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Modeling of Wellbore Stability in Shales including Proelsatic, Chemical and Thermal Effects
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ghotbi, Sirous (Supervisor) ; Pishvaie, Mahmoud Reza (Supervisor)
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Wellbore instability is one of the serious problems during drilling. This can cause delay in drilling, increasing drilling costs and in some cases well abandonment. The present project investigates the effects of non- isothermal drilling and the difference in salt concentration between formation fluid and drilling fluid on the stability of wellbores drilled in the saturated porous shale formations subjected to an arbitrary stress field. This project also focuses on the analysis of wellbore stability in shale formations in which the thermal diffusivity is higher than fluid invasion and the mechanism of heat transfer is dominated by conduction. The governing equations used in this dissertation...
Geomechanical Analysis of Wellbore Instability in Kupal Oil Field
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khoei, Amir Reza (Co-Advisor) ; Erfan Nia, Ali (Co-Advisor) ; Shad, Saeed (Supervisor)
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The wellbore instability is one of the challenging problems in the oil industry, which entails huge costs for the industry every year. This phenomenon not only causes numerous problems in drilling and completion of wells, but also reduces production and loss of wells. In recent years, this problem has become much more serious in the Kupal oilfield. As a result, a large number of wells drilled in the field shortly after completion face with the problem of instability, integrity and casing collapse. According to the studies, one of the main causes of such a problem is the Gachsaran high pressure formation. Despite the complexity and importance of this issue, there is not a comprehensive study...
Comparison of wellbore stability of UBD in the case of laser drilling and conventional operation
, Article 76th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2014: Experience the Energy - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2014 ; 2014 , Pages 1736-1740 ; ISBN: 9781632666949 ; Nakhaee, A ; Koohian, A ; Irawan, S ; Habibpour, M ; Shahvar, M ; Sharif University of Technology
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In recent years, growing interest in underbalanced drilling has resulted in the rapid development of its associated equipment technology, practices, and procedures. Underbalanced drilling is used to avoid lost circulation, formation damage, and decreasing weight on bit. However, the risk of wellbore collapse due to lake of hydrostatic mud pressure is high; therefore, using good geo-mechanical model may avoid wellbore instability problems. In order to evaluate the potential for wellbore instability, it is necessary to use an elastoplastic model to compute the stresses and strains around the bore hole. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that the laser drilling process depends extremely on the...
Drilling optimization based on a geomechanical analysis using probabilistic risk assessment, a case study from offshore Iran
, Article Rock Engineering and Rock Mechanics: Structures in and on Rock Masses - Proceedings of EUROCK 2014, ISRM European Regional Symposium ; 2014 , pp. 1415-1422 ; ISBN: 9781138001497 ; Jalalifar, H ; Sharif University of Technology
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In offshore Iran, wellbore instability is quite common and the main cause for most of problems during drilling operations. In this study, the existing relevant logs, drilling and other data from offset well were analyzed and integrated to construct a precise Mechanical Earth Model (MEM) describing pore pressure, stress magnitudes and orientation, and formation mechanical properties of the South Pars Gas field. Then, the constructed MEM was refined and calibrated using the existing caliper, image logs, rock mechanical core test and drilling data and through history matching to constrain and reduce the uncertainties associated with limitations and availability of the existing data. Using the...
Casing failure in salt rock: numerical investigation of its causes
, Article Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering ; Volume 53, Issue 9 , 2020 , Pages 3903-3918 ; Pak, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer
2020
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Numerous cases of casing failure have been reported worldwide. Depletion-induced compaction is one of the main factors that may cause casing failure. Stress perturbation in salt layers may accommodate rock flow which endangers the stability of cased wells. Besides, poor cementing jobs are recognized as one of the wellbore instability causes. These factors need to be considered to determine the mechanism behind the casing failure. In this study, the creep behavior of the caprock salt layer in the southwest Iranian oil fields is experimentally studied through a number of creep tests under conditions of elevated temperature and pressure. Then, a three-dimensional finite element analysis is...