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Surface Drilling Parameters and Drilling Optimization Techniques: Are They Useful Tools in Gas Hydrate Detection?

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  • Adam Wspanialy

    (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan)

  • Moe Kyaw

    (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan)

Abstract

This paper examines the application of surface drilling parameters and drilling optimization techniques, such as mechanical specific energy (MSE) and equivalent strength (EST), in detecting hydrate gas-bearing sediments during drilling operations. Gas hydrates are usually detected from 3D seismic imaging and later confirmed with Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD)/Logging-While-Drilling (LWD) data and collected core samples. Here, we describe an analysis of the time-based surface drilling parameters recorded from two wells drilled during the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 372A offshore of New Zealand and the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02 (NGHP-02) offshore of India. The investigation revealed that drilling parameters, as well as MSE/EST methods, can and should be used to monitor and optimize the drilling process and to detect lithological/tectonic (fractures, fault zones, rock hardness, etc.) changes in the drilled substrata and signs of the dynamic changes in the downhole environment (tool vibration, washouts, pack-offs, etc.). However, surface drilling parameters with MSE models cannot explicitly determine the hydrate gas-bearing sediments. This qualitative analysis of whether the gas-bearing sediments consist of hydrates can only be accomplished with the use of the MWD/LWD suite, preferably located as close as possible to the bit.

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  • Adam Wspanialy & Moe Kyaw, 2022. "Surface Drilling Parameters and Drilling Optimization Techniques: Are They Useful Tools in Gas Hydrate Detection?," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:13:p:4635-:d:847175
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