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Vibration Counter Measures in Drilling

The document provides a vibration corrective action chart with typical observations, environments, short term actions, and long term countermeasures for different types of vibrations including: 1. Lateral shocks/BHA whirl which occur in hard rock, unstabilized BHAs, and vertical wells, can be addressed short term by decreasing rotary speed or picking up off bottom, and long term by optimizing the BHA and using downhole motors or roller reamers. 2. Axial vibrations/bit bounce in hard competent rocks and low inclination wells can be addressed short term by changing rotary speed or WOB, and long term by finding critical speeds and installing shock subs or thrusters.

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Vibration Counter Measures in Drilling

The document provides a vibration corrective action chart with typical observations, environments, short term actions, and long term countermeasures for different types of vibrations including: 1. Lateral shocks/BHA whirl which occur in hard rock, unstabilized BHAs, and vertical wells, can be addressed short term by decreasing rotary speed or picking up off bottom, and long term by optimizing the BHA and using downhole motors or roller reamers. 2. Axial vibrations/bit bounce in hard competent rocks and low inclination wells can be addressed short term by changing rotary speed or WOB, and long term by finding critical speeds and installing shock subs or thrusters.

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Vibration Corrective Action Chart

Observation

Typical environment

Short term corrective action

Long term counter measure

Lateral shocks/ BHA Whirl


Frequent washouts and twistoffs
Many cracks
Poor ROP and high torque
Sudden increase in torque
Large lateral shocks on MWD (3)

Hard rock
Unstabilized BHAs
Vertical Wells
Over gauge holes

Step 1: Stay on bottom, decrease


rotary speed
Step 2: If no effect then pick up off
bottom and restart with less or zero
rotary speed(1)

Optimise BHA with critical


speed analysis
Use a downhole motor
Use roller reamers

High angle wells


Aggressive PDC bits
Percussion drilling
High friction formations

Increase rotary speed, reduce


WOB
Feed Soft-Torque system with
actual geometry
Increase mud lubricity

Install soft- torque system


Use less aggressive bits
Use roller reamers

Axial vibrations/ Bit bounce


Top-drive or kelly bouncing at 3x
RPM
Premature bit failure
Axial (longitudinal) acceleration
of the BHA at 3x RPM on MWD(3)

Tri-cone bit in hard competent


rocks
Low inclination wells

Change rotary speed, increase


WOB

Run bit bounce vibration


application under DSD to find
critical speeds
Install shock-sub
Install a thruster
Change bit type to fixed cutter bit

PDC bit whirl


High/irregular torque
Poor ROP
Chipping of PDC cutters
Premature bit failure
Over gauge hole

After adding a single


Medium hard to hard formation
Formation change from soft to
hard

Step 1: Pick up from bottom


and stop rotation
Step 2: Break in the bit at low
rotary speed and low WOB(2)
Step 3: Increase rotary speed
to target level with bit on bottom

Select anti-whirl bit or bit with


good laterally stabilised cutting
profile

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SIEP B.V.

Torsional vibration/ Stick Slip


Large surface torque oscillations
(< 1 Hz)
Decrease in ROP
[Link] max. speed at MWD
deviate considerably from surface
speed (3)

(1) Fully developed BHA whirl can persist below the rotary speed at
which it was initiated. Therefore the rotary speed should be
reduced to zero before restarting

(2) The objective here is to destroy the lobed bottom hole pattern caused by
whirling.
(3) This observation can only made with a vibration monitoring MWD tool

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