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No. of bitstreams: 1 nascimento_a_dr_guara_par.pdf: 539715 bytes, checksum: 551c6706bf8a29ba337665cf76dfb48e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-04 Agência Nacional do Petróleo Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) As bacias do pré-sal e sua exploração se tornaram cada vez mais mencionadas ao longo dos anos, não apenas por seu potencial de reservatório, mas também devido aos grandes desafios implícitos em termos de operações a serem enfrentados para tornar estes campos comercialmente viáveis. Várias pesquisas vêm sendo desenvolvidas visando contornar estas barreiras, das quais a otimização e eficiência de perfuração se apresentam como uma área consideravelmente complexa. A problemática se concentra nas baixas taxas de penetração e no alto custo envolvido ao se perfurar as seções dos carbonatos do pré-sal. Os resultados da pesquisa apresentados nesta tese baseiam-se em análises com oito poços do pré-sal, abordando economia de tempo operacional com base em análises referenciadas em benchmarks e escolhas de parâmetros mecânicos de perfuração. Os estudos foram baseados em simulações realizadas com modelagem de taxa de penetração (ROP) combinadas com energia específica (SE). Utilizou-se o modelo de ROP de Bourgoyne Jr.e Young Jr. (1974) face aos altos erros apresentados pelos outros modelos, superiores a 40% e, em termos de SE, utilizouse o equacionamento de Teale (1965) e Pessier et al. (1992). Todas estas literaturas classicas ainda estão presentes na indústria e o software Oracle Crystal Ball foi utilizado como uma ferramenta de apoio para as simulações. Os resultados deste trabalho mostraram quatro conclusões importantes: 1) a broca de perfuração do tipo polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) é a mais adequada para o pré-sal, apresentando uma taxa de desgaste de dentes-cortadores de 0.28 [%/ m]; 2) a possível diminuição de tempo de operação encontrada após análises de performance de operação pode resultar em uma economia de aproximadamente 13,747,550.00 [USD] para os poços do pré-sal analisados; 3) o modelo matemático final desenvolvido, após os ajustes para o pré-sal, pode garantir uma melhoria do erro relativo de 36.52% para 23.12% em termos de comparação entre o ROP calculado e o ROP medido durante a atividade no campo; 4) o modelo final como resultado da junção do equacionamento de ROP e SE é o mais adequado para a indústria, uma vez que foi possível garantir uma diminuição ainda maior do erro relative, de 23.12% para 21.2%. Pre-salt basins and their exploration have become more and more frequently mentioned over the years, not just for their potential reserves, but also for the implicit challenges in terms of operations to face in order to make these fields commercially viable. Several research efforts aimed at addressing these related barriers, in which drilling optimization and efficiency are presented as a considerably complex area. The problematic is concentrated in the low drillability and in the high cost involved when drilling the pre-salt carbonates. The outcome of this research is based in studies performed on top of eight pre-salt wells, addressing drilling operational time savings referenced by benchmarks and drilling mechanics parameters choosiness. The studies were based on simulations performed with penetration rate (ROP) modeling combined with specific energy (SE). The Bourgoyne Jr. and Young Jr. (1974) ROP model was used given the high errors presented for the other models, higher than 40% and, in terms of SE, the formulations from Teale (1965) and Pessier et al. (1992) were used. All these classic literature are still present in the industry and the software Oracle Crystal Ball was used as a supportive tool for the simulations. This research yielded four important results: 1) the polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) is the most suitable drill-bit choice for pre-salt, presenting the lowest teeth-cutters wear rate, 0.28 [%/ m]; 2) the possible spare in operational time encountered for the pre-salt operations represent a saving of approximately 13,747,550.00 [USD] for the analyzed pre-salt wells; 3) the final mathematical model developed, after the adjustments for pre-salt, foresee an improvement dropping the relative error from 36.52% to 23.12% in terms of comparing the calculated and modeled ROP with the field measured ROP; 4) the final model yielded from the combination of the ROP and SE formulations is the most adequate to be used in the industry, since it was possible to foresee an improvement by dropping the relative error even more, from 23.12% to 21.2%. CAPES: BEX 0506/ 15-0 ANP: PRH48

Modern bottom-hole assemblies are equipped with various sensors which measure the geological and directional information of the borehole while drilling. It is very crucial to get the measured downhole information to the surface in real time in order to be able to monitor, steer and optimize the drilling process while drilling. The transmission of the information to the surface is most commonly carried out by coded pressure pulses (the technology called mud pulse telemetry) which propagate through the drilling mud inside the drill string towards the surface. However, hardly any specific experimental research on the hydraulic data transmission can be found in the literature. Moreover, it is essential to use a reliable model/simulation tool which can more accurately simulate the pressure pulse propagation in fluids inside drill strings under various drilling operation conditions in order to improve the performance of the data transmission process. The aims of this study are to develop and test a laboratory experimental setup, a simulation model and a novel method for detecting and decoding of measurement while drilling pressure pulse propagation in fluids inside drill strings. This thesis presents a laboratory experimental setup for investigating the process of data transmission in boreholes by mud pulse telemetry. The test facility includes a flow loop, a centrifugal pump, a positive mud pulser or alternatively a mud siren, pressure transducers at four different locations along the flow loop and a data collection system. Moreover, it includes an “actuator system” for the simulation of typical noise patterns created by the common duplex or triplex mud pumps. This laboratory setup with great capabilities opens the way for testing and developing new concepts for data transmission. A theoretical model using ANSYS CFX11 (Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) commercial code) was successfully developed to simulate dynamic pressure pulse transmission behavior in the fluid inside the flow loop. The collected laboratory data which simulate various data transmission processes in boreholes were used to verify and calibrate the theoretical method. A pretty good agreement is achieved between the predicted and measured pressure pulses at different locations along the flow loop for positive pulses with various durations using different flow rates and for continuous pressure pulses using different carrier frequencies. A novel approach (continuous wavelet transformation) for detecting and decoding the received continuous pressure pulses in a noisy environment was applied to various simulated drilling operation conditions for data transmission in boreholes in the laboratory. The concept was registered at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) for a patent in 2011. The results indicate that the continuous wavelet transformation can be used to clearly identify and better detect the continuous pressure pulse periods, frequencies and discontinuity positions in the time domain compared to the conventional method (Fourier transformation). This method will contribute to the possibility of transmitting the data at higher rates and over longer distances. A concept for developing an innovative pulser using electrical discharge or acoustic sources for inducing pulses keeping the drill strings fully open (eliminating the problem of plugging the pulser by pumped lost circulation materials) and without any mechanical moving parts (eliminating the failure related to the pulser moving parts) was also registered at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) for a patent in 2012. With this pulser, it is expected that it would be possible to transmit the data over longer distances and at higher rates. Realizing the concept of the new pulser and using continuous wavelet transformation for detecting and decoding the pulser signal are recommended for future work.