6/18/2023 0 Comments Drilling hydraulics![]() ![]() Need to have a controlled rate: In many cases already the drilling programs give the value of the penetration rate with which the specific hole will be drilled, for example it is not the same to use the same rate drilling for the drilling of the conductive hole that the same penetration rate for the intermediate hole, since the geological formations that are traversed are different, and maintaining a controlled penetration rate helps us to avoid landslides of the formation.īad design in hydraulics: it is necessary to adjust the parameters of the models we study in fluid mechanics, such as models and programs that take into account the drilling fluid circulation rate and the size of the jets of the wicks, this means that taking into account, the characteristics of the formation to be drilled, the characteristics and properties of the fluid, we must design the flow rate of the drilling fluid adjusted to the size of the jets of the wick.Īn inefficient cleaning at the bottom of the pit: This variable I think is the one that most influences even for a drilling of an oil and / or gas well can be stopped completely until you can not drill a foot of more length, since if the cuttings product of the drilling are not removed efficiently by the drilling fluid, it may be failing or the design of the hydraulics or the properties of the drilling fluid as density, viscosity, yield point, filtering among others more properties. in the strata for the time that elapses, this speed is known as the drilling rate, also known as penetration rate (known as ROP for its acronym in English and measured in foot / minute), now if we analyze the elements or variables of which depends on whether the penetration rate is slow or fast, we need to name the following: One of the main aspects of drilling a well is the speed with which it is drilled, this speed in the drilling is translated to the feet that progresses as it deepens.
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