Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active controlled bottomhole pressure system and method with continuous circulation system
- Patent Title (中): 主动控制井底压力系统及连续循环系统的方法
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Application No.: US11455041Application Date: 2006-06-16
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Publication No.: US07806203B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Sven Krueger , Volker Krueger , Peter Aronstam , Harald Grimmer , Roger W. Fincher , Larry A. Watkins
- Applicant: Sven Krueger , Volker Krueger , Peter Aronstam , Harald Grimmer , Roger W. Fincher , Larry A. Watkins
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Mossman, Kumar & Tyler, PC
- Main IPC: E21B7/00
- IPC: E21B7/00

Abstract:
An APD Device provides a pressure differential in a wellbore to control dynamic pressure loss while drilling fluid is continuously circulated in the wellbore. A continuous circulation system circulates fluid both during drilling of the wellbore and when the drilling is stopped. Operating the APD Device allows wellbore pressure control during continuous circulation without substantially changing density of the fluid. The APD Device can maintain wellbore pressure below the combined pressure caused by weight of the fluid and pressure losses created due to circulation of the fluid in the wellbore, maintain the wellbore at or near a balanced pressure condition, maintain the wellbore at an underbalanced condition, reduce the swab effect in the wellbore, and/or reduce the surge effect in the wellbore. A flow restriction device that creates a backpressure in the wellbore annulus provides surface control of wellbore pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070007041A1 Active controlled bottomhole pressure system and method with continuous circulation system Public/Granted day:2007-01-11
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