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Analysis of the acoustic climate during the drilling of gas wells in post-mining areas
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2017) Macuda, Jan; Łukańko, Łukasz; Hendel, Jacek
Coal mine methane from post extraction coal gobs is most efficiently produced with drilling wells realized from the surface. In Polish conditions, such wells are most frequently drilled in highly urbanized areas and residential quarters. The drilling of such wells creates the hazard of exceeding admissible noise levels in the areas requiring acoustic protection during the day and night. Therefore it is very important to assess the level of noise emitted by the rig and to establish the isophones 45 dB and 55 dB for various field conditions. With such information, the location of the rig can be properly selected at the stage of well design. The level of noise emitted in the environment during the drilling of experimental gas well Wieczorek-AGH-1, was established on the basis of noise analyses performed within the well pad area and its closest vicinity with the reference method, described in the Regulation of the Environment Minister of 30 October 2014 concerning the requirements of the analyses of emissions and the quantity of water consumption (Official Journal of 2014, item 1542), hereinafter called the Regulation.
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The multicriteria method for selecting rigs for drilling gas wells from post-mining gobs
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2017) Macuda, Jan; Łukańko, Łukasz; Hendel, Jacek
During drilling wellbores from the surface to recover methane from post-extraction gobs, attention should be paid to using appropriate rigs. Rigs with optimum technological parameters, adjusted to the geological setting, design of wellbore and technology of drilling, allow for high drilling rates and a considerably lower cost of realization to be obtained. The rig to be used for drilling production wells can be correctly selected using the multicriteria optimization method with synthetic evaluation measure of its technological parameters. For this purpose, the technological parameters of rigs available on the Polish market for the realization of normal diameter wells with percussion-rotary method to a depth of 500 m and 1000 m were reviewed. Taking into account the geological build of the Upper Silesian area and the design of the producing well used for the production of methane from past-extraction gobs, eight evaluation criteria and their weights (W) were selected. On this basis the technical parameters of rigs to be used for drilling wells to a depth of 500 m and 1000 m were reviewed with the multicriteria method. This created the basis for selecting dedicated rigs with optimum technological parameters for drilling normal diameter wells to a depth of 500 m and 1000 m.