) or
  • the as and bs are lithology determined constants and the P e is the confining pressure of the rock seen at the bit and is defined as:
  • P e P Hyd - Ppore (28) where PHyd is the hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore at the bit and PPore is the pore pressure seen under the bit. If the rock is permeable the actual pressure is equal to PHyd minus PPore and if the rock is impermeable the PPore is assumed to be zero so that Pe is equal to PHyd.
  • the MSE ubd is what the bit sees when drilling underbalanced and the MSE ref is the MSE at an equivalent confining pressure of zero value for P e . This is then the reference MSE at zero confinement and is a rock material property, a' is a specifically calibrated rock property for that specific rock type.
  • MSE UBD (I) x MSE Ref x exp(-a x P e ) + (j)M3 ⁇ 4 e (29)
  • the procedure to determine the MSE profile is as done for the ROP models. If the bit wear coefficient is known, the MSERef can then be determined directly in that Wf can be predicted while drilling ahead. If now wear coefficient is known for the bit, the MSERef can be determined iteratively as done for the ROP models, assuming a very small initial wear coefficient and iteratively match the field reported bit wear with the bit wear if the Wf function.
  • the MSERef profiles in the wells can be used to determine the location of where to hydraulically fracture the well.
  • rock strength or MSERef can be estimated while drilling a first well and drilling or fracturing parameters may be set for a second well according to the rock strength or MSERef estimated for the first well.
  • drilling or fracturing parameters may be set for a second well according to the rock strength or MSERef estimated for the first well.
  • parameters may be set automatically in the autodriller based on the estimated rock strength or MSERef.

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Selon l'invention, la résistance des roches est estimée durant le forage en utilisant un modèle de taux de pénétration ou des modèles à énergie spécifique mécanique modifiée. L'estimation de résistance des roches peut être utilisée dans la réalisation d'un forage supplémentaire, par exemple par un système de forage. Des paramètres de forage peuvent être modifiés en fonction de la détermination de la résistance des roches, par exemple pour éviter des fractures de tendance indésirables, telles que des fractures verticales importantes.
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