Method of drilling and production hydrocarbons from subsurface formations

A method of producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• (a) drilling a plurality of wells to at least one subsurface location to provide fluid flow paths for hydrocarbons to a production facility, wherein drilling comprises:
• (i) estimating a drill rate for one of the plurality of wells;
• (ii) obtaining mechanical specific energy (MSE) data and other measured data during the drilling of the one of the plurality of wells;
• (iii) using the obtained MSE data and other measured data to determine one of a plurality of limiters that restrict the drill rate;
• (iv) adjusting drilling operations to mitigate the one of the plurality of founder limiters;
• (v) iteratively repeating steps (i)-(v) until the subsurface location has been reached by the drilling operations;
• and
• (b) producing hydrocarbons from the one of the plurality of wells.

A method of producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• (a) estimating a drill rate for drilling operations of a well to provide fluid flow paths for hydrocarbons from a subsurface location to a production facility;
• (b) obtaining real time mechanical specific energy (MSE) data and other measured data during the drilling of the well;
• (c) using the obtained MSE data and other measured data to determine one of a plurality of limiters that restrict the drill rate;
• (d) adjusting drilling operations to mitigate the one of the plurality of limiters;
• and
• (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until the subsurface location has been reached by the drilling operations.

A method for drilling a well related to producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• monitoring mechanical specific energy (MSE) data along with vibration data for a well in real-time during drilling operations;
• comparing the MSE data and the vibration data with previously generated MSE data and the vibration data for the well to determine at least one of a plurality of factors that limit a drilling rate;
• and
• adjusting the drilling operations based on the comparison to increase the drilling rate.

A method for producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• (a) obtaining mechanical specific energy (MSE) data along with other measured data for a well concurrently with the drilling of the well;
• (b) analyzing the MSE data and the other measured data to determine one of a plurality of limiters that restrict a drilling rate;
• and
• (c) adjusting drilling operations to account for the one of a plurality of limiters based on the analysis in step (b) and to increase the drilling rate;
• (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) at least one additional time until the target depth has been reached for the well;
• and
• (e) producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface reservoir accessed by the drilling operations.

A method for drilling a well related to producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• drilling a first well concurrently with a second well;
• monitoring mechanical specific energy (MSE) data along with vibration data in real-time during drilling operations in the first well;
• comparing the MSE data and the vibration data from the first well to determine at least one of a plurality of factors that limit a drilling rate of the first well;
• and
• adjusting the drilling operations in the second well based on the comparison to increase the drilling rate.

A method for drilling a well related to producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• analyzing historical mechanical specific energy (MSE) data and other historical measured data from a previous well to determine one of a plurality of initial factors that limit a drilling rate for the previous well;
• selecting drilling components and drilling practices to mitigate at least one of the plurality of initial factors;
• drilling a current well utilizing the drilling components and drilling practices;
• observing real time MSE data and other measured data during the drilling of the current well for at least one of a plurality of current factors that limit drilling operations;
• utilizing the observations in the selection of subsequent drilling components and subsequent drilling practices to mitigate at least one of the plurality of current factors for a subsequent well;
• and
• repeating the steps above for each subsequent well in a program of similar wells.