Basic Drilling Engineering Equations - p.

3 2 LEN
Triplex Pump : Q= (d ) Hydrostatic Pr essure : P=0 . 052DensityDepth
4 231
LE N 929 V d
Double Acting Duplex : Q=
2 ( 2 d 2 d 2 )
R 231
Re ynolds Number : N Re =
L

Q P dP GEL
Hydraulic Horsepower: HHP= Gelled Mud : =
1, 714 dL 300 ( d 2 d 1 )

Pipe Internal Area : A PIPE= d
4 i2
For Max Hyd . HP : P PARASITIC= ( m+1 1 ) P PUMP

2
Annular Area : A ANN =

d d
4 ( 2 2 12 )
Max Im pact Force: P PARASITIC= ( m+2 ) P PUMP

2 12
Pipe Capacity : V PIPE =
4
d
23142( ) ( bblft ) Im pact Force: F J = 0 . 01732 Q PNOZ

d2
Pipe Capacity : V PIPE =
1, 029 . 4 ( bblft ) Nozzle Velocity : V NOZ = 33 . 43
P NOZ
MUD
d 2 d
bbl
1, 029. 4 ( ft )
2 12
Nozzle Area : A NOZ = d +d +d +. . . )
4 ( 12 2 2 3 2
Annular Capacity : V ANN = TOT

2
CP S Z A T A P B+ P S MUD Q
Gas in Mud : P RED=
( ( 100C ) Z S T S ) (
ln
PS ) Nozzle Pr essure Drop: P NOZ=
10 ,859 A
NOZ TOT 2

C= Gas Volume as of Total Volume Nozzle Area : A NOZ TOT OPT

= ( Q OPT
104 . 2 ) MUD
P NOZ OPT

4 ATOT
MUD
Buoyancy Factor for steel : BF= 1 With 3 Nozzles: d NOZ=
STEEL 3
2
SPM 2
Circulating Pr essure : P2 = P1
( ) R

( )
SPM 1 log MUD

1 1
dC=
60 N
12W
log 6
( MUD
NORMAL

ACTUAL
)
Lifting Pipe : L= W 1+ +
En n ( ) 10 D B

1. 2

[ ( ) ][ ]
E 1 P S S P dC
Lowering Pipe : L= W 1+ +
n n ( ) =
D D D

D N dC
OBSERVED

NORMAL

1.2

Load on Dead Line : LD = W Leg ( n+ 4

4n ) P S S
=
D D D
P
D [ ( ) ][
N
ROBSERVED
R NORMAL ]
1. 2

[ ( ) ][ ]
lbf P S S P C NORMAL
Wind Load , : p= 0 . 004 V 2 ( V in mph ) =
ft 2 D D D D N COBSERVED

D 3.0

(
V ae = 0 . 45+
D
H2
p2
D
p2
) V PIPE P S S
=
D D D
P
D [ ( ) ][
N
t NORMAL
t OBSERVED ]
D 2 D
(
V ae = 0 . 45+
D
H
p

2 D p 2+D 2
i2

i
) V PIPE F= ( SP
D )( 1 ) D
+
P
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Force
Stress=
Area 1 ft 3 =7 . 48 gal
Force
Pr essure= 1 bbl=42 gal
Area

Torque=ForceArm 1 hp=33 , 000 ft lbf /min

Power=ForceVelocity 1 BTU =779 ft lbf

Power=TorqueAngular Velocity
FLUID
Specific Gravity=
8 . 33 ( lblb // gal
gal )

Newtonian Model Bingham Plastic Model

dP pV
dP V = + y
Laminar = Laminar 2
dL 1,500 d 225 d
dL 1,500 d 2

dP V dP p V y
= = 2
+
dL 1,000 ( d 2 d 1 )2 dL 1,000 ( d 2 d 1 ) 200 ( d 2 d 1 )

2 2
Turbulent dP f V Turbulent dP f V
= =
dL 25 . 8 d dL 25 . 8 d
0. 75 1. 75
dP 0. 75 V 1. 75 0 .25 dP
V
p 0. 25
= =
dL 1, 800 d 1. 25 dL 1, 800 d
1 .25

2 2
dP f V dP f V
= =
dL 21 .1 ( d 2d 1 ) dL 21 .1 ( d 2d 1 )

0 . 75 1 .75
dP V 0 . 25
0. 75 1. 75 0. 25
dP V p
= =
dL 1,396 ( d 2 d 1 )1. 25 dL 1,396 ( d 2 d 1 )1. 25

SS1
PCC =
1
D. F . (
P1
S 2 S1 )( P1P 2 ) KILL= OLD +
SIDPP
0 . 052 D

1 17 , 57115 , 000
PCC = (
1. 125 .
3, 660
20 , 00015 ,000 )
( 3, 6603, 590 ) KICK= OLD
SICPSIDPP
0 . 052 h KICK

Pump Pr essure : P PUMP= P S + P DP+ P DC + P NOZ + P DC + P DP + P HYDROSTATIC

ANN ANN

Mixtures : Mass= 1 V 1 + 2 V 2 + 3 V 3 +. . . + n V n = ( V 1 + V 2 +V 3 +. . . +V n ) MIX

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ACRONYMS

API American Petroleum Institute

APL annular pressure loss
bbls barrels
BHP bottom hole pressure
ECD equivalent circulating density
EMW equivalent mud weight

FIT formation integrity test

FP formation pressure
HP hydrostatic pressure
hp horse power
ID internal diameter
LOT leak off test
LWD logging while drilling
MASP maximum allowable surface pressure
MAASP maximum allowable annular surface pressure
MD measured depth (along the wellbore)
MWD measurement while drilling
OD outer diameter
ppg pounds per gal
psi pounds per square inch
psia psi absolute
psig psi gauge = psia - 14.7 (approx)
SICP shut-in casing pressure
SIDPP shut-in drillpipe pressure

TVD true vertical depth

 r = density lbm/gal
pM
Density of Gas: = p = absolute pressure psia
80 . 3 Z T M = molecular weight
Z = gas deviation factor
T = absolute temperature o
R

M ( DD 0 ) p = absolute pressure at depth D psia

p0 = absolute pressure at depth D0 psia
1, 544 Z T
Pr essure : p= p 0 e