Written by Vass Karatzas

WHITE TOWER CONSULTING Ltd.

Comments: vkaratzas@sprint.ca
Drilling BOP Data
Well Name: Sundance Location: 14-07-73-11W5 Rig: CDG 15 Engineer: V. Karatzas Date:

BOP STACK: Pressure Rating: 21000 kPa

Well T.V.D. and
Size: 254 mm
Minimum BOP
Pressure NACE Trim: yes
Requirements: NACE Certified: yes
A.P.
to 750m ANNULAR PREVENTER: Make: Hydril Model: GK-900
Class II & Rated kPa: 34000 28.12 Litres
Closing Volume:
14000kPa
Size (mm): 254 Opening Volume: Litres
to 1800m Blind R.
Class III & BLIND RAMS: Make: Shaffer Model: LWS
14000kPa Rated kPa: 34000 Closing Volume: 11.28 Litres
D.S. Size (mm): 254 Opening Volume: Litres
50mm Throughout 75mm Throughout
HCR VALVE: Make: NL Shaffer Type: DB
to 3600m Rated kPa: 34000 Opening Volume: 1.14 Litres
Class IV & Pipe R. to 6000m
Class V & Size (mm): 76 Closing Volume: Litres
21000kPa
34000kPa
over 6000m C.B. 50mm
PIPE RAMS: Make: Shaffer Model: LWS
Class VI & Rated kPa: 34000 Closing Volume: 11.28 Litres
69000kPa Size (mm): 254 Opening Volume: Litres

TOTAL VOLUME for CLOSING BOPs: 40.54 plus 50%= 60.81 Litres

Csg Bowl Size, mm: 228.6 and, kPa: 21000 Surface Csg at, m 320 Well TD, m
Last Csg Above Ground Burst Rating, kPa: 15621 Intermediate Csg, m 1450 Well TVD, m

RIG ACCUMULATOR UNIT DATA Rated kPa: 21000 REQUIRED ACCUMULATOR SIZ
Make: Model No: Minimum Accum. Size Required Litres:
ACCUMULATOR: Per Bottle Size in Litres: 37.85 Bottles No 4 Required Minimum Bottle No
Required Remaining Pressure kPa: 8400 Is Rig's Accumulator Adequate ?
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### Precharge Pressure kPa: 7000 Total Volume Litres: 151.40 Is Back-Up Nitrogen Adequate ?
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BACK-UP NITROGEN: Bottles No 3 Enter Bottle Size: 2 NOTES:

### Stored Pressure kPa, #1: 17500 #2: 14000 #3: 14500
Average Pressure kPa: 15333 Usable Total Volume Litres: 104

### To Increase Mud Wt. Mud Wt. Reduction

Initial Mud Wt. kg/m 1150
3
While Drilling Only Initial Mud Volume m3
Mud Wt Desired kg/m3 1180 Total Wt. Material to be Added kg 3600 Initial Mud Wt. kg/m3
Original Mud Volume m3 120 Wt. Material Added in Sacks 144 Volume of Base Fluid Added m3
Wt. Material Specific Gravity kg/m 2650
3
Volume Increase after Mixing m3 1.36 Specific Gravity of Base Fluid kg/m3
Kilos per sack of Wt. Material kg/sack 25 Total Mud Volume after Mixing m 3
121.36 Reduced Mud Wt. kg/m3

The Effect of Temperature Prepare a Heavy Pill-Slug Mud Weight f

on Densities of Calcium Chloride
and Sodium Chloride Solutions
Premix Water Temperature C
Mud Circulating Temperature oC
Required Solution Density kg/m3
Pre-Mix Solution Density kg/m
1100
Initial Mud Wt. kg/m3 Directional Wells
Mud Wt. Desired kg/m3 1400 Mud Wt. for Vertical Well kg/m3
o
15 Heavy Pill/Slug Volume Required m3 10.0 Overburden Wt. kg/m3
80 Initial (Starting) Mud Volume m3 9.0 Formation Fracture Mud Wt. kg/m3
1250 Total Baryte Required kg 2714 Hole Inclination Degrees
3
1292 or Number of 40kg Baryte Sacks 68 Mud Wt. Required kg/m3

INPUT OUTPUT Related Conversions INPUT

3000.0 m to ft 9842.5 INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT 75.7 Litres to gals

14670.0 ft to m 4471.4 1.85 m3 to BBLs 11.64 1.00 m3 to gals 264.2 20.0 gals to Litres

18500 kPa to psi 2683.2 10.00 BBLs to m3 1.59 300.0 gals to m3 1.14 1850.0 kg/m3 to ppg
5000.0 psi to kPa 34474 18.0 o
C to o
F 64.4 20.0 F to
o o
C -6.7 19.000 ppg to kg/m3
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GK-900

LWS

DB

LWS

3100
3100

REQUIRED ACCUMULATOR SIZE

121.62
4
YES
YES

Mud Wt. Reduction

80
1140
10
1000
1124
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Mud Weight for ###
###
1090 ###
2600
1600
90
2340

OUTPUT
20.0
75.7
15.439
2276.7