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    Plasma Drilling

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    Plasma drilling uses a plasma drill or plasmatron to drill holes at very high temperatures, up to 5000°K. Compressed air is supplied to the plasma drill where it separates into two streams, one to power the electrode discharge and another to cool the electrodes. The high-temperature plasma jet exits nozzles and destroys rock at the bottom of the drill hole, drilling to depths of 3-10 km. Plasma drilling is useful for drilling igneous rocks and deep wells efficiently.

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    Plasma Drilling

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    Plasma drilling uses a plasma drill or plasmatron to drill holes at very high temperatures, up to 5000°K. Compressed air is supplied to the plasma drill where it separates into two streams, one to power the electrode discharge and another to cool the electrodes. The high-temperature plasma jet exits nozzles and destroys rock at the bottom of the drill hole, drilling to depths of 3-10 km. Plasma drilling is useful for drilling igneous rocks and deep wells efficiently.

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    Plasma drilling is mainly used these days for drilling currently on experimental basis

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    Plasma drilling uses a plasma drill or plasmatron to drill holes at very high temperatures, up to 5000°K. Compressed air is supplied to the plasma drill where it separates into two streams, one to power the electrode discharge and another to cool the electrodes. The high-temperature plasma jet exits nozzles and destroys rock at the bottom of the drill hole, drilling to depths of 3-10 km. Plasma drilling is useful for drilling igneous rocks and deep wells efficiently.

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    Plasma Drilling

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    Plasma drilling uses a plasma drill or plasmatron to drill holes at very high temperatures, up to 5000°K. Compressed air is supplied to the plasma drill where it separates into two streams, one to power the electrode discharge and another to cool the electrodes. The high-temperature plasma jet exits nozzles and destroys rock at the bottom of the drill hole, drilling to depths of 3-10 km. Plasma drilling is useful for drilling igneous rocks and deep wells efficiently.

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    Plasma Drilling

    • A method of drilling based on the use of a plasma drill, or specially designed pl


    asmatron
    • Plasma drills with air-eddy stabilization, or “swirling” of the electric
    arc discharge which is plasma source.
    • The temperature of the plasma jet in plasma drilling may be as high as 5000°K,
    which is sufficient for the destruction of the
    rocks at bottom of the drill hole. The
    forming
    the materials in plasma drills are air, inert gases, water vapour, and
    plasma-
    mixtures thereof. The axial position of the arc in the plasma drill permits high p
    ower outputs to be obtained with a small outer diameter.
    Workin
    g
    • Compressed air is supplied through a hollow drill rod to the plasma drill, where
    it is separated into two streams.
    • One stream proceeds to the internal electrode through a spiral swirling channel,
    feeds the discharge, and by blowing on the arc, forces it to rotate. The rotation
    displaces the electrode spots of the arc over the surface in the interior of the
    electrode and thereby prevents the premature burning of the electrode. The
    second stream cools both electrodes by flowing around cooling fins.
    • A part of the second stream proceeds through tangential opening in the
    insulating sleeve into the discharge chamber. The plasma that has been formed ,
    flows out through one or more nozzles toward the bottom of the drill hole. After
    the cooling of the electrodes, a large part of the second stream is injected to the
    outside through openings in the plasma drill cover and carries the drilling debris
    out of the drill hole.
    Benefit
    sCan easily drill 3-10 km depth with large bottom hole
    •

    • Extensively useful in drilling igneous rocks and deep wells.


    • Efficient, lesser well problems and faster.
    • At experimental level, not in practice.
    • Production and use of plasma is matter of worry.
    Jet Drilling

    • Jet Drilling is a technique that can create several small


    diameter drains in a relatively short time and is a fast method
    to rehabilitate and optimize oil and gas wells, through
    perforates 25-30 mm diameter holes in the casing at selected
    depths and azimuth and Installed at single or multiple levels
    drills radials up to 100 meters perpendicular from the main
    wellbore

    • Jet drilling can be applied especially in areas where the


    water flooding is not efficient (low water saturation) and the
    reservoir water contact is very close.
    It can improve the productivity index (P.I.) of wells by:

     By-passing a possible damaged zone.


     Extending drainage area in productive formations.
     Improving drainage from low permeability,
    heterogeneous and layered reservoirs.
     Connecting fractures to wellbore in carbonates.
     Improving well geometry in heavy oil application
    (Both with steam and with cold production).
    Limitations of this technique:

     Difficulties of penetration under a porosity of 3 - 4%.


     Maximum working depth about 3000 m.
     Maximum tensile strength 100,000 psi – maximum API grade
    that can be milled N-80.
     Maximum wellbore inclination 30 degrees and no more than 15
    degrees at the zone target depth/zone of interest
     Bottom Hole Temperature not to exceed 120°C

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