A subsea mudlift drilling simulator for casing seat selection /
The oil industry caters to innumerable functions as an energy source throughout the world. However, petroleum products, often referred to as 'black gold', are diminishing with increased need and demand from the industrialized nations. Thus, to meet these requirements, exploration for new s...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The oil industry caters to innumerable functions as an energy source throughout the world. However, petroleum products, often referred to as 'black gold', are diminishing with increased need and demand from the industrialized nations. Thus, to meet these requirements, exploration for new sources must continue, even into hostile environments such as deep offshore locations. Conventional drilling methods will not suffice for production as the move to drilling in deeper water continues. Thus, newer technologies will have to be developed and implemented complemented with effective training programs to teach the working of these techniques, depict their benefits over conventional methods and make the presently out-of-reach exploitable reservoir environments an economically viable oil source. Subsea Mudlift Drilling (SMD) is one such technique currently being developed to cater to ultra deep-water drilling and the current research shows significant improvements over the presently used methods for similar conditions. This thesis focuses on casing seat selection in Subsea Mudlift Drilling as against conventional drilling and the corresponding benefits achieved using the new technology. The Simulator developed for this work will be used as part of a training program to teach future users the technique called Subsea Mudlift Drilling and its benefits as measured against conventional drilling. The computer program developed calculates casing seat depths based on the data set entered which includes depth vs. pore and fracture gradients and displays the same for both conventional drilling as well as Subsea Mudlift Drilling. It graphically depicts the entire system animating the drilling process for both cases. It will be a useful tool to familiarize the well-versed users of conventional drilling techniques with the basics of Subsea Mudlift Drilling. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Petroleum Engineering". |
| Physical Description: | ix, 82 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-40). |