Experimental evaluation of different influencing parameters on cutting transport performance (CTP) in deviated wells

• Published in: Geosystems and geoenvironment Vol. 2; no. 1; p. 100110
• Main Authors: Iqbal, Sayed Muhammad, Hussain, Altaf, Ali, Nafees, Hussain, Wakeel, Hussain, Hadi, Hussain, Sadam, Shah, Syed Yasir Ali, Nyakilla, Edwin E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cutting transport performance (CTP); Cutting's removal efficiency; Drilling fluid velocity; Flow pattern; Fluid viscosity; Hole inclination angle; Cutting's removal efficiency; Hole inclination angle; Drilling fluid velocity; Flow pattern; Cutting transport performance (CTP); Fluid viscosity

•CTP in deviated wells is affected by influencing parameters e.g. viscosity, annular velocity, and angle.•At all angles, CTP has enhanced up to 10 % by increasing viscosity while keeping velocity constant.•An increasing additional amount of viscosity change the flow condition, resulting in a 14% red...