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Jakarta, 26 November 2016
Mohammad Syaiful
Petroleum System

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

Petroleum Exploration

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION STEPS

DATA COLLECTING ANALYSIS → INTERPRETATION EXPLORATION DRILLING

STUDYING
PREVIOUS DATA

GEOLOGICAL •SEVERAL MAPS EXPLORATION

SURFACE
MAPPING •CROSS-SECTIONS WELL

GEOPHYSICAL
OPERATION
(SEISMIC, ETC)

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Production Sharing Contract

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Exploration Time

EXPLORATION ADDITIONAL TIME EXPLOITATION

3 years 3 years 4 years

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Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling
Drilling operations
PETROLEUM structure
WELL DRILLING – Geology of Unpad, 29 Jan 2010

OPERATOR
GOV’MEN
EXPLOR.  DRILLING  and
MANAGER SUPERIN‐ PARTNERS
TENDENT

OPERATION
MARINE CREW 
GEOLOGIST (OFFSHORE)

‘COMPANY
WELLSITE  MAN’ TOOL 
GEOLOGIST
PUSHER

MUD
MUD 
ENGINEERING

CEMENT

CASING DRILLERS
ELECTRIC 
ELECTRIC
LOGGING
WELL TESTING DERRICKMEN
L W D
SAFETY FLOORMEN
CORING
DEVIATION ROUSTABOUTS

Mudlogging Unit

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Rig types

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Drilling rig equipments

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Major components of a drilling rig

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Drilling

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 Drilling – mud circulation

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Drilling – mud circulation system

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Downhole functions of mud

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Petroleum well drilling

DRILLING OPERATIONS
» Drillingg
» Wireline Logging (optional)
» Casing
»CCementing i
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Well prognosis
0 ft

1000 
ft

2000 
ft

3000 
ft

4000 
ft

5000
5000 
ft

6000 
ft

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Well design

• Wells drilled from
Conductor top‐down, but (usually) 
Casing designed from
g
Surface bottom‐up
Casing
• Tubing size selected
Intermediate
Casing
• Casing strings telescope 
out from tubing size

Tubing • Setting depths depend on 
geologic features and 
Production reservoir pressures
reservoir pressures
Casing

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Other well designs

Conductor Conductor
Casing Casing
Surface
Surface
Casing
Casing
IIntermediate
t di t Intermediate
Casing Casing

Drilling Drilling
Liner Liner
Tubing Production
Tieback Tubing
Production
Production
Liner
Casing

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Setting depths selection

Weak, unstable formation 
isolated by conductor casing

pore Solid rock supports 
pressure surface casing
High 
Hi h
verticall
depth

pressure,  fracture
unstable  gradient
hole isolated  mud
by protective  weight
casing

Production casing extends 
Production casing extends
into high pressure pay‐zones

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 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Action:
• Drill from surface going 
down
• Cutting going up with 
Cutting going up with
mud

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

mud
Action:
• Drill deeper depth
• Increasing mud weight as 
necessary

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

OPEN HOLE

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

CASED HOLE

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

CASED HOLE

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Action:
• Drill new formation for few 
D ill f i f f
CASED HOLE feet / meters
• Stop
• Do LOT (leak off test) / FIT 
Do LOT (leak off test) / FIT
(formation integrity test)
OPEN HOLE

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

Operation Geology Exploration Well Drilling

 Well Drilling
Drilling steps in each section:
• Drilling
• Wireline Well Logging
Well Logging
• Casing
• Cementing

CASED HOLE

OPEN HOLE
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Operations constraints or risks may occur

• Well Kicks
• Pipe Stuck
• Broken/Twisted Pipe
• Lost Return
• Gumbo
• Reactive Clay
• Ab
Abnormal Pressure
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Normal pressure / stable hole

• Stable hole and normal 
pore pressures 
permitted well to be 
Conductor Casing drilled with few casing 
g
strings
Surface Casing
• N
No need to vary mud 
dt d
weight or stabilize loose 
Stable Hole
formation
Normal Pressure

P d ti C i
Production Casing

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Large pressure variations

• High pressure
zone balanced
Conductor Casing with heavy mud
behind
intermediate
Surface Casing casing

High Pressure
• Production
Intermediate Casing
Intermediate Casing casingg hole
drilled with
Normal Pressure lighter weight /
Production Casing
Production Casing lower cost mud

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High pressure / lost return zone

• IIntermediate
t di t casing
i
to isolate high
Conductor Casing pressure zone

• Drilling liner used to

Surface Casing isolate lost returns
zone
High Pressure
• Subsequent drilling /
completions could
Intermediate Casing
Intermediate Casing be with production
casing or with
Lost Returns Zone production liner &
tieback
Drilling Liner

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 Photographs
touring…

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 Thank You

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