DRILLING

Conventional Drilling

Constant
Bottomhole
Pressure

Underbalance Drilling

Managed Pressure Drilling

Mud Cap
Drilling
(MCD)

Dual Gradient
Method

Floating
MCD

Air/Foam Drilling

Return Flow
Control

Pressurized
MCD

Drilling Problems
Total Mud Loss, Kick

Advantages of PMCD
Offers a better solution for drilling fractured formations.
NPT is reduced.
Cheaper materials are used.
Safety is maintained at higher level.
Overall Cost Reduction.

Total loss can be cure by PMCD technique.

Example - Ujung Pangkah field, Indonesia. Operator Hess Oil.
Money spent $2M and Recoverd 450 bcf gas, 450 MilB oil. The
operation was successful and without any accidents or NPT, only
using 19 hour to finish the section.(Nas et al., 2009) SPE 122771