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The gas kick characteristics during carbonate reservoir drilling were analyzed taking carbonate reservoirs in Shunnan area of Tazhong as an example, a quantitative evaluation method for gas kick risk was established, and then a case was simulated. Looking into reservoir space characteristics and gas invasion mechanisms of carbonate reservoirs in Shunnan area based on drilling geologic data, it is found that the reservoirs are rich in fractures, pores and caves, and the gas invades into wellbore through gas-liquid replacement and differential pressure. By fully considering the gas invasion mechanism, gas migration law and wellbore temperature-pressure field, and introducing the gas volume fraction density function, a quantitative evaluation method for gas kick risk and a method for ranking well control risk were established. The case study shows that the wellhead back pressure method can be used to tell the mode of gas invasion; pore-fracture-cave and acid gas characteristics in carbonate reservoirs have stronger effect on the gas volume fraction in wellbore, and may cause hidden and severe gas kick; the effects of well depth, well diameter, drilling fluid density, drilling fluid displacement, drilling fluid viscosity and drilling rate on gas kick risks weaken in that order. Key words: carbonate reservoir, well drilling, gas kick, gas-liquid replacement, well control, risk assessment

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Gas kick during carbonate reservoirs drilling and its risk assessment

The gas kick characteristics during carbonate reservoir drilling were analyzed taking carbonate reservoirs in Shunnan area of Tazhong as an example, a quantitative evaluation method for gas kick risk was established, and then a case was simulated. Looking into reservoir space characteristics and gas invasion mechanisms of carbonate reservoirs in Shunnan area based on drilling geologic data, it is found that the reservoirs are rich in fractures, pores and caves, and the gas invades into wellbore through gas-liquid replacement and differential pressure. By fully considering the gas invasion mechanism, gas migration law and wellbore temperature-pressure field, and introducing the gas volume fraction density function, a quantitative evaluation method for gas kick risk and a method for ranking well control risk were established. The case study shows that the wellhead back pressure method can be used to tell the mode of gas invasion; pore-fracture-cave and acid gas characteristics in carbonate reservoirs have stronger effect on the gas volume fraction in wellbore, and may cause hidden and severe gas kick; the effects of well depth, well diameter, drilling fluid density, drilling fluid displacement, drilling fluid viscosity and drilling rate on gas kick risks weaken in that order. Key words: carbonate reservoir, well drilling, gas kick, gas-liquid replacement, well control, risk assessment

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reservoir space characteristics wellbore temperaturepressure well control risk assessment hidden gasliquid replacement gas volume fraction in wellbore quantitative evaluation method fractures pores carbonate reservoir drilling caves depth differential pressure reservoirs wellhead back pressure method rate drilling fluid viscosity gas invasion mechanism gas migration law

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Yanli GUO,Baojiang SUN,Yonghai GAO,Hao LI,Changfu WU,.Gas kick during carbonate reservoirs drilling and its risk assessment. 44 (3),.

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