MITCHELL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS (January 20, 1994)

These computer programs are to be used with "THE ADVANCED OILWELL

DRILLING ENGINEERING HANDBOOK", written by Dr. Bill Mitchell.
The computer programs require Microsoft's Excel 3.0 (or higher)
spreadsheet (DOS operating system). Information MUST be keyed into
ALL shaded (yellow) boxes. Answers appear in the blue (diagonally
striped) boxes. If the warning "Can't resolve circular function"
appears after loading a program; click on following tool bar
functions "OPTIONS, CALCULATION, ITERATION". The shading may be
remove during printing. Wrong answers may appear if "ITERATION" is
off.

AIR_DRIL Annular pressures at depth with air/mud ratios and mud

circulation rates.

API_CAS Casing design in the "API" manner with dogleg and salt
loads.

BHA_DP BHA design: jar triggering load, mechanical properties,

tapered BHA, wall forces, torsional damping, spinning
torque, torsional buckling, rotational drag buckling,
critical buckling loads, weight on bit in inclined holes,
critical rotary speeds, fatigue of drill pipe.

CAS_BUCK Stability (buckling and wellhead loads) of casing after

cementing.

CMT_PLAN Primary and squeeze planning with hole enlargements.

CMT_SPAC Pumping rates for cement spacers to prevent settling.

DIR_PLAN Plans "S", slant, and double build type of holes. Transposes
TVD to MD and MD to TVD, Dogleg severity.

DP_FATIG Maximum allowable dogleg severity of holes for drill pipe

fatigue.

DRL_PIPE Selects drill pipe for tension, collapse, torsion, bending

of body and joint. Combinations and tapered strings.

DRL_TORQ Allowable torque based on tooljoint and body strengths.

DS_WOB Drill string as weight on bit.

HOR_PLAN Plans horizontal holes with a tangent section.

HOR_TURN Plans horizontal turns in horizontal holes.

KICK_REM Kick removal: surface pressures, kick volumes, mud weight,

pumping volumes, mud pit gains, shoe pressures, driller's
method.

LEAD_TAR Computes coordinates and azimuths along lead arc for

directional holes.

MUD_MIX New mud mixing, optimal solids, mud consumption, additions,

barite, water, bentonite, oil, etc.
POW_LAW Pressure losses, AV, Regimes, n, k, with the iterative power
law model.

RIG_MATH Fits equations to data with least squares. Confidence lines.

SURGE Surge and swab while running and pulling pipe.

SURVEY_l Directional survey computations, circular interpolation

between survey stations, 3d distance between holes, tie point.

TFA_HYD Optimal rig hydraulics with motors, PDC, MWD, and Jets.

TUB_MOV Tubing design: movement and stress for one weight and grade.

TUB_MOV5 Tubing desing: movement and stress for five weights or

grades.

TUB_STRE Strengths of API pipe: tensile, collapse under load, burst,

body, and APIjoints in bending.

VER_TURN Plans new track after two vertical turns in horizontal

holes.