Volume Calculations

Well Profile and
Volumes
Mud Logging Training Course

August 2012
Junior Mud Logging Training Course – Well Profile and Volumes
Well profiles and volumes

- we provide the most sophisticated volume
monitoring system on a rig;
- failing to spot a mud loss or a gain can

ultimately result in the loss of a well, of a
rig, and possibly of human lives
- mud coming out of the well provides us

with all the vital information we are looking
for: cuttings, gas, and many drilling
parameters
- our data acquisition depends entirely in

synchronizing the drilling depth with the
time it takes for the rock samples to reach
surface.
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Well profiles and volumes

How to know exactly and at all times the amount of mud in
the well, its movements and its increasing/decreasing trends?
- know the well profile;

- know the pipe profile;
- know the pump output, rate and efficiency;
- know the units of measure utilized on the rig;
- calculate the lag time.
This information is COMPULSORY. Obtain it from the driller, the assistant driller,
the derrick man. It is their duty to inform you and your duty to double check
them!!!
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Well profile
- a well typically has a telescopic cylindrical shape.
- from the top, under the Blow Out Preventer, a string
of casing runs to a certain depth. 13 3/8” Casing
- an intermediate liner, connected to the first casing
may be present.
These are the sections of the hole which have been

cased and cemented, therefore isolating the well from
the surrounding formations.
9 5/8” Casing
- finally the bottom section, being drilled by the string,
is the open hole, which has of course the same diameter
of the drilling bit.
- we must know the well profile at all times and enter 7” Liner
these data in our mud logging system well profiles. We
must calculate the volume of mud contained in the well.
6” Open hole
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Pipe profile
- the drill string is made of a number of parts, which have
different profiles;
Heavy weight
- in most cases the drill string is mainly made up of 3
types of tubular: drill pipes
- the DC (drill collars), thick walled and heavy, just
behind the bit;
- the HWDP (heavy weight drill pipes), reinforced
drill pipes running atop the collars;
-the DP (drill pipe) connecting the BHA to the
surface. Drill collars
- the main parameters needed from each pipe section
are: length (L), outside diameter (OD) and inside
diameter (ID);
- we must determine (from calculations or tables) the
capacity and the metal volume of these pipes.
Drill pipe
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Pipe profile Drilling Bit: important

for pressure losses,
- other items from the pipe profile are irrelevant for volume
calculations.
important for monitoring hole pressure losses
and equivalent mud weights, but, being only
short items, have minimal influence on lag
times and volume calculation, so they can be
disregarded when calculating them. Stabilizer: important
for directional control,
irrelevant for volume
- These are, mainly: calculations.
- Bit.
- Stabilizers.
- MWD (NMDC, Non-Magnetic Collars).
- Jars (considered part of the DC string)
- Crossovers (XO)
Mud motors, jars and
accelerators are
considered as drill XO: are irrelevant for
collars for volume volume calculations.
calculations.
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Capacity
Pipe or hole capacity calculation - you can use either a
geometric formula or tables:
Geometric: ID
Pipe internal volume/hole = ID2 x L
(metric formula - m³/m) 1973.5 L
ID = in (inches)
L = m (meter)
Pipe internal volume/hole = ID2 x L

(imperial formula-bbls/ft) 1029.4
ID = in (inches)
L = ft (feet)
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Capacity
Pipe or hole capacity calculation - you can use either a
geometric formula or tables:
Geometric:
2.81252 x m = 0.00401 m³/m

1973.5 6 ½” DC (2 13/16” ID):
0.00401 m³/m
2.81252 x ft= 0.00769 bbls/ft 0.00769 bbls/ft
1029.4
Attention! Usually at the tubular materials (drill pipes, drill collars, heavy weight drill
pipes, casing joint, liners the nominal diameter given by the person in charge refers to the
outside diameter. For the internal capacity you need the INSIDE DIAMETER).
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Capacity
Capacities from tables in IFP drilling data handbook Pipe or hole capacity
Tubular Total Internal Metal
Capacities bbls ft
materials displacement Capacity displacement calculation: you can
6” open hole 0.03495 bbls/ft bbls/ft bbls/ft
8 ½” open hole 0.07016 5” DP S 0.02570 0.01752 0.00821
use either a geometric
12 ¼” open hole 0.14573 5” DP G 0.02531 0.01735 0.00795 formula or tables
17 ½” open hole 0.29738 5” HWDP 0.02678 0.00883 0.01795
26” open hole 0.65643 6 ½” DC 0.04104 0.00769 0.03335
7” liner 0.03714 8” DC 0.06217 0.00769 0.05447
9 5/8” casing 0.07107 9 ½” DC 0.08764 0.00874 0.07890
13 3/8” casing 0.14809 4 ¾” DC 0.02190 0.00490 0.01699
20” casing 0.35523 3 ½” HWDP 0.01342 0.00421 0.00921
30” casing 0.76142 3 ½” DP 0.01267 0.00724 0.00543
Table, imperial system Capacities from tables in IFP drilling data handbook
Capacities m3/m
materials displacement Capacity displacement
6” open hole 0.01824 m3/m m3/m m3/m
8 ½” open hole 0.03661 5” DP S 0.01342 0.00914 0.00428
12 ¼” open hole 0.07604 5” DP G 0.01325 0.00897 0.00428
17 ½” open hole 0.15520 5” HWDP 0.01397 0.00461 0.00936
26” open hole 0.34250 6 ½” DC 0.02141 0.00401 0.01740
7” liner 0.01882 8” DC 0.03243 0.00401 0.02842
9 5/8” casing 0.03691 9 ½” DC 0.04573 0.00456 0.04117
13 3/8” casing 0.08064 4 ¾” DC 0.01143 0.00256 0.00887
20” casing 0.18290 3 ½” HWDP 0.00700 0.00219 0.00481
Table, metric system 30” casing 0.42610 3 ½” DP 0.00661 0.00382 0.00279
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Metal displacement
Metal displacement defines the amount of mud displaced out of the well by
the metal volume of the tubular material - you can use either a geometric
formula or tables: OD
Geometric:
ID
Tubular material metal displacement = (OD – ID )x L 2 2

OD and ID = in (inches)
L = m (meter)
Tubular material metal displacement = (OD2 – ID2)x L

OD and ID = in (inches)
L = ft (feet)
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Metal displacement
Metal displacement : you can use either a geometric formula or
tables:
Geometric:
(6.502 – 2.81252) x m = 0.01740 m³/m

1973.5
(6.502 – 2.81252) x ft = 0.03335 bbls/ft 6 ½” DC (2 13/16” ID):

1029.4 0.01740 m³/m
0.03335 bbls/ft
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Metal displacement
Capacities from tables in IFP drilling data handbook Metal displacement
Capacities bbls ft
8 ½” open hole 0.07016 5” DP S 0.02570 0.01752 0.00821
17 ½” open hole 0.29738 5” HWDP 0.02678 0.00883 0.01795
26” open hole 0.65643 6 ½” DC 0.04104 0.00769 0.03335
7” liner 0.03714 8” DC 0.06217 0.00769 0.05447
9 5/8” casing 0.07107 9 ½” DC 0.08764 0.00874 0.07890
13 3/8” casing 0.14809 4 ¾” DC 0.02190 0.00490 0.01699
20” casing 0.35523 3 ½” HWDP 0.01342 0.00421 0.00921
30” casing 0.76142 3 ½” DP 0.01267 0.00724 0.00543
Capacities m3/m
8 ½” open hole 0.03661 5” DP S 0.01342 0.00914 0.00428
12 ¼” open hole 0.07604 5” DP G 0.01325 0.00897 0.00428
17 ½” open hole 0.15520 5” HWDP 0.01397 0.00461 0.00936
26” open hole 0.34250 6 ½” DC 0.02141 0.00401 0.01740
7” liner 0.01882 8” DC 0.03243 0.00401 0.02842
9 5/8” casing 0.03691 9 ½” DC 0.04573 0.00456 0.04117
13 3/8” casing 0.08064 4 ¾” DC 0.01143 0.00256 0.00887
20” casing 0.18290 3 ½” HWDP 0.00700 0.00219 0.00481
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Total displacement
Total displacement defines the sum of the metal displacement and the
internal capacity of the tubular material - you can use either a geometric
formula or tables: OD
Geometric:
Pipe internal volume/hole = OD2 x L

(metric formula - m³/m) 1973.5
ID = in (inches)
L = m (meter) L
Pipe internal volume/hole = OD2 x L
ID = in (inches)
L = ft (feet)
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Total displacement
Capacities from tables in IFP drilling data handbook Total displacement
Capacities bbls ft
8 ½” open hole 0.07016 5” DP S 0.02570 0.01752 0.00821
17 ½” open hole 0.29738 5” HWDP 0.02678 0.00883 0.01795
26” open hole 0.65643 6 ½” DC 0.04104 0.00769 0.03335
7” liner 0.03714 8” DC 0.06217 0.00769 0.05447
9 5/8” casing 0.07107 9 ½” DC 0.08764 0.00874 0.07890
13 3/8” casing 0.14809 4 ¾” DC 0.02190 0.00490 0.01699
20” casing 0.35523 3 ½” HWDP 0.01342 0.00421 0.00921
30” casing 0.76142 3 ½” DP 0.01267 0.00724 0.00543
Capacities m3/m
8 ½” open hole 0.03661 5” DP S 0.01342 0.00914 0.00428
12 ¼” open hole 0.07604 5” DP G 0.01325 0.00897 0.00428
17 ½” open hole 0.15520 5” HWDP 0.01397 0.00461 0.00936
26” open hole 0.34250 6 ½” DC 0.02141 0.00401 0.01740
7” liner 0.01882 8” DC 0.03243 0.00401 0.02842
9 5/8” casing 0.03691 9 ½” DC 0.04573 0.00456 0.04117
13 3/8” casing 0.08064 4 ¾” DC 0.01143 0.00256 0.00887
20” casing 0.18290 3 ½” HWDP 0.00700 0.00219 0.00481
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Annular volume
Annular volume defines the cylindrical space between the ID
pipe and the wellbore - you can use either a geometric
formula or tables:
Geometric: OD
Pipe internal volume/hole = (Hole ID2 – Pipe OD2)x L
ID = in (inches)
L = m (meter)
Pipe internal volume/hole = (Hole ID2 – Pipe OD2)x L

ID = in (inches)
L = ft (feet)
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Annular volume
Annular volume: you can use either a geometric formula or
tables:
Geometric:
(8.502 – 6.502) x m = 0.01520 m³/m

1973.5
(8.502 – 6.502) x ft = 0.02914 bbls/ft

1029.4
6 ½” DC in 8 ½” open hole:
0.01520 m³/m
0.02914 bbls/ft
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Annular volume
Capacities from tables in IFP drilling data handbook Annular volume
Capacities bbls ft
8 ½” open hole 0.07016 5” DP S 0.02570 0.01752 0.00821
17 ½” open hole 0.29738 5” HWDP 0.02678 0.00883 0.01795
26” open hole 0.65643 6 ½” DC 0.04104 0.00769 0.03335
7” liner 0.03714 8” DC 0.06217 0.00769 0.05447
9 5/8” casing 0.07107 9 ½” DC 0.08764 0.00874 0.07890
13 3/8” casing 0.14809 4 ¾” DC 0.02190 0.00490 0.01699
20” casing 0.35523 3 ½” HWDP 0.01342 0.00421 0.00921
30” casing 0.76142 3 ½” DP 0.01267 0.00724 0.00543
Capacities m3/m
8 ½” open hole 0.03661 5” DP S 0.01342 0.00914 0.00428
12 ¼” open hole 0.07604 5” DP G 0.01325 0.00897 0.00428
17 ½” open hole 0.15520 5” HWDP 0.01397 0.00461 0.00936
26” open hole 0.34250 6 ½” DC 0.02141 0.00401 0.01740
7” liner 0.01882 8” DC 0.03243 0.00401 0.02842
9 5/8” casing 0.03691 9 ½” DC 0.04573 0.00456 0.04117
13 3/8” casing 0.08064 4 ¾” DC 0.01143 0.00256 0.00887
20” casing 0.18290 3 ½” HWDP 0.00700 0.00219 0.00481
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Annular Sections
- the total annular volume is the sum of all the different
annular sections. In this case we have 5 sections.
13 3/8” Casing
1.
1. - Casing – Drill Pipe.
2. - Casing – Heavy Weight Drill Pipe.
3. - Liner – Heavy Weight Drill Pipe.
4. - Liner – Drill Collars.
2.
5. - Open Hole – Drill Collars.
3. 9 5/8” Casing
- the annular volume is expressed in m3 or in barrels. This
value must also be transformed in number of pump strokes
4. and time.
7” Liner
The number of pump strokes needed to circulate the
5. bottom’s up is a fundamental measure. It can also be
6” Open hole
expressed as a time, if the flow rate is stable.
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Pump strokes and volumes
A triplex pump is typically used to pump the mud into the well.
A pump is defined by 3 parameters:
The output, expressed in volume per stroke.

The efficiency, expressed as a percentage.
The pump rate, expressed as strokes per minute.
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Example:
- If we assume a pump output of 0.09 bbls/stroke
- A pump efficiency of 95%
- A pump rate of 80 strokes per minute
- And an annular volume of 268.13 bbls
Will correspond to 268.13 / (0.09*0.95) = 3136 pump strokes
And to 3136 / 80 = 39.20 minutes of LAGTIME.
Please remember to give a round number for pump strokes:

e.g. 4578.68 strokes will be 4579 strokes.
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Retain:
pump output x pump efficiency x pump rate = flow rate
0.09 bbls/stroke x 95% x 80 stokes per minute = 6.84bbls/minute
In our case: 268.13 bbls : 6.84 bbls/minute = 39.20 minutes
The time obtained is in centesimal system so, please convert in hexadecimal system:
e.g. 39.75 minutes will be 39’45”.
Remember!
If the pump rate changes the Lag time will change, but the Lag time strokes will
remain the same.
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Whenever the driller plans to circulate bottom’s up, he will call you, asking
for the bottom’s up strokes.
You must know what are the bottom’s up strokes at any given time.
You must be able to express this figure in three ways:
 as a volume (the annular volume is 268 barrels)

 as a time (the bottom’s up will be on surface in 39 minutes)
 As a number of strokes (the driller will zero his stroke counter and
expect to see the bottom’s up after the number of strokes you tell him,
3136 in this case).
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Utilities, applications
A Drilling break
When a drilling break occurs, the driller may want to stop drilling to check if
any significant gases have been liberated from the drilling break. He will zero
his stroke counter and ask how many strokes to surface.
Changing mud system

The rig is switching from a water base mud to an oil base mud. When they start
pumping they need to know the total mud volume so that when the oil base
mud comes back to surface they can divert the flow to the active system.
Cementing the well

The rig will need to pump cement into the casing and displace it with mud. It is
crucial that the mud is displaced out of the string and into the annulus precisely
to avoid cementing the inside of the casing or pumping it out of the annulus.
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Utilities, applications
Losses sheet and Trip sheet
Date: 17-Dec-12 Index 1 2 3 4 5
Rig:JASLO CABOT 750 Type DC 8" HWDP 5" DP 5" DC 6 1/2"
POOH OE
Well:TS 33 OE 0.02842 0.00936 0.00428 0.01741
Displace
Reason:Trip out forHole Opening CE 0.03243 0.01397 0.01325 0.02141 Outer Diameter OD [in]
[m3/m]
Choice 0.02842 0.00936 0.00428 0.01741 Inner Diameter ID [in]
MEMO
Length of stand [m] 18.0 18.5 18.5 19.0 Displacement [m3\m]
Total ACTUAL THEORETICAL
Number + GAIN
Index Depth stands TT 1 TT 2 Active Total DIFF
of stands Transfer Fill Total Fill Fill Total Fill - LOSS
0 1.65 0.00 0.00 1.65
3 458.59 0 0 1.65 1.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 449.48 0.5 0.5 4.10 4.10 2.45 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
3 430.96 1 1.5 3.79 3.79 0.31 0.31 0.08 0.12 -0.23 -0.19
3 412.77 1 2.5 3.73 3.73 0.06 0.37 0.08 0.20 0.02 -0.17
3 394.57 1 3.5 3.59 3.59 0.14 0.51 0.08 0.28 -0.06 -0.23
3 376.29 1 4.5 3.49 3.49 0.10 0.61 0.08 0.36 -0.02 -0.25
3 356.12 1 5.5 3.40 3.40 0.09 0.70 0.08 0.44 -0.01 -0.26
3 337.86 1 6.5 3.30 3.30 0.10 0.80 0.08 0.51 -0.02 -0.29
3 319.30 1 7.5 3.18 3.18 0.12 0.92 0.08 0.59 -0.04 -0.33
3 301.22 1 8.5 3.11 3.11 0.07 0.99 0.08 0.67 0.01 -0.32
3 282.87 1 9.5 2.97 3.01 0.10 1.09 0.08 0.75 -0.02 -0.34
3 264.64 1 10.5 2.85 2.91 0.10 1.19 0.08 0.83 -0.02 -0.36
3 246.45 1 11.5 2.79 2.79 0.12 1.31 0.08 0.91 -0.04 -0.40
3 228.17 1 12.5 2.68 2.68 0.11 1.42 0.08 0.99 -0.03 -0.43
3 210.02 1 13.5 2.56 2.56 0.12 1.54 0.08 1.07 -0.04 -0.47
3 188.99 1 14.5 2.46 2.46 0.10 0.10 0.08 1.15 -0.02 -0.49
3 170.73 1 15.5 2.40 2.40 0.06 0.06 0.08 1.23 0.02 -0.47
3 152.37 1 16.5 2.27 2.27 0.13 0.13 0.08 1.31 -0.05 -0.52
3 133.98 1 17.5 2.17 2.17 0.10 0.10 0.08 1.39 -0.02 -0.54
2 115.83 1 1 2.06 2.06 0.11 0.11 0.17 1.56 0.06 -0.48
2 97.35 1 2 1.92 1.92 0.14 0.14 0.17 1.73 0.03 -0.45
2 78.88 1 3 1.73 1.73 0.19 0.19 0.17 1.91 -0.02 -0.46
4 68.61 0.5 0.5 3.04 3.04 1.43 0.12 0.12 0.17 2.07 0.05 -0.42
4 50.96 1 1.5 2.79 2.79 0.25 0.25 0.33 2.40 0.08 -0.34
4 42.73 0.5 2 2.65 2.65 0.14 0.14 0.17 2.57 0.03 -0.31
4 22.89 1 3 2.35 2.35 0.30 0.30 0.33 2.90 0.03 -0.28
4 0.00 1 4 2.07 2.07 0.28 0.28 0.33 3.23 0.05 -0.23
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Lag time checks

- if the hole is not very stable, sometimes the continuous reaming and rotating
activity can drill a hole which has a large or irregular caliper;
- to check this, we may be asked to run a lag time check, to make sure that the
REAL annular volume corresponds to the theoretical;
- the difference between the theoretical and real lag time can be several cubic
meters. This difference must be entered in our system to properly calculate lag
time;
- there are several methods to perform lag time checks:

- propane-butane method;
- rice method.
Attention! The previous carbide bomb method has been banned from Geolog.
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Well Profile and

Mud Logging Training Course

Well profiles and volumes

- failing to spot a mud loss or a gain can

- mud coming out of the well provides us

- our data acquisition depends entirely in

Well profiles and volumes

- know the well profile;

These are the sections of the hole which have been

Pipe profile Drilling Bit: important

Pipe internal volume/hole = ID2 x L

2.81252 x m = 0.00401 m³/m

(metric formula - m³/m) 1973.5 L

Tubular material metal displacement = (OD2 – ID2)x L

(6.502 – 2.81252) x m = 0.01740 m³/m

(6.502 – 2.81252) x ft = 0.03335 bbls/ft 6 ½” DC (2 13/16” ID):

Pipe internal volume/hole = OD2 x L

Pipe internal volume/hole = (Hole ID2 – Pipe OD2)x L

(8.502 – 6.502) x m = 0.01520 m³/m

(8.502 – 6.502) x ft = 0.02914 bbls/ft

Pump strokes and volumes

A pump is defined by 3 parameters:

The output, expressed in volume per stroke.

Pump strokes and volumes

Will correspond to 268.13 / (0.09*0.95) = 3136 pump strokes

And to 3136 / 80 = 39.20 minutes of LAGTIME.

Please remember to give a round number for pump strokes:

Pump strokes and volumes

e.g. 39.75 minutes will be 39’45”.

Pump strokes and volumes

You must be able to express this figure in three ways:

 as a volume (the annular volume is 268 barrels)

Changing mud system

Cementing the well

Lag time checks

- there are several methods to perform lag time checks:

Thank you for your attention

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