Mud Weight Calculation Guide
Mud Weight Calculation Guide
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REDUCE MUD WEIGHT Amount of Reducing Fluid Required to reduce a
known volume to desired mud weight.
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STARTING VOLUME Volume to start with to make a desired volume of
a desired mud weight. (Calculates Barite Volume)
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BLEND TWO Volume of a High mud weight to add to a volume
of a Lower mud weight to get a desired mud weight.
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{RESULTS}
187 BBLS of High Weight mud required
257 Total Volume
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MIX TWO Volume of Low Weight Mud and Volume of High Weight
mud to make a Desired Weight and Desired Volume.
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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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PPG
BBL
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### BBLS of High Weight mud required ###
### Total Volume ###
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SG
M3
M3 of Reducing Fluid
M3 Total Volume
M3 Start Volume
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M3 to dump
M3 Start Volume
M3 Reducing Fluid
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Weight-Up Calculations
INCREASE IN VOLUME
slug pit
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
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
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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.
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
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
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
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OBM Form
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OBM Form
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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
WPS of mud 81
Chlorides g/l 27.5
bbls water 510
To decrease WPS use relevent information from above and read below.
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Salinity
CALCIUM CHLORID
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Salinity
Percent CaCl2 by weight = 100 x ( PPB CaCl2 / ( PPB CaCl2 + PPB Water))
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Salinity
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
MUD WT 10
DRY PIPE REQUIRED 200 FEET
PIPE CAPACITY 0.01776 BBL/FT
SLUG VOLUME 30 BBL
WT REQUIRED 11
MUD WT 10
DRY PIPE REQUIRED 200 FEET
PIPE CAPACITY 0.01776 BBL/FT
SLUG WT 11
VOLUME OF SLUG = 30.0 BBLS
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.
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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
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