Drilling Processes Methods

Drilhng. Glass is dtiUed with carbide or bonded-diamond dtiUs under a suitable coolant such as water or kerosene. Other drilling processes include a metal tube rotating about its axis (core drilling), an ultrasonic tool in combination with an abrasive slurry, or an electron beam. Tolerances less than 0.1 mm are readily obtained with diamond-core drilling and, if required, holes smaller than 25 )J.m-dia can be made with the electron-beam method. 

One of the most cotrunon processing methods for plastics is injection moulding. Nowadays every home, every vehicle, every office, every factory contains a multitude of different types of articles which have been injection moulded. These include such things as electric drill casings, yoghurt cartons, television... 

Chemically enhanced drilling offers substantial advantages over conventional methods in carbonate reservoirs. Coiled tubing provides the perfect conduit for chemical fluids that can accelerate the drilling process and provide stimulation while drilling [1471]. The nature of the chemical fluids is mainly acid that dissolves or disintegrates the carbonate rock. 

Based on the above brief description of the various treatment methods, it appears that only a flare or an adsorption tower would be teehnically feasible for H2S control. However, none of these control devices would likely be cost effective during the drilling process. Some cost-effective precautionary measures that can be taken to reduce H2S releases include ... 

FIGURE 24.7 Methods used in the drilling process, with major variables and special considerations identified. 

The lamination process is an essential step in the fabrication of an ML-PWB. The process is also one of the longest cycle time operations. Therefore, when the process method calls for repeat cycles, or what is called sequential laminations, it can be a significant cost driver. Note Sequential lamination is often paired with distinct, separate drill and plate processes for the... 

This paper presents a method for the determination of a multidimensional process capability index with the help of a case study dental drill . The method considers the risk analysis of a set of functional important characteristics and the determination of a capability indicator as well as a failure probability. The presented case study uses a synthetic data set with simulated data and tolerance regions. The characteristics of the synthetic data set are close to observed reality effects. 

The commercial value of a clay deposit depends on market trends, competitive materials, transportation faciflties, new machinery and processes, and labor and fuel costs. Naturally exposed outcrops, geological area and stmcture maps, aerial photographs, hand and power auger drills, core drills, earth resistivity, and shallow seismic methods are used ia exploration for clays (32). Clays are mined primarily by open-pit operation, including hydraulic extraction however, underground mining is also practiced. 

Secondary recovery, infill drilling, various pumping techniques, and workover actions may still leave oil, sometimes the majority of the oil, in the reservoir. There are further applications of technology to extract the oil that can be utilized if the economics justifies them. These more elaborate procedures are called enhanced oil recovery. They fall into three general categories thermal recoveiy, chemical processes, and miscible methods. All involve injections of some substance into the reservoir. Thermal recovery methods inject steam or hot water m order to improve the mobility of the oil. They work best for heavy nils. In one version the production crew maintains steam or hot water injection continuously in order to displace the oil toward the production wells. In another version, called steam soak or huff and puff, the crew injects steam for a time into a production well and then lets it soak while the heat from the steam transfers to the resei voir. After a period of a week or more, the crew reopens the well and produces the heated oil. This sequence can be repeated as long as it is effective. 

The guiding principle of all these techniques is that bottomhole pressure is held constant and slightly above the formation pressure at any stage of the process. To choose the most suitable technique one ought to consider (a) complexity of the method, (b) drilling crew experience and training, (c) maximum expected surface and borehole pressures and (d) time needed to reestablish pressure overbalance and resume normal drilling operations. 

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