- Patent Title: Non-stop circulation system for maintaining bottom hole pressure
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Application No.: US16478842Application Date: 2018-01-18
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Publication No.: US11365594B2Publication Date: 2022-06-21
- Inventor: Blaine Dow , Zaurayze Tarique , Scott Coffey , Justin Cremer
- Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Kelly McKinney
- International Application: PCT/US2018/014127 WO 20180118
- International Announcement: WO2018/136573 WO 20180726
- Main IPC: E21B21/08
- IPC: E21B21/08 ; E21B17/18 ; E21B17/10 ; E21B19/16 ; E21B21/10 ; E21B33/035

Abstract:
A method for maintaining a constant bottom hole pressure during wellbore drilling operations, the method comprising supplying drilling fluid to the drill string via a top drive at a first pressure while flow of drilling fluid out of a wellbore annulus is restricted by a choke to hold pressure in a wellbore annulus and supplying drilling fluid to the drill string via the top drive at a second pressure lower than the first pressure and to a circulation coupler at a third pressure while flow of drilling fluid out of a wellbore annulus is restricted by a choke to hold pressure in the annulus, wherein the sum of the second and third pressures is approximately the same as the first pressure. The method also comprises supplying drilling fluid to the drill string via the circulation coupler at the third pressure while pumping drilling fluid into the wellbore annulus by a back pressure pump, wherein the bottom hole pressure at the bottom of the wellbore is maintained substantially constant during all steps of supplying drilling fluid to the drill string.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200056432A1 Non-Stop Circulation System for Maintaining Bottom Hole Pressure Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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