Method and apparatus for borehole fluid influx detection

Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading

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367 82, 367 83, 73155, 175 48, 324324, G01V 100, H04H 900, E21B 4700

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ABSTRACT:
The infusion of fluid from the formation being drilled into a borehole is detected by modulating the drilling fluid stream in the drill pipe and detecting pressure variations commensurate with the modulation at the surface in the annulus between the drill pipe and wall of the well. The detected pressure variations are compared in phase and/or amplitude with their own near term past history or with the drilling fluid pressure variations in the drill pipe resulting from the modulation. Variations in phase or amplitude which can not be attributed to changes in the drilling operation will be indicative of fluid infusion.

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