Drilling & Production Engineering

Effect of Directional Double-Tooth Structure on Rock-Breaking Efficiency and Lateral Force of PDC Drill Bit

  • Gai Jingming ,
  • Li Wei ,
  • Liu Gangjun ,
  • Zheng Ruiqiang ,
  • Li Bing ,
  • Chen Zihe
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  • 1. Northeast Petroleum University,Daqing,Heilongjiang 163318,China;
    2. National Engineering Research Center for Oil and Gas Drilling and Completion Technology,Beijing,102206,China;
    3. CNPC Western Drilling Engineering Co.,Ltd.,Karamay,Xinjiang 834000,China;
    4. PetroChina Daqing Exploratory Drilling Engineering Company,Daqing,Heilongjiang 163413,China

Received date: 2022-07-29

  Revised date: 2023-06-26

  Online published: 2023-12-25

Abstract

To address the problem of premature failure of PDC drill bit due to low rock-breaking efficiency and lateral vibrations and swirls of drill string caused by lateral force surge when drilling in soft and hard interbedded layer,a PDC drill bit with directional double-tooth structure was designed,and the effects of the directional double-tooth structure with different tooth arrangement parameters on rock-breaking efficiency and local lateral force balance were investigated by the finite element simulation of double-tooth cutting. The results show that the directional double-tooth structure can effectively improve the rock-breaking efficiency,the double-tooth spacing has less effect on the mechanical specific power,compared with the single-tooth cutting,the mechanical specific power is reduced by about 5.60%-6.50%; the double-tooth clamping angle can significantly affect the mechanical specific power,when the double-tooth clamping angle is 160 °,compared with the single-tooth cutting,the mechanical specific power is reduced by about 96.36%-113.82%; under the same side turning angle,the lateral force of the double-tooth clamping angle tooth arrangement is reduced by about 33.40%-74.20% compared with that of the single-tooth cutting,which can effectively improve the local lateral force balance of the drill bit in the transitional formation and directional drilling,and thus improve the overall force balance effect of the drill bit. This study can provide a reference and basis for the optimized design of the tooth arrangement of the PDC drill bit.

Cite this article

Gai Jingming , Li Wei , Liu Gangjun , Zheng Ruiqiang , Li Bing , Chen Zihe . Effect of Directional Double-Tooth Structure on Rock-Breaking Efficiency and Lateral Force of PDC Drill Bit[J]. Special Oil & Gas Reservoirs, 2023 , 30(5) : 158 -165 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-6535.2023.05.021

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