Nonlinear model predictive control scheme for stabilizing annulus pressure during oil well drilling

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 719-732

  Nygaard, Gerhard ^a,b   Nævdal, Geir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drilling; Nonlinear model predictive control; Pressure control

Indexed keywords

BITS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE CONTROL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONTROL PARAMETERS; DRILL STRING; FLOW RATES; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646185201     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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