Well X is an infill horizontal well designed for the Gulf of Thailand. It is challenging due to the following factors - A long 8 ½ inch open hole section, An extended reach section at horizontal or near horizontal, the presence of loss circulation zones, an Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) ratio of 2.725 and a Drilling Difficulty Index (DDI) of 6.762. The key challenge was to successfully deploy the 7 inch casing across 12,350 ftMD of open hole, with potential loss circulation zones. In spite of these difficulties, the 7 inch casing was successfully landed with the use of an Ultra-High Speed Rotational Reamer Shoe. Historically, losses of circulation have posed significant challenges to well delivery in the Gulf of Thailand wells. In Well X, this is further complicated by a long open-hole section with a step-out of over 10,000 ftMD. It was determined that the successful deployment of the 7 inch casing would require some degree of agitation at the nose, and such a device must be tolerant to the Lost Circulation Materials (LCM) type and the composition of the drilling fluid and the cement. An ultra-high speed rotational reamer shoe was specially configured to meet the LCM requirements in the displaced fluid, for use in deploying the casing. While deploying the 7 inch casing, losses of up to 20 bbls/hr occurred from 7,043 ftMD while running at 15 joints/hr. A loss circulation recipe comprising of 60 bbls of 30 ppb Tiger LCM was mixed and successfully displaced through the customized ultra-high speed reamer shoe to cure losses. The casing was washed down from 10,569 to 11,610 ftMD, filling casing each stand. The 7 inch casing was successfully landed at the target depth of 12,353 feet and subsequently cemented. Drill out operations took 1.5 hours to complete. A formation integrity test (FIT) showed good shoe strength which was later confirmed by the cement evaluation logs. The comprehensive Ultra-High Speed Reamer Shoe was configured with a minimum restriction of 15mm, which is 5 times the diameter of the maximum particle size in the LCM of 3 mm. The tool was designed to tolerate the prescribed loss circulation materials, making it possible to cure the losses while running the casing string. The innovative Ultra-High Speed Reamer Shoe has demonstrated its usefulness by providing a higher probability for successfully deploying the 7 inch production casing over the extended reach section of Well X. The application of this technology can mitigate against non-productive time such as wiper trips or excessive washing down or casing rotation. It has proven to be a reliable technology that can be used in the industry in challenging well designs.
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