Research Article

Modelling of Formation Pore Pressure Inversion during Tight Reservoir Drilling

Table 1

Major parameter values used for simulation.

ItemsValueItemsValue

Well depth (m)3000Displacement (m3/s)0.015
Open hole length (m)800Reservoir gas density (kg/m3)200
Bit diameter (in)8-1/2Reservoir gas viscosity (μPa∙s)26
Outer diameter of drill pipe (in)5Total compression factor (1/MPa)1.5 × 10-4
Initial underbalance pressure p0 (MPa)1.5Density of drilling fluid (kg/m3)1500
Permeability (md)100Surface tension (N/m)0.0173
ROP (m/h)10.8Roughness (m)0.0008