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An analytical approach to investigate formation damage caused by underbalanced drilling performances

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Underbalanced drilling performances have always considered as one of the proper solutions to prevent the formation damage problems during the drilling operational performances. To numerically model the spontaneous counter-current imbibition during the underbalanced drilling operational performances, different imbibition mechanism in the porous media should be taken into consideration. In this paper, a developed numerical approach was proposed to evaluate the various parameters which significantly affected the formation damage caused by underbalanced drilling performances. To verify the accuracy of the proposed model, which is analytically modeled by implicit pressure explicit saturation (henceforth; IMPES), a set of experimental CT scan data from a laboratory pilot was administered. Subsequently, the proposed analytical model is in a good agreement with CT scan laboratory data which clearly indicated the reliability of the model to evaluate filtrated mud saturation.

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Abbreviations

φ :

Cross-section porosity (%)

\({\text{CT}}_{\text{brine}}^{\text{sat}}\) :

Number of CT with 100% salty water saturation (dimensionless)

\({\text{CT}}_{\text{co2}}^{\text{sat}}\) :

Number of complete saturation of cores with carbon dioxide (dimensionless)

\({\text{CT}}_{\exp }\) :

Number of cores after flooding (dimensionless)

\({\text{CT}}_{\text{brine}}\) :

Number of salty water (dimensionless)

\({\text{CT}}_{\text{air}}\) :

The air number (dimensionless)

μ :

The damping factor of gamma rays

\(S_{\text{w}}\) :

Water saturation (%)

k :

Absolute permeability of the porous medium (mD)

\(k_{\text{r}}\) :

Relative permeability of each phase (dimensionless)

\(P_{\text{c}}\) :

Capillary pressure of the rock (psi)

\(k_{\text{rw}}^{0}\) :

Water maximum relative permeability (dimensionless)

\(k_{\text{ro}}^{0}\) :

Oil maximum relative permeability (dimensionless)

B :

Capillary pressure parameter (dimensionless)

\(D_{\text{m}}\) :

The maximum value of the penetration coefficient (dimensionless)

c :

Coefficients of the penetration (dimensionless)

n :

Coefficients of the penetration (dimensionless)

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I would like to thank my advisor Mr. Afshin Hosseini Hemat for his guidance and support throughout this research.

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Aghashahi Ardestani, E., Davarpanah, A. & Mirshekari, B. An analytical approach to investigate formation damage caused by underbalanced drilling performances. Int J Energ Water Res 3, 319–327 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42108-019-00027-7

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