Drilling of horizontal wells in Western Turkmenistan

Abstract

This scientific work summarizes the experience of drilling horizontal wells at abnormally high reservoir pressures in the Western part of Turkmenistan. The article describes in detail the choice of the layout of the bottom-hole assembly (BHA), drilling methods, the area of the angle set and the stabilization interval of the zenith angle, and also notes the importance of the quality of drilling mud when drilling horizontal wells. The work performed proves that drilling of horizontal wells is possible both at an early and late stage of field development and their drilling should be provided for when creating technological development schemes at the level of the field development project. Such work will find application for drilling deep horizontal wells with abnormally high reservoir pressures and will lead to an increase in hydrocarbon production, as well as organizational restructuring of horizontal drilling on a scientific basis. Keywords: oil recovery; geological structure; deviation; zenith angle; borehole; communication channel.