Wellbore pressure control system and method for offshore well cementation stages

    公开(公告)号:US09631454B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-25

    申请号:US15292992

    申请日:2016-10-13

    IPC分类号: E21B33/14 E21B43/12 E21B33/12

    摘要: The present invention provides wellbore pressure control system and method for well cementation stages, and relates to the offshore oil and gas exploitation field. The wellbore pressure control system comprises: an injection pump; and a control device, configured to control the injection pump to inject a fluid or gas through an injection pipeline to a return pipeline that communicates with an annular space of the wellbore to decrease the pressure in the return pipeline and thereby decrease the pressure in the annular space, wherein, the density of the fluid or gas is lower than the density of a drilling fluid in the annular space. The technical scheme of the present invention can effectively prevent leaky zones from being fractured by high-density cement slurry in the well cementation process that may cause safety accidents such as well kick and well blowout, etc.

    Surface layer conductor running tool for deep-water well drilling

    公开(公告)号:US09631450B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-25

    申请号:US15270537

    申请日:2016-09-20

    IPC分类号: E21B7/12 E21B33/038 E21B19/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to offshore oil and gas exploration drilling field and, in particular, to a surface layer conductor running tool for deep-water well drilling, which is used to run a conductor to a designated position, so that the drill stem can be released and the drilling can be continued. The surface layer conductor running tool for deep-water well drilling comprises a mandrel, an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, and a main body, wherein the inner sleeve, the outer sleeve, and the main body are fitted over the mandrel sequentially; the inner sleeve can slide up and down but cannot rotate in relation to the mandrel, the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve are connected via a transmission thread pair, and the main body is situated on the inner sleeve; a retaining pawl penetrating the main body and radially slidable in horizontal direction; and an anti-rotation pin penetrating the main body and the outer sleeve, so that the outer sleeve can move up and down in the main body only, but cannot rotate.

    Apparatus and method for monitoring hydrate decomposition area under different drilling and production processes

    公开(公告)号:US09598936B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-21

    申请号:US15270571

    申请日:2016-09-20

    CPC分类号: G01N33/225

    摘要: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring a hydrate decomposition area under different drilling and production processes. The apparatus for monitoring hydrate decomposition area under different drilling and production processes comprises a reaction unit, an auxiliary unit and a determination unit; the reaction unit is used to simulate the hydrate storage layer environment, provide a place for generation and decomposition of a hydrate, simulate a hydrate heat-injection exploitation process, a hydrate pressure-reduction exploitation process and a hydrate CO2 displacement exploitation process, and also analyze the hydrate decomposition status at various areas by calculating the hydrate decomposition rate, thereby evaluating and optimizing the drilling and production process; the auxiliary unit is used to provide a gas source and a liquid source for the reaction unit, and simulate different hydrate drilling and production processes; and the determination unit is used to measure the hydrate decomposition rate in different drilling and production processes.

    Control method and control device for drilling operations

    公开(公告)号:US10337267B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US16122656

    申请日:2018-09-05

    IPC分类号: E21B21/08 E21B43/34 E21B44/00

    摘要: The invention relates to the field of stratum drilling, and in particular to a control method and a control device for drilling operations. The control method comprises: detecting whether an overflow occurs in a well; controlling the wellhead back pressure based on a preset bottom hole pressure when no overflow occurs in the well, in order to keep the bottom hole pressure stable; and performing a shut-in operation and controlling the wellhead back pressure based on the increase in fluid discharge returned from an annulus of the well when an overflow occurs in the well, so as to keep the bottom hole pressure stable and prevent the gas in the stratum from continuing to invade into the drilling fluid during the process that the overflow drilling fluid is discharged from the bottom of the well. The control method and control device make it possible to prevent drastic fluctuation of the wellhead back pressure caused by the expansion of the invaded gases during the discharge thereof during the drilling operation, thereby realizing the stable control of the wellhead back pressure.