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The influence of prospecting unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs on acoustic climate
(2016) Łukańko, Łukasz; Macuda, Jan
In Poland the perspective shale gas formations concentrate in the area of the Baltic Basin, Podlasie Depression and Lublin Basin. Their depth varies from slightly above 2,000 to 4,500 m, depending on the location. Accordingly, novel rigs of high hoisting capacity and installed power capacity of master motors have to be used for opening natural gas deposits with the use of directional wells. The operation of such systems creates an acoustic hazard for the environment, especially in the close vicinity to the rig. The results of noise analyses of a prospecting well for hydrocarbons from unconventional sources in the north of Poland performed with the use of a rig MASS 6000E are presented in this paper. The noise analyses concentrated on the rig area among the direct noise sources and the neighborhood to show the influence of drilling operations on the acoustic environment. The obtained results revealed that the noise emission in the rig area can be limited by optimizing the localization and placement of particular objects and systems within the rig site. This also applies to the placement of the noise barriers on the border of the rig to limit the noise emission towards objects requiring protection.
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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.