A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS

Mohamed Shafik Khaled; Muhammad Saad Khan; Mohammad Azizur Rahman; A. Rashid Hasan

doi:10.1115/OMAE2022-79540

A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS

Mohamed Shafik Khaled
, Muhammad Saad Khan
, Mohammad Azizur Rahman
, A. Rashid Hasan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

A fundamental understanding of the impact of different hydrodynamic, scaling, and geometric conditions on cuttings transport are essential for successful wellbore drilling. This study presents a validated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for investigating cuttings transport phenomena in deviated wells with Herschel Bulkley drilling fluids at different drilling conditions. A CFD model was developed and validated with our experiments conducted in the TAMUQ flow loop (5-meter horizontal length, 4.5in. X 2in.) and open literature. The Eulerian-Eulerian approach simulated solid-liquid laminar and turbulent flow in annular geometry utilizing hexahedral mesh under transient conditions. It was observed that the optimum range for efficient hole cleaning is from 0-200 RPM, and increasing RPM above 200 will have a marginal impact on improving hole cleaning. Cuttings size of 0.004 m was determined to be the critical size for solid particle removal. Hole enlargement has a hugely adverse effect on the fluid-carrying capacity due to the reduction of fluid velocity in the enlarged section and cuttings concentrate. Poor hole cleaning signs were observed with increasing cuttings density and wellbore inclination between 45-60 degrees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Petroleum Technology
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791885956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2022-79540
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 5 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Volume	10

Conference

Conference	ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	5/06/22 → 10/06/22

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Keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Cuttings transport
Drilling parameters
Herschel Bulkley fluids
Hole cleaning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ocean Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Mechanical Engineering

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Khaled, M. S., Khan, M. S., Rahman, M. A., & Hasan, A. R. (2022). A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS. In Petroleum Technology Article V010T11A081 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Vol. 10). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2022-79540

Khaled, Mohamed Shafik ; Khan, Muhammad Saad ; Rahman, Mohammad Azizur et al. / A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS. Petroleum Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE).

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A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS. / Khaled, Mohamed Shafik; Khan, Muhammad Saad; Rahman, Mohammad Azizur et al.
Petroleum Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022. V010T11A081 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Vol. 10).

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Khaled MS, Khan MS, Rahman MA, Hasan AR. A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS. In Petroleum Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2022. V010T11A081. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE). doi: 10.1115/OMAE2022-79540

A VALIDATED COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL INVESTIGATING CUTTINGS TRANSPORT WITH HERSCHEL BULKLEY DRILLING FLUIDS

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