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API (Field Units) Formula Sheet [axwra [isowore0 [SYN22 | June 2005 Well intervention Pressure Control butt = Barrels (US) per foot bbtimin = Barrels (US) per minute bblistroke = Barrels (US) per stroke BHP = Bottom Hole Pressure ft Feet ppg Pounds per gallon psi Pounds per square inch psilft Pounds per square inch per foot ‘SIWHP Shut in Well Head Pressure oy Measured Depth To = True vertical depth 0.052 = Constant factor 1. PRESSURE GRADIENT (psiift) Fluid Density (ppg) x 0.052 2. FLUID DENSITY (ppg) Hydrostatic Pressure (psi) TVD (ft) x 0.052 3. HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (psi) Fluid Density (ppg) x 0.052 x TVD (ft) Or Pressure Gradient (psift) x TVD (ft) 4, FORMATION PRESSURE (psi) Hydrostatic Pressure (psi) + SIWHP (psi) 5. TOTAL PRESSURE AT A GIVEN DEPTH IN A SHUT IN WELLBORE (psilft) (WHERE BHP = FORMATION PRESSURE) Hydrostatic Pressure of Gas (psi) + Hydrostatic Pressure of Oil (psi) + SIWHP (psi) Taternational Wall Control Forum ~ hbraoch Hou Page 1 of 2 South Quay, Montrose, Angus DD10 9UA Scotland. Tol: +44 1674 678120 Fax: +44 1674 678125 aawira | 30 s00172000 | RNG 2 | API (Field Units) Formula Sheet Page 2 0f2 6. TIME TO PUMP (minutes) Tubing Capacity (bbi/ft) x Pump Rate (bbI/min) a. Tubing Annulus Capacity (bbI/ft) x MD (ft) Pump Rate (bbI/min) b. Annulus 7. STROKES TO DISPLACE (Strokes) rice Tubing Capacity (bbi/ft) x MD (ft) Pump Displacement (bbi/strake) An ity (bbI/ft) x MD (ft be Annutus Annus Capacity (bbI/t) x MD (ft) Pump Displacement (bbi/stroke) International Well Control Forum Inchbraoch House ‘South Quay ‘Montrose Angus DD10 9UA, Scotland, Tel: 44-1674-678120 Fax: 44-1674-678125, Email: admin@iwct.org Internet site URL; http://www.iwcf.org Secretary-General: Michael J. Cummins, The International Well Control Forum is a legally constituted non-profit making organisation whose articles of association aro bound by the laws of the Netherlands. The Forum Is rogistered at The Dutch Chamber of Commerce in The Hague, Tho Netherlands, Reg. No. 41157732 International Well Control Forum Inchbraoch House, South Quay, Montrose, Angus DD10 9UA Scotland. Tol: +44 1674 678120. Fax: +44 1674 678125

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