2012 IADC DUAL GRADIENT DRILLING SEMINAR Presentation on the Dilution Based Dual Gradient y in CAPM System Concept,

Development and Capabilities of the Dilution Based Dual Gradient Drilling Method.

byLucdeBoer DualGradientSystemsLLC www dgdrilling com www.dgdrilling.com

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DUAL GRADIENT DRILLING WITH TRANSOCEANS CAPM

TWOSTABLEMUDDENSITIESINTHE WELLBOREANDAROTATING PRESSURECONTROLDEVICENEAR THETOPOFTHERISERBELOWTHE SLIPJOINT(Ratedto1500psi).
1 1. A HIGH DENSITY MUD IS PUMPED DOWN THE DRILLSTRING THRU THE BIT AND UP THE ANNULUS. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RISER, AN UNWEIGHTED MUD (SAME MUD COMPOSITION) IS INJECTED INTO THE RETURNING MUD STREAM, CREATING A LOWER DENSITY MUD IN THE RISER. AT THE TOP OF THE RISER, A ROTATING PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE HOLDS BACK PRESSURE AND DIRECTS FLOW TO A CHOKE MANIFOLD. FLOW METERSTRACK BARRELS IN AND OUT THE WELL ACCURATELY.

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Concept and Development of the DBDGD Method

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WHYDUALGRADIENTDRILLINGINDEEPWATER?
FOLLOWINGTHEEARTHS PRESSUREPROFILES, ,BUT

NOTFIGHTINGTHEM.

CUSTOMDESIGNEDANDTESTEDCENTRIFUGES
ConceptandDevelopmentoftheDilution BasedDualGradientMethod
DGSCENTRIFUGETESTSANDDEVELOPMENT
1. A first set of tests was successfully completed in 2002 with the idea of separating an oil base mud into a high density mud and an nearly unweighted mud on a continuous basis. A second set of tests was successfully conducted in 2004, again with an oil base mud, but also with a water base mud. A third set of tests was conducted in 2006, with a special built and designed centrifuge to improve the capacity of a single centrifuge unit. Finally in 2007, after 5 years R&D and approx. $5 million spent, we tested a specially built centrifuge units, these units were built by a major j centrifuge g manufacturer. They y p proved the separation process at a maximum rate of 600 GPM per unit.
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CAPMUTILISINGSPECIALLY DESIGNED,DEVELOPED, ANDBUILTCENTRIFUGES

CAPACITYPERUNIT>500GPM

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CAPMMUDSEPARATIONUNITSSITONDECK
ALLTHEDGDEQUIPMENTISATTHESURFACEANDEASILYACCESSIBLEFOR REPAIRANDREPLACEMENT.

ConventionalSingleGradientWellDesign

PumpandDumpdown to22insettingdepth

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DilutionBasedDualGradientWellDesign

RiserMW9.911.3ppg; DHMW12.816.3ppg; DilutionRatio2.43.1

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DGDDesignwithBelowMudlineDilution

RiserMW10.9ppg; DHMW17.3ppg; DilutionRatio2.9

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THEPRIZE:DILUTIONBELOWMUDLINE

1 Surfacecasingsetusingriserless P&D. 1. P&D 2.DrilltoTDafterBOPandriserarerun.

Applicablefor: 1.Deepwaterextendedreachwells 2.Lowcostopenholesidetracks 3.Lowcostexplorationdrilling

MAJORBENEFITSOFTHEDILUTIONSYSTEMFORDGD 1.Alltheequipmentisonsurfaceandcanbe repaired p orreplaced p withoutmajor j downtime. 2 APlugandPlaysystem,willfitonmostmodern offshoredrillingrigswithminorrigmodifications requiredtoinstall. 3 EasytoswitchbetweenSingleGradientanda DualGradientMudSystem. y 4 ExcellentwellcontrolwiththeCAPMriser systemandflowcontrols.
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