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Basic Well Control
Basic Well Control
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Habiburrohman abdullah
Basic Well Control
• Origin of overpressure
• Kick recognition
• Shut-in procedure
• Kill Procedure
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Kick Detection and Control
• Primary well control involves efforts at
preventing formation fluid influx into the
wellbore.
• Secondary well control involves detecting an
influx and bringing it to the surface safely.
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Basic Well Control
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Blow Out Preventer (BOP)
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Successful Well Control
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Slow Pump Rate
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Slow Pump Rate: When To Take
• Every tour
• After repairing the pumps or when the liner is
changed
• When the mud properties are changed
• Every 500 ft of new hole drilled
• BHA changes
• When the bit nozzles are changed
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SIDPP
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Formation Pressure / Kill MW
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SICP
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Pressure at the Casing Shoe
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U Tube
SIDPP + HPmud =
SICP + HPmud + HPkick =
Fm Pressure
DP side
Annulus side
Kick
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Materials to Weight Up Mud
• Barite
• Ilmenite
• Fe oxide (Hematite)
• Galena
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Materials to Weight Up
Completion Fluids
• KCl
• NaCl
• CaCl2
• CaBr2
• ZnBr
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Barite
• The amount of barite necessary to increase
the MW to the kill MW is:
Sx/100 bbl mud = 1490 x ((Kill MW – Old
MW)/(35.8 – Kill MW) Or
100-lb sx of barite = (Mud vol x 14.7 x (KMW
– OMW)) / (35 – KMW)
• The volume of increase caused by weighting
up:
(100 x (Kill MW – MW)) / (35.8 – Kill MW) Or
Vol incr = sx of Barite / 14.7
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Shut-In Procedures
• Hard shut-in
• Soft shut-in
• Shut-in while tripping
• Shut-in with diverter in use
• Shut-in while running casing
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Hard Shut-in
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Soft Shut-in
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Shut-in While Tripping
• Set the slips below the tool joint.
• Stab a full opening valve (TIW) and close it.
• Open the HCR and close the BOPs and
choke.
• Pick up and stab the kelly/TDS or pump-in
line.
• Open the safety valve.
• Notify the supervisors.
• Read and record SIDPP, SICP, pit gain, TVD
of the well, TVD of the bit and time.
• Prepare to implement kill procedures. 22
Shut-in with Diverters in Use
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Shut-in While Running Casing
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Well Kill Procedures
• Kill equations
• 3 Major Kill Procedures
• Other Kill Procedures
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Initial Circulating Pressure (ICP)
Note:
• When we start to circulate, the DP will increase due to the
friction loss and the pressured drop across the bit.
• BHP = HSPDP + Circulating DPP – DP press loss
• In order to utilize the DP gauge we have to know the DP press
loss. The DP press loss = SPP
• Circulating DPP = BHP – HSPDP + SPP
• Since SIDPP =BHP – HSPDP
• Circ DPP = SIDPP + SPP 26
Final Circulating Pressure (FCP)
• Note:
• As the KMW is circulated through the bit the circ DP Press will
decrease until the KMW will reach the bit. At the bit the SIDPP
will be zero. The circ DP pressure with the KMW at the bit is the
FCP.
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ICP and FCP Relationship
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Major Kill Procedures
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Introduction To Kick Killing
Procedures
• Introduction
The purpose of any well kill procedure is to maintain the BHP constant at a level
equal to or slightly greater than the FP. Since the drill pipe pressure is a direct
bottom hole pressure indicator, the drill pipe pressure can be manipulated in a
systematic manner, and the well can be controlled.
• There are three well kill procedures in common usage. These are:
Wait and Weight Method – After the well is shut-in, the surface mud system is
weighted up to the required kill mud weight. The kill mud is then pumped and the
well is killed in one complete circulation. This method is also called the
Engineer’s or the One Circulation Method.
Driller’s Method – After the well is shut-in and the readings are recorded,
pumping is begun immediately. The influx is pumped from the wellbore without
any prior weighting up of the mud. Once the influx has been pumped from the
well, the well is shut-in, and the surface mud system is weighted up to the kill
mud weight. The lighter mud is then displaced by the kill mud. This method is
sometimes called the Two Circulation Method.
Concurrent Method – After the well is shut-in, pumping is begun immediately
and the mud weight is raised while the kick is being circulated out. The use of
this method may require several circulations before the well is fully killed. This
method is also called the Circulate and Weight Method. 30
Engineer’s Method: Procedure
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Pump Schedule: Solution
• ICP = Kill rate pressure + SIDPP
– ICP = 1000 psi + 500 psi = 1500 psi at 0
strokes
• FCP = (Kill rate pressure x Kill MW) /
Original MW
– FCP = (1000 psi x 11 ppg) / 10 ppg = 1100
psi after 500 strokes
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Pump Schedule: Solution
Strokes Pumped DP Pressure
0 1500
100
200
300
400
500 1100
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Pump Schedule: Solution
• Drill pipe decrease per stroke = (ICP –
FCP) / Strokes to displace DP with kill
mud
– Drill pipe decrease per stroke = (1500 psi –
1100 psi) / 500 strokes = 0.8 psi /stroke
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Pump Schedule: Solution
Strokes Pumped DP Pressure
0 1500
100 1420
200 1340
300 1260
400 1180
500 1100
Note: This method eliminates any errors that may occur as a result of reading drill
pipe pressures from a graph incorrectly.
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Pump Schedule: Solution
DP Pressure Schedule
2000
1900
1800
1700
Pressure, psi
1600
1500
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Strokes Pumped
• ICP = Kill rate pressure + SIDPP = 1000 psi + 500 psi = 1500 psi at 0 strokes
• FCP = (Kill rate pressure x Kill MW) / Original MW = (1000 psi x 11 ppg) / 10 ppg = 1100
psi after 500 strokes
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• Plot 1500 psi at 0 strokes and plot 1100 psi at 500 strokes. Connect the two points.
Driller’s Method
• TWO complete circulations
– Circulate kick out of hole using old
mud
– Circulate old mud out of hole using
kill weight mud
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Driller’s Method: Procedure
1. Shut-in well and record SIDPP, SICP, pit gain
2. Compute kill MW
3. Hold choke pressure constant and pump at kill rate
4. Hold DP pressure steady at ICP until kick out of
hole
5. Shut-in well and build kill MW
6. Hold casing pressure steady and pump at kill rate
7. DP pressure is allowed to decline as per pump
sked. Once DP full, observe FCP
8. Keep pumping at kill rate and constant FCP until kill
mud at surface.
9. Shut down pumps, shut-in well. Check for remaining
pressure.
10. If no more pressure, crack choke and FLC. 42
11. If no flow, open BOP. The well is dead.
Concurrent Method: Procedure
1. Shut-in well using preferred shut-in
procedure and record the SIDPP, SICP and
the amount of pit gain
2. Hold casing press constant and bring pump
to kill rate (DPP = ICP)
3. Follow schedule when displacing DP
4. Once DP filled, shut-in well, SIDPP = 0
5. Hold casing press constant and bring pump
to kill rate, (DPP = FCP)
6. Hold at FCP until kill mud at surface
7. Shut down pumps, shut-in well, check if well
is dead
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8. If not repeat steps 2 to 9.
Major Kill Procedures: Conclusion
• The Wait and Weight Method using the
proper kill weight results in the least
amount of casing pressure and the
least borehole stresses.
• The Concurrent Method allows lower
casing pressure values than the Driller’s
Method.
• Overkilling the well has no tangible
benefit.
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Other Calculations
• Height of the Influx
• Identification of Influx
• Choke Line Friction (CLFP)
• MASCP
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Height Of Influx
• Pit level gain < ann. vol. around the DC:
Length of kick, ft = kick volume (bbls) /
((Hole ID2 – DCOD2) x 0.000971)
• Pit level gain > ann. vol. around the DC:
Length of kick, ft = Length of DC +
((kick volume – DC ann. vol.) / ((Hole
ID2 – DPCOD2) x 0.000971))
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Identification Of Influx Density
• Influx Density, ppg = MW, ppg – ((SICP-
SIDPP)/(Height of influx, ft x 0.0519))
Note:
• The influx may either be gas, oil, water or a combination of the three. The
calculation is an approximation at best because the hole may not be gauge and
the pit gain may not be necessarily accurately noted.
• The formula for determining the gradient of the influx fluid is:
Influx gradient = Mud gradient in DP– ((SICP-SIDPP)/Height of influx)
Height of influx = bbls gained / annulus volume, bbls/ft
Influx density (ppg) = Influx gradient / 0.52
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Influx Identification: Problem 1
• Identify the type of influx assuming the
following:
– TVD = 10000 ft
– MW in DP = 12 ppg
– Hole ID = 9.875 in
– DP OD = 5 in
– SIDPP = 520 psi
– SICP = 650 psi
– Pit Gain = 40 bbls 49
Influx Identification: Solution
• Mud gradient = 12 ppg x .052 = 0.624
psi/ft
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Influx Identification: Solution
• Gradient of influx, psi/ft:
• = 0.624 psi/ft –((650 psi – 520 psi) / 571 ft)
• = 0.624 psi/ft – (130 psi/571 ft)
• = 0.624 psi/ft – 0.228 psi/ft = 0.396 psi/ft
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Maximum Allowable Shut-in Casing
Pressure
• Surface pressure acting ontop of the current
hydrostatic pressure that will exceed the
measured fracture pressure at the casing
seat.
• MASCP = 0.0519 x (FGmin – MW) x Dwf
• Where,
MASCP = psi
FGmin = Fracture Gradient of weakest formation, ppg
MW = ppg
Dwf = TVD of weakest formation
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END
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