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Engineer name……………. ID: …………………. Rig name………………..

Emec Field Supervisor name…………………….. Signature……………….

1. What are the functions of drilling fluids

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2. What’s the hydrostatic pressure definition and How you can calculate
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3. What are the main 2 reason to control down hole pressure
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4. What’s the definition of equivalent circulation density ECD

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5. What’s the definition of the YP,PV and gel strength

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6. What is optimum value of low sheer yield point in below deviated hole

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7. What is the relation between Annular velocity and sleep velocity

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8. What is the optimum value rate of Annular velocity ft/min

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9. What is the Thixotropic properties

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10. What will be happen if the drilling fluids have not ability to form revisable gel structure
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11. What is the amount of filter loss depended on

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12. What is the optimum characteristic filter cake

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13. The poor filter cake and high fluid loss can lead to
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14. What are the main factors in clay dispersion

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15. What are the main factors in clay aggregation

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16. If 1470* w2-w1/35.5-w2 so calculate how many PPB you will need to raise up 1000
bbl’s from 90 PCF to 100 PCF in 12 ½” hole
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17. From previous question calculate the final volume after raised up mud weight
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18. From previous question calculate the slug mud wt if you want to pump 25 bbl’s to Pooh
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19. from previous question calculate how many bbl’s you will receive after pumped the said
slug

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20. Calculate the kill mud weight required to kill the well if the SIDPP 2200 PSI while SICP
2650 PSI with circulated mud weight 100 PCF at true vertical depth 10000 ft

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21. State the standerd procedure for the solids control equipment.

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22. Why you don’t rely on Centrifuge as primary removal solid equipment

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23. Calculate the ASG of the solids in a 14 ppg mud with the following retort analysis:
 6.5 ml water
 0.5 ml oil with an SG = 0.83
 3.0 ml of solids

ASGs = (Vm SGm - Vw SGw - Vo SGo )/Vs

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24. Calculate percent by volume of low gravity solids and the pounds per barrel low gravity
solids given a 4.2 SG of weight material, a 3.30 ASGs, and a 2.60 SG of low gravity
solids for 30% undissolved solid in mud

% LGS = (SGwt mtl - ASGs)(%ud sol)/(SGwt mtl - SGLGS)

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25. Calculate the % HGS and PPB HGS for a mud with 30 percent undissolved solids 16.9%
low gravity solids. Use a specific gravity of 4.2 for high gravity solids.

Percent by volume high gravity solids

% HGS = % ud sol - % LGS
Pounds per barrel high gravity solids

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HGS PPB = % HGS (SG HGS) (3.505)

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26. Calculate the equivalent bentonite (clay content) for a drilling fluid with a 5.5 CEC.
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27. Calculate bentonite % for a drilling fluid with MBT= 7.5 ppb and LGS%= 3.4

Bentonite % by volume = (MBT — % by volume LGS) / 8

Bentonite, lb/bbl = bentonite, % by vol x 9.1

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28. If the Drill Solids = LGS ppb - Bent Equiv ppb so Calculate the pounds per barrel drill
solids for a mud that has a 154 ppb LGS and an equivalent bentonite content of 27.5
ppb.

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29. Please complete with the reason of mud contamination if

 PH =12.0 or higher ======= Mud contaminate with…………………….

 PH =10.0 ======= Mud contaminate with……………………..

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 PH =9.0 – 10.0 ======= Mud contaminate with……………………..

 PH =9.3 - 8.3 ======= Mud contaminate with………………………

 PH =8.3 – 6.0 ======= Mud contaminate with……………………….

 PH = 6.0 – 4.3 ======= Mud contaminate with……………………….

 PH = 4.3 or lower ======= Mud contaminate with………………………

30. What are the Pf and Mf end point

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31. Please complete with correct answer

 CO2 AND H2S are ……….. gases

 At high PH you have free…… ions in mud

 At high PH we minimize …………….degradation

 Don’t treat carbonate to zero so as to have some carbonate to react with excess ……ions
in mud

 Accepted carbonate in mud is between …….. – ………. mg/L

 A solids problem may look like a ……… problem.

 In case of CO2 treat with ………….

 In lime mud the influx of CO2& H2S, which are acidic gases gives incorrect ……/… ratio

 Solubility of Ca increase with low pH, causing …………….. of mud

 Clay or shale becomes highly sensitive to mud in highly pH over ………, causing
flocculation of mud as the attraction forces between ions increases.

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chemicals added to mud, (Such as, …………………, …….), buffer the pH of the fluid (fix

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it) so it takes more amount of H2SO4 to reach pH 4.3.

 High pH more than ………. may deactivate some polymers, best media pH is between
(8.5-10.0)

 Low pH less than ……… causes breakdown (burn) of polymers

 Ligosulphonate becomes less affective and may cause severe foaming at pH below
………….,so add caustic

 In lime mud or excess lime Pm becomes ………. than Pf as lime increases.

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32. What is the primary function of completion/work over fluids

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33. What the maximum brine weight in PCF can get from the below salts

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Chloride……………………………………………………………………………………
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Chloride……………………………………………………………………………………
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Chloride……………………………………………………………………………………
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 Calcium
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34. In order to avoid stuck pipe in overbalance wells as well as to minimize pore pressure
transmission you should use the following materials

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35. How you calculate PPT differential pressure (ΔP)

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36. What are the characteristic of spurt fluid for the PPT

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37. What is definition of Return permeability

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38. What is the primary factors causing formation damage

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39. What are the factors caused entrance of particles into formation

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40. What are the advantage of oil base mud

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41. What are the disadvantage of oil base mud

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42. Why it is rear to have differentional sticking stuck pipe while drilling with oil base mud

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43. How you can adjusted the O/W in OBM

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44. State the types of contamination you can face in OBM and how you can treat it

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45. What the types of LCM materials shall you use to cure losses while drilling pay zone
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46. Why excess lime must keep in OBM

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47. Why we should knew shale activity before drilled hole with OBM
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48. State the spacer formula before displace hole from WBM to OBM
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49. State the spacer formula before displace hole from OBM to WBM
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50. What are the main purpose for using Non-Damaging Non solids Formate mud
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51. What are the material for buffering Formate mud with their duos
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52. What is the weighting material shall you use with Formate mud
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53. What type and formula for free stuck pipe pill in Formate mud
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54. Why do you add caustic soda in hardness test?
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55. At salinity 50000 how do you measure pH?

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56. What are the types of shale geologically?

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57. Why potassium make inhibition?

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58. Does the potassium always work as a shale inhibition?

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59. Why don't you use sodium in OBM?

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60. Why calcium is better in OBM?

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61. How do you run the MBT test?

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62. At what temperature do you measure pH?

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63. What is the relation between pH and temperature?

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64. If u don't have ph.ph and methyl orange how you can perform pf,mf tests?

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65. After mixing CaBr2 Brine,…..the brine weight will be stable or decrease ?

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66. What's the meaning of D50? And what is the size of graphite? Example?

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67. What is high performance Mud ?

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68. What you are you going to do if kick drill?

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69. What you are you going to do if H2s drill?

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