IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

Example Manual division

Divide 4,205 by 3
In this example there is a remainder. When 4,205 is divided by 3 there will be 2
left over.
1401
3/4205
3
12
12
000
0
05
3
2 remainder

Try some yourself - Exercise 1.14

Manually work out the following;
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

500
7,343
1,446
3,488
2,313

5
7
6
8
9

Example Division by Calculator

Divide 576 by 21
5

The display shows:

27.

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Try some yourself Exercise 1.15

In the sack room are 5 pallets each holding 80 sacks of mud chemicals.

sacks

1.

How many sacks are there in total?

2.

If 3 roustabouts add 8 sacks each to the drilling mud, how many

have they added in total?
Sacks

3.

How many sacks are left in the sack room?

sacks

4.

We estimate the requirement for these chemicals to be 10 sacks per

day. How many full days will the sacks last?
sacks

5.

How many sacks will be left over?

sacks

Example
With all four engines running the rig has 4,800 horsepower available.
What is the output of each engine?

4,800 y 4 1,200 horsepower

Try some yourself Exercise 1.16

With 5 engines running, your rig develops 6,500 horsepower.
What will the available horsepower be if one engine goes offline?

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