Laboratory investigation of drill cuttings disposal by downhole injection

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1009-1016

  Willson, S M ^a   Steiger, R P ^b   Moschovidis, Z A ^c   Abou Sayed, A S ^c   De Bree, Ph ^d   Sirevag G ^e  

^a BP Amoco Sunbury ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

DOWNHOLES; DRILL CUTTINGS; DRILLING WASTES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURING MECHANISMS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MULTI-LAYERED;

INFILL DRILLING;

EID: 85053458740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Minton, R.C. & N.C. Last 1994. "Downhole injection of OBM cuttings economical in North Sea", Oil & Gas Journal, May 30, 1994.
2. Minton, R.C., A. Meader & S.M. Willson 1992. "Downhole cuttings injection allows use of oil-base muds", World Oil, Oct 1992, 47-52.
3. Moschovidis, Z.A., D.C. Gardner, G.V. Sund & R.W. Veatch 1993. "Disposal of oily cuttings by downhole periodic fracturing injections in Valhall, North Sea: a case study and modelling concepts", paper SPE/IADC 25757 presented at the 1993 SPE/IADC Drilling Conf., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb. 22-25.
4. Moschovidis, Z.A., R.P. Steiger, X. Weng & A.S. Abou-Sayed 1998. "The Mounds drill cuttings experiment: determining placement of drill cuttings by hydraulic fracturing injection", paper SPE 48987 presented at the Ann. Tech. Conf. and Exhib. of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, New Orleans, USA, 27-30 September 1998.
5. Sirevåg, G. & A. Bale 1993. "An improved method for grinding and reinjecting drill cuttings", paper SPE/IADC 25758 presented at the 1993 SPE/IADC Drilling Conf., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb. 22-25.
6. Willson, S.M., M. Rylance & N.C. Last 1993. "Fracture mechanics issues relating to cuttings reinjection at shallow depth", paper SPE/IADC 25756 presented at the 1993 SPE/IADC Drilling Conf., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb. 22-25.