ADVANCED CUTTINGS TRANSPORT STUDY

Reed, Troy ; Miska, Stefan ; Takach, Nicholas ; Ashenayi, Kaveh ; Pickell, Mark ; Volk, Len ; Volk, Mike ; Zhou, Lei ; Chen, Zhu ; Redden, Crystal ; Washington, Aimee

University of Tulsa (United States)

关键词: Rotation;    Texture;    02 Petroleum;    Progress Report;    Petroleum;   

DOI  :  10.2172/819262
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FG26-99BC15178
RP-ID  :  819262

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This is the second quarterly progress report for Year-4 of the ACTS Project. It includes a review of progress made in: (1) Flow Loop construction and development and (2) research tasks during the period of time between October 1, 2002 and December 30, 2002. This report presents a review of progress on the following specific tasks. (a) Design and development of an Advanced Cuttings Transport Facility Task 3: Addition of a Cuttings Injection/Separation System, Task 4: Addition of a Pipe Rotation System. (b) New research project (Task 9b): ''Development of a Foam Generator/Viscometer for Elevated Pressure and Elevated Temperature (EPET) Conditions''. (d) Research project (Task 10): ''Study of Cuttings Transport with Aerated Mud Under Elevated Pressure and Temperature Conditions''. (e) Research on three instrumentation tasks to measure: Cuttings concentration and distribution in a flowing slurry (Task 11), Foam texture while transporting cuttings. (Task 12), and Viscosity of Foam under EPET (Task 9b). (f) New Research project (Task 13): ''Study of Cuttings Transport with Foam under Elevated Pressure and Temperature Conditions''. (g) Development of a Safety program for the ACTS Flow Loop. Progress on a comprehensive safety review of all flow-loop components and operational procedures. (Task 1S). (h) Activities towards technology transfer and developing contacts with Petroleum and service company members, and increasing the number of JIP members.