Well Control Formulas

1: Select Oil Field, Metric or Si Units From The Drop Down Menu.

2: Enter The Data In The Required Format In The Yellow Shaded Cells Only.
1: Pressure Gradient. 2: Hydrostatic Pressure. 3: Formation Pressure.
Units: Oil Field Units: Si Units: Oil Field
Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.5 Mud Weight [kg/m3]: 1377 Drill Pipe Hydrostatic [psi]: 5,980
TVD [m]: 3,000 SIDPP [psi]: 450
psi/ft= 0.5980
kPa= 40,500 psi= 6,430
4: Equivalent Mud Weight. 5: Equivalent Circulating Density. 6: Kick Tolerance (Simplified)
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Mud Hydrostatic [psi]: 5,980 Annular Pressure Loss [psi]: 150 MAASP [psi]: 850
TVD [ft]: 10,000 Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.5 Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.5
TVD [ft]: 10,000 Height of Influx [ft]: 100
ppg= 11.5 TVD [ft]: 10,000
ppg= 11.8
ppg= 1.5
7a: MAASP. 7b: MAASP. 8: Maximum Allowable Mud Weight.
Units: Oil Field Units: Metric Units: Metric
LOT/FIT Pressure [psi]: 900 Current Mud Weight [kg/]: 1.4 LOT/FIT Mud Weight [kg/l]: 1.66
LOT/FIT Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.5 Max Allowable Mud Wt [kg/]: 17.3 LOT/FIT Pressure [bar]: 146
Current Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.00 Shoe TVD [m]: 5,000 Shoe TVD [m]: 3,544
Shoe TVD [ft]: 9,000
bar= 4,139 sg= 2.08
psi= 666
9: New MAASP With Kill Mud Weight. 10: Initial Circulating Pressure. 11: Final Circulating Pressure.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Max Allowable Mud Wt [ppg]: 17.3 SCR Pressure [psi]: 400 SCR Pressure [psi]: 400
Kill Mud Weight [ppg]: 14.0 SIDPP Pressure [psi]: 650 Kill Mud Weight [ppg]: 13.10
Shoe TVD [ft]: 5,000 Original Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.00
psi= 1,050
psi= 858 psi= 437
12: Kill Mud Weight. 13: Shut In Casing Pressure. 14: Height of Influx Along Hole.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
SIDPP Pressure [psi]: 450 Mud Gradient [psi/ft]: 0.5980 Kick Size [bbls]: 10
Original Mud Weight [ppg]: 14.65 Influx Gradient [psi/ft]: 0.1 Annular Volume [bbls/ft]: 0.0836
TVD [ft]: 12,192 Influx Height [ft]: 100
SIDPP Pressure [psi]: 450
Ft= 120
ppg= 15.36
psi= 500
15: Gradient of Influx. 16: Pump Output. 17: Annular Velocity.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Liner Capacity [bbls/strk]: 0.1231 Pump Output [bbls/mim]: 4.8
SIDPP Pressure [psi]: 450 Pump Speed [spm]: 40 Annular Volume [bbls/ft]: 0.0836
SICP Pressure [psi]: 550 Pump Efficiency: 97%
Influx Height TVD [ft]: 200
Ft/min= 57.4
bbls/min= 4.8
psi/ft= 0.12
18: Trip Margin/Safety Factor. 19: New Pump Pressure W/New Strokes. 20: New P-Loss W/New Mud Weight.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Safety Margin [psi]: 200 Current Pressure [psi]: 450 Original Pressure Loss [psi]: 450
Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Old SPM: 40 Old Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.0
TVD [ft]: 10,000 New SPM: 60 New Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0

ppg= 12.4 psi= 1,013 psi= 491

21: Rate of Gas Migration. 22: Volume to Bleed to Maintain BHP. 23: Barite Required to Raise Mud Weight.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Increase In Surface Pressure Increase in Pressure [psi]: 200 Original Mud Weight [ppg]: 11.0
150
[psi/hr]: Original Kick Volume [bbls]: 20 New Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0
Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Formation Pressure [psi]: 10,000
ppb= 63.8
Ft/hr= 240 bbls= 0.41

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 Well Control Formulas
1: Select Oil Field, Metric or Si Units From The Drop Down Menu.

2: Enter The Data In The Required Format In The Yellow Shaded Cells Only.
24: Slug Volume. 25: Pit Gain Dur to Slug U-Tubing. 26: Pipe to Pull Before Well Flows
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Length of Dry Pipe [ft]: 120 Slug Volume [bbls]: 26 Overbalance [psi]: 200
Drill Pipe Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.01776 Slug Weight [ppg]: 13.0 Casing Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.1458
Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Drill Pipe Disp. [bbls/ft]: 0.0243
Slug Weight [ppg]: 13.0 Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0
bbls= 26
bbls= 26 Ft= 1,603
27: Pressure Drop/Ft Tripping Dry Pipe. 28: Pressure Drop/Ft Tripping Wet Pipe. 29: Drop In Mud Level Due to Complete POOH
With Drill Collars Dry.
Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field Units: Oil Field
Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Mud Weight [ppg]: 12.0 Length of Drill Collars [ft]: 500
Drill Pipe Disp. [bbls/ft]: 0.00653 Drill Pipe Disp. [bbls/ft]: 0.00653 Drill Collar Disp. [bbls/ft]: 0.05343
Casing Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.1458 Drill Pipe Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.01776 Casing Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.1458
Annular Capacity [bbls/ft]: 0.12151
psi/ft= 0.03 Ft= 183
psi/ft= 0.12

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 Deviated Well ICP to FCP Calculations
Units: Metric KOPMD: 500 m ICP to KOP Strokes: 249
SCRP: 29 bar KOPTVD: 500 m KOP to EOB Strokes: 398
ICP: 77 bar EOBMD: 1,300 m EOB to FCP Strokes: 1,442
FCP: 36 bar EOBTVD: 1,065 m Original Mud: 1.4 sg
SIDPP: 48 bar TDMD: 4,380 m Kill Mud: 1.8 sg

Dynamic Pressure Loss @ KOP= 30 bar

Remaining SIDPP @ KOP= 28 bar

Circulating Pressure @ KOP= 58 bar

Dynamic Pressure Loss @ EOB= 31 bar

Remaining SIDPP @ EOB= 6 bar

Circulating Pressure @ EOB= 37 bar

19 bar
ICP to KOP Pressure=
7.5 bar/100 strks

21 bar
KOP to EOB Pressure=
5.2 bar/100 strks

1 bar
EOB to FCP Pressure=
0.1 bar/100 strks

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