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Rock Breaking Characteristics of the Self-rotating Multi-orifice Nozzle for Sandstone Radial Jet Drilling

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Radial jet drilling technology (RJD) is an economical and efficient technology for the development of unconventional oil, gas, and geothermal resources. The self-rotated multi-orifice nozzle, which is the key for the hole-forming, is introduced and tested here. Its sandstone-breaking characteristics are researched by experiment, the influence of working conditions, lithology, axis length, jet pressure (15 ~ 40 MPa), and standoff distance (0 ~ 10 mm) is also studied. Moreover, optimal working parameters for continuous drilling are proposed. Results show that the self-rotating multi-orifice nozzle can effectively drill a large circular hole whose diameter is about 30 mm under the condition of fixed standoff distance or continuous feeding. The submergence conditions are helpful to improve rock breaking efficiency. The short-axis nozzle has good hydraulic performance and rock breaking ability. Uniaxial compressive strength affects rock breaking diameter, while permeability affects rock breaking depth and volume. The rock breaking diameter, depth and volume of sandstone both increase with the jet pressure. The rock breaking diameter increases with the standoff distance, while the rock breaking volume and depth are opposite. The diameter of the rock breaking hole decreased with the augment of the feeding speed. For the sandstone here, the jet pressure is recommended as 35 MPa and the feeding speed 0.03 m/min (1.8 m/h); laterals with a diameter of about 30 mm can be formed. The research results are expected to promote the development of RJD technology.

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This support is gratefully acknowledged by the authors, who are also grateful to the reviewers of this paper for their detailed comments.

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This study was funded by National Key Scientific Research Instrument Research Project of NSFC (No. 51827804), Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51991362), and Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (No. 2462021YJRC009).

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    Jingbin Li,  Jiacheng Dai,  Zhongwei Huang,  Guangqing Zhang,  Xin Liu &  Huan Li

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LJ: conceptualization, formal analysis, and original draft. DJ: investigation and data curation. HZ: validation, review and editing. ZG: methodology and supervision. LX: resources. LH: visualization.

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Li, J., Dai, ., Huang, . et al. Rock Breaking Characteristics of the Self-rotating Multi-orifice Nozzle for Sandstone Radial Jet Drilling. Rock Mech Rock Eng 54, 5603–5615 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02567-z

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