Measuring and testing – Borehole or drilling – Downhole test
Patent
1992-04-29
1994-01-11
Warden, Robert J.
Measuring and testing
Borehole or drilling
Downhole test
175 40, E21B 4700
Patent
active
052770613
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for determining the rotation speed of a drill bit, and, more particularly, to such a method intended to determine this speed in real time from data captured at one point of the string.
During the drilling of an oil well, the motor unit for the string of pipe, which motor unit is mounted on the surface, rotates at a constant speed of between 50 and 150 revolutions per minute. However, the friction produced between the drill bit and the bottom of the well, or between the pipes and the wall of the well, may cause the bit to slow down or indeed to stop periodically. As during this time, the motor unit continues to rotate at one end of the string of pipe, the latter tends to twist about its longitudinal axis until the force exerted is greater than the friction effect braking the bit. At that moment, the string of pipe relaxes and the bit starts to rotate again and can reach point rotation speeds of the order of 150 to 400 revolutions per minute. As wells often follow deviated trajectories, contact between the string and the wall of the well occurs quite frequently.
It is obvious that the behaviour of the bit has a significant effect on the progress of the drilling. Thus, it is desirable for the head driller to be alerted to periodic rotation-speed instabilities of the bit in order that he can modify the parameters of the drillingrotation speed of the motor unit, mud flow rate or weight applied to the tool--and thus to ensure optimal drilling.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The subject of the present invention is therefore a method for determining the rotation speed of a drill bit, capable of being performed in real time from data captured at one point of the string.
In order to achieve this, the invention provides a method for determining the rotation speed of a drill bit, the bit being disposed at one end of a drill string, the other end of the string being set into rotation, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: the acceleration, rotation speed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly on reading the description hereinbelow with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view of a drilling assembly,
FIGS. 2 and 3 show, in block diagram form, the steps of the method according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
As shown in FIG. 1, a drilling assembly comprises a mast 10 fitted, in a manner known per se, with a hook 12 to which is suspended a string of pipe, represented generally by 14. The string of pipe 14 comprises a drill bit 16, drill collars 18 and drill pipes 20 forming an assembly called the drill string. In the example illustrated, the string of pipe 14 is set into rotation by a rotary turntable 22. The string of pipe 14 is fitted with an accelerometer 24 and a rotation-speed sensor 26.
In a first embodiment of the invention, the rotation speed of the bit 16 is determined from the acceleration of the bit, which acceleration is measured at the bottom of the well. It should be recalled that the devices for measuring the rotation speed of the bit, which are intended to be installed adjacent to the drill collars 18, are very complicated and bulky, whereas an accelerometer is generally of simple construction and simple operation. Thus, according to this first embodiment, an accelerometer 28 is mounted adjacent to the drill collars 18 and comprises a channel 30 for transmitting the data to the surface.
Once the data representing the axial acceleration of the bit 16 have arrived at the surface, it is necessary to process them in order to determine the rotation speed of the bit. In FIG. 2 are shown the steps of the processing of the data.
In a first step, the axial acceleration data are filtered a band pass filter in order to allow only frequencies lying between 20 and 130 Hz. The data then pass via a rectifier and an integrator in order to be able to determine
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Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production)
Tran Hien
Warden Robert J.
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