Drilling Exploration and Rotary Drilling

The subject offers the basic information about the methodology of drilling exploration. It is focused on the problems connected with drilling geological exploratory and operating technical boreholes (expecially the boreholes used for the purposes of investigation and exploitation of oil and gas deposits, boreholes used for groundwater tapping; quarrying boreholes, underground mining boreholes etc.). The students have also possibility to get acquainted with the new modern technologies and technical means used in drilling exploratory activity and deep hole drilling. Within the frame of the lectures and tutorials they can get acquainted with the fundamental problems of borehole projecting (designing). The subject is intent on these next topical spheres.
Primary problems of well projecting – principles of well projecting, predicting of geological profile and its drill – technological analysis, pressure conditions in the wells and their analysis. Disintegration of rocks in drilling process. Drilling tool classification according to rock drilling disintegration. Drilling tools – roller bits – construction, fundamentals of kinematics, jet bits, bit option for various rock types. Drilling drive – oprimum drilling drive, option of the main drilling drive parameters. Drilling string – functional composition of drilling string, critical stress calculation. Casing string – functional composition of casing string, critical stress calculation. Well design, casing methods, casing string failures. Well
cementation, cementing mixtures, cementing materials and cement additives, well cementation technology. Project of vertical well and calculations connected with solution of technical and technological parts of the well project.