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Penetration of tubulars into horizontal oil wells
  Penetration of tubulars into horizontal oil wells is investigated in this work. Locking of the tubulars by frictional forces alone is modelled by inserting small diameter rubber rods into horizontal acrylic tubes. Three different regions of the penetrating rod are described: the initial straight section, followed by sinusoidal deformations with gradually decreasing lengths and increasing amplitudes, which finally develop into helical deformations with subsequent lock-up. The effect of the insertion velocity is also investigated. A simplified model is developed, which is in reasonable agreement with experimental data.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    01 December 2002

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    SAGE Publications

  • DOI:

    10.1243/095440602321029472

  • Cross Ref:

    Y785R52728617138

  • ISSN:

    0954-4062

  • Library of Congress:

    TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    621 Electronic & mechanical engineering

Citation

McCourt, I., Truslove, T., & Kubie, J. (2002). Penetration of tubulars into horizontal oil wells. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 216(12), 1237-1245. https://doi.org/10.1243/095440602321029472

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Keywords

penetration of tubulars, horizontal wells, deformations, lock-up, theoretical model

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