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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
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Project Number |
252 |
| Date of
Summary |
March 31, 1997 |
| Subject |
Novel Hydrate
Prediction Methods for Drilling Fluids |
| Performing
Activity |
Westport Technology Center International (WTCI) |
| Principal
Investigator |
David L. Olson and
Stephen Liu |
| Contracting
Agency |
Minerals Management
Service |
| Estimated
Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
This is a Joint
Industry Project (JIP). The purpose of this project is to develop a gas hydrates prediction model for
drilling fluids made from salts and glycerol. The model will include two prediction
methods for the hydrate temperature suppression. High pressure hydrate equilibrium and resistivity data will be acquired in the first phase of the proposal. The second phase
will involve the final development of the computer prediction model. The model will be
verified against field and laboratory data. |
| Progress |
Complete |
Reports |
AA
(25 pages) |
Rye-Holmboe, Monica,
Yousif, Majeed, Final Report- Novel Prediction Methods for Drilling Fluids, IIT Research
Institute, Westport Technology Center International, Houston, Texas, June, 1996. |
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AB
(23 pages) |
Westport Hydrate
Prediction Program for Drilling Fluids (WhyP): Users Manual, Developed by the Gas Hydrates
Technology Group, IIT Research Institute, Houston, Texas, August 1997. |
| AC
(32 pages) |
Final Report `Novel
Hydrate Prediction Methods for Drilling Fluids Phase 2` and Revised WhyP Users Manual,
Developed by the Gas Hydrates Technology Group, IIT Research Institute, Houston, Texas,
December 1997. |
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AD
(16 pages) |
Rye-Holmboe, Monica,
Yousif, Majeed, Novel Hydrate Prediction Methods for Drilling Fluids, Phase 2, Progress
Report, IIT Research Institute, Westport Technology Center International, Houston, Texas,
April, 1997. |
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