Design and Field Testing of a Nitrogen Circulation Drilling System
- Authors: Li J.1, Yang S.2, Zhang H.1, Liu G.1,2, Sun T.3
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Affiliations:
- Department of Oil-Gas Well Engineering, China University of Petroleum
- Beijing University of Technology
- CNOOC Research Institute
- Issue: Vol 53, No 3 (2017)
- Pages: 428-435
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0009-3092/article/view/235007
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-017-0820-8
- ID: 235007
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Abstract
In the recent decades, the merit of enhancing drilling rate by wellbore gas scavenging has been described comprehensively in many papers. This method began to be used widely and successfully in field conditions. In comparison with air and natural gas, due to its inertness and inflammability, gaseous nitrogen has become the most preferred fluid for drilling. The biggest shortcoming of using nitrogen gas as drilling fluid is high cost of its production. If the nitrogen gas circulated out of the wellbore could be recycled by some ground-based equipment and injected into the wellbore again, nitrogen gas drilling may become more viable. In this work, we developed a new nitrogen gas circulation drilling technology and carried out a systematic study of the proposed project, namely, the technological process, development of separation equipment and control system, etc. To verify the feasibility of this technological system, a comprehensive on-site experiment was designed and implemented for testing the prototype system.
About the authors
Jun Li
Department of Oil-Gas Well Engineering, China University of Petroleum
Email: bortum@mail.ru
China, Beijing
Shunji Yang
Beijing University of Technology
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China, Beijing
Hui Zhang
Department of Oil-Gas Well Engineering, China University of Petroleum
Email: bortum@mail.ru
China, Beijing
Gonghui Liu
Department of Oil-Gas Well Engineering, China University of Petroleum; Beijing University of Technology
Email: bortum@mail.ru
China, Beijing; Beijing
Tengfei Sun
CNOOC Research Institute
Email: bortum@mail.ru
China, Beijing