目前海上钻井作业日趋复杂,在水平井中需要在钻进过程中进行导向,以确保其始终保持在开发层中,尽管随钻测井(Logging while Drilling,LwD)技术已被广泛应用,但有时基于薄开采区上下厚度的限制,这种地质导向只能通过特定的设备(旋转导向...目前海上钻井作业日趋复杂,在水平井中需要在钻进过程中进行导向,以确保其始终保持在开发层中,尽管随钻测井(Logging while Drilling,LwD)技术已被广泛应用,但有时基于薄开采区上下厚度的限制,这种地质导向只能通过特定的设备(旋转导向)来实现,当井打到储层与非储层间交界处时,LwD可以检测到,由于有了旋转导向便可立即调整,非导向设备无法用于矫正井眼轨迹,因此需要使用LwD加旋转导向联合作业。基于此,本文就针对上述问题展开论述,以供参考。展开更多
This paper investigated the failure cause of phantom downlinks of a flow rate detection mechanism in a rotary steerable system and developed a prevention algorithm.Downlinking is the process of controlling a drilling ...This paper investigated the failure cause of phantom downlinks of a flow rate detection mechanism in a rotary steerable system and developed a prevention algorithm.Downlinking is the process of controlling a drilling tool from the surface by sending commands to downhole.Directional drillers send downlinks to the rotary steerable system to adjust steering parameters to achieve the desired well plan.The downlink demodulation of downhole tools is achieved through the measurement of flow rate and correlation of waveform with predefined command models;downlink acceptance is based on the correlation rate.One case study revealed that phantom downlinks were due to the variation of turbine rotation speed,which was the result of alternator load changes.A prevention algorithm of conducting a signal energy check was proposed and implemented.The algorithm can successfully prevent phantom downlinks that are usually of low-level energy and only accept authentic downlinks.The work improved the downlinking reliability of the rotary steerable system.This methodology can be further applied to other downlink demodulation mechanisms using collar speed or pressure measurement.展开更多
文摘目前海上钻井作业日趋复杂,在水平井中需要在钻进过程中进行导向,以确保其始终保持在开发层中,尽管随钻测井(Logging while Drilling,LwD)技术已被广泛应用,但有时基于薄开采区上下厚度的限制,这种地质导向只能通过特定的设备(旋转导向)来实现,当井打到储层与非储层间交界处时,LwD可以检测到,由于有了旋转导向便可立即调整,非导向设备无法用于矫正井眼轨迹,因此需要使用LwD加旋转导向联合作业。基于此,本文就针对上述问题展开论述,以供参考。
基金by the Scientific Research Program Funded by Shaanxi Provincial Education Department(Grant No.20JS125).
文摘This paper investigated the failure cause of phantom downlinks of a flow rate detection mechanism in a rotary steerable system and developed a prevention algorithm.Downlinking is the process of controlling a drilling tool from the surface by sending commands to downhole.Directional drillers send downlinks to the rotary steerable system to adjust steering parameters to achieve the desired well plan.The downlink demodulation of downhole tools is achieved through the measurement of flow rate and correlation of waveform with predefined command models;downlink acceptance is based on the correlation rate.One case study revealed that phantom downlinks were due to the variation of turbine rotation speed,which was the result of alternator load changes.A prevention algorithm of conducting a signal energy check was proposed and implemented.The algorithm can successfully prevent phantom downlinks that are usually of low-level energy and only accept authentic downlinks.The work improved the downlinking reliability of the rotary steerable system.This methodology can be further applied to other downlink demodulation mechanisms using collar speed or pressure measurement.
