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Torque Drag Calc
Torque Drag Calc
Well Drilling
Lesson 36
Torque and Drag Calculations
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Torque and Drag Calculations
Friction
Logging
Hook Load
Lateral Load
Torque Requirements
Examples
2
Assignments:
3
Friction - Stationary
• Horizontal surface N
• No motion
• No applied force
S Fy = 0
N=W
W
1. Consider
a section
of pipe
in the
wellbore.
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Effect of Friction (no doglegs):
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Effect of Friction (no doglegs):
T W cos I Ff
so T W cos I Ff
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Problem 1
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Solution
I 68.2
Note: cot I
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Problem 2
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Problem 2 - Solution - Force
(a) What force will it take to move this pipe along
the horizontal section of the wellbore?
N
F=? F=0
W
N = W = 30 lb/ft * 8,000 ft = 240,000 lb
F = N = 0.3 * 240,000 lb = 72,000 lb
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Problem 3
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Solution to Problem 3 - Rotating
HL HL2000 HL8000
0.5
lb lb
30 * 2000 ft 30 * 8000 ft * cos 60
ft ft
60,000 lbf 120,000 lbf
N 30 * 2000 * sin o0 0
o
Thus, F2000 0
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Solution to Problem 3 - lowering
N = 30 * 8,000 * sin 60
= 207,846 lbf
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Solution to Problem 3 - Lowering
Thus, F8000 = N
= 0.3 * 207,846 = 62,352 lbf
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Solution to Problem 3 - Raising
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Solution to Problem 3 - Summary
ROT
RIH
2,000
POH
MD
ft
10,000
0 60,000 120,000 180,000 240,000
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Solution to Problem 3 - rotating
Torque
N W sin I
Force * Arm
F N
d
Ff *
2
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Solution to Problem 3 - rotating
2 12
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Solution to Problem 3 - Rotating
Assume “Equilibrium”
at angle f as shown.
N W sin I sin f
Solving equations (6) & (7)
N W sin I cosf
tan f
1
f tan ( ) (8)
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Solution to Problem 3 - rotating
(ii) continued
Taking moments about the center of the pipe:
d
T Ff *
2
Evaluating the problem at hand:
1 1
From Eq. (8), f tan ( ) tan (0.3)
f 16.70
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Solution to Problem 3 - rotating
Ff 59.724 lbf
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Solution to Problem 3 - rotating
d
From Eq. (9), T Ff *
2
7 1
59,724 * *
2 12
Torque 17,420 ft - lbf
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Solution to Problem 3
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Solution to Problem 3
d
T W sin I sin
2
7
30 * 8000 * sin60 * sin 16.70 *
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T 17,420 ft - lbf
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Solution to Problem 3
(i) T = 18,187
(ii) T = 17,420
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Effect of Doglegs
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Effect of Doglegs
sinI I+2T
WWsin sT sin T sin N0
2 2
N W sin I 2T sin (10)
2
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Effect of Doglegs
F along tangent : (T T) cos
2
W cos I T cos
2
0
T cos W cos I
2
T W cos I
cos 1 (11)
2
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Effect of Doglegs
N W sin I 2T sin
2 (10)&(11)
T WcosI
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Effect of Doglegs
B. Including Friction
While lowering pipe (RIH)
(as above)
N W sin I 2T sin
2
T W cos I N
B. Including Friction
While raising pipe (POH)
T W cos I N
T W cos I (W sin I 2T sin )
2 (13)
d d
Torque N ( W sin I 2T sin )
2 2 2
(14)
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Effect of Doglegs
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Effect of Doglegs
A. Neglecting Friction
(e.g. pipe rotating)
F along normal : W sinI T T sin T sin N 0
2 2
W sin I 2T sin T sin N 0
2 2
N W sin I 2T sin
2
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Effect of Doglegs
F along tangent : (T T) cos
2
W cos I T cos
2
0
T cos W cos I
2
T W cos I
cos 1 (16)
2
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Effect of Doglegs
N W sin I 2T sin
2 (15)&(16)
T WcosI
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Effect of Doglegs
B. Including Friction
While lowering pipe (RIH)
N W sin I 2T sin (15)
2
T W cos I N
T W cos I W sin I 2T sin
2 (17)
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Effect of Doglegs
T W cos I N
i.e. T WcosI WsinI - 2Tsin
2 (18)
d d
Torque N W sin I 2T sin
2 2 2 (19)
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Problem #4 - Curved Wellbore with Friction
= 0.25
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Problem
#4
- Curved
Wellbore
with
Friction
T = 100,000 lbf
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Evaluate the Following:
(a) What is the axial tension in the pipe 100 ft. up the hole
if the pipe is rotating?
(b) What is the axial tension in the pipe 100 ft up the hole if
the pipe is being lowered into the hole?
(c) What is the axial tension in the pipe 100 ft up the hole if
the pipe is being pulled out of the hole?
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Solution 4(a) - Rotating
60 68
IAVG
2
IAVG 64 o
2,696 13,951
N 16,648 lbf
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Solution 4 (b)
T W cos I N
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Solution 4(b) - Lowering
T68 = 97,153 lbf
From equation 12,
N W sin I 2T sin
2
N 30 *100 * sin 64 2 *100,000 * sin 4
2,696 13,951
N 16,648 lbf
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Solution 4 (c)
T W cos I N
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Solution 4(c) - Raising
T68 = 105,477 lbf
From equation 12,
5477 lbf
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Solution 4(a, b and c)
SUMMARY
T60 T68
From above, at 64
N 16,648 lbf
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Solution 4 (d)
for 40 ft distance,
40
N centr. 16,648 *
100
6,659 lbf
i.e., Lateral load on centralizer,
lb
Note : 40 ft of pipe * 30 1200 lbf
ft
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Alternate Approach
So, 30 ft up-hole,
From Eq. (10), N W sin I 2T sin
2
N 30 * 40 * sin 64 2 *100 ,395 * sin(1.6 )
{4 * 40/100}
1,079 5,606
N 6,685 lbf
for 40 ft centralizer spacing,
N centr. 6,685 lbf
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Centralizer
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