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Rig pump output, normally in volume per stroke, of mud pumps on the rig is  one of important figures that we really need to know because we will use pump out put figures to calculate many parameters such as bottom up strokes,  wash out depth, tracking drilling fluid, etc. In this post, you will learn how to calculate pump out put for triplex pump and duplex pump in bothOilfield and Metric Unit.

Bourgoyne, A.J.T., Chenevert , M.E. & Millheim, K.K., 1986. SPE Textbook Series, Volume 2: Applied Drilling Engineering, Society of Petroleum Engineers.

This article will focus on understanding of MWD signal decoding which is transmitted via mud pulse telemetry since this method of transmission is the most widely used commercially in the world.

As a basic idea, one must know that transmitted MWD signal is a wave that travels through a medium. In this case, the medium is mud column inside the drill string to mud pumps. Decoding is about detecting the travelling wave and convert it into data stream to be presented as numerical or graphical display.

The signal is produced by downhole transmitter in the form of positive pulse or negative pulse. It travels up hole through mud channel and received on the surface by pressure sensor. From this sensor, electrical signal is passed to surface computer via electrical cable.

Noise sources are bit, drill string vibration, bottom hole assemblies, signal reflection and mud pumps. Other than the noises, the signal is also dampened by the mud which make the signal becomes weak at the time it reaches the pressure sensor. Depth also weaken the signal strength, the deeper the depth, the weaker the signal detected.

Rock bit may create tri-lobe pattern. This pattern is created by the cones of the bit on the bottom of the hole. While drilling, the bit’s cones ride along this tri-lobe pattern and makes the bit bounce or known as axial vibration. As the bit bounces, back pressure is produced at the bit nozzles and transmitted to surface. The frequency of the noise created by bit bounce correlates with bit RPM. The formula to calculate its frequency is 3*(bit RPM)/60. When the bit bounce frequency match with MWD signal frequency, decoding is affected.

BHA components that have moving mechanical parts such as positive mud motor and agitator create noise at certain frequency. The frequency produced by these assemblies depends on the flow rate and the lobe configuration. The higher the flow rate and the higher the lobe configuration creates higher noise frequency.

Thruster, normally made up above MWD tool, tends to dampen the MWD signal significantly. It has a nozzle to use mud hydraulic power to push its spline mandrel – and then push the BHA components beneath it including the bit – against bottom of the hole. When the MWD signal is passing through the nozzle, the signal loses some of its energy. Weaker signal will then be detected on surface.

The common sources of signal reflection are pipe bending, change in pipe inner diameter or closed valve. These are easily found in pipe manifold on the rig floor. To avoid the signal reflection problem, the pressure sensor must be mounted in a free reflection source area, for example close to mud pumps. The most effective way to solve this problem is using dual pressure sensors method.

Mud pump is positive displacement pump. It uses pistons in triplex or duplex configuration. As the piston pushes the mud out of pump, pressure spikes created. When the piston retracts, the pressure back to idle. The back and forth action of pistons produce pressure fluctuation at the pump outlet.

Pressure fluctuation is dampened by a dampener which is located at the pump outlet. It is a big rounded metal filled with nitrogen gas and separated by a membrane from the mud output. When the piston pushes the mud the nitrogen gas in the dampener will be compressed storing the pressure energy; and when the piston retracts the compressed nitrogen gas in the dampener release the stored energy. So that the output pressure will be stable – no pressure fluctuation.

The dampener needs to be charged by adding nitrogen gas to certain pressure. If the nitrogen pressure is not at the right pressure, either too high or too low, the pump output pressure fluctuation will not be stabilized. This pressure fluctuation may match the MWD frequency signal and hence it disturbs decoding, it is called pump noise.

When the pump noise occurs, one may simply change the flow rate (stroke rate) so that the pump noise frequency fall outside the MWD frequency band – and then apply band pass frequency to the decoder.

The formula to calculate pump noise frequency is 3*(pump stroke rate)/60 for triplex pump and 2*(pump stroke rate)/60 for duplex pump. The rule of thumb to set up dampener pressure charge is a third (1/3) of the working standpipe pressure.

Sometime the MWD signal is not detected at all when making surface test although the MWD tool is working perfectly. This happen whenever the stand pipe pressure is the same with the pump dampener pressure. Reducing or increasing test flow rate to reduce or increase stand pipe pressure helps to overcome the problem.

When the MWD signal wave travels through mud as the transmission medium, the wave loses its energy. In other words, the wave is giving some energy to the mud.

The mud properties that are affecting MWD signal transmission is viscosity and weight. The increasing mud weight means there is more solid material or heavier material in the mud. Sometimes the mud weight increment is directly affecting mud viscosity to become higher. The MWD signal wave interacts with those materials and thus its energy is reduced on its way to surface. The more viscous the mud and the heavier the mud, the weaker the signal detected on surface.

Aerated mud often used in underbalance drilling to keep mud influx into the formation as low as possible. The gas injected into the mud acts as signal dampener as gas bubble is compressible. MWD signal suffers severely in this type of mud.

Proper planning before setting the MWD pulser gap, flow rate and pump dampener pressure based on mud properties information is the key to overcome weak signal.

The further the signal travels, the weaker the signal detected on the surface. The amount of detected signal weakness ratio compare to the original signal strength when it is created at the pulser depends on many factors, for example, mud properties, BHA component, temperature and surface equipment settings.

The hydraulics calculations corresponded well with the field data. The model error was within 8%. The pressure loss of the high-pressure hose and jet bit represents a large proportion of the RJD-system pressure loss (41.2 and 55.8%, respectively). According to the operation profile, the calculated pump pressure will help the field engineer to estimate the working status of downhole tools. The results show that the pump flow rate should be optimized for different well configurations. The optimum flow-rate range was determined by the minimum lateral-extending force, minimum rock-breaking jet-bit-pressure drop, and minimum equipment-safety working pressure. To maximize the rate of penetration (ROP), the largest flow rate within that interval was selected as the optimum flow rate. A flow rate of 57.24 L/min was optimal for the case well.

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Since the NOV A1700-PT Triplex Mud Pump was built approximately 60 years ago, the industry has widely accepted the three cylinder or triplex style pump. Triplex mud pumps are manufactured worldwide, and many companies have emulated the original design and developed an improved form of the triplex pump in the past decade.

NOV A1700-PT Triplex Mud Pumps have many advantages they weight 30% less than a duplex of equal horsepower or kilowatts. The lighter weight parts are easier to handle and therefore easier to maintain. The other advantages include;They cost less to operate

One of the more important advantages of triplex over duplex pumps, is that they can move large volumes of mud at the higher pressure is required for modern deep hole drilling.

NOV A1700-PT Triplex Mud Pump is gradually phasing out duplex units. In a triplex pump, the pistons discharge mud only when they move forward in the liner. Then, when they moved back they draw in mud on the same side of the piston. Because of this, they are also called “single acting.” Single acting triplex pumps, pump mud at a relatively high speeds. NOV A1700-PT Triplex Mud Pump has three pistons each moving in its own liner. It also has three intake valves and three discharge valves. It also has a pulsation dampener in the discharge line.