New model for standpipe pressure prediction while drilling using Group Method of Data Handling

Abstract

The continuous evaluation of the measured Stand Pipe Pressure (SPP) against a modeled SPP value in real-time involves the automatic detection of undesirable drilling events such as drill string washouts and mud pump failures. Numerous theoretical and experimental studies have been established to calculate the friction pressure losses using different rheological models and based on an extension of pipe flow correlations to an annular geometry. However, it would not be feasible to employ these models for real-time applications since they are limited to some conditions and intervals of application and require input parameters that might not be available in real-time on each rig. In this study, The Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) is applied to develop a trustworthy model that can predict the SPP in real-time as a function of mud flow, well depth, RPM and the Fan VG viscometer reading at 600 and 300 rpm. In order to accomplish the modeling task, 3351 data points were collected from two wells from Algerian fields. Graphical and statistical assessment criteria disclosed that the model predictions are in excellent agreement with the experimental data with a coefficient of determination of 0.9666 and an average percent relative error less than 2.401%. Furthermore, another dataset (1594 data points) from well-3 was employed to validate the developed correlation for SPP. The obtained results confirmed that the proposed GMDH-SPP model can be applied in real-time to estimate the SPP with high accuracy. Besides, it was found that the proposed GMDH correlation follows the physically expected trends with respect to the employed input parameters. Lastly, the findings of this study can help for the early detection of downhole problems such as drill string washout, pump failure, and bit balling.

Keywords

Stand pipe pressure / GMDH / Drilling / Mud flow / Real-time monitoring / Drill string washouts

Declaration of competing interests

No conflict of interest exists.

We confirm that there are no conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the Petroleum Equipment’s Reliability and Materials Laboratory of the University of Boumerdes for their assistance throughout this study.

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