Extended Reach Drilling Simulator (ERDS)
Successful Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) requires proper design of well trajectory, capacity of drilling equipment, and circulating fluid. ERDS™ incorporates all these designs into one user-friendly package, predicting adequate hole cleaning, minimizing torque and drag, and maximizing penetration rate while optimizing wellbore departure.
ERDS™ includes Torque, Drag, Buckling, Heat transfer, HTHP, Influx/Lost Circulation, phase change, and hole cleaning calculations. Besides normal drilling it also handles casing drilling and dual gradient drilling.
ERDS™ accounts for a variety of dynamic situations that frequently accompany UBO, including:
- High Torque and Drag
- Potential for buckling of pipe
- Inefficient hole cleaning
- Inability to reach the target
To improve user productivity, ERDS™ includes:
- MS Office™ compatability
- Only one wellbore description entry required
- Single/multi well trajectory design
- Offshore rig capability (accounts for air gap and negative temperature gradient in riser)
- Multiple fluid rheology models
- Productivity Index calculation
- Lookup tables for tubulars and fluids
- Customized units option
- Drillstring joints and eccentricity
- Torque, Drag and Buckling determination
- Dual gradient drilling
The directional model in ERDS™ allows the wellbore to be viewed at any orthogonal projection.
To try out the software or to receive more information, complete
our "Software Try-Out Form" to see if
you qualify, or contact the
.
Download ERDS™ brochure in (pdf format).
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