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MUD WEIGHT CALCULATIONS This program for doing calculations


ENTER [1] or [2] HERE > 1 to do with mud weights was
SELECT: [1] for PPG-BBLs, or [2] for SG-M3 for all the Calculations. converted from
Symphony 3 by Fergi
ENTER DATA IN COLUMN D
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

TO WEIGHT UP Amount of Barite Required to weight up a known


volume to the desired mud weight.

DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 10.00 PPG


PRESENT MUD WEIGHT 9.20 PPG
STARTING VOLUME 246 BBL

47 Lbs Barite to weight up 1 bbl mud


5.2 MT Barite required to weight up Starting Volume
7.7 Bbls volume made with the barite.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
REDUCE MUD WEIGHT Amount of Reducing Fluid Required to reduce a
known volume to desired mud weight.

DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 9.50 PPG


PRESENT MUD WEIGHT 10.00 PPG
REDUCING FLUID WEIGHT 6.76 PPG
STARTING VOLUME 200 BBL

36 BBLS of Reducing Fluid Required


236 BBLS Total Volume

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
STARTING VOLUME Volume to start with to make a desired volume of
a desired mud weight. (Calculates Barite Volume)

DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 12.00 PPG


PRESENT MUD WEIGHT 10.00 PPG
DESIRED VOLUME 40 BBL
{RESULTS}
37 BBLS Start Volume

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
BLEND TWO Volume of a High mud weight to add to a volume
of a Lower mud weight to get a desired mud weight.

HIGH MUD WEIGHT 1.60 PPG


LOW MUD WEIGHT 1.05 PPG
DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 1.45 PPG
VOLUME LOW MUD WEIGHT 70 BBL

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{RESULTS}
187 BBLS of High Weight mud required
257 Total Volume

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MIX TWO Volume of Low Weight Mud and Volume of High Weight
mud to make a Desired Weight and Desired Volume.

HIGH MUD WEIGHT 14.50 PPG


LOW MUD WEIGHT 8.60 PPG
DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 9.50 PPG
DESIRED MUD VOLUME 225 BBL
{RESULTS}
191 BBLS LOW Weight mud
34 BBLS HIGH Weight mud.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DUMP AND DILUTE Volume of Present mud weight to dump and volume of
dilution fluid to add for Desired Weight and Volume
PRESENT MUD WEIGHT 1.75 PPG IE: You have a large
DESIRED MUD WEIGHT 1.11 PPG volume of cheap water
REDUCING FLUID WEIGHT 1.00 PPG base mud and you
STARTING VOLUME 400 BBL need to drill out with
DESIRED MUD VOLUME 300 BBL a lighter weight mud.
{RESULTS}
356 BBLS to dump
44 BBLS Start Volume
256 BBLS Reducing Fluid

********************************************************************

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ALL

PPG
BBL

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

47 Lbs Barite to weight up 1 bbl mud -579


5 MT Barite required to weight up Starting -143
8 Bbls volume made with the barite. -34

36 BBLS of Reducing Fluid Required 36


236 BBLS Total Volume 236

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

37 BBLS Start Volume 54

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

### ###
### BBLS of High Weight mud required ###
### Total Volume ###

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

191 BBLS LOW Weight mud 191


34 BBLS HIGH Weight mud. 34

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

356 BBLS to dump 356


44 BBLS Start Volume 44
256 BBLS Reducing Fluid 256

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ALL

SG
M3

Kg Barite to weight up 1 M3 mud


Mt Barite required to weight up Starting Volume
M3 Volume Made with barite

M3 of Reducing Fluid
M3 Total Volume

M3 Start Volume

M3 of High Weight mud required


M3 Total Volume

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M3 LOW Weight mud


M3 HIGH Weight mud.

M3 to dump
M3 Start Volume
M3 Reducing Fluid

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Weight-Up Calculations
INCREASE IN VOLUME
slug pit

MW2, Desired Weight 9.80 PPG SG2 = 1.17 SG


MW1, Present Mud Weight 9.60 PPG SG1 = 1.15 SG
Active System Volume 935.00 BBLS 148.65 M3
SGWM = Specific Gravity of Weight Material Q= Density weight material, PPG
Q= (42 * (4.2 * 8.345))

English System
Pounds of Weight Material Formula = (((Q* (MW2 - MW1)) / ((4.2 * 8.345) - MW2)) * BARRELS
10,908 Pounds
4,958 Kilograms
4.9 Metric Tons
109 Sacks
7.42 Barrels
CONSTANT VOLUME
Formula = (((Q* (MW2 - MW1)) / ((4.2 * 8.345) - MW1)) * BARRELS
108 Sacks
10,822 Pounds
4,919 Kilograms
4.9 Metric Tons
7.36 Barrels
Weight-Up Calculations
INCREASE IN VOLUME

MW2, Desired Weight 13.00 PPG SG2 = 1.56


MW1, Present Mud Weight 10.50 PPG SG1 = 1.26
Active System Volume 33.00 BBLS 5.25
SGWM = Specific Gravity of Weight Material Q= Density weight material, PPG
Q= (42 * (2.7 * 8.345))

English System
Pounds of Weight Material Formula = (((Q* (MW2 - MW1)) / ((2.7 * 8.345) - MW2)) * BARRELS
8,192 Pounds
3,724 Kilograms
3.7 Metric Tons
82

CONSTANT VOLUME
Formula = (((Q* (MW2 - MW1)) / ((2.7 * 8.345) - MW1)) * BARRELS
65 Sacks
6,490 Pounds
2,950 Kilograms
2.9
ns

SG
SG
M3
Density weight material, PPG
(42 * (2.7 * 8.345))

- MW2)) * BARRELS

Metric Tons
Sacks
8.66 Barrels

- MW1)) * BARRELS

Kilograms
Metric Tons
6.86 Barrels
OWR

Oil : Water
OilRatio
: Water
Adjustment.
Ratio Adjustment.

INCREASE OIL CONTENT DECREASE OIL CONTENT % CaCl2

Mud Volume 1000 bbls Mud Volume 100 bbls CaCl2 % W/W 0.0 Initial
Oil % 59 % Oil % 100 % CaCl2 % W/W 20.0 Reqd.
Water % 23 % Water % 0 % Purity 100.0 %
Solids % 18 % Solids % 0 % Mud Volume 233 bbls
Weight (ppg) 10.4 ppg Weight (ppg) 11 ppg Water % 100.0 %
SG of base fluid 0.81 SG SG of Brine/Water 1 SG
Oil Ratio Reqd 70 % Oil Ratio Reqd 65 % CaCl2 Required : 371 25 kg sxs

OIL REQUIRED: -53 bbls BRINE/H20 REQUIRED: 54 bbls


NEW VOLUME: 947 bbls NEW VOLUME: 154 bbls Input the red coloured variables only.
NEW WEIGHT : 10.6 ppg NEW WEIGHT : 10.1 ppg
OBM Blend

Mixing Liquids of Different Densities

English Metric
Vol 1st Fluid 268 246
Wt 1st Fluid 10.4 1.35
Vol 2nd Fluid 30 50
Wt 2nd Fluid 6.5 1.6
Vol 3rd Fluid 0
Wt 3rd Fluid 0.0
Final Volume 298 296
Final Weight 10.0 1.39

Oil Mud Blending


MUD 1 MUD 2
VOL (any u 200.0 VOL (any unit) 150.0
% OIL 0.0 % OIL 0.0
% WTR 0.0 % WTR 0.0
% SOLS 100.0 % SOLS 100.0
WPS (g/l 0.0 WPS (g/l Cl) 0.0
WT (any u 8.50 WT (any unit 7.00
OIL VOL 0.0 OIL VOL 0.0
WTR VOL 0.0 WTR VOL 0.0
SOL VOL 200.0 SOL VOL 150.0
O/W RAT #DIV/0! : #DIV/0! O/W RATIO #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
HGS (%) 0.0 HGS (%) 0.0
LGS (%) 0.0 LGS (%) 0.0
MUD 3 MUD 4
VOL (any u 170.0 VOL (any unit) 0.0
% OIL 0.0 % OIL 0.0
% WTR 0.0 % WTR 0.0
% SOLS 100.0 % SOLS 100.0
WPS (g/l 0.0 WPS (g/l Cl) 0.0
WT (any u 9.00 WT (any unit 1.00
OIL VOL 0.0 OIL VOL 0.0
WTR VOL 0.0 WTR VOL 0.0
SOL VOL 170.0 SOL VOL 0.0
O/W RAT #DIV/0! : #DIV/0! O/W RATIO #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
HGS (%) 0.0 HGS (%) 0.0
LGS (%) 0.0 LGS (%) 0.0

350.0 170.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
100.0 100.0

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OBM Blend

#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7.86 9.00
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
350.0 170.0
#DIV/0! : #DIV/0! #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0

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OBM Blend

g
BLEND 1 + 2
VOL 350.0
% OIL 0.0
% WTR 0.0
% SOLS 100.0
WPS (g/l Cl) #DIV/0!
WT 7.86
OIL VOL 0.0
WTR VOL 0.0
SOL VOL 350.0
O/W RATIO #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
HGS (%) 0.0
LGS (%) 0.0
BLEND 3 + 4
VOL 170.0
% OIL 0.0
% WTR 0.0
% SOLS 100.0
WPS (g/l Cl) #DIV/0!
WT 9.00
OIL VOL 0.0
WTR VOL 0.0
SOL VOL 170.0
O/W RATIO #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
HGS (%) 0.0
LGS (%) 0.0
FINAL BLEND
VOL 520.0
% OIL 0.0
% WTR 0.0
% SOLS 100.0

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OBM Blend

WPS (g/l Cl) #DIV/0!


WT 8.23
OIL VOL 0.0
WTR VOL 0.0
SOL VOL 520.0
OWR #DIV/0! : #DIV/0!
HGS (%) 0.0
LGS (%) 0.0

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OBM Form

Oil Mud Formulation

Formulation Data Inputs Material Requirements

English Metric English Metric


Mud Density = 15.0 1.80 Volume of Water to be Added = 38.49 6.12
Oil/Water Ratio (Oil) = 85 85 Volume of Oil to be Added = 244.3 38.8
Oil/Water Ratio (Water) = 15 15 Amount of Wt. Material = 158485 72093
Water Phase Salinity (ppm) = 300000 300000 Sks of Wt. Material = 1584.8 720.9
Density of Oil S.G. = 0.84 0.84 Amount of CaCl2 = 8094.7 3667.4
CaCl2 Purity = 0.8 0.8 Sks of CaCl2 = 101.2 45.8
Density of Wt. Material S.G. = 4.2 4.2
Total Vol.to be Built = 400 63.59

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OBM Form

Calculated Constant = 0.1146 0.1146 15.0


Volume of Water = 0.1078 0.1077 85
Density of CaCl2 = 3.74 3.74 15
Volume of CaCl2 = 0.01235 0.01233 3E+05
Volume of Water to be Added = 0.10 0.10 0.84
Volume of Oil to be Added = 0.611 0.610 0.8
Amount of Wt. Material = 396 397 4.2
Amount of CaCl2 = 20.2 20.2 63.59
0

Volume of Oil= #DIV/0!


Volume of Water = #DIV/0!

###
###
###
###

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Salinity

INCREASE WATER PHASE SALINITY

English Metric
Volume Fraction of Water = 0.25 0.16
Starting Water Phase Salinity = 160000 300000
Desired Water Phase Salinity = 200000 350000
Salt Purity (decimal) = 0.95 0.78
lb/bbl Salt in Mud at Present = 16.67 68.47
lb/bbl Salt for Desired Salinity = 21.88 86.03
lb/bbl of Salt to Add = 5.48 22.51
New Water Fration = 0.251 0.902

WATER PHASE SALINITY


INCREASE
chloride titration 1.1
water fraction 0.34
bbls mud 1500
desired WPS 100
CaCl purity %
2 83.5
sack size (Kg) 25

sacks CaCl to add


2 116
Kg CaCl to add
2 2901

WPS of mud 81
Chlorides g/l 27.5
bbls water 510

To decrease WPS use relevent information from above and read below.

bbls water to add -97


new volume (bbls) 413

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Salinity

CALCIUM CHLORID

Water Pounds 100 % %


Salinity CaCl2 + gallons mg/l mg/l SG. by
Phase of water for 1 Cl CaCl2 Wght.
g/l barrel of brine.
0 0 - 42.00 0 0 1.000 0.0
3 1.76 - 41.96 3212 5021 1.004 0.5
6 3.53 - 41.96 6452 10084 1.008 1.0
10 5.32 - 41.91 9718 15189 1.013 1.5
13 7.12 - 41.86 13012 20337 1.017 2.0
16 8.93 - 41.81 16333 25528 1.021 2.5
20 10.76 - 41.76 19682 30763 1.025 3.0
23 12.62 - 41.75 23059 36041 1.030 3.5
27 14.48 - 41.69 26464 41363 1.034 4.0
30 16.36 - 41.67 29898 46730 1.039 4.5
34 18.25 - 41.62 33360 52142 1.043 5.0
37 20.15 - 41.56 36851 57599 1.047 5.5
41 22.09 - 41.53 40372 63101 1.052 6.0
44 24.02 - 41.47 43922 68650 1.056 6.5
48 25.99 - 41.44 47501 74245 1.061 7.0

52 27.96 - 41.38 51111 79886 1.065 7.5


56 29.96 - 41.34 54750 85574 1.070 8.0
59 31.95 - 41.27 58420 91310 1.074 8.5
63 33.99 - 41.24 62120 97094 1.079 9.0
67 36.04 - 41.20 65851 102925 1.084 9.5
71 38.08 - 41.13 68413 108805 1.088 10.0
75 40.17 - 41.09 73406 114734 1.093 10.5
79 42.27 - 41.04 77231 120712 1.098 11.0
83 44.36 - 40.96 81087 126739 1.102 11.5
87 46.49 - 40.91 84975 132816 1.107 12.0
91 48.65 - 40.87 88895 138943 1.112 12.5
95 50.82 - 40.82 92848 145121 1.117 13.0
100 52.97 - 40.73 96833 151350 1.121 13.5
104 55.17 - 40.67 100851 157630 1.126 14.0
108 57.40 - 40.61 104902 163962 1.131 14.5
113 59.64 - 40.56 108986 170346 1.136 15.0
117 61.90 - 40.49 113104 176782 1.141 15.5
and read below. 122 64.18 - 40.43 117256 183270 1.146 16.0
126 66.47 - 40.37 121441 189812 1.151 16.5
131 68.78 - 40.30 125660 196407 1.156 17.0
135 71.11 - 40.23 129914 202506 1.161 17.5
140 73.46 - 40.16 134203 209759 1.166 18.0
145 75.82 - 40.08 138527 216517 1.171 18.5
150 78.20 - 40.01 142885 223329 1.176 19.0
155 80.60 - 39.93 147279 230197 1.181 19.5

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Salinity

160 83.02 - 39.85 151708 237120 1.186 20.0

Percent CaCl2 by weight = 100 x ( PPB CaCl2 / ( PPB CaCl2 + PPB Water))

CaCl2 mg/litre = mg/litre Cl x 1.56

Correction factor = CorF. x % by volume H20 = % by volume Brine

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Salinity

CALCIUM CHLORIDE TABLE

Water Pounds 100 % %


Corr. AW. Salinity CaCl2 + gallons mg/l mg/l SG. by Corr.
Fact. Phase of water for 1 Cl CaCl2 Wght. Fact.
g/l barrel of brine.
1.000 1.000 165 85.45 - 39.77 156173 244099 1.191 20.5 1.056
1.001 0.99975 170 87.91 - 39.68 160674 251134 1.196 21.0 1.058
1.002 0.99950 175 90.38 - 39.60 165212 258226 1.201 21.5 1.061
1.002 0.99925 180 92.94 - 39.54 169786 265375 1.207 22.0 1.062
1.003 0.99900 186 95.45 - 39.45 174396 272581 1.212 22.5 1.065
1.005 0.99875 191 97.97 - 39.36 179043 279845 1.217 23.0 1.067
1.006 0.99850 197 100.51 - 39.26 183728 287167 1.222 23.5 1.070
1.006 0.99825 202 103.15 - 39.20 188450 294547 1.228 24.0 1.071
1.007 0.998 208 105.73 - 39.10 193209 301986 1.233 24.5 1.074
1.008 0.993 213 108.33 - 39.00 198007 309484 1.238 25.0 1.077
1.009 0.988 219 111.03 - 38.92 202842 317042 1.244 25.5 1.079
1.011 0.983 225 113.66 - 38.82 207715 324659 1.249 26.0 1.082
1.011 0.979 230 116.40 - 38.74 212628 332337 1.255 26.5 1.084
1.013 0.974 237 119.07 - 38.63 217578 340075 1.260 27.0 1.087
1.013 0.970 243 121.85 - 38.55 222568 347674 1.266 27.5 1.090

1.015 0.966 249 124.56 - 38.44 227597 355734 1.271 28.0 1.093
1.016 0.961 255 127.38 - 38.35 232665 363656 1.277 28.5 1.095
1.018 0.957 261 130.12 - 38.23 237773 371640 1.282 29.0 1.099
1.018 0.953 267 132.99 - 38.14 242921 379686 1.288 29.5 1.101
1.019 0.949 274 135.77 - 38.01 248109 387795 1.293 30.0 1.105
1.021 0.945 281 138.67 - 37.92 253338 395967 1.299 30.5 1.108
1.022 0.941 287 141.48 - 37.79 258606 404202 1.304 31.0 1.111
1.023 0.936 294 144.43 - 37.69 263916 412501 1.310 31.5 1.114
1.025 0.923 301 147.39 - 37.58 269267 420864 1.316 32.0 1.117
1.027 0.928 310 150.38 - 37.48 276594 429291 1.322 32.5 1.121
1.028 0.923 315 153.27 - 37.34 280092 437784 1.327 33.0 1.125
1.029 0.919 322 156.29 - 37.23 285567 446341 1.333 33.5 1.128
1.031 0.914 330 159.34 - 37.12 291084 454964 1.339 34.0 1.132
1.033 0.909 337 162.41 - 37.00 296643 463653 1.345 34.5 1.135
1.034 0.904 345 165.38 - 36.86 302244 472408 1.350 35.0 1.140
1.036 0.899 352 168.48 - 36.73 307888 481229 1.356 35.5 1.143
1.037 0.893 360 171.61 - 36.61 313575 490118 1.362 36.0 1.147
1.039 0.888 368 174.76 - 36.48 319305 499074 1.368 36.5 1.151
1.040 0.882 375 177.93 - 36.36 325078 508098 1.374 37.0 1.155
1.042 0.876 384 181.13 - 36.23 330895 517189 1.380 37.5 1.159
1.044 0.870 392 184.34 - 36.09 336756 526349 1.386 38.0 1.164
1.046 0.864 400 187.57 - 35.96 342660 535578 1.392 38.5 1.168
1.048 0.857 409 190.83 - 35.82 348609 544875 1.398 39.0 1.173
1.050 0.850 417 194.10 - 35.68 354602 554243 1.404 39.5 1.177
1.052 0.843 426 197.40 - 35.53 360640 563680 1.410 40.0 1.182

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Salinity

1.054 0.836

2 + PPB Water))

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Salinity

AW. AW.

0.829 0.829
0.821 0.821
0.813 0.813
0.805 0.805
0.796 0.796
0.787 0.787
0.778 0.778
0.769 0.769
0.760 0.760
0.750 0.750
0.740 0.740
0.730 0.730
0.720 0.720
0.709 0.709
0.698 0.698

0.698 0.687
0.676 0.676
0.664 0.664
0.653 0.653
0.641 0.641
0.629 0.629
0.617 0.617
0.605 0.605
0.592 0.592
0.580 0.580
0.567 0.567
0.555 0.555
0.542 0.542
0.529 0.529
0.517 0.517
0.504 0.504
0.491 0.491
0.478 0.478
0.466 0.466
0.453 0.466
0.441 0.453
0.428 0.441
0.416 0.428
0.404 0.416
0.392 0.404

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Salinity

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Slug Calcs

SLUG DROP Input red values only

MUD WT 10
DRY PIPE REQUIRED 200 FEET
PIPE CAPACITY 0.01776 BBL/FT
SLUG VOLUME 30 BBL
WT REQUIRED 11

VOLUME OF SLUG Input red values only

MUD WT 10
DRY PIPE REQUIRED 200 FEET
PIPE CAPACITY 0.01776 BBL/FT
SLUG WT 11
VOLUME OF SLUG = 30.0 BBLS

VOL. GAIN FROM SLUG


Input red values only

SLUG WT 11
MUD WT 10
SLUG VOLUME 30.0
VOLUME GAIN = 3.6

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OOC

Oil on Cuttings.
Input Red Values Only.

Retort cell (empty) 836.0 grams 836.0 grams


Retort cell (full) 920.0 grams 944.4 grams
Measuring Cyl (empty) 72.2 grams 72.2 grams
Measuring Cyl (full) 87.5 grams 87.5 grams
Retorted Water 6.0 mls 6.0 mls
Retorted Oil : 9.3 grams 9.3 grams
Weight of dry cuttings 68.7 grams 93.1 grams
Oil on Cuttings : 135.37 g/Kg 99.87 g/Kg

Oil on Cuttings Required 99.87 g/Kg

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Solids Analysis

SOLIDS ANALYSIS
Input red variables only
MUD WT 12.20 % CaCl Wt -4.80 OIL / BRINE 75 / 25
% OIL 67.00 % NaCl Wt 52.90 OIL/WATER 74 / 26
% WATER 23.00 % TOT Wt 48.09 MUD WT = 1.46 SG
% SOLIDS 10.00 Corr SOLS 10.15 WPS = 652
V ALK 1.90 % LGS -15.70
V EDTA 0.00 % HGS 25.85 SG LGS = 2.6
V Cl 6.00 ppb LGS -143 SG HGS = 4.2
BRINE SG 0.96 ppb HGS 380
OIL SG 0.81 ASG 6.90
Cl (g/l) 150.00 LIME 2.46 ppb or = 7 g/l
Ca (g/l) 0.00 NaCl MUD 90.56 ppb or = 258 g/l
Ca w/CaCl -3.81 CaCl MUD -3.70 ppb or = -11 g/l
Cl w/CaCl -6.74 NaCl WP 393.75 ppb
Cl w/NaCl 156.74 CaCl WP -16.07 ppb
Cl (WP) 652 % BRINE 22.85
CaCl (WP) -45.84 Aw 0.20
Useful

USEFUL FORMULAE

Capacity of Tubulars in bbl/ft : Metal displacement in bbls/ft :

Outer Diameter in inches : 5.00 Weight in lbs / ft : 19.50

Weight in lbs/ft : 19.50


Displacement bbls/ft 0.0070729
Capacity in bbls / ft : 0.017344

Dilution Of Chlorides Temperature conversions :

Volume of Drilling Fluid : 1000 Temperature :


Chloride Content of Drilling Fluid: 60000
Chloride Content of Diluting Fluid: 2000 Deg. Centigrade : 60
% Water in Drilling Fluid : 80 Deg. Fahrenheit : 140.00
Chloride Content Required: 25000

VOLUME OF FLUID REQUIRED : 1217 Deg. Fahrenheit : 60


Deg. Centigrade : 15.56

BUOYANCY FACTOR/WEIGHT Calcium Chloride Additions

Mud Weight in ppg 13.1 % w/w Cl in fluid : 19

Pipe Length in Ft. 11000 % w/w Cl required : 25

Pipe Weight in lbs/ft 19.5 % Purity CaCl2 added : 95

Buoyancy Factor : 0.7998166 Volume of Water : 300

Weight in Fluid lbs : 171561


Kilo's CaCl2 Required : 5046
Weight in Air lbs : 214500

To convert mg/litre to lbs/bbl : mg/litre 20000


lbs / bbl : 6.99
To convert ppm to gram/litre (w/w to w/v) : SG. of Filtrate 1.09
Grams / Litre 22936 PPM of Filtrate 25000
Depth of Stuck Point : Stretch inches : 3.00
Pipe weight lbs/ft : 19.50
Differential pull lbs : 10000
Free Length of Stuck pipe : 4301 ft.

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