MANAGED PRESSURE

DRILLING PRESENTATION
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A Continuous Circulating Concentric

Casing System for Friction
Controlled Drilling

The Gardes Energy Services MPD System

Provides:

The down hole control of critical high-pressure, high-temperature wells while

drilling using a combination of both standpipe and concentric annulus fluid
injection to create frictional pressures on the return annulus and establish a
desired equivalent circulating density (ECD) at depth to drill near balance, at
balance or under balance in the formation.
During connections, the established standpipe injection volume used while
drilling is added to the normal annulus injection volume on the back side, so
the ECD remains constant, thus eliminating the bottom hole pressure surges
associated with connections and minimizing connection gas influx.
This system overcomes the problems associated with shallow geotechnical
hazards, well bore instability, lost circulation and narrow margins between
formation pore pressure and fracture gradient.

High Temp.,
High Pressure
MPD System
with the
patented dual
fluid friction
circulation.

Increased Concentric Casing circulating

rate creates instantaneous control of
reservoir inflow without the need for
surface pressures or modification of
drilling fluid densities.

Managed pressure drilling can

overcome a variety of problems
including shallow geotechnical
hazards, well bore instability, lost
circulation, and narrow margins
between formation pore pressure
and fracture gradient.

ECD management by planning and

monitoring a Managed Pressure
window.

Narrow ECD window between pore

pressure and bore hole collapse
that can be maintained with
Managed Pressure Drilling and the
Gardes Continuous Circulation dual
string technology

CONTINUOUS CIRCULATING CONCENTRIC CASING

Note: Using less-than-conventional
mud density, well will be
dynamically dead, but may be
statically under-balanced

T
V
D

DYNAMIC
BHP = HH(MW) + AFP

STATIC
BHP = HH(MW)
psi

AFP

ADVANTAGES OF GARDES ENERGY

SERVICES MPD CONCENTRIC
CASING CONTINOUS CIRCULATION
SYSTEM

Expands operating window between ECD and Frac Gradient.

Reduces excessive cost of circulating out connection gas.
Creates near constant and controllable ECD pressures.
Added well control during trips.
Continuous circulation during connections.
Can be run with all down hole deployment casing valves.
Contains all working pressures below rotary table not on rig floor.
System has an attached whip stock (up stock) for multi lateral
deviation or re entry.
System can be run in open or cased holes
System can be stripped out of hole to keep UB environment at
TD.
System can be run in straight, deviated or horizontal configured
well bores.
System is designed for all MPD situations, Under balanced or tight
ECD environments.

The purpose of MPD is to both

ascertain the down hole pressure
environment limits and manage
the annular hydraulic pressure
profile to fit within that window.

9500
9000
8500

Frac Gradient

8000
7500

7000

Pore Pressure

6500
Bore Hole Collapse

6000
5500

The Gardes Energy Services MPD System

Includes Neo Tech 7 Flow Modeling:
Figure 2: Bottom Hole Circulating Pressure (BHCP) vs. Liquid Injection Rates
Through Pre planned flow modeling, Down Hole Pressure
while drilling tools (PWD) and Real Time on location Flow
Modeling we are able to manage the Annular Hydraulic
pressure profile to fit within any window.

4500
Fluid Phase:

4400

Water

Casing Size: 5 1/2"

Gas Phase: N/A

O.H. Size: 4 3/4"

4300

Min. Vel.: N/A

4200

Min.PDM Vol.: 100 gpm

BackPressure: 30 psia

D.P. Size: 2 7/8"

Max PDM Vol.: 160 gpm

Correlations: OLGAS

B o tto m H o l e C i r c u l a ti n g P re s s u re (p s i )

4100
4000
3900
3800
3700
3600
3500
3400

100 gpm
120 gpm

3300

140 gpm

3200

160 gpm

3100

Min. Target BHCP

Reservoir Pressure
Max. Target BHCP

3000
0

50

100

150

200

Concentric Casing Fluid Injection (gpm)

250

300

Bottom Hole Circulating Pressure (BHCP) vs. Liquid Injection Rates. Actual Case
History Showing BHCP Control with Minimal Pressure Oscillations
4750
4625
4500
4375
4250
4125
4000
3875
3750
3625
3500
3375
3250
Vs

Inj

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

2250

250

The Gardes Energy Services MPD 4 Phase Surface

System Real Time:
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MPD may be accomplished by

many means including
combinations of backpressure,
variable fluid density, fluid
rheology, circulating friction, and
hole geometry

Wellhead for Continuous Circulation

BOP

Test Port

Secondary Seal

VR Threads

Surface Casing
Intermediate Casing

Wellhead for Continuous Circulation

BOP

Run in
Lockscrew
s

Running Tool with

Acme Thread

Carrier String Hanger

Carrier String

Micro-Annulus

Test to Working Pressure

Surface Casing
Intermediate Casing
Production Casing

Wellhead for Continuous Circulation

Injection Down Drill Pipe

Drill Pipe

Fluid Returns
Co-mingle

Injection Into
Micro Annulus

Wellhead for Continuous Circulation

Injection Down Drill Pipe

Drill Pipe

Fluid Returns
Co-mingle

Injection Into
Micro Annulus

Click for each Operation

Drilling Operation
1. Drill Surface Hole
2. Set Surface Casing
3. Drill Protective Hole
4. Set Protective Casing
5. Drill Liner Hole
6. Set liner
7. Run Tieback with Down Hole
Deployment Valve with
Ports above the DHDV
8. Rig up RBOP, Programmable
Choke, Surface Equipment, and
test.
9. Drill to Zone of Interest
10. Run Carrier String with
DHDV with or without Upstock
11. Drill out
12. Run Drill String with BHP
Tools and Float Subs
13. Go underbalance with mud
weight light enough to be 600 to
800 psi below BHP but with
annular friction to maintain
surface pressure less than
2,000 psi. Inject down the
backside and inside of the
tieback string taking returns
inside of the carrier string.

Protective and Tieback casing

designed for production

Ports
DHDV

Not necessary to drill out from the

liner or the carrier string to go
underbalanced.

DHDV

Carrier String

Robert Gardes
phone # 337/234-6544
email: rgardes@gardesenergy.com