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IADC Well Control Accreditation Program

Workover and Completion

Test 1A - Course 2
Practice Test

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NOTE: Each question is worth 2.5 points.

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1. What is the first step in the shut-in procedure after identifying a positive indicator while
pulling out of the hole after a sand wash out job?

a. Close the annular preventer

b. Stab inside BOP
c. Make up circulating head
d. Stab full opening safety valve

2. What is the formation gradient of a well 8500’ TVD filled with 4.5 ppg fluid with a SITP of
500 psi?

a. 0.27 psi/ft
b. 0.433 psi/ ft
c. 0.29 psi /ft
d. 0.075 psi/ft

3. Which of the following should be used to determine the maximum pressure while
bullheading?

a. Tubing condition
b. Differential pressure across packer seals
c. Formation Fracture
d. All the above

4. While working in a zone at 9,000' MD/TVD with 8.7 ppg fluid, a kick is taken and the well
shut-in.
SITP = 500 psi SICP = 600 psi
The kill-weight fluid required (no "safety factor") is about:

a. 10.2 ppg
b. 10.1 ppg
c. 10.0 ppg
d. 9.8 ppg

5. The recommended number of mechanical barriers is/are:

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

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 6. The formation pressure at 8000’ TVD is 4200 psi. What would be the expected shut-in
tubing pressure if the hole were loaded with 9.6 ppg fluid?

a. 206 psi
b. 3994 psi
c. 4200 psi
d. None of the above

7. In a bullheading procedure done on a producing well, the volume of clean kill fluid that will
be pumped is:

a. The volume of the tubing plus the volume from the packer to the Top perforations.
b. The volume of the tubing.
c. The volume of the annulus.
d. The volume of the tubing plus the volume below the tubing to the bottom of the open
perforations.

8. After bullheading, you forward circulate to displace the annulus with kill weight fluid. In
order to hold constant pressure on the zone, you should:

a. Hold the casing pressure constant until one tubing volume is pumped and then hold the
tubing pressure constant.
b. Hold the tubing pressure constant.
c. Hold the casing pressure constant.
d. None of these.

9. SICP starts at 620 psi. which includes a 50 psi safety factor. You then lubricate 5 barrels of
10.6 ppg brine into a well. Given the following information, what can you now bleed the
casing pressure down to?

Casing = 5 ½” O.D., 5” I.D., 15.5 lbs/ft, 5700’ MD/TVD

There is no pipe in the hole.

a. 600 psi
b. 570 psi
c. 507 psi
d. None of the above

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10. The objective of the Volumetric method is

a. To keep SICP constant

b. To keep Influx pressure constant
c. To keep the BHP relatively constant
d. To keep pressure at the shoe constant

11. The annulus is full of 10 ppg fluid and the tubing is full of 7 ppg fluid.

To reverse circulate the well with 10 ppg fluid while holding the bottom-hole pressure
constant, which of the following should you do?
(Assume that the pump has already been brought up to a selected, constant speed and you
are maintaining the correct bottom hole pressure.)

a. Hold casing pressure constant

b. Hold tubing pressure constant
c. Hold tubing pressure constant for one tubing volume, then hold casing pressure constant
d. None of these

12. Static losses are measured at 10 bbl/hour. If the hole is not filled, what will be the
reduction in bottom hole pressure after 2 hours? (Casing capacity = 0.0371 bbls/ft, MW =
10 ppg).

a. 220 psi
b. 400 psi
c. 815 psi
d. 280 psi

13. In order to remove gas at surface using the Lube & Bleed Method, you should:

a. Bleed gas and pump mud in calculated steps

b. Bullhead
c. Bleed off gas and flow check well
d. Pump mud and bleed gas in calculated steps

14. When removing a gas kick from a well with poor casing or wellhead integrity, in most
cases which method minimizes the amount of casing pressure imposed on wellhead and
surface equipment?

a. Driller’s
b. Wait and weight
c. Volumetric
d. Reverse circulation

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15. When removing the tree on a well that has a recently-tested sub-surface safety valve, what
should be installed in the tubing hanger?

a. 2-way check valve

b. Back-pressure valve
c. Valve removal plug
d. Nothing needs to be installed – SCSSV has been tested

16. Which production tree valve should not be routinely used to insure valve will hold
pressure in any emergency?

a. Lower master valve

b. Wing valve upstream of choke
c. Swab valve
d. Hydraulically operated upper master valve

17. Which one of the following does not increase with gas migration in a shut in well?

a. Bottom hole pressure

b. Casing shoe pressure
c. Gas bubble pressure
d. Shut in casing pressure

18. The formation pressure at the top of the perfs at 9500’ TVD is 7410 psi. What brine
weight would you mix at surface with no safety factor to workover this well. Average
wellbore temperature is 180oF and surface temperature is 75oF. Please use the following
density temperature relation.

Brine Weight - ppg Weight loss – ppg/°F

8.4 – 9.0 0.0017
9.1 – 11.0 0.0025
11.1 – 14.5 0.0033
14.6 – 17.0 0.0040
17.1 – 19.2 0.0048

a. 15.2 ppg
b. 15.0 ppg
c. 15.5 ppg
d. 14.8 ppg

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19. You plan on perforating a zone at 7000’ MD/TVD using TCP guns. The expected
reservoir pressure at 7000’ MD/TVD is 3000 psi. There is 9.8 ppg filtered brine in the
hole. How many full stands of tubing (93’/stand) would be run dry to enable you to
perforate the well with 500 psi underbalance?

a. 15 stands
b. 13 stands
c. 23 stands
d. 20 stands

20. Which of the following is incorrect regarding workover and completion fluids?

a. Density of brine decreases with increasing temperature

b. The migration rate of gas in a brine solution will generally be slower than the
migration rate in mud
c. The migration rate of gas in mud will generally be slower than the migration rate in a
brine solution
d. Primary functions are to control reservoir pressure, prevent formation damage, and
provide sufficient fluid properties to transport solids

21. Why is it important to minimize influx?

a. To be able to circulate the influx out of the well at minimum pump speed
b. To reduce pressures in the well (surface, & shoe pressures)
c. To maintain BHP relatively constant during the killing operation
d. To prevent the mud pits from overflowing

22. What is the Equivalent Circulating Density while reverse circulating on a well with the
following information?

Fluid density = 11.0 ppg

9 5/8” casing at 10,500’ MD / 9700’ TVD
4 ½” tubing at 10,200’ MD / 9,500’ TVD
Surface pressure loss: 25 psi
Annular pressure loss: 90 psi
Work string pressure loss: 250 psi

a. 11.2 ppg
b. 11.5 ppg
c. 11.7 ppg
d. 11.9 ppg

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23. Which factor has the least effect on brine density?

a. High temperature
b. Low temperature
c. Pressure
d. Fluid properties

24. During a drillers method kill you see that the workstring pressure is 100 psi below the
correct circulating pressure. To make a correction you should:

a. Speed the pump up to increase the workstring pressure by 100 psi

b. Close the choke quickly until you see workstring pressure come up 100 psi
c. Close the choke slightly until you see the casing pressure increase by 100 psi then
monitor change on the workstring gauge
d. Wait until the pressure increases 100 psi on its own

25. When a kick occurs it is important that the flowing well be shut-in safely and as quickly as
possible because:

a. A larger pit gain will result in higher tubing pressure

b. A larger pit gain will result in higher wellbore and surface pressures during the kill
operation
c. The longer the well flows, the heavier will be the required kill fluid density
d. A larger pit gain will increase BHP

26. Which of the following procedures does not remove gas from a well?

a. Lube and Bleed

b. Volumetric method
c. Drillers method
d. Bullheading

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The following information is provided to assist in answering questions 27 and
28 .
Well information regarding a Bullheading operation.
Tubing = 2 7/8” O.D., 2.441’’ I.D., 6.5 lbs/ft, N-80
Casing = 7” O.D., 6.184’’ I.D., 29 lbs/ft, N-80
Packer Depth = 7000’ MD/ TVD
Top Perforation = 7150’ MD/ TVD
Bottom Perforation = 7450’ MD/ TVD
TD = 7500’ MD/ TVD
Gas Gradient = 0.11 psi/ft
SITP = 2500 psi
SICP = 30 psi

27. Calculate kill weight fluid.

a. 8.5 ppg
b. 8.6 ppg
c. 8.9 ppg
d. 9.1 ppg

28. Calculate the volume of fluid to pump 20 bbls over tubing displacement.

a. 41 bbls
b. 61 bbls
c. 44 bbls
d. 64 bbls

29. With a packer set, an increase in the annulus pressure on a producing well could be an
indicator that:

a. Bottom hole pressure is increasing.

b. Temperature in the annulus is decreasing.
c. The packer is leaking.
d. The xmas tree valve is leaking.

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30. A production well is shut-in with the following information:

SITP = 4250 psi

Average fluid density in well = 2.1 ppg
Top perforations = 10265’ MD/TVD
Bottom perforation = 10565’ MD/TVD

What density of kill weight fluid would be required?

a. 9.9 ppg
b. 10.2 ppg
c. 10.0 ppg
d. 10.1 ppg

31. When changing pump speed during the Driller’s method, BHP can be maintained constant
by:

a. Holding tubing pressure constant by adjusting choke

b. Holding casing pressure constant by adjusting choke
c. Shut the well in and recalculate kill sheet
d. Pump rate cannot be changed while killing a well with driller’s method

32. Emergency shut down systems can be activated by:

a. Manual and remote controls

b. Differential pressure change
c. Loss of control pressure
d. All of the above

33. Given the following information, calculate the minimum required pump speed (SPM) to
bullhead a gas kick down the tubing in this well.

Casing = 7” O.D., 26 lbs/ft. P110, 0.0382 bbl/ft

Tubing = 3 1/2” O.D., 9.5 lbs/ft, N80, 0.0087 bbl/ft
Migration rate of gas = 2000 ft/ hr
Pump output = 0.0529 bbl/stroke

a. 3 SPM
b. 8 SPM
c. 6 SPM
d. 9 SPM

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34. If crystallization occurs, the density of a brine will:
a. Stay the same
b. Increase
c. Decrease
d. None of the above

35. Trapped fluid and pressure can accumulate in which of the following areas of the
wellbore?

a. Beneath a closed SCSSV

b. Below a cement retainer
c. In the tail-pipe annulus beneath a packer
d. All of the above

36. If while closing in a well from the remote control BOP panel the rig air pressure drops
below the minimum required to operate the four way valves, what is the best option
available?

a. Go to the main Control Unit and close by hand

b. Wait until air pressure builds up again
c. Wait for secondary pump to re-supply the air pressure
d. Start the pumps and pump at a high rate

37. After shutting-in to control a gas kick, SICP stabilizes at 600 psi after 15 minutes. SITP is
400 psi. Pit gain is 10 bbl kick and the current brine weight is 10.0 ppg. During 30 min of
monitoring, SICP increased by 200 psi (now SICP is 800 psi).

If the migration continues at the same rate, how much will the BHP increase after a total of
2 hrs from the time of SICP stabilization? (Assume uniform hole geometry, no fluid
losses, etc.)

a. 400 psi
b. 500 psi
c. 800 psi
d. 900 psi

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38. A gas kick is being circulated up the annulus using first circulation of driller’s method.
What will happen to the pit volume before gas reaches to surface?

a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Remain constant

The following information is provided to assist in answering questions 39 and

40.
A kick is taken and loss of mud pumps has occurred so it is decided to use the volumetric
method. Use a safety factor of 50 psi and pressure increment of 50 psi to answer the
following questions with the given data below.

TD = 9000’ MD/TVD
Casing = 9 5/8” O.D., 8.5” I.D.
Casing Shoe = 8300’ MD/TVD
LOT of Shoe = 15.4 ppg EMW
Mud Weight = 13.5 ppg
Drill Pipe = 4 1/2” O.D.
Hole Size = 8.5”
Kick Size = 10 bbls
SICP = 500 psi
SIDPP = 420 psi

39. What should the SICP gauge read before the first bleed cycle takes place?

______ psi

40. What is the amount of mud to be bled on the first bleed cycle?

______ bbl

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