Welcome

Speaker Information

▪ Corey Cipperley
▪ Operations Manager
▪ Arrival Oil Tools Inc.
▪ Introduction
– Worked with Arrival Oil Tools since June 2014
– Prior to Arrival Oil Tools, 8 years working on drilling rigs and 5
years running Directional/MWD tools.
– Based in Leduc, AB, Canada
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Arrival Oil Tools Inc.

▪ Specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of

downhole tools.
▪ Offices in Calgary and Leduc in Alberta and in Carlisle in
the UK
▪ Wide line of tools developed including:
– Mud Lube Diamond Bearing Motor
– Typhoon® Reamer
– Cuttings Bed Mobilizer
– Mud Pulse and EM MWD (testing)
– Dual Motor Rotary Steerable (development)
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VersaStabe® Variable Gauge Stabilizer

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Rotary Bottom Hole Assemblies

Current Techniques
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Rotary Bottom Hole Assemblies

The performance of a Rotary BHA is based

on the Stabilizer size and position:
• Fulcrum Effect: Placing a stabilizer
near the bit tends to cause a rotary
assembly to build angle.

• Pendulum Effect: A stabilizer placed

further from the bit tends to cause a
rotary assembly to drop angle.

• Packed Hole: An assembly containing

3-5 properly spaced stabilizer’s tends to
maintain inclination.

Its all a game of placing the Stabilizers at the

correct position and maintaining the optimum
WOB
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Conventional Directional Drilling

Bottom Hole Assemblies

…placing the Stabilizers at

the correct position…

Additional Parameters that

affect BHA Performance
• Mud Motor Bend Angle
• Mud Motor Stiffness
• Rotary RPM
• Weight on Bit
• Pump Rate
• Stabilizer OD
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VersaStabe®
Build and Drop with the same BHA
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VersaStabe®

• The VersaStabe® is a downhole,

hydraulically actuated stabilizer.

• Designed for use in a 2D directional

drilling applications to help control
the inclination in an extended
reach or horizontal well.

• Can be utilized in a conventional

rotary BHA, or positioned above a
steerable motor.

• The gauge diameter of the

stabilizer is controlled remotely
by the pumps on surface.
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VersaStabe® Features

• Simple Two Active Position System

• Status Indication from Standpipe Pressure Gauge
• Low Friction, Low Wear Hard Facing
• One Piece Construction Design
• Gauge Diameter Set Off Bottom with Pump Cycling
• VersaStabes are designed from 5 7/8”
to 12 ¼” Hole Size
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VersaStabe® Operation Sequences

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VersaStabe® Operation Sequences

Higher
StandPipe
Pressure
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VersaStabe® Technical Information

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VersaStabe® Motor Combination

Build Tendency w/ pistons Retracted

• The Near-Bit Stabilizer is

normally 1/8”- 3/8” under
gauge to allow the BHA to
slide.

• This under gauge size allows

Drop Tendency w/ Pistons the BHA to drop angle at a
Extended controlled rate when the
VersaStabe is in the Full
Gauge Position.
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BHA Simulations using VersaStabe®

Pre-Run Analysis
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Build Rate vs WOB

8 ½” BHA
INCLINATION: 90°
OVERGAUGE: .125”
STEERABILITY: 12%
MUD WEIGHT: 10 lb/usg
Build Tendency. FRICTION FACTOR: 0.30
Pistons RETRACTED
→
6 3/4” 7/8 5.0
MUD MOTOR:
Stages
MM NEAR BIT STAB: Ø7 1/2” @ 1.95'
MM LENGTH: 303”
Bent 1.25°
Drop Tendency.  MM BENT ANGLE:
@ 3.58’
Pistons EXTENDED Ø VARYING”
Recommended Interval VGS:
@33.01’ on BHA
Ø8” @ 117.33’
STRING STAB:
on BHA
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BHA Simulation with VGS

8 ½” BHA Pistons Extended

Side Forces
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BHA Simulation with VGS

8 ½” BHA Pistons Retracted

Side Forces
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Build Rate vs WOB

12 ¼” BHA

Building Tendency
30 klbf< WOB< 44.5 klbf.
Pistons Retracted

Dropping tendency due to Formation

Anisotropy
30 klbf< WOB< 41 klbf
Pistons Extended
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BHA Simulation
12 ¼” BHA Pistons Extended

Side Forces
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BHA Simulation
12 ¼” BHA Pistons Retracted

Side Forces
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Post Analysis - BHA with VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section

Calibration
Parameters

Calibration Parameters are used to Improve

BHA design, according to the formation properties
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Results Using VersaStabe®

8 ½” (216mm) Hole Section
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Simulation Results
8 ½” (216mm) Hole Section

Building Tendency
Dropping tendency
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Slide Sheet BHA#15 –Without VGS on BHA

362 ft 3077 ft
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Slide Sheet BHA#16 –With VGS on BHA

162 ft 2077 ft
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Results Using VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section
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Slide Sheet using VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section
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Slide Sheet using VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section
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Slide Sheet using VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section
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BHA with VersaStabe®

12 ¼” (311mm) Hole Section

140.0
ROP [ft/hrs] 4500
Course Length [ft]
4000
120.0
3500
100.0
128.44 3000 3875 ft
80.0
ft/hr 2500 159 ft ~96%
60.0 2000 ~4%
40.0 39 ft/hr Rotary
1500 Rotary
20.0
Slide Drilling
1000
Slide Drilling
500
Drilling Drilling
0.0 0
1 2 1 2
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VersaStabe® Advantages

• Dramatically reduces slide drilling

• Eliminates high frequency wellbore spiraling
• Eliminates differential sticking of the downhole motor
• Can substantially reduce drilling time
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Thank You