文档介绍：KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
Department of Petroleum Engineering
PETE 203:
DRILLING ENGINEERING
LABORATORY MANUAL
APRIL 2003
PREFACE
The purpose of this manual is two fold: first to acquaint the Drilling
Engineering students with the basic techniques of formulating, testing and
analyzing the properties of drilling fluid and oil well cement, and second, to
familiarize him with practical drilling and well control operations by means of
a simulator. To achieve this objective, the manual is divided into two parts.
The first part consists of seven experiments for measuring the physical
properties of drilling fluid such as mud weight (density), rheology (viscosity,
gel strength, yield point) sand content, wall building and filtration
characteristics. There are also experiment for studying the effects of, and
treatment techniques for, common contaminants on drilling fluid
characteristics. Additionally, there are experiments for studying physical
properties of Portland cement such as free water separation, normal and
minimum water content and thickening time.
In the second part, there are five laboratory sessions that involve simulated
drilling and well control exercises. They involve the use of the DS-100 Derrick
Floor Simulator, a full replica of an actual drilling rig with fully operations
controls, which allow the student to pletely absorbed in the
exercises as he would in an actual drilling operation. The simulator has realistic
drilling rig responses that are synchronized to specific events, like rate of
ration, rotary table motion, and actual rig sounds such as accumulator
recharge, break drawworks, etc.
It is hoped that the material in this manual will effectively supplement the
theory aspect presented in the main course.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: DRILLING FLUID AND CEMENTING