Research progress and prospect of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology

SUN Jinsheng, YANG Jingbin, BAI Yingrui, LYU Kaihe, LIU Fengbao

doi:10.11698/PED.20240128

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Research progress and prospect of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology

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1. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China;
2. CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited, Beijing 102206, China

Received date: 2024-03-11

Revised date: 2024-06-17

Online published: 2024-06-18

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The research progress of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology at home and abroad is systematically reviewed, the key problems existing are analyzed, and the future development direction is proposed. In view of the high temperature, high pressure and high stress, fracture development, wellbore instability, drilling fluid lost circulation and other problems faced in the process of deep and ultra-deep complex oil and gas drilling, domestic and foreign scholars have developed deep and ultra-deep high-temperature and high-salt resistant water-based drilling fluid technology, high-temperature resistant oil-based/synthetic drilling fluid technology, drilling fluid technology for reservoir protection and drilling fluid lost circulation control technology. However, there are still some key problems such as insufficient resistance to high temperature, high pressure and high stress, well wall instability and serious lost circulation. Therefore, the development direction of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology in the future is proposed: (1) The technology of high temperature resistant water-based drilling fluid should focus on improving high temperature stability, improving rheological properties, strengthening filtration control and improving compatibility with formation. (2) The technology of oil-based/synthetic drilling fluid resistant to high temperature should further study in the aspects of easily degradable environmental protection additives with low toxicity such as high temperature stabilizer, rheological regulator and related supporting technologies. (3) The drilling fluid technology for reservoir protection should be devoted to the development of new high-performance additives and materials, and further improve the real-time monitoring technology by introducing advanced sensor networks and artificial intelligence algorithms. (4) The lost circulation control of drilling fluid should pay more attention to the integration and application of intelligent technology, the research and application of high-performance plugging materials, the exploration of diversified plugging techniques and methods, and the improvement of environmental protection and production safety awareness.

Key words： deep and ultra-deep drilling; high temperature resistant drilling fluid; reservoir protection; drilling fluid lost circulation control; safety and environmental protection; technical prospects

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SUN Jinsheng, YANG Jingbin, BAI Yingrui, LYU Kaihe, LIU Fengbao . Research progress and prospect of deep and ultra-deep drilling fluid technology[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 0 : 20240805 -20240805 . DOI: 10.11698/PED.20240128

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