Drilling Tutorials

2016
Leakoff Test
After having conducted a Leak off test at the 13 3/8" casing shoe of a vertical well the
following data is reported:
TVD of 13 3/8" Shoe :
Mudweight in hole :

Vol. pumped
bbls
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
4.75

5200 ft.
10.0 ppg

Surface Pressure
psi
100
240
370
500
630
750
860
995
1060
1090

i. What is the maximum allowable static mudweight in the next (12 1/4") hole
section?
ii. Assuming that the circulating pressure losses in the annulus will be 200psi,
what is the maximum allowable mudweight, (allowing for ECD) in the
next (12 1/4") hole section?
ii. What would be the MAASP in the next hole section, if the mudweight in the
next hole section was increased to 11.0 ppg?