WIRELESS WEAR DETECTION FOR SEALING ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240352804A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18685540

    申请日:2022-08-18

    CPC classification number: E21B12/02 E21B33/085 E21B47/13

    Abstract: A drilling system is provided that includes a wellbore device. The wellbore device includes a housing including a bore and a seal element composed of an elastomeric material. positioned within the housing, and configured to seal the bore. The wellbore device includes a bearing assembly supported within the housing and configured to enable the seal element to rotate relative to the housing. The drilling system includes a wireless seal wear monitoring system that includes an RFID tag embedded within the seal element and an RFID transceiver and an RFID antenna disposed within a recess of the housing at an axial location adjacent the RFID tag. The RFID transceiver and RFID antenna are configured to communicate with the RFID tag and a control system. The control system is configured to determine a presence of wear in the seal element based on information provided by the RFID tag.

    Estimating casing wear due to drill string reciprocation

    公开(公告)号:US09752388B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US14917398

    申请日:2015-06-12

    Abstract: Estimating casing wear during a reciprocation portion of a drilling operation may take into account the forces that cause casing wear during the up and down strokes independently. For example, during a drilling operation, a method may include reciprocating the drill string through the wellbore for a plurality of up strokes and a plurality of down strokes according to reciprocation parameters; calculating an up stroke normal force and a down stroke normal force for the casing or a section thereof; calculating up and down stroke casing wears based on the up and down stroke normal forces, respectively, using a reciprocation casing wear model; calculating a reciprocation casing wear based on the up and down stroke casing wears; and calculating a total casing wear for the casing or the section thereof based on the reciprocation casing wear using a total casing wear model.

Patent Agency Ranking