NETL Extreme Drilling Laboratory Studies High Pressure High Temperature Drilling Phenomena

• Main Authors: Lyons, K.D., Honeygan, S., Moroz, T
• Other Authors: United States. Office of Fossil Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ASME International, New York, NY 2007
• Subjects: Drilling Fluids; 02 Petroleum; Hpht; Depth 6-9 Km Drilling; Deep Drilling; Ultra-Deep Drilling; Well Drilling; 42 Engineering; Simulators; Drilling; Model Validation; High Pressure High Temperature; Pore Pressure; Psi; Arctic
• Online Access: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc890417/

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) established an Extreme Drilling Lab to engineer effective and efficient drilling technologies viable at depths greater than 20,000 feet. This paper details the challenges of ultra-deep drilling, documents reports of decreas...