INTRODUCTION TO WELL CONTROL

EXERCISE 5

WELL CONTROL TOPICS

ANSWERS

OFFICE USE:

Possible score: 17

Actual score:

% = Actual x 100
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1. List two items of equipment that have audible alarms and are used to monitor
the well during drilling operations.(2 Points)
A1
1. Mud Flow Sensor

2. Pit Volume Totaliser

2. When should Slow Circulating Rates (SCR,s) be taken. (5 Points)

A2
1. Change in mud properties

2. Change in bit or BHA

3. At the start of every tour where practicable

4. Section of hole drilled in a shift greater than 1000 ft

5. As soon as possible after bottoms up from a trip

3. When recording information after shutting in on a kick what shut-in data will be
required to accurately calculate the kill mud weight. (2 Points)

A3
1. Stabilised SIDPP

2. True Vertical Depth

4. In the boxes provided place a (D) for Drillers Method or a (W) for the Wait &
Weight. (6 Points)

a. Requires two circulations. D

b. Kill mud is pumped as the influx is removed. W

c. Lowest surface pressures. W

d. Drillpipe pressure remains constant as the influx is circulated out. D

e. Less time circulating through choke W

f. Kill mud is mixed while the influx is removed D

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5. When is Final Circulating Pressure (FCP) reached. (1 Point)

a. When kill mud reaches the surface.

b. When kill mud reaches the bit.
c. When the influx has been remove from the well.
d. After kill mud has reached the rig floor and the stroke counters reset.

A5
B

6. What is the main principle of circulating out a kick. (1 Point)

a. Maintain a bottom hole pressure at least equal to the formation pressure.

b. Have an overbalance pressure as close to fracture pressure as possible.
c. Use the highest pump rate possible.
d. If possible reverse circulate to remove the influx faster.
e. Record all pressure readings from the casing gauge.

A6
A

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