Transocean

Managed Pressure Drilling

Alexandre Passos

February, 2013

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 Managed Pressure Drilling
• Introduction to MPD
• Brazil Perspective
• Managed Pressure Drilling
• Theory & Purpose
• MPD techniques
• Transocean CAPM™
• Main Equipment

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 Introduction to MPD
• In Conventional Drilling, primary well control is
maintained solely by the hydrostatic pressure applied by
the drilling fluid

• MPD techniques proactively alter and manage the

annular pressure profile while maintaining constant BHP
and avoiding the influx of formation fluids

• Note: Managed pressure drilling is not under-balanced

drilling

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 MPD - Brazil Perspective

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 Petrobras Plans
• All exploration rigs to have MPD

• ‘SETE’ rigs will come with MPD

• Addendums will be made to existing contracts to

implement MPD

• One of our competitors already has MPD in Brazil

• Weatherford is selling MPD packages

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 Managed Pressure Drilling
• The key drivers for manipulating the annular pressure profile are:
• Reduce non-productive time arising from kicks, lost circulation and stuck
pipe when the well is drilled conventionally.
• Minimize overbalance to increase ROP, avoid differential sticking, prevent
lost circulation and minimize invasive formation damage.
• Maintain a constant bottom hole pressure to avoid wellbore ballooning
• Extend the depth between casing setting points by navigating the narrow
window between formation pressure and formation strength, especially
critical in deeper water and HPHT environments
• Enable faster kick detection
• Provide the ability for applying dynamic well control i.e. provide the ability to
apply immediate additional surface back pressure to kill the well instead of
raising the mud weight

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 Managed Pressure Drilling
• The annular pressure profile can be altered or manipulated by:
• Applying/maintaining surface pressure while drilling ahead
• Employing a riserless system which results in a dual gradient; i.e. drilling
mud in the wellbore and seawater gradient above
• Utilizing a dual gradient system with different mud densities in both the riser
and below the BOP.
• Maintaining circulation while making connections to ensure continuous
constant bottom hole pressures
• Drilling without returns to surface by employing a riser mud cap, either
floating or pressurized

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 Managed Pressure Drilling
• Managed Pressure Drilling operations must not be
conducted without written approval of the Company
MPD Technical Authority (Manager Technology
Applications) or designee.

• Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Under Balanced

Drilling (UBD) use a number of techniques to control
and vary the hydrostatic pressure profile and bottom-
hole pressure

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 Managed Pressure Drilling Techniques
• 1. Constant Bottom Hole Pressure (CBHP) – Continuous Circulation Devices
• 2. Constant Bottom Hole Pressure (CBHP) – Bottle Up or Trapped Pressure
• 3. Constant Bottom Hole Pressure (CBHP) – Dynamic Back Pressure Control
• 4. Constant Bottom Hole Pressure(CBHP) – Back Pressure Control using Gas
Injection
• 5. Dual Gradient Subsea Pump (GE MaxiLift TM)
• 6. Controlled Annular Mud Level (AGR EC-DrillTM & EC-Drill+ TM)
• 7. Riserless Mud Line Pumping (AGR RMRTM)
• 8. Dual Gradient – Mix Fluid using Gas
• 9. Dual Gradient – Mix Fluid using Liquid (Transocean CAPM)
• 10.ECD Reduction Tools
• 11.Floating Mud Cap Drilling (Note: Not Approved for use on Transocean Vessels)
• 12.Pressurized Mud Cap Drilling (PMCD)
• 13.ECD Control – Concentric Drill Pipe (ReelWell AS)
• 14.RCD Only
• 15.Enhanced Kick / Loss Detection only
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 Transocean MPD
• First managed pressure drilling using surface BOP stack
• First managed pressure drilling application on a
dynamically positioned drillship
• Transocean CAPM™
• Combines Dual Gradient Drilling & a Closed Circulating System
• More info in Operations Assurance (RigCentral):

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 Well Pressure Profile – Back Pressure Applied

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 Well Example: Single and Dual Gradient Wells

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 Continuous Annular Pressure Management (CAPM™)
• CAPM™ Equipment required:
• Concentric riser (casing liner string hung off at surface) or a booster line with
a large internal diameter
• CAPM™ centrifuges
• Rotating Circulating Device - RCD (to take advantage of the enhanced kick
detection provided by the drilling manifold)
• Drilling manifold (complete with automated chokes and a highly accurate
mass-type flowmeter(s))
• Flow stop valve (installed in the BHA to prevent u-tubing of the heavy drilling
fluid during connections with the pumps off.

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 Managed Pressure Drilling
• First managed pressure drilling using surface BOP stack
• First managed pressure drilling application on a
dynamically positioned drillship

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 QUESTIONS

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