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Hydrostatic Pressure Calculations Guide

This document provides instructions for calculating various parameters related to well design and drilling operations, including: 1) Hydrostatic pressure at specific depths for different mud weights 2) Volumes and capacities of surface mud systems and well sections 3) Displacement volumes of drill strings 4) Total hole volumes with drill strings in and out of hole 5) Equivalent fluid density at a given depth for a mixed fluid column The recipient is asked to complete calculations for each item manually using equations from class lectures. The document provides all necessary well design specifications and fluid properties to enable completion of the calculations.

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Hydrostatic Pressure Calculations Guide

This document provides instructions for calculating various parameters related to well design and drilling operations, including: 1) Hydrostatic pressure at specific depths for different mud weights 2) Volumes and capacities of surface mud systems and well sections 3) Displacement volumes of drill strings 4) Total hole volumes with drill strings in and out of hole 5) Equivalent fluid density at a given depth for a mixed fluid column The recipient is asked to complete calculations for each item manually using equations from class lectures. The document provides all necessary well design specifications and fluid properties to enable completion of the calculations.

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Assignment #2 PE313 Drilling and Well Design Name:

Hydrostatic Pressure

Include additional worksheets with calculations for partial credits in the event your final answer is not correct.

1 Calculate the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the fluid column for each case shown.

10ppg mud

ID 10in

11,000ft
Gravel
4,000ft ID 3in Sp. gr = 2.68
Porosity 25%
2,000ft
40 °
(a) (b) (c)
psi psi psi

A well has the following profile:


Casing
Total depth 16,400' (vertical well)
16'' Open Hole, Surface casing 13 3/8" OD and 12 3/7" ID of 68.00 lb/ft set at 2000'.
12.5'' Open Hole, Intermediate Casing 9 5/8"OD and ID of 8 2/3", 47 lb/ft, set at 8,458'
8.5'' Open Hole, Drilling liner 7" (6" ID) (Grade N-80) interval between 8,400' to 14,200'
Open Hole, Bit diameter 5.5"
Drill string:
5" drill pipe 19.50 lb/ft nominal weight, (4.276" ID) surface to 8300'.
3 1/2 drill pipe 13.30 lb/ft nominal weight between 8,300' to 15,200'.
(For the ID on the 3 1/2" drill pipe remember that density of steel is 65.5 lb/gal)
Drill collars, 4 3/4" OD, x 2 1/4" ID, 46.70 ppf, 15200' to TD.
Surface mud system:
3 mud tanks, each 9' high, 7' wide, 36' long.
With the entire drill string out of the hole:
Mud level in tanks No. 1 & 2 is 72" of mud and tank No. 3 has 60" of mud (M.W: 11 ppg)

For the following questions 2 to 9, do calculation by hand using equations from the lectures.

2 Calculate the total capacity of the surface mud system in bbl. bbls

3 Calculate total mud volume in the three tanks in bbls. bbls

4 Calculate the capacity in bbl/ft for each well section. bbl/ft

5 Calculate total hole volume with the entire drill string out of the hole. bbls

6 Calculate the displacement of the 5" drill pipe. bbl/ft

7 Calculate the displacement of the complete drill string. bbls

8 Calculate the total hole volume with the bit on the bottom. bbls

9 Calculate the hydrostatic pressure at bottom of hole. psi


10 Calculate the pressure at the bottom of each well.

MW = 10.5 MW = .468 MW = 82.28


ppg psi/ft lb/ft3

7800 ft 9000 ft 5500 ft

psi psi psi

11 Given the following well design:

a) Calculate total hole volume with the entire drill string in the hole. bbls

b) Calculate total hole volume with the entire drill string out of the hole. bbls

CSG Specification: (13 3/8" CSG (12.5" ID) and 7" Liner (6" ID))
Drill Pipe Specification: (4.5" DP (3.5" ID))
12 Calculate the equivalent density at 7000' depth of the following mixed fluid column.

1200ft
9 ppg

2800ft 10 ppg

4500ft 11 ppg

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