The present invention relates to a ground double-hole combined water inrush prevention method for overlying strata movement monitoring and bed separation water drainage. By arranging a rock strata movement monitoring borehole and a bed separation water drainage borehole, interior movement information of an overlying stratum and bed separation generation timing fed back by strata movement monitoring performed inside are monitored; work on the bed separation water drainage borehole is guided by monitoring changes in arranged monitoring points; and through combination of the movement monitoring borehole and the bed separation water drainage borehole, the utilization rate of the bed separation water drainage borehole is effectively increased.

The present invention relates to a ground double-hole combined water inrush prevention method for overlying strata movement monitoring and bed separation water drainage. By arranging a rock strata movement monitoring borehole and a bed separation water drainage borehole, interior movement information of an overlying stratum and bed separation generation timing fed back by strata movement monitoring performed inside are monitored; work on the bed separation water drainage borehole is guided by monitoring changes in arranged monitoring points; and through combination of the movement monitoring borehole and the bed separation water drainage borehole, the utilization rate of the bed separation water drainage borehole is effectively increased.

A composition including a fluorescent polymer tag and an aqueous-based drilling fluid is provided. Also provided is a method of determining drill depth of recovered drill cuttings. The method includes introducing a fluorescent polymer tag into a drilling fluid, the fluorescent polymer tag includes the composition having the fluorescent compound linked to the polymer. The method then includes circulating the drilling fluid through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the fluorescent polymer interacts with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The returned cuttings are collected from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well. The method then includes detecting the presence of the fluorescent polymer tag on the returned cuttings to identify the tagged cuttings, and correlating the tagged cuttings with the drill depth in the well at a time during the drilling operation.

A composition including a fluorescent polymer tag and an aqueous-based drilling fluid is provided. Also provided is a method of determining drill depth of recovered drill cuttings. The method includes introducing a fluorescent polymer tag into a drilling fluid, the fluorescent polymer tag includes the composition having the fluorescent compound linked to the polymer. The method then includes circulating the drilling fluid through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the fluorescent polymer interacts with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The returned cuttings are collected from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well. The method then includes detecting the presence of the fluorescent polymer tag on the returned cuttings to identify the tagged cuttings, and correlating the tagged cuttings with the drill depth in the well at a time during the drilling operation.

To control hydrostatic backpressure of disposal wells connected to a disposal plant surface network, density of water to be injected from a water disposal plant system into disposal wells formed in a subterranean zone, a density of a hydrostatic backpressure-modifying additive to modify a density of the water, a target total injection flow rate of the water, and a vertical depth of a portion of the subterranean zone through which the water is to be injected are identified. Injected water flow rate upstream of an injection point into the multiple disposal wells, wellhead injection pressure needed to achieve the target total injection flow rate and a total injection rate are periodically received. Based on these parameters, dosage rate of the additive to maintain the target total injection flow rate is periodically determined. An additive quantity is injected into the water and periodically modified based on the periodically determined dosage rate.

To control hydrostatic backpressure of disposal wells connected to a disposal plant surface network, density of water to be injected from a water disposal plant system into disposal wells formed in a subterranean zone, a density of a hydrostatic backpressure-modifying additive to modify a density of the water, a target total injection flow rate of the water, and a vertical depth of a portion of the subterranean zone through which the water is to be injected are identified. Injected water flow rate upstream of an injection point into the multiple disposal wells, wellhead injection pressure needed to achieve the target total injection flow rate and a total injection rate are periodically received. Based on these parameters, dosage rate of the additive to maintain the target total injection flow rate is periodically determined. An additive quantity is injected into the water and periodically modified based on the periodically determined dosage rate.

Systems and methods of surface logging a well use a plurality of polymeric taggants distinguishable from each other. The systems and methods can include adding each of the plurality of polymeric taggants in a repeating sequence to a circulating drilling fluid while drilling the well and taking a sample drill cuttings carried by the circulating drilling fluid. The systems and methods can also include measuring concentrations of individual polymeric taggants attached to the drill cuttings in the sample and identifying a depth associated with the sample based on the measured concentrations of individual polymeric taggants and on the sequence.

Systems and methods of surface logging a well use a plurality of polymeric taggants distinguishable from each other. The systems and methods can include adding each of the plurality of polymeric taggants in a repeating sequence to a circulating drilling fluid while drilling the well and taking a sample drill cuttings carried by the circulating drilling fluid. The systems and methods can also include measuring concentrations of individual polymeric taggants attached to the drill cuttings in the sample and identifying a depth associated with the sample based on the measured concentrations of individual polymeric taggants and on the sequence.

A magnetic ranging system for use with a drilling assembly in a borehole in a formation, the drilling assembly including a drill string, a drill bit and a bottomhole assembly (BHA) connected to the drill bit, the BHA including a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) system, a bi-directional MWD telemetry interface, and a steerable component, may comprise at least one ranging magnetometer incorporated into the BHA. The ranging magnetometer may be configured to collect ranging measurements from behind the drill bit and the ranging magnetometer may be configured to transmit measurement data. The magnetic ranging system may include at least two ranging magnetometers, with one ranging magnetometer positioned above the MWD system and one ranging magnetometer positioned below the MWD system.

A magnetic ranging system for use with a drilling assembly in a borehole in a formation, the drilling assembly including a drill string, a drill bit and a bottomhole assembly (BHA) connected to the drill bit, the BHA including a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) system, a bi-directional MWD telemetry interface, and a steerable component, may comprise at least one ranging magnetometer incorporated into the BHA. The ranging magnetometer may be configured to collect ranging measurements from behind the drill bit and the ranging magnetometer may be configured to transmit measurement data. The magnetic ranging system may include at least two ranging magnetometers, with one ranging magnetometer positioned above the MWD system and one ranging magnetometer positioned below the MWD system.