Formation Of Wells Research Articles

Technological efficiency of applying viscoelastic systems for temporary blocking of productive reservoir when completing wells under conditions of abnormally low formation pressures

The article examines the technical and economic aspects of well killing under conditions of abnormal low reservoir pressure (ALRP). The possibility of joint use of compositions for temporary blocking of a productive formation, having different functional abilities to plug fluid-conducting channels, has been studied. Requirements for blocking fluids (BF) for killing during repair works in wells with excess ALRP have been formulated. The results of research and technical solutions in the field of development of viscoelastic systems for temporary blocking of productive formations in wells in conditions above the ALRP are presented. The results of laboratory and bench studies on the development of a gel-forming destructuring polymer-based biosol and fillers are presented. The advantage of using a destructurable biological fluid for temporary blocking of a productive formation in conditions above the maximum pressure limit using chemical reagents belonging to the following groups: polymers, salts, surfactants, acids, alkalis and fillers has been analyzed. The results of determining the mechanical properties of the resulting BF gel are presented. A gel-forming composition has been proposed that has high blocking properties and an optimal formulation of an alkaline destructor that ensures the destruction of the gel based on gammaxan. Formulations of viscoelastic destructurable fluids for killing wells in conditions exceeding the ALRP have been recommended for practical use. Keywords: well; bottomhole formation zone; blocking; blocking fluids; viscoelastic compositions; destructuring; ALRP.

Production of synthesis gas from dry reforming of propane with carbon dioxide over ceria-promoted nickel foam catalysts

A series of nickel foam supported cerai catalysts (ceria/NiF) for dry reforming of propane with carbon dioxide were prepared and their performance were evaluated at temperatures in the range of 520-600°C. Among the catalysts examined the 4 wt.% CeO2/NiF exhibited better low-temperature activity for the DRP, which is attributed to the formation of well- isolated nanosize CeO2 particles and highly reducible metal oxide species over the NiF support. The XPS and temperature programmed reduction (TPR) data also supported the incorporation of ceria into the NiO surface layer formed over NiF support, which was substantially higher in 4% CeO2/NF catalyst. Due to these favorable properties, the 4 wt.% CeO2/NiF could be considered as an excellent catalyst for DRP.

Experimental studies of screw drill with frozen soil interaction

Introduction. The process of formation of wells in frozen soils is one of the complex processes of excavation. A drilling tool of a new geometric shape forms a well by brittle destruction of the rock. The purpose of the conducted experimental studies was to determine the effect on the energy intensity of the drilling process and on the well diameter coefficient of the angle of rotation of the radius of the screw blade, at which its increment occurs on the destructive part and the angle of inclination of the forming upper surface of the screw blade to the axis of rotation.Materials and methods. The article describes a methodology for conducting laboratory experiments to study the interaction of a drilling tool of a new geometric shape with frozen soils. The ranges of values of the studied factors are determined. The matrix of the complete factorial experiment is constructed.Results. As a result of laboratory experiments, the influence of the geometric parameters of the drilling tool on the energy intensity of the drilling process and on the well diameter coefficient was determined. The dependencies of the torque and the well diameter coefficient on the angle of rotation of the radius of the helical blade, at which its increment occurs on the destructive part, the angle of inclination of the forming upper surface of the helical blade to the axis of rotation and the angle of elevation of the middle helical line of the helical blade are established.Discussions and conclusion. It is established that the drilling tool carries out the formation of a well due to the brittle destruction of the well, which makes it possible to achieve more efficient drilling. And also the dependences of the rational values of the investigated geometric parameters of the drilling tool of a new geometric shape are determined.

HORIZONTAL WELL COMPLETION SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-STAGE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR LOW-PERMEABILITY, POORLY DRAINED, HETEROGENEOUS AND DISMEMBERED RESERVOIRS

Currently, the most effective method of intensifying the inflow of hydrocarbons and increasing oil recovery in productive formations in wells, in particular with a horizontal well, remains the technology of hydraulic fracturing (HF). In many regions, according to some domestic and foreign researchers, this is the only technology for developing fields with hard-to-recover hydrocarbon reserves confined to lowpermeability, poorly drained, heterogeneous and dissected reservoirs, which can significantly increase hydrocarbon production and make wells economically viable.Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing (MSHF) has established itself as one of the main methods of reservoir stimulation in the Russian Federation. The main goal of this method is to create highly conductive fractures in an oil and gas saturated reservoir throughout the horizontal section of the wellbore. To do this, an alternate series of hydraulic fracturing is performed, the result of which is the maximum production rate of hydrocarbons.Over time, oil and gas companies in the Russian Federation are becoming more demanding on the technical and technological parameters of MSHF in terms of the number of stages, the length of the horizontal section of the well, the possibility of re-fracturing and management of intervals/ports after its commissioning, and much more.The authors of the article propose to consider and analyze modern horizontal well completion systems with multi-stage hydraulic fracturing for low-permeability, low-drainage, heterogeneous and dissected reservoirs in order to form their rating.

Weakly Nonlinear Analysis of Flow-Driven Porous Anodic Oxide

Porous anodic oxide (PAO) films are formed by the electrochemical oxidation of metals such as titanium, aluminum, and other metals in acidic solutions. The optimal selection of parameters leads to the formation of submicron-sized pores arranged in a parallel hexagonal array within these films. Porous anodic oxide has enormous industrial applications in the development of functional nanodevices. The present study builds upon the flow-driven porous anodic oxide model proposed by Mishra and Hebert. They have shown through a linear stability analysis of the model that the inter-pore distance in PAO is successfully determined by the competition between stabilizing oxide formation and destabilizing viscous flow. In this work, we investigate the weakly nonlinear analysis of the model to determine the nature of instability arising in flow-driven porous anodic films beyond the stability threshold. For formation of well- developed pores, the nature of instability must be subcritical. However, the results of weakly nonlinear analysis show that the solutions resulting from neutral stability exhibit a supercritical nature for the practical range of anodizing control parameters as shown in Figure 1. Thus, in order to make accurate nonlinear predictions about the formation of pores, it is imperative to incorporate additional physics into the viscous flow model. We also determine the Hadamard stability criteria by tracking the neutral wavenumber to ascertain the regions of well- posedness of the viscous flow model. Figure 1

THEORETICAL STUDIES OF DRILLING FROZEN SOILS WITH A SCREW DRILL

Link for citation: Martyuchenko I.G., Zenin M.I., Kolesnikov A.Yu., Boikov E.V. Theoretical studies of drilling frozen soils with a screw drill. Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University. Geo Аssets Engineering, 2023, vol. 334, no. 9, рр. 194-202. In Rus. The relevance of the study is caused by the need to create a new drilling tool to drill frozen soil in difficult conditions. This line of research is important and relevant for ensuring the formation of wells on frozen sands, since the screw drilling tool performs the deformation of frozen soil separation, which makes it possible to drill hard-to-drill soils, namely frozen sands. The main aim: to study the interaction of the destructive part of the helical drill with frozen soil and determine the rational values of the geometric parameters of the helical blade when achieving the lowest value of the force of soil separation and the highest value of the productivity of drilling. Objects: interaction of the destructive part of the helical blade of a helical drill with frozen soil. Methods: plotting dependencies of factors showing the energy intensity of drilling, on the angle of rotation of the radius of the helical blade, at which it increments, and on the pitch of the helical blade in the second section of the destructive part of the helical drill; analysis of the obtained results of theoretical studies of the force of soil separation and the efficiency of drilling from the geometric parameters of the helical blade of a drilling tool on frozen soils. Results. The authors have studied the influence of the geometrical parameters of the helical drill on well formation, obtained the dependences of the efforts and constructed the graphs for soil separation, as well as the dependence of the productivity of drilling on the angle of rotation of the radius of the helical blade, at which it increments, and on the pitch of the helical blade in the second section of the destructive part of the helical drill. Based on the results of theoretical studies, an analysis of the obtained dependencies was carried out and the area of rational values of the geometric parameters of the helical blade of a helical drill on frozen soils was found.

Moveability and Nature of the Reservoir Hydrocarbons in the Lower Miocene Jeribe Formation in X-Oilfield, Northern Iraq

The flow capacity of the Lower Miocene Jeribe Formation was investigated in the two selected wells, A and B, of an oilfield northeast of Tikrit City. The available wireline logs and core test data are adapted for characterizing the reservoir potentiality of the formation. Three Hydraulic Flow Units was identified by calculating the values of the Flow Zone Indicators. Most parts of the formation parts have the lowest flow capacity among the three determined flow types. The Jeribe Formation contains hydrocarbons in various ratios in both wells of the study. The Reservoir Unit RUJ-1 at the upper part of the formation has the highest moveable hydrocarbon saturation, especially in the well A. Most hydrocarbons in the RUJ-3 at the lower part of the formation in both wells are immoveable. The oil-water contact was expected within Dhiban Formation in the well B and was expected to be somewhere in the underlying Dhiban or Euphrates Formations in the well A. The nature of the hydrocarbons at the uppermost few meters of the formation consists of gas or light hydrocarbons and oil at the rest of the formation(residual and moveable oils).

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Zinc Sulphide nanoparticles using Microwave irradiation of Zinc complex of Thiosemicarbazone ligand as a Single Molecular precursor : Pharmacological activities

Single molecular precursors are appropriate starting materials for synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs), which allow for the control of atomic ratio, monodispersity, composition and particle size of nanoscaled metallic sulfide nanoparticles. In the present study, we have reported the synthesis of nanostructured chalcogenides pharmacologically active active zinc sulfide nanoparticles (ZnS NPs) using Zn (II) ion inserted thiosemicarbazone ligand as a single molecular precursor .The precursors were thermally pyrolysized using high energy microwave radiations to obtain very fine ZnS nanoparticles. In this synthesis, we use DMSO as a nonpolar solvent for the synthesis of all compounds. The heating of Zinc complex in the non- aqueous environment of DMSO plays a very crucial role in decreasing reaction time, reducing the chances of side reactions and proper conversion of Zn complex into ZnS nanoparticles. In this reaction Zn complex of thiosemicarbazone ligand provides both Zn2+ and S2- ions for synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles. The microwave synthesis of ZnS NPs from Zn complex is a very simple, fast, highly effective, efficient and low cost method. All synthesized compounds were characterized by various structural, electronic, vibrational, optical, morphological and pharmacological characterizations. The prepared ZnS NPs were found to crystallize in cubic phase, which generally forms at low temperatures, with the dimensions dependent upon the molar ratio of molecular precursors used. Synthesized ZnS nanomaterials had surface sulfur vacancies that extend their absorption spectra towards the visible region and decreased the bond gap. This allowed ZnS nanoparticles to demonstrate various pharmacological activities like antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities under normal conditions. Powered X-ray diffraction studies confirms the formation of well -defined equispaced crystalline ZnS NPS. TEM and FE SEM microscopic studies confirmed the elongated tubules structure of ZnS NPs with an average particle size of 60 nm. Sharpe electronic absorption band at 390 nm indicates the synthesis of good quality ZnS NPs. The FT-IR spectral studies confirmed the presence of Zn-S stretching, N-H bending and C=N stretching, vibrations in molecular precursor as Zn(II) complex. The thermal analysis of molecular precursor was performed to investigate the thermal stability of zinc complex. The Zn complex was stable up-to 3800 c. All synthesized compounds demonstrated excellent pharmacological activities like antibacterial, antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities as compared to standards used in analysis of compounds. The microwave synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles via single molecular precursor in proper stoichiometric ratios is an excellent and an efficient method for synthesizing highly effective bioactive agents which can be considered as good drug candidate for the treatment of various diseases in future

ELECTROFACIES DEFINITION AND ZONATION OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS BARRA VELHA FORMATION CARBONATE RESERVOIR IN THE PRE‐SALT SEQUENCE OF THE SANTOS BASIN, SE BRAZIL

Lower Cretaceous carbonates in the pre‐salt succession in the Santos Basin, eastern Brazil, are highly heterogeneous in terms of their reservoir characteristics as a result of depositional and diagenetic factors. Electrofacies have widely been used for reservoir zonation and, when allied with computer‐based methods such as neural networks, may help with the study of such complex reservoir rocks and with the identification of high‐quality reservoir zones. In this work, an unsupervised artificial neural network known as a self‐organizing map (SOM) was used to carry out a zonation of the pre‐salt carbonates in the Aptian Barra Velha Formation, the main reservoir unit in the Santos Basin. Available data included gramma‐ray, neutron porosity, resistivity deep, sonic, density, photoelectric factor, total porosity and effective porosity profiles from 21 wells together with mineralogical models. Core descriptions and thin section images were used as additional data for the lithological characterization of the electrofacies and consequently for reservoir zonation. A total of four electrofacies were defined from the SOM application, and five reservoir zones were identified.The characterization of the reservoir zones also considered the structural locations of the wells based on the relative depth to top‐ Barra Velha Formation; well locations were classified as structurally high, intermediate or low. Based on the reservoir zone characteristics, the results could be correlated with zonations in previous studies. A general tendency was noted for there to be an increase of finer‐grained sediments in the formation in wells located in structural lows; packstone and mudstone facies were prevalent in these wells and were in general characterized as poor‐quality reservoir rocks. By contrast, the shrubstones and grainstones which were more frequent in structurally high wells comprised higher quality reservoir rocks.The basal reservoir zone showed wide lithological variation compared to the overlying reservoir zones. Grainstone‐dominated facies were identified in the middle of the formation, and the uppermost reservoir zones were characterized by an upward increase in shrubstones and reworked grainstones which in general pointed to better quality reservoirs.

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The Aaliji Formation in wells (BH.52, BH.90, BH.138, and BH.188) in Bai Hassan Oil Field in Low Folded Zone northern Iraq has been studied to recognize the palaeoenvironment and sequence stratigraphic development. The formation is bounded unconformably with the underlain Shiranish Formation and the overlain Jaddala Formation. The microfacies analysis and the nature of accumulation of both planktonic and benthonic foraminifera indicate the two microfacies associations; where the first one represents deep shelf environment, which is responsible for the deposition of the Planktonic Foraminiferal Lime Wackestone Microfacies and Planktonic Foraminiferal Lime Packstone Microfacies, while the second association represents the deep-sea environment that is responsible for deposition of Lime Mudstone Microfacies. The sequence boundaries were marked on SB1 surface on the bottom and the top of the succession while SB2 surface is placed at the top of the sequence (1) as shallowing-upward beneath deepening upward units. Sequence (1) placed on SB1 surface that separates the Cretaceous from the Palaeogene successions where it formed outer shelf to upper-middle bathyal, and comprised the Planktonic Foraminiferal Lime Wackestone Microfacies as a Transgression System Tract TST deepening-upward ended with Maximum Flooding Surface MFS represented by Mudstone microfacies in BH.188 Well. It is followed by the Planktonic Foraminiferal Lime Packstone Microfacies that represent the Highstand System Tract HST as a shallowing-upward ended by SB2. Sequence (2) begins with a new Transgression System Tract TST that formed the outer shelf and bounded with Maximum Flooding Surface MFS. The Highstand System Tract HST that shallowing-upward which ended by SB1 between the Aaliji and Jaddala Formations.

Seismic interpretation and hydrocarbon assessment of the post-rift Cenomanian Bahariya reservoir, Beni Suef Basin, Egypt

The geophysical interpretations for a collection of high-quality 2D seismic data plus well logging data for six drilled wells exposed the structural controls and the hydrocarbon potentiality of the Beni Suef Basin, north Western Desert, Egypt. The created structural map on the top of the Early Cenomanian Bahariya Formation (the significant oil reserve in north Western Desert), exhibits a series of NW–SE normal faults as well as a master ENE strike-slip major fault. The extensional faults formed horst structures while the strike-slip fault created a negative flower structure in the central part of the study area. These structural features represent the main petroleum traps within Beni Suef Basin. The reservoir quality was assessed through the petrophysical analysis of the Bahariya Formation in wells; Azhar A2, Azhar E-2X, Azhar E3, Yusif-4X, Fayoum-2X and Beni Suef W-1X. This analysis proved that the Lower Bahariya unit has better reservoir quality than the Upper Bahariya reservoir, with shale volume less than 10%; effective porosity between 10 and 20%, water saturation between 25 and 75% and total pay thickness between 11 and 88 ft. The obtained results encourage drilling more exploratory wells in Beni Suef Basin to enhance the productivity from the sandstones of the Lower Bahariya reservoir.

Effects of hydrophilic and hydrophobic nano‐CaCO3 on kinetics of hydrate formation

AbstractThe invasion of drilling fluids during well drilling through gas hydrate‐bearing sediments may seriously damage gas hydrate stability and distort well‐logging identification and evaluation in exploration and production of gas hydrate reservoirs. Adding nanoparticles into drilling fluids can be an efficient method to reduce fluid invasion. However, nanoparticles may induce hydrate formation in wells, which will block annulus and lead to safety accidents. Therefore, suitable nanoparticles used for hydrate drilling should be clarified first. This study addressed this issue by experimentally investigating the influence of hydrophilic and hydrophobic nano‐CaCO3 on CH4 hydrate formation in a dynamic system. We performed a series of experiments by using nano‐CaCO3 (1.0–6.0 wt%) with different particle sizes (20, 70, and 700 nm) at 3.0 °C and 6.0 MPa. The macroscopic kinetic parameters of hydrate formation were obtained. The results show that hydrophobic nano‐CaCO3 particles promote hydrate formation, while hydrophilic ones can inhibit hydrate formation at certain particle sizes and concentrations. This is mainly due to the different surface wettability, resulting in the different distribution of water and gas molecules in fluids. The hydrophilic nano‐CaCO3 with the particle size of 20 nm and addition of 3.0 wt% has the strongest inhibition effect under the given experimental conditions. In comparison with ultrapure water, the induction time is increased by about 38%, while the formation amount and rate are decreased by about 13% and 18%, respectively. This work will provide valuable ideas and references for the design of deepwater drilling fluid using nanoparticles, and also provide insight into revealing the formation and evolution mechanism of hydrate deposits at the micropore or even nanopore scale.

Novel Scale Inhibitor Extends Treatment Lifetimes in Permian EOR

Background A new extended-release (ER) scale-inhibitor technology showing significantly increased lifetimes has been applied in the Permian Basin. Tomson Technologies and Group 2 Technologies, in partnership with Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), implemented a scale-squeeze program for this carrier system. It allows for fewer squeeze treatments, which results in lower chemical usage, decreased plugging risk, and reduced environmental impact. Squeeze programs are an effective field treatment strategy to prevent scale formation in wells for extended periods of time. However, in some cases, squeeze lifetimes can be short, leading to frequent re-squeezing and production decreases, lowering overall economic recoveries. The ER phosphonate-based chemistry (SI1313) was used in selected wells where incumbent (previous chemical provider) treatment lifetimes were shorter than expected. The incumbent squeeze volumes and additives were used, and the scale-inhibitor (SI) chemistry was replaced with SI1313 to obtain directly comparable results. The wells selected are vertical wells, with predominantly carbonate mineralogy and 14–18% porosity and 9–16 mD permeability. Bottomhole temperature is 105°F (40°C). These wells are under continuous CO2 flooding operations, and the scales of interest are calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate predominantly. The selected wells were targeted to have a good squeeze history for comparison and stable water production. Pre-Job Validation Work Coreflood laboratory experiments were performed to simulate the adsorption and desorption under these specific Oxy Permian conditions. The coreflood showed over 10,000 pore volume (PV) of flow with inhibitor concentration remaining above the minimum effective concentration (MEC) during the entire run. Once greater than two times incumbent performance was reached, the coreflood was stopped, although the return concentration was still above MEC. For reference, corefloods with incumbent phosphonate chemistry under the same conditions usually drop below MEC around approximately 3,000–5,000 PVs. The adsorption of SI1313 to core material was measured during the coreflood experiment and the results show 12.5 mg of inhibitor adsorbed per gram of core material. As a comparison, a typical incumbent phosphonate scale inhibitor adsorbs 1–2 mg of inhibitor per gram of core material. This increase in adsorption is considered a large improvement over traditional chemistry. The carrier platform’s superior adsorption, when combined with controlled desorption, is the basis for extending the lifetimes of scale- inhibitor treatments. The corefloods results validate the ER characteristics expected from SI1313 and allowed for field squeezes to be conducted. Field Application Group 2 Technologies provided SI1313 to be squeezed for Oxy in January 2020, into five vertical conventional wells. The selected wells are in one area where CO2 flooding is in place and there is risk of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and calcium sulfate (CaSO4) scaling. These wells have had many scale squeezes performed on them, yielding an excellent data set to compare against. The goal of this trial was to show significant lifetime extension compared to previous incumbent squeeze lifetimes.

Formation of wells for underground engineering communications by a screw working body

A new method of creating soil cavities for trenchless laying of underground utilities with the help of a screw working body is proposed. The calculated dependences are obtained and the estimation for practical implementation is given.

Recognition of Milankovitch cycles during the Oligocene–Early Miocene in the Zagros Basin, SW Iran: Implications for paleoclimate and sequence stratigraphy

Milankovitch cycles during the Phanerozoic affected paleoclimate, the onset/termination of glacial/interglacial periods, sea-level changes, and thus the distribution of different facies in sedimentary basins. The effects of astronomical forcing have been recorded as astronomical frequency signals in sedimentary sequences through geological history. In this research, for the first time, the signal of Milankovitch cycles and orbital obliquity modulation cycles from the Oligocene–Early Miocene Asmari Formation at one of the oil fields in the Dezful Embayment of the Zagros Basin, Iran, have been identified, through wireline logs. Based on that, ten ~1.2 orbital obliquity modulation cycles have been recognized and correlated with global third-order sequences and δ18O events. The number of cycles during the Oligocene–Early Miocene in the Asmari Formation is equivalent to obliquity of the La2004 orbital solution. Additionally, the optimal sediment accumulation rates, depositional duration of this formation, and foraminiferal biozone durations have been calculated. The result of this study shows that sediment accumulation rates varied in the range 2.9 to 3.2 cm/kyr. The foraminiferal biozones are diachronous in this area. Based on the identified 405 kyr long-eccentricity cycles in the three studied wells, three astronomical time spans of 11.5 Myr, 9.42 Myr, and 9.02 Myr were obtained for the Asmari Formation in Wells A, B, and C, respectively.

The Study of Lithology by Using the Cross-Section Profiles of The Logs of Shiranish and Mushorah Formations in Ain Zalah and Butmah Fields, Northwestern Iraq

This study deals with the determination of lithology in the Shiranish and Mushorah Formations in wells (Az-24, Az-29, and But-15). The graphical representation of the neutron porosity log (NØ) and the bulk density ρ)b(, shows that the Shiranish (Late Campanian – Early Maastrichtian) and Mushorah (Early Campanian) Formations consist of limestone and dolomite, as well as shale. The proportion of dolomite and chert increases at the expense ofcalcite in the Mushorah Formation. Also, the graphical representation results of the M-N profile for each well indicate that the limestone of the Mushorah Formation were affected by the dolomitization with the development of secondary porosity. Moreover, the limestones were suffered silicification in the form of chert nodules. The MID profile, used in this study to determine the mineralogy gives better and more precise results than that of the M-N profile. The results showed that the dominant minerals are calcite in the Shiranish Formation while dolomite and quartz in the Mushorah Formation, regardless of the gas effects within the studied wells.

Establishing the value of the deflection of the soil-piercing working body with an asymmetric tip when correcting the airway of movement

Trenchless laying of engineering communications is actively used in all countries of the world. Among the existing methods of formation of wells for the implementation of these technologies, the most popular is the method of ground penetration. The main disadvantage of this method is the poor accuracy of movement of the piercing head in the array. This requires constant adjustments to the trajectory of its movement. This process can be controlled by using a head with an asymmetrical tip and acting on it with translational and rotational motion. The transmission of these movements from the power unit by means of type-setting push rods. Therefore, it is important to choose a trajectory such that the deflection of the bar will be within the permissible stress range. If the bend goes beyond these limits, the rod may break and the puncture process will be interrupted. The conducted studies have established the regularities of the process of puncturing the soil with a head with an asymmetric tip in the form of an inclined flat surface. It has been established that the greatest deviation of the head from the action of the transverse component of the soil resistance force, which occurs when moving such a working body in the soil, will occur at an angle of inclination of the front surface of 25º, and the smallest deviation will occur at an angle of 55º. In addition, it was found that in heavy clay, deflection will occur almost 3 times worse than in a soup and 1.4 times worse than in a loam. It has been experimentally confirmed that at a distance of 10 m the puncture with a head with an inclined forehead surface in sandy loam was 40 mm, and in clay 20 mm. At an angle of inclination of 70º, a constant core of soil compaction is formed and the process of controlling the movement of the head stops.

Method for Determining the Mass Flow for Pressure Measurements of Gas Hydrates Formation in the Well

The work focuses on the inverse problem of determining differential equation coefficients for additional information on the behavior of solution. Furthermore, the algorithm for determining parameters of systems of ordinary differential equations on the basis of stomatal pressure measurements is generalized for the model of hydrate formation when the internal well section of changes with time and also has to be determined during the solution of the general problem. The computational experiment has been conducted for wells of Otradninsky gas condensate deposits of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia), the exploitation of which indicates that the complications are most likely caused by formation of gas hydrates both in the bottom-hole and in the well and its plumes. It has been established that the most important influence on the dynamics of hydrate plugs formation in wells is the gas production mode, its equation of state, reservoir and geocryological conditions. Time dependency of mass flow has been determined, which knowledge will make it possible to control the change of flow area of the entire well and, if necessary, to prevent and remove formation of natural gas hydrates

Determination of the algorithm of choosing the technologies and working equipment for efficient formation of wells when laying underground utilities

Choice of effective technologies and working equipment for its realization at laying of underground communications is an important problem which requires the creation of a special methodology. It should take into account both the parameters of the well and technological processes of its formation. As a result of the integrated studies of the process of creating horizontal wells by methods of static puncture and forcing the soil, as well as their combination has enabled to identify the areas of effective application of each by calculation, and recommend design parameters of the working bodies and power units taking into account the physical and mechanical properties of the soil, which is being developed. The algorithms of the methodology determine the influence of the length of their transitions on the accuracy of communications laying, damage to adjacent communications and road beds. The received results allow to optimize the size of the well received by puncturing the soil by conical tip with protruding edge at the base of the cone or its punching by cylindrical-conical tip. The practical value of obtained results of the work is in the possibility to choose the most efficient technologies and equipment for trenchless laying of communications at the stage of designing engineering networks considering soil geology and sizes required wells. At the base of recommendations there are original technological solutions and the design of work equipment, which can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of building engineering networks.

Analytical method of determining the movement resistance of a tip for forming rectangular technological hole in the lower structure tracks

The aim of this work is to theoretically determine the total resistance to soil pricking with a wedge-shaped tip to create a rectangular cavity and to determine the influence of the size of the working equipment and soil environment in the repair of earthenware or areas where trench technology can-not be used. To determine the forces of the recess of the replaceable pilot, the law of change of soil pressure on the working surfaces of the working equipment was first determined, which is based on the idea of the change of the soil elastic state at its compaction was determined, which is determined by the compression module of deformation of the soil. The processes occurring during the formation of wells and new approaches to the improvement of calculations have been described. On the basis of the pro-posed model of the piercing process, the laws of change of the normal pressure of soil resistance on the surface of the wedge working equipment are established. Based on its value, the results of theoretical studies have received a rational form and parameters of the tip of the work equipment.