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− | Drilling problems include any difficulties encountered while drilling a well. The most common drilling problems are the creation of doglegs and key seats, hole instability, lost circulation, and excessive bottom hole temperatures. | + | Drilling problems include any difficulties encountered while [[drilling a well]]. The most common drilling problems are the creation of doglegs and key seats, hole instability, lost circulation, and excessive bottom hole temperatures. |
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| ==Doglegs== | | ==Doglegs== |
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| * Overburden pressure | | * Overburden pressure |
| * Earth movement forces | | * Earth movement forces |
− | * Pore pressure | + | * [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/p/pore_pressure.aspx Pore pressure] |
| * Water absorption, swelling, or dispersion | | * Water absorption, swelling, or dispersion |
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| * Ineffective hole cleaning | | * Ineffective hole cleaning |
| * Stuck pipe | | * Stuck pipe |
− | * Bridges and fill-up | + | * [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/b/bridge.aspx Bridges] and fill-up |
| * Wellbore enlargement | | * Wellbore enlargement |
| * Increased mud volume | | * Increased mud volume |
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| ==Bottom hole temperatures== | | ==Bottom hole temperatures== |
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− | Extremely high bottom hole temperatures can occur in deep wellbores or in areas of abnormally high [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=geothermal%20gradient geothermal gradient]. These excessively high bottom hole temperatures (greater than [[temperature::250°C]]) can cause drilling problems because of the accelerated thickening of water-based drilling fluids. The increase in viscosity and density of the drilling can may result in the following: | + | Extremely high bottom hole temperatures can occur in deep wellbores or in areas of abnormally high [[geothermal gradient]]. These excessively high bottom hole temperatures (greater than [[temperature::250°C]]) can cause drilling problems because of the accelerated thickening of [[Drilling_fluid#Water-based_muds|water-based drilling fluids]]. The increase in [[viscosity]] and density of the drilling can may result in the following: |
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| * Reduction in penetration rates | | * Reduction in penetration rates |
| * Lost circulation | | * Lost circulation |
− | * The well being swabbed when drill pipe is pulled | + | * The well being [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/s/swab.aspx swabbed] when drill pipe is pulled |
| * Stuck tools | | * Stuck tools |
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− | This problem can be mitigated by using oil-based muds. | + | This problem can be mitigated by using [[Drilling_fluid#Oil-based_muds|oil-based muds]]. |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
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| [[Category:Engineering]] | | [[Category:Engineering]] |
| [[Category:Engineering – Development and Operations]] | | [[Category:Engineering – Development and Operations]] |
| + | [[Category:Methods in Exploration 10]] |