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Homework of Well Kick

1. What is the PRIMARY means of preventing kicks?

a. Closing in the well with the BOPs.
b. Monitoring pit levels and flow rate to recognise a kick.
c. Taking regular slow circulating rate pressures.
d. The use of mud hydrostatic to balance fluid pressure in the formation.

2. What is the PRIMARY means used to prevent formation fluid entering the well bore?
a. The BOP stack.
b. The Annular Preventer.
c. Hydrostatic pressure of the mud.
d. Monitoring trips.

3. What is the correct definition of ‘Primary Well Control’ during normal drilling operations?
a. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by using BOP equipment when the
hydrostatic pressure in the well bore does not balance or exceed the formation pressure.
b. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by keeping the dynamic pressure loss
in the annulus equal to or greater than formation pressure.
c. Preventing a kick by maintaining drilling mud hydrostatic pressure equal to or greater than
formation pressure.
d. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by maintaining the sum of drilling
mud hydrostatic pressure and dynamic pressure loss in the annulus equal to or greater than
formation pressure.

4. A well 9,850 feet (TVD) is filled with 9.2 ppg brine.

The plan is to run in the hole to 6,200 feet TVD (6,600 feet measured depth) and displace with drill
water (8.4 ppg).
What will the hydrostatic pressure be at 9,850 feet when the drill water has been circulated back to
the surface?
a. 4,815 psi
b. 4,303 psi.
c. 4,454 psi.
d. 5,164 psi.
5. In a well with gas cut mud, when is the reduction in bottom hole pressure greatest?
a. When the gas is at the casing shoe.
b. When the gas is at bottom.
c. When the gas reaches the surface.

6. Gas cut mud may reduce the bottom hole pressure enough to cause a well kick; when is bottom hole
pressure reduced most?
a. When the gas is at the bottom.
b. When the gas is near the surface.
c. When the gas is halfway up the well bore.

7. (s) Calculate the reduction in bottom hole pressure when circulating gas cut mud in the following
well:
Vertical depth = 7,000 feet
Surface to 800 feet mud weight = 11.2 ppg
800 – 2,100 feet mud weight = 11.8 ppg
2,100 feet to bottom mud weight = 12.5 ppg
Original mud weight = 12.5 ppg

a. 76 psi.
b. 101 psi.
c. 139 psi.

8. How will bottom hole pressure be affected by gas cut mud whilst drilling?
a. There will be a small drop.
b. There will be a large drop.
c. There will be no change.
9. Which of the following would be the immediate effect of swabbing?
a. Reduction in bottom hole pressure.
b. A kick.
c. Losses.
d. Increase in bottom hole pressure.

10. Which of the following are likely to increase the chance of swabbing?
(THREE ANSWERS)
a. Pulling through tight hole with the pump off.
b. Pulling pipe too quickly.
c. Pulling pipe too slowly.
d. Pumping out of the hole.
e. Pulling through tight hole with the pump on.
f. High mud viscosity.

11. Which of the following increase the risk of swabbing?

(THREE ANSWERS)
a. Low permeability formation.
b. Viscous mud.
c. Spiral drill collars in the BHA.
d. Tripping out too fast.
e. Balled up stabilisers.

12. Overpull while tripping out is a stuck pipe warning sign.

What well control problem may be associated with overpull?
a. Swabbing.
b. Losses
c. Hydrogen Sulphide gas.
d. Surging.

Which of the following increase surge pressures when running in the hole.
(TWO ANSWERS)
 a. Small annular clearance.
b. Large bit nozzles.
c. Running-in slowly.
d. High gel strength mud.
e. Large annular clearance.
f. Low gel strength mud.

13. When pulling out of the hole from the top of the reservoir at 10,000 feet swab pressures are calculated
to be 150psi.
Mud Weight = 10.2 ppg.
Formation Pressure = 5200 psi.
Will the well flow?

a. No.
b. Yes.

14. Which of the following causes of well kicks is totally avoidable and due to a lack of alertness by the
Driller?
a. Lost circulation.
b. Gas cut mud.
c. Not keeping the hole full.
d. Abnormal pressures