Abstract:
A concentration of at least one chemical reaction product in a drilling fluid is determined after the drilling fluid has interacted with a plasma discharge produced via one or more electrodes of a drill bit of a pulse power drill string disposed in a wellbore for drilling the borehole. The concentration of the at least one chemical reaction product is correlated to a relation between an arc and a spark of the plasma discharge. The relation between the arc and spark can subsequently be evaluated to determine updates to pulse power drilling parameters and/or to perform formation and drilling fluid evaluation.
Abstract:
Analysis of chemical and physical properties of drilling and formation fluids associated with pulse power drilling operations that are performed in a borehole extending below a surface into one or more layers of formation material are conducted to determine one or more properties associated with the formation material and/or the drilling and formation fluids.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for maintaining operation of gas sampling equipment utilized in oil and gas operations, wherein an isolation valve is deployed along a gas extraction conduit in order to isolate a gas analysis system from pressurized fluid that may be injected into the extraction conduit from a fluid delivery system. A parameter of the flow stream, such as a particular gas content or the presence of a bump gas, may be monitored. A change in the parameter may be indicative that debris is inhibiting fluid flow into the extraction conduit. When such a condition is suspected, gas sampling is suspended and the valve between the gas analysis system and the intake of the extraction conduit is closed. With the valve closed in order to protect the gas analysis system, a fluid is injected into the extraction conduit from the fluid delivery system.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring micro-electro-mechanical ("MEM") devices removed from a fluid flow stream from a wellbore by a component of solids control equipment used with a drilling operation. The system can include a first MEM reader. The system can also include a second MEM reader. The first MEM reader can be positionable proximate to the fluid flow stream for detecting MEM devices in the fluid flow stream. The second MEM reader can be positionable proximate to the fluid flow stream and between the fluid flow output and the wellbore for detecting at least a subset of the MEM devices in the fluid flow stream. The system can further include a computing device for determining an amount and types of the MEM devices removed from the fluid flow stream by the component of solids control equipment.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fluid evaluation system, including: a pump configured to receive drilling fluid that includes formational fluid from a drilling tool and pump the drilling fluid downstream within the evaluation system; a mass flow meter coupled to the output of the pump, the mass flow meter configured to provide a feedback signal to the pump to adjust one or more parameters of the pump such that a constant mass of the drilling fluid is pumped through the pump; a gas extractor coupled to the output of the mass flow meter, the gas extractor configured to separate gas from the drilling fluid; and a gas analytic detector coupled to the output of the gas extractor, the gas analytic detector configured to receive the gas and identify one or more characteristics of the gas.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for using downhole plasma discharge effects to determine porosity and/or permeability of formation material. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a concentration of at least one chemical reaction product in a drilling fluid that has interacted with a plasma discharge proximate formation material. A relation between arc and spark of the plasma discharge is determined based, at least in part, on the at least one chemical reaction product, and at least one of porosity and permeability of the formation material is determined based, at least in part, on the relation between arc and spark.
Abstract:
During pulse power drilling, the formation rock type is determined by analyzing organic and inorganic chemical reaction products. Plasma pulses interact with the solid rock of the formation to shift downhole chemical reactions. The formation type may act as a catalyst or an inhibitor to enhance or degrade reactions. The concentration of organic and inorganic chemical reaction products is determined by analyzing the reactions occurring at the drill bit. From the concentrations, the formation rock type is determined.
Abstract:
A fluid flow system may comprise an input line connected to a drilling system, one or more fluid flow lines connected to the input line, and an output line connected to the one or more fluid flow lines. The system may further include one or more valves disposed in each of the one or more fluid flow lines and one or more pressure sensors disposed in each of the one or more fluid flow lines. A method for controlling a fluid flow system may comprise moving a drilling fluid from a borehole into an input line of the fluid flow system, directing the drilling fluid through the input line into a fluid flow line, measuring a first pressure at a first pressure sensor in the fluid flow line, and measuring a second pressure at a second pressure sensor in the fluid flow line.
Abstract:
A method for analyzing a drilling fluid receiving a drilling fluid sample from a flow of the drilling fluid at a surface of a borehole being drilled in a subterranean formation and extracting, using a gas extraction and sampling system, a dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample. The method includes determining, using a gas chromatograph, a concentration over time of at least one chemical species of a dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample and generating an area per concentration curve based on the concentration over time. The method includes determining, using a gas extraction and sampling system, at least one concentration value of the at least one chemical species of the dissolved gas from the drilling fluid sample and correcting bias caused by the gas extraction and sampling system, wherein correcting the bias comprises modifying the at least one concentration value based on the area per concentration curve.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for formation characterization in a subterranean formation are disclosed. A set of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices may be disposed in a circulating fluid. Each MEMS device in the set may have a machine-scannable designator. A MEMS scanner may be configured to scan the designator of a MEMS device in response to circulation of the circulating fluid in a wellbore surrounded by the formation. A MEMS analysis subsystem communicatively coupled with the MEMS scanner may store the designator of each MEMS device in the set, detect a subset of MEMS devices by receiving the designators of MEMS devices from the MEMS scanner, and determine a characteristic of the formation based on the subset of MEMS devices.