Introduction to MoDrill

• What is MoDrill?
• Thermal Modelling
• Mechanical Modelling
• Conventional & Floating Casing Running
• Student Exercise (Ex. 2)
MoDrill Mechanics of Drilling
• Advanced simulation tool for drilling
hydraulics and mechanics
• Roles in planning, operational monitoring
and research
• Capable of modelling extreme conditions
– Slim hole
– Extended reach and horizontal
– HPHT
What can MoDrill do?
• Dynamic temperature modelling
• Pressure / temperature dependent
hydraulics
• Integrated hydraulics and mechanical
modelling – including hole cleaning
• Floating casing simulations
What information is needed?
• Well and Case information (from Well Editor):
– Well Depth (to determine well bore configuration)
– Pipe string data
– Casing & Open Hole Information
– Fluid Properties
– Directional Data
– Undisturbed temperature profile
– Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient data
What information is needed?
• Operating Parameters:
– Operational information
•• depth
depth
•• operational
operational parameters
parameters
•• design
design factors
factors
•• riser
riser information
information
•• cuttings
cuttings data
data
•• heat
heat generation
generation data
data
•• flowrate
flowrate optimisation
optimisation parameters
parameters
– Results Criteria
•• user
user defined
defined plots
plots
•• actual
actual data
data
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Next: Pipe Loads

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Mechanical Modelling
• Features
– Friction between drill string and borehole wall
– Hydraulic effects (fluid friction, buoyancy and annulus
and pipe bore pressures: effective tension)
– Pseudo-hard string model for drill string, incorporating
tool joint and wrap contact forces (bending stress
magnification)
– Yield stress analysis of the drill string
– Helical buckling and string lock up
– Floating casing and casing burst / collapse
Global string loads
Hook load, rotary torque

Ppump
z

Pannulus(z) Ppipe(z)

Contact \ Hydraulic shear

friction stresses
stresses

TOB WOB
Local String Loads
Torque at end

T+T
RPM ROP
Tension at end

F+F

Buoyant
Hydraulic Friction
Weight

visc
Torque at beginning

T W

Frictional contact force

Tension at
COFFn
beginning

F Normal Contact
Force

Fn
 Wellbore Friction
Effect of ROP and RPM

RPM

ROP OD
RPM 
2

Vrel = relative velocity

in contact area
 String weight and inclination
Contact forces and tension increase due to
string linear weight and hole inclination
F+  F

Wcos (Inc)

Wsin(Inc )
Inc
F
W
 =  W sin ( Inc )
(Running in)
 =  W sin (Inc )
(Pulling out)
Fn
 Contact Wrap
“Pseudo” hard string model Lateral force induced by
With features: string tension and hole curvature
• Tool Joint contact
• Wrap contact modeling for high tensile forces
• Bending stress magnification in pipe near tool joints
2T sin
Tension: T T

T

Tension: T
 Actual and Effective Tension

Teffective
A aPa V irtual end-cap

A bPb

½Tactual ½Tactual

Tactual Teffective Pb  A b  Pa  A a
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Next: Pipe Stresses & Buckling

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Torsional Stresses
• Components
– Cased hole friction
– Open hole friction
– Contact forces
– Bit torque TOB
• Bit aggressiveness 
• Rock drillability WOB  Dbit
Pipe Stress Analysis 1
Stresses in drill string wall:
Pipe stresses are
Axial stress based on the
(tension+bending) actual tension

Shear stress
(torsion)

Hoop stress
(pressure differences)

OD wear?? Radial stress

(pipe class) (pressure differences)
Pipe Stress Analysis 2
3D Effective stress state
(induces plastic
deformation)

Tensile curve

Yield stress
1D equivalent (pipe grade)
Von Mises stress,
to be compared
with yield stress
Reversible / Irreversible /
elastic plastic
deformations deformations
Helical Buckling
Only helical buckling and string lock-up:
Wall contact
Buckling loads force
are based on the
effective tension

Buckling is not a
Compressive failure mode!!
force
 Side Force Components
nb
Side force has two components:
• Buckling: radial ntotal()
2nsin()

• String weight: vertical

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Next: MoDrill Demo

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Presenting
Presenting the
the Results…user
Results…user defined
defined graphs
graphs

Result

•Tension Parameter
•Torque
•MD (AHD)
•Pressures
•Flow rate
•Temperature
•WOB
•Stress
•ROP
•etc.
•etc.

Variable
•MD (AHD)
•Flow rate
•WOB
•ROP
•etc.
User defined plots
User defined plots
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Next: Casing Running

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Conventional Casing Running
A: Schematic forces

Vertical
weight

B: Tension profile Drag

Push force at
surface
Decreasing
compressive force
due to weight in
vertical section
and build zone

Build-up of compressive
Maximum force in tangent section due
compressive force to friction
Floating Casing Running 1
A: Floated top section

Compressive forces
B: Filled top section

Tensile forces

Neutral point

Compressive forces
Floating Casing Running 2
Configuration I

Configuration II

Collapse depth

Configuration III

Configuration IV

Collapse depth
 Overview of casing running options
Horizontal Reach of Target Point
Connection Hookload = 0 Connection
over-torque Buckling, Lock-Up, over-torque
Compressive Yield
Vertical Depth of Target Point

Configuration III: Not attainable

Evacuated tangent section
Sliding Rotating Collapse

Configuration I: Configuration IV
Fully filled Evacuated tangent section,
Rotating Sliding filled behind shoe
Sliding Rotating

Not attainable

Tensile Yield,
Configuration II Rig Capacity
Evacuated top section
 Wellbore Friction 2
Relative velocities and forces in contact plane
Frictional Drill string
Axial friction
resistance component
in the axial Total friction
(drag built-up)
direction is force vector
overcome Fc OD
by rotating RPM 
2

the string

Tangential friction
component
(torque built-up) ROP Vrel
 Student Exercise 2

Download and try Exercise 2

Basic MoDrill Operations