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1 Drilling Projects and Risk Management Monografia de Engenharia de Petróleos Catarina Marques

2 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1.INTRODUTION 2.DRILLING PROJECTS 3. RISK MANAGEMENT

3 1.INTRODUTION

4 INTRODUTION 1.1 DRILLING IN OIL AND GAS 1ST UPSTREAM EDWIN DRAKE PENNSYLVANIA ONSHORE OFFSHORE

5 INTRODUTION 1.2 LIFE OF A PLANNING DRILLING COMPLETION PRODUCTION INTERVENTION ABANDONMENT WHERE TO DRILL? READY TO PRODUCE MAINTENANCE PRODUCE OIL AND GAS DRILL STOP PRODUCE OIL AND GAS

6 INTRODUTION 1.3 TYPE OF WILDCAT EXPLORATION APPRAISAL PRODUCTION INJECTOR ABANDONED Drilled outside of and not in the vicinity of known oil or gas fields Drilled purely for exploratory (information gathering) purposes in a new area Used to assess characteristics of a proven hydrocarbon accumulation Drilled for producing oil or gas Injected water or gas into the formation to maintain reservoir pressure Wells permanently plugged in the drilling phase for technical reasons. HORIZONTAL VERTICAL DIRECTIONAL MULTILATERAL

7 2.DRILLING PROJECTS

8 2.DRILLING PROJECTS 2.1 HOW TO DESIGN A PROSPECT TIME AND COST PLATFORM CHOISE ACQUISITION DATA TRAJECTORY STUDY DEEP OF FOUNDATION PIPE TYPE PROJECT COMPLETION PROGRAM BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY DRILL PROGRAM CEMENTATION DRILLING FLUID

9 2.DRILLING PROJECTS 2.2 HOW TO DRILL KEEP THE VESSEL IN THE POSITION RUN DOWN CONDUCTOR PIPE RUN DOWN DRILL BITE DRILL BY DRILL BITE RUN DOWN CASING PIPE CEMENTING RUN DOWN AND CONNECT BOP RUN DOWN DRILL BITE DRILL BY DRILL BITE AND MUD RUN DOWN CASING PIPE CEMENTING

10 3. RISK MANAGEMENT

11 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.1 COMMON DRILLING PROBLEMS DIFFERENTIAL STICKING UNCONSOLIDATED GEOPRESSURE PACK OFF KEY SEATING ZONE Desmoronamento do Poço Desmoronamento do Poço Má Limpeza Diferença de Pressão

12 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.1 COMMON DRILLING PROBLEMS REACTIVE FORMATION MOBILE FORMATION COLLAPSED CASING LOSS FLUID CEMENT RELATED Fechamento do Poço Perda de Fluido

13 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.1 COMMON DRILLING PROBLEMS BORE GEOMETRY POOR HOLE CLEANING Má Limpeza do Poço

14 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.2 DRILLING DATA PERFORM DAILY REPORT MUDLOGGING MAIN SUPPORT FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOLLOW PROCESS DRILLING PREVENT PROBLEMS

15 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.3 TIME REAL TIME NORMAL TIME PERFECT INVISIBLE TIME LOST CONVENCIONAL TIME LOST TECHNICAL LIMIT REMOVABLE TIME 1 DAY DELAY JACK-UP = 60 MIL DOL. VESSEL = 513 MIL DOL.

16 3.RISK MANAGEMENT 3.4 RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL TYPICAL INDUSTRY RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FLUID LOSS IN HOLE SECTION

17 REFERENCES ALDRED, W.; PLUMB, D.; BRADFORD, I; COOK, J; GHOLKAR, V; COUSINS, L;MINTON, R; FULLER, J; GORAYA, S; TUCKER, D.: MANAGING DRILLING RISK. OILFIELD REVIEW, SUMMER, TEXAS, USA. MIURA, K.; MOROOKA, C. K.; ROCHA, A. F.; ALEGRE, L.: UM MÉTODO PARA CONSOLIDAÇÃO DA MEMÓRIA INSTITUCIONAL: COMO OBTER CONHECIMENTO PROCEDIMENTAL A PARTIR DE BOLETINS DIÁRIOS. 3º. CONGRESSO LATINO-AMERICANO DE HIDROCARBUROS CONEXPO/APREL 92, 1992, RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASIL. MIURA, K.; GUILHERME, I. R.; MOROOKA, C. K.; MENDES, J. R. P.: PROCESSING TECHNICAL DAILY REPORTS IN OFFSHORE PETROLEUM ENGINEERING AN EXPERIENCE. JOURNAL ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATICS. VOL. 7 Nº2, RABELO, C. A. C.; GUILHERME, I. R.; MENDES, J. R. P.; MOROOKA, C. K.; PLÁCIDO, J. C. R.: AN INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION DRILLING REPORT. 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSO OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, OURO PRETO/BRASIL. RAHIL, A. DRILLING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IADC/SPE CAIRO, EGYPT, OCTOBER TAVARES, R. M.: INTERPRETAÇÃO E ANÁLISE DE DADOS DE PERFURAÇÃO EM POÇOS DE PETRÓLEOS. DISSERTAÇÃO DE MESTRADO. DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA DE PETRÓLEO, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS, TAVARES, R. M.; MENDES, J. R. P.; MOROOKA, C. K.; PLÁCIDO, J. C. R.: AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR PETROLEUM DRILLING USING MUD-LOGGING DATA. COBEM, 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS F MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. 2005, OURO PRETO/BRASIL.

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