5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

Oil Well Kick Handling Methods

 2020-05-27 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/)  AONG manager (https://www.arab-oil-
naturalgas.com/author/raed/)  Drilling - English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/oilwell-drilling/)

Quality Choke Valve Products OPEN

Questions and Answers about Oil Well Kick Handling Methods

1) What should the driller do at a drilling break?

a) Circulate bottoms up.

b) Flow check.
c) Reduce weight on bit.
d) Increase pump speed.

Answer: b

2) A kicking well has been shut in. The drill pipe pressure is ‘0’ because there is a non-return valve (https://www.arab-oil-
naturalgas.com/what-are-the-types-of-valves/) ( oat) in the string. To establish the SIDPP, what action should be taken?

a) Shearing the pipe and reading the SIDPP directly o the casing gauge
b) Pump at kill rate into the drill string with the well shut in. When casing pressure starts to rise, read the pump pressure. This is the SIDPP.
c) Pump very slowly into the drill pipe with the well shut in. When the pumping pressure stabilizes, the oat has opened. This pumping
pressure is the SIDPP.
d) Bring the pump up to the kill rate holding the casing pressure constant by opening the choke (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/what-
does-choke-valve-mean/). The pressure shown when the pump is at kill rate is the SIDPP.

Answer: b

3) After circulating out a kick using the driller’s method (no weight up), are the SICP and SIDPP about the same?

Answer: Yes

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 1/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

4) A gas kick is being circulated up the well. What is the surface pit volume most likely to do?

a) Increase
b) Stay the same
c) Decrease

Answer: a

5) On a surface stack, what would happen if when bringing the pumps up to kill speed, the casing pressure was allowed to fall below
shut in casing pressure?

a) Formation would most probably break down.

b) More in ux would be let into the well bore.
c) It would have no e ect on anything.

Answer: b

6) For each of the following statements, note whether it relates to the Drillers Method or the Wait and Weight Method.

a) Minimize pressures generated in the annulus due to gas expansion.

b) Remove in ux from well before pumping kill mud.
c) Pump kill mud while circulating in ux up the annulus.
d) Maintain Drill Pipe pressure constant for 1st circulation.

Answer: 

a.  W&W
b.  Driller
c.  W&W
d.  Driller

7) Which one of the following actions taken while stripping into the hole will help to maintain an acceptable bottom hole pressure?

a) Pumping a volume of mud into the well, equal to the drill pipe closed end displacement at regular intervals.
b) Bleeding o the drill pipe steel displacement at regular intervals.
c) Pumping a volume of mud into the well, equal to the drill pipe steel displacement, at regular intervals
d) Bleeding o the drill pipe closed end displacement at regular intervals

Answer: d

8) Which of the following statements is true?

a) There is no di erence between using the Drillers method and the Wait and Weight method.
b) If the kill mud is being circulated up the annulus before the kick has reached the shoe then Wait and Weight method will reduce the risk of
breaking down the formation compared to using the Drillers method.
c) The Wait and Weight method should always be used because the pressure against the open hole will always be lower when using the
Drillers method.

Answer: b

9) Mud weight increase required to kill a kick should be based upon :

a) shut in drill pipe pressure.

b) shut in casing pressure.
c) original mud weight plus slow circulation rate pressure losses.
d) shut in casing pressure minus shut in drill pipe pressure.

Answer: a


https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 2/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

10) How is the Initial Circulating Pressure found on a land rig or a jack-up, when the slow pump rate circulating pressure is not
known but a kick has been taken?

a) Circulate at desired strokes per minute to circulate out the kick, but hold 200 psi back pressure on drill pipe side with choke.
b) Add 400 psi to casing pressure and bring pump up to kill rate while using the choke to keep the casing pressure +400 constant.
c) Bring pump strokes up to kill rate while keeping casing pressure constant by manipulating the choke, observed pump pressure is ICP.
d) Add 1000 psi to shut in drill pipe pressure and circulate out the kick.

SPONSORED SEARCHES

Drilling Rig

Oil Well Casing

Mud Pump

Gas Flow Rate

Petroleum Well

Answer: c

11) Having completed the rst circulation of the Driller’s Method, the well is shut in. Should casing pressure be:

a) Less than Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure.

b) Equal to Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure.
c) Greater than Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure.

Answer: b

12) On the second circulation of the Driller’s method, if the casing pressure was held constant until the kill mud reached Surface,
what would happen to the bottom hole pressure?

a) Increase.
b) Decrease.
c) Stay the same.

Answer: a

13) Using Wait and Weight method, if the drill pipe pressure drops below the line of the graph as the kill mud goes down, what
happens to the bottom hole pressure?

a) Increases.
b) Decreases.
c) Stays the same.

Answer: b

14) You have taken a kick with a non-return valve ( oat) in the drill string. After shutting the well in properly, it is best to :

a) Use the annulus pressure to calculate the kill weight mud.

b) Start raising the mud weight 1 ppg per circulation until the well is dead.
c) Use either the rig pump or cementing (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-cementing-functions-classes-and-equipment/) unit
pump to increase pressure in 100 psi increments until a change is seen on casing gauge.
d) Pump slowly into the drill pipe. When the pump pressure stabilizes, the oat is open. The pumping pressure is the SIDPP used to calculate
kill mud

Answer: d


https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 3/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

15) A well is being killed using the Driller’s Method.

Original shut-in drill pipe pressure = 500 psi
Original shut-in casing pressure = 900 psi
After the rst circulation, the well is shut in and pressures allowed to stabilize. They then read :
Shut-in drill pipe pressure = 500 psi
Shut-in casing pressure = 650 psi
It is decided not to spend any more time cleaning the hole Which one of the following actions should be taken:

a) Prepare to use the Wait and Weight method.

b) Bull-head the annulus until shut-in casing pressure is reduced to 500 psi.
c) Reverse circulate until shut-in casing pressure is reduced to 500 psi.
d) Continue with second circulation of Drillers Method (holding casing pressure constant until mud reaches the bit)

Answer: a

16) If the slow pump circulating pressure was not known, and a kick has been taken with the well closed in, how would you nd the
ICP?
a) Bring pump up to the desired rate, while holding the casing pressure 150 psi above the original SICP.
b) Bring pump up to desired rate, but hold 200 psi back pressure on the drill pipe.
c) Bring pump up to the desired rate holding casing pressure constant by manipulating the hydraulic choke.
d) Circulate at desired kill rate but hold casing pressure 100 psi below MAASP.

Answer: c

17) The correct gauge to use for calculating the kill weight mud is :
a) the gauge on the choke and kill manifold.
b) the drill pipe pressure gauge on the drillers console.
c) the casing gauge on the drillers console.
d) the drill pipe gauge on the remote auto choke panel.
e) the casing gauge on the remote auto choke panel.

Answer: d

18)Change these pressures to an equivalent mud weight in ppg.

a) 3,500 psi at 7,000 feet.

b) 4,000 feet with 2,800 psi.
c) 12,000 feet M.D. / 10,500 T.V.D. with 9,000 psi.

Answer:
a) 9.62 ppg.
b) 13.46 ppg.
c)16.48 ppg.

19) Calculate equivalent mud weights for these wells :

a) BHP = 9,800 psi, Depth = 9,800 feet

b) BHP = 4,580 psi, Depth = 10,000 ft TVD, 11,500 feet M.D.

Answer:
a. 19.23 ppg.
b. 8.81 ppg.

7) Calculate kill mud weight for the following wells:

a) SIDPP = 600 PSI, Depth = 10,000 ft, Mud wt. = 10 PPG, SICP = 900 PSI
b) Mud wt = 9.5 PPG, SICP = 2,000 PSI, SIDPP = 1,200 PSI, Depth = 9,500 PSI 
c) SICP = 600 PSI, Depth = 15,000 feet T.V.D., 17,000 M.D. SIDPP = 300 PSI, Mud Weight = 17 PPG

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 4/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

Answer:
a. 11.16 ppg.
b. 11.93 ppg.
c. 17.39 ppg.

References:
1.Transocean Sedco Forex – Jakarta Learning Centre – Pre-school exercises for Well Control With Answers.
2.  Well Control Manual part.1 & 2 – from Well Control School 

oil well (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/oil-well/) Well Kick (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/well-kick/)

AONG MANAGER (HTTPS://WWW.ARAB-OIL-NATURALGAS.COM/AUTHOR/RAED/)

FREE petroleum books

 Oil Well Kicks – Questions and Answers part.2 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kicks-questions-and-answers-part-2/)

ABOUT AONG WEBSITE

the biggest collection of FREE books and videos about oil and natural gas industry.

Search… 

CATEGORIES

 Drilling – Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/drilling-arabic/) (10)

 Drilling – English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/oilwell-drilling/) (26)

 Equipment – Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/arabic-equipment-articles/) (15)

 Equipment- English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/equipment-articles/) (27)

 Exams and Interviews (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/petroleum-exams-and-interviews/) (14)


 Miscellaneous -English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/miscellaneous-articles-english/) (8)

 Miscellaneous- Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/miscellaneous-articles-arabic/) (11)

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 5/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

 Natural Gas – Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/arabic-natural-gas-articles/) (21)

 Natural Gas – English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/articles-about-natural-gas-industry/) (26)

 Petroleum – Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/arabic-petroleum-articles/) (50)

 Petroleum – English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/articles-about-oil/) (50)

 Safety – English (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/safety-english/) (2)

 Safety -Arabic (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/arabic-safety-articles/) (12)

 Trading (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/category/trading/) (5)

RECENT POSTS

Oil Well Kick Handling Methods (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/)

Oil Well Kicks – Questions and Answers part.2 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kicks-questions-and-answers-part-2/)

Oil Well Kicks – Questions and Answers part.1 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kicks-questions-and-answers-part-1/)

Well Control Questions and Answers Part 2 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/well-control-questions-and-answers-part-2/)

Well Control Questions and Answers Part 1 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/well-control-questions-and-answers-part-1/)

Heat Exchanger Arabic Learning Video (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/heat-exchanger-arabic-learning-video/)

Advises to NEW Oil eld Operator (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/advises-to-new-oil eld-operator/)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-advice-for-the- 

public/)

Crude Oil Lab Tests (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/crude-oil-lab-tests/)

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 6/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

production-engineer-interview-questions-part-2 (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/production-engineer-interview-questions-part-2/)

TAGS

acidizing (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/acidizing/) boiler (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/boiler/)

BOP (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/bop/) casing (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/casing/)

Compressor (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/compressor/) corrosion (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/corrosion/)

crude oil (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/crude-oil/) dehydration (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/dehydration/)

drilling (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/drilling/) drilling uids (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/drilling- uids/)

drilling mud (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/drilling-mud/) drilling rig (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/drilling-rig/)

drill pipe (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/drill-pipe/) energy (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/energy/)

gas (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/gas/) H2S (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/h2s/)

heat exchanger (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/heat-exchanger/) hydrate (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/hydrate/)

hydrocarbon (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/hydrocarbon/) hydrogen sul de (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/hydrogen-sul de/)

LNG (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/lng/) logging (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/logging/)

LPG (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/lpg/) natural gas (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/natural-gas/)

oil (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/oil/) oil eld (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/oil eld/)

oil well (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/oil-well/) petroleum (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/petroleum/)

pump (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/pump/) reservoir (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/reservoir/)

separator (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/separator/) valve (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/valve/)

well (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/well/) well control (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/well-control/)

Well Kick (https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/well-kick/)

‫( اﻟﺳﻼﻣﺔ‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9/)

‫( اﻟﻐﺎز اﻟطﺑﯾﻌﻲ‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%8a/)

‫( اﻟﻧﻔط‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7-%d8%8c-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7-
%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%85/)

‫( اﻟﻧﻔط اﻟﺧﺎم‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%85/)

‫( ﺑﺗرول‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%84/)

‫( ﺗﺟﻔﯾف‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%81/)

‫( ﺗﺟﻔﯾف اﻟﻐﺎز اﻟطﺑﯾﻌﻲ‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%b2-

%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%8a/)

‫( ﻏﺎز‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%b2/)

‫( ﻏﺎز طﺑﯾﻌﻲ‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%8a/)

‫( ﻧﻔط‬https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/tag/%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7/)

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 7/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

REAL TIME OIL PRICE

Live Commodities
Symbol (CFDs) Month Last Prev. High Low Chg. Chg. % Time

Brent Oil Jul 20 35.47 36.11 36.17 35.25 -0.70 -1.94% 08:17:53
| Energy

Crude Oil Jul 20 33.83 34.15 34.32 33.52 -0.52 -1.51% 08:17:53
WTI | Energy

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 8/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

Global Energy Products, Inc

Quality Choke Valve Products

We are an ISO 9001:2015 US based

manufacturer of choke valve products,
delivering the best
gepinc.com

OPEN

Powered by Investing.com (https://www.investing.com?

utm_source=WMT&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=LIVE_COMMODITIES&utm_content=Footer%20Link)

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Email*

SUBMIT

SOCIAL ICONS

 (htt

(htt  ps://

ps:// (htt ww

 ww ps:// w.yo 

(htt w.fa ww utub (htt

ps:// ceb w.in e.co ps://

twitt ook. stag m/u ww

er.c com ram. ser/ w.lin

om/ /AO com Arab kedi

AON NGp /aon OilN n.co

G_w etrol gwe G/vi m/in

ebsi eum bsit deo /aon

te) ) e/) s) gf/)

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfFK… 9/10
5/27/2020 Oil Well Kick Handling Methods - AONG website

TERMS OF USE (HTTPS://WWW.ARAB-OIL-NATURALGAS.COM/TERMS-OF-USE/) CONTACT US (HTTPS://WWW.ARAB-OIL-NATURALGAS.COM/CONTACT-US/)

https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-well-kick-handling-methods/?fbclid=IwAR3UWpduPEXQ_p7033UCm-nh7O4wReWqraNO1Ed7nMm-0jvMfF… 10/10