Similarity evaluation of stratum anti-drilling ability and a new method of drill bit selection

Considering the stratum anti-drilling ability,drill bit working conditions,drill bit application effect and drill bit economic benefits,the similarity of stratum anti-drilling ability was evaluated by grey relational analysis theory to screen out candidate drill bits with reference values.A new comprehensive performance evaluation model of drill bit was established by constructing the absolute ideal solution,changing the relative distance measurement method,and introducing entropy weight to work out the closeness between the candidate drill bits and ideal drill bits and select the reasonable drill bit.Through the construction of absolute ideal solution,improvement of relative distance measurement method and introduction of entropy weight,the inherent defects of TOPSIS decision analysis method,such as non-absolute order,reverse order and unreasonable weight setting,can be overcome.Simple in calculation and easy to understand,the new bit selection method has good adaptability to drill bit selection using dynamic change drill bit database.Field application has proved that the drill bits selected by the new drill bit selection method had significant increase in average rate of penetration,low wear rate,and good compatibility with the drilled formations in actual drilling.This new method of drill bit selection can be used as a technical means to select drill bits with high efficiency,long life and good economics in oilfields.

Core discing characteristics and mitigation approach by a novel developed drill bit in deep rocks

Core discing often occurs in deep rocks under high-stress conditions and has been identified as an important characteristic for deep rock engineering.This paper presents the formation mechanism of core discing firstly.Then,the interaction between diamond drill bits and rock was analyzed based on numerical modeling.A novel drill bit with an inner conical crown for the mitigation of core discing was designed and verified by simulation experiments.The mitigation method was applied in the cavern B1 of CJPL-Ⅱand satisfactory results had been achieved.The percentage of core discing had been obviously decreased from 67.8%when drilling with a rectangular crown drill bit,to 26.5%when an inner conical crown drill bit had been adopted.This paper gives full insight into core discing characteristics and provides a new method for core discing mitigation;it will potentially contribute to stress measurement in deep rock engineering.

Research on Fe-based impregnated diamond drill bits strengthened by Nano-NbC and Nano-WC

In order to improve the matrix performance of impregnated diamond drill bit to better meet the drilling needs,the effects of the addition of nano-WC and nano-NbC particles on the matrix material together with the mechanical properties and microstructure of the diamond-matrix composite material of the Fe-based diamond drill bit were studied by using the method of uniform formula design,regression analysis and solution finding.An indoor drilling test was also carried out using the fabricated impregnated diamond drill bit.The results showed that after the addition of nano-NbC and nano-WC,the hardness and flexural strength of the matrix material got improved,as the flexural strength of the diamond composite material increased to 4.29%,the wear-resistance ratio increased to 8.75%,and the tighter the chemical bonding between the diamond and the matrix.This,indicates that the addition of nanoparticles has a positive significance in improving the performance of the diamond composite.The results of the drilling test showed that the mechanical drilling speed of the impregnated diamond drill bit after nanoparticle strengthening is 25.85%higher than that of the conventional drill bit,and the matrix wear was increased by 17.5%.It proves that nanoparticles can improve the drilling performance and efficiency of drill bit.

Reliability analysis of retractable drill bit with air reverse circulation used for drilling while casing

Casing-while-drilling(CWD)with down the hole(DTH)hammer drilling technology has been widely used in unconsolidated formations,due to its advantages in protecting the borehole wall,excellent rock cuttings capacity,and fast penetration rate in hard rock.As an important component of the CWD system,the structure of the retractable drill bit needs not only to ensure to form stronger reverse circulation,but also to be expandable or retractable as needed,otherwise the drill bit cannot be lift and put down smoothly in the casing,and may lead to drilling accidents.This paper developed a new type of reverse circulation DTH hammer drill bit used for CWD drilling technology.The retractable performance of this type of drill bit is studied using ADAMS software.The results show that it is smoothly expandable and retractable as designed under the conditions of the weight of the bit(WOB)of 0.5–2.0 t and the rotation speed of 30–60 r/min.To investigate the reverse circulation effect of the drill bit,Fluent software was used to simulate the flow characteristic inside it.The simulation results indicated that it can form strong reverse circulation,and the entrainment ratio h can reach 9.5%.

“Push back” technique: A simple method to remove broken drill bit from the proximal femur

Broken drill bits can be difficult to remove from the proximal femur and may necessitate additional surgical exploration or special instrumentation.We present a simple technique to remove a broken drill bit that does not require any special instrumentation and can be accomplished through the existing incision.This technique is useful for those cases where the length of the broken drill bit is greater than the diameter of the bone.

Whirl Interaction of a Drill Bit with the Bore-Hole Bottom

This paper deals with the theoretic simulation of a drill bit whirling under conditions of its contact interaction with the bore-hole bottom rock plane. The bit is considered to be an absolutely rigid ellipsoidal body with uneven surface. It is attached to the lower end of a rotating elastic drill string. In the perturbed state, the bit can roll without sliding on the bore-hole bottom, performing whirling vibrations (the model of dynamic equilibrium with pure rolling when maximum cohesive force does not exceed the ultimate Coulombic friction). To describe these motions, a nonholonomic dynamic model is proposed, constitutive partial differential equations are deduced. With their use, the whirling vibrations of oblong and oblate ellipsoidal bits are analyzed, the functions of cohesive (frictional) forces are calculated. It is shown that the system of elastic drill string and ellipsoidal bit can acquire stable or unstable whirl modes with approaching critical Eulerian values by the parameters of axial force, torque and angular velocity. The analogy of the found modes of motions with ones of the Celtic stones is established. It is shown that the ellipsoidal bits can stop their whirling vibrations and change directions of their circumferential motions in the same manner as the ellipsoidal Celtic stones do. As this takes place, the trajectories of the oblate ellipsoidal bits are characterized by more complicated paths and irregularities.

Bionic surface design of cemented carbide drill bit

The development of a high-performance cemented carbide drill bit is of great significance to the reduction of rock drilling-cost. The non-smooth features of a biological surface provide an insight into how they can obtain low friction and good wear resistance with evolving surface morphology. By analyzing the mechanism of the surface of a dung beetle for reducing soil wear and adherence, we design a cemented carbide drill bit with a bionic surface, which is expected to have superior anti-wearing and anti-sticking properties for drilling the soft coal seam. Inspired from the characteristics of the head and pronotum surface of the dung beetle, optimized non-smooth surface of the drill bit was constructed. The working performance of this innovative drill was experimentally tested. With comparative experiments under the identical drilling conditions, the wear rates, drilling times of conventional drills and bionic drills were measured. Compared with the conventional counterpart, the drill designed exhibits better performance in reducing wear and sticking drilling-breaks, therefore achieving higher levels of efficiency. The diameter of the dome and pit on the bit surface is in the range of 0.8–1.2 mm, and the bionic drill bits could get better performance with preferable drilling speeds and wear rates.

Spherical contact mechanical analysis of roller cone drill bits journal bearing

Fang contact model is introduced to analyze stress of the spherical fixed ring journal bearing.Developed calculation programs in the MATLAB software which are utilized to calculate the contact characteristics of roller cone drill bits spherical fixed ring journal bearing.In addition,effects of external load,radius clearance values,and material parameter on the mechanics performance were investigated.The results show that the value of external load has a direct pronounced effect on the contact characteristics of journal bearing.There is a significant positive correlation between contact pressure and external load,radius clearance value,and the Young's modulus of material.However,there is an evident negative correlation between contact radius of journal bearing and radius clearance value,and the Young's modulus of material.The smaller radius clearance value of journal bearing is,the more centralized contact region will be,so the corresponding contact pressure will be higher.From the perspective of reducing friction and wear,we need select the materials which have high strength and good toughness.Not only might this can improve the wear resistance,it also effectively decreases the contact pressure.In this case,we can prolong the service life of roller cone drill bits journal bearing.

Design and comparative analysis of self-propelling drill bit applied to deep-sea stratum drilling robot

Robotic subsea stratum drilling robot is a method for new subsea stratigraphic geological investigation and resource exploration.Resistance at the front end is the main source of resistance to the robot’s motion in the strata.Since there is no continuous and strong downward drilling force as in conventional drilling rigs,robot movement relies heavily on the drill bit to reduce the drilling resistance.In this study we propose a self-propelling drill bit that can discharge soil debris to provide propulsive force and reduce the resistance.The key parameter of the drill bit design,the spiral blade lead angle,was determined by theoretical analysis of the drill bit’s soil discharging effect.To verify the structural advantages of the self-propelling drill bit in reducing resistance,a comparative analysis with a conventional conical drill bit was conducted.The drilling process of both bits was simulated using finite element simulation at various rotation speeds,the penetration force and torque data of both drill bits were obtained,and tests prepared accordingly in subsea soil were conducted.The simulations and tests verified that the penetration force of the self-propelling drill bit was lower than that of the conventional conical drill bit.The self-propelling drill bit can reduce the resistance effectively,and may play an important role in the stratum movement of drilling robots.

Tooth arrangement design of retractable DTH hammer bit used for drilling while casing

Down-the-hole(DTH)hammer with casing while drilling(CWD)is a technology that has been proven to be able to alleviate many of the problems faced by complex formations.However,the drill bit is suffered from rapid wear,low drilling efficiency,and high energy consumption due to the unreasonable tooth arrangement and impact energy selection in drilling process,which affect the application effect of this technology.ABAQUS software was used for numerical simulation of rock breaking behavior under impact load with the single,three,and five teeth arrangement drill bit respectively,to improve the application effect and solve the aforementioned technical problems.Based on the calculated parameters of tooth arrangement,we designed a novel drill bit for hard rocks and provided a theoretical basis for the tooth arrangement of largediameter drill bits.

Retrieving Drill Bit Seismic Signals Using Surface Seismometers

Seismic while drilling （SWD） is an emerging horehole seismic imaging technique that uses the downhole drill-bit vibrations as seismic source. Without interrupting drilling, SWD technique can make near-real-time images of the rock formations ahead of the bit and optimize drilling operation, with reduction of costs and the risk of drilling. However, the signal to noise ratio （SNR） of surface SWD-data is severely low for the surface acquisition of SWD data. Here, we propose a new method to retrieve the drill-bit signal from the surface data recorded by an array of broadband seismometers. Taking advantages of wavefield analysis, different types of noises are identified and removed from the surface SWD-data, resulting in the significant improvement of SNR. We also optimally synthesize seis- mic response of the bit source, using a statistical cross-coherence analysis to further improve the SNR and retrieve both the drill-bit direct arrivals and reflections which are then used to establish a reverse vertical seismic profile （RVSP） data set for the continuous drilling depth. The subsurface images derived from these data compare well with the corresponding images of the three-dimension surface seismic survey cross the well.

Theoretical and experimental study of the pulling force of jet bits in radial drilling technology

Radial drilling technology, of which the jet bit is the key device, is a research focus in the field of oil drilling and production. This paper establishes mechanical equations for jet bits and analyzes the hydroseal of backward jets in bottom holes. Meanwhile this paper establishes a mechanical equation for a high pressure hose and analyzes the axial force distribution. Laboratory experiments indicate that the flow rate, the angle between the backward nozzle axis and the jet bit axis, and the hole diameter are the major influencing factors; the generation of the pulling force is mainly due to the inlet pressure of the jet bit; the backward jets can significantly increase not only the pulling force but also the stability of jet bits. The pulling force would reach 8,376 N under experimental conditions, which can steadily pull the high-pressure hose forward.

THE LUBRICATING MECHANISMS OF LUBRICATINGDRILLING FLUIDS ON SYNTHETIC DIAMOND BIT

The functions of lubricants in diamond drilling were discussedin this paper. The influences of lubricant on drilling efficiency and bit′s life were compared and analyzed with simulated drilling test and lubrication test apparatus. Lubricating mechanisms were also discussed.

“NEW-DRILL”提速新工具在元坝气田的应用

元坝气田陆相深部的自流井组和须家河组地层岩性致密,非均质性强,砾岩含量高（最高可达50%）,地层研磨性强（可钻性为8 级以上）,且钻井液密度高（最高可达2.4 g/cm^3）,压持效应大,导致牙轮钻头磨损速度快,单只钻头进尺少,是制约元坝钻井提速的关键层段.为了解决这一关键层段钻井提速问题,针对元坝陆相深部高压致密研磨性地层的钻井难点,从破岩工具入手,通过对破岩机理的进一步研究分析,提出了要应用为钻头提供持续的扭矩、恒定转速和钻压的动力工具,以增加钻头的破岩能力,减少钻柱的震荡,减少切削时滑脱和钻压波动,同时配合高效的PDC 钻头或孕镶金刚石钻头,从而提高钻井效率的思路.为此,元坝气田开展了“NEW-DRILL”提速新工具的现场应用,获得了成功,取得了明显的效果.使元坝气田三开平均机械钻速由0.76 m/h 提高到2.06 m/h;周期由150-170 d 缩短到90-110 d.缩短率为35%,有效地解决了元坝气田钻井提速的技术瓶颈问题.现场应用表明,“NEW-DRILL”提速新工具能够有效提高陆相地层的机械钻速,具有进一步推广应用前景.

Drilling process of indexable drill bit based on Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian method:A simulation study

42CrMo steel has the characteristics of high strength,high wear resistance,high impact resistance,and fatigue resistance.Therefore,drilling 42CrMo steel has always been a challenging task.The indexable drill bit has the advantages of high processing efficiency and low processing cost and has been widely used in the field of aerospace hole processing.To better understand the machining mechanism of the indexable drill bit,this paper uses the Coupled EulerianLagrangian method(CEL)to simulate the three-dimensional drilling model for the first time.The simulation results of the drilling force obtained by the CEL method and Lagrangian method are compared with the experimental results.It is verified that the CEL method is easy to converge and can avoid the problem of program interruption caused by mesh distortion,and the CEL simulation value is more consistent with the actual value.Secondly,the simulation results of cutting force and blade cutting edge node temperature under different process parameters are extracted.The variation of time domain cutting force,frequency domain cutting force and tool temperature with process parameters are obtained.This study provides a new method for the prediction of cutting performance and the optimization of process parameters of indexable drills.

A new method of combined rock drilling

Based on the technologies of traditionally mechanical drilling and water jet,we propose a new method of abrasive water jet in combination with rock drilling,and establish a combined rock drilling system for the gas pre-drainage.This study chose the common sandstone and silicon limestone as the rock sample.A series of experiments were completed in the case of dry drilling,existing technology drilling,combined drilling with high pressure water jet and combined drilling with abrasive water jet,respectively.The drilling efficiency and performance were contrasted and analyzed in detail.The results indicate that it is better to choose the method of combined drilling with the high-pressure water jet for soft rocks.The method of combined drilling with abrasive water jet is feasible for the hard rock drilling and has higher drilling efficiency and performance.In this paper,compared with the existing technology,the drilling depth has increased by about 65%,the axial force and torque have reduced by about 14%and 17%,respectively,and the drill wear reduces obviously in the same conditions.

Optimization of Drilling Parameters by Analysis of Formation Strength Properties with Utilization of Mechanical Specific Energy

By increasing the daily needs of human energy, human manipulation of natural energy sources is expanded and encouraged the human society to developing science, knowledge and technology. Mechanical specific energy required energy for drilling the unit of formation volume. This parameter can be used for functional analysis of drilling, drilling bit optimization and investigating of instability has been made during drilling operations. This parameter can be used for decreasing of drilling costs by increasing drilling speed, optimized the useful life of the drilling bit and determine the right time to replace the drilling bit, and in some cases reduced to a minimum amount. In South Pars field in Iran, many wells have been drilled;however detailed statistics processes hadn’t done for optimizing drilling parameters and their impact on mechanical specific energy. By results of these studies, we can analyze performance and drilling parameters such as weight on drilling bit, rotational speed, penetration rate, etc. In the most investigated cases, mechanical specific energy at the final period time of drilling on each wells has been increased gradually due to the speed movement reduction. Although by investigating middle formations in section of 12.25 inch, all existing wells on a platform in one of the phases of Iran’s South Pars field are being studied, which contains formations such as Hith, Surmeh, Neyriz, Dashtak and Kangan. Studies were done in two parts. In the first part, the range of optimized drilling parameters that is increasing drilling speed and reducing the required amount of energy for drilling formation. This process by investigating mechanical specific energy and its relationship with uniaxial compressive strength in five studied formation have been presented. In the second part, correlations to predict the mechanical specific energy in this area by statistical methods by SPSS software, presented and reviewed. Then, by the most appropriate relationship, the most influential drilling parameters on mechanical specific energy have been set. However, for drilling the next wells in this area drilling parameters with the most priority influences on mechanical specific energy, proposed in the optimum range, will be recommended.

具有独立缓冲结构的PDC—牙轮复合钻头研制

油气勘探开发过程中,难钻地层钻井效率低、钻头寿命短是影响深井、超深井钻井周期和成本的瓶颈问题。钻头工作过程中切削结构轮流与井壁接触而产生的多边形效应是导致钻头不稳定工作、切削齿冲击失效的主要因素。为提高钻头工作稳定性,提出了具有独立缓冲结构的PDC—牙轮复合钻头新结构,并针对四川盆地茅口组Ø311.2 mm井段常规PDC钻头冲击失效严重的问题,设计了3+3+3型(3个主刀翼、3个牙轮以及3个独立缓冲刀翼)的独立缓冲结构复合钻头,开展了全尺寸钻头室内钻进对比实验,并在川渝页岩气区块茅口组—栖霞组地层进行了实钻应用。研究结果表明:①独立缓冲结构复合钻头在常规复合钻头的牙轮切削结构和固定切削结构之间的空隙部位增设独立缓冲刀翼,有效缓解了多边形效应,对PDC齿形成很好的缓冲保护,同时分担了过大的钻压,限制了切削齿吃入深度,进而防止了钻头产生粘滑振动;②独立缓冲结构复合钻头钻压和扭矩波动小,扭矩为PDC钻头的1/5;③独立缓冲结构复合钻头取得了单只钻头进尺170 m的记录,比邻井同层位单只PDC钻头最高进尺提高了73.5%。结论认为,独立缓冲刀翼对提高钻头的稳定性起到了关键作用,不仅提高了钻头寿命,而且有效提高了复杂难钻地层及复杂结构井的综合钻井时效,有效降低了油气勘探开发成本。

降低井底岩石抗钻能力的钻速提高方法研究及钻头设计

为解决深部地层岩石硬度大、研磨性强、地应力高及可钻性差导致的钻头破岩效率低、钻井速度慢的问题,在分析现有提速技术的基础上,提出了释放地层应力、降低井底岩石抗钻能力的钻井提速新思路,基于该思路设计了井底应力诱导卸荷钻头、聚能攻击卸荷井底应力钻头、差压式钻头、中心差压式钻头、诱导卸荷与磨料射流联合作用钻头、阶梯式钻头和自激轴冲与诱导卸荷耦合破岩钻头等7种新式钻头。通过室内试验、现场试验,验证了其中2种钻头的提速效果:中心差压式钻头在室内试验中提速30.01%,现场试验最高提速318.11%;诱导卸荷与磨料射流联合作用钻头在室内试验中钻进石灰岩和红砂岩时分别提速59.0%和336.0%。该方法的提出及钻头的研制,为解决深部难钻地层的提速问题提供了新途径。

Investigation of active vibration drilling using acoustic emission and cutting size analysis

This paper describes an investigation of active bit vibration on the penetration mechanisms and bit-rock interaction for drilling with a diamond impregnated coring bit. A series of drill-off tests(DOTs) were conducted where the drilling rate-of-penetration(ROP) was measured at a series of step-wise increasing static bit thrusts or weight-on-bits(WOBs). Two active DOTs were conducted by applying 60 Hz axial vibration at the bit-rock interface using an electromagnetic vibrating table mounted underneath the drilling samples, and a passive DOT was conducted where the bit was allowed to vibrate naturally with lower amplitude due to the compliance of the drilling sample mountings. During drilling, an acoustic emission(AE) system was used to record the AE signals generated by the diamond cutter penetration and the cuttings were collected for grain size analysis. The instrumented drilling system recorded the dynamic motions of the bit-rock interface using a laser displacement sensor, a load cell, and an LVDT(linear variable differential transformer) recorded the dynamic WOB and the ROP, respectively. Calibration with the drilling system showed that rotary speed was approximately the same at any given WOB, facilitating comparison of the results at the same WOB. Analysis of the experimental results shows that the ROP of the bit at any given WOB increased with higher amplitude of axial bit-rock vibration, and the drill cuttings increased in size with a higher ROP. Spectral analysis of the AEs indicated that the higher ROP and larger cutting size were correlated with a higher AE energy and a lower AE frequency. This indicated that larger fractures were being created to generate larger cutting size. Overall, these results indicate that a greater magnitude of axial bit-rock vibration produces larger fractures and generates larger cuttings which, at the same rotary speed, results in a higher ROP.