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Shut in Data
SIDPP Shut In Drill pipe Pressure
SICP Shut In Casing Pressure
Pit Gain

SIDPP
Tells You Under Balance Inside Drill String

SICP
Tells You Under Balance Inside Annulus

Pit Gain
Tells You Size of Influx at Shut in

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SIDPP V’s SICP SIDPP
Why Are They Different? 0
psi

Pump
SICP
psi
0

Choke
Manifold

Mud in Annulus Is Contaminated

Therefore Less Hydrostatic

Influx Height

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Pressure V’s Strokes
Increase SPM = Increase PSI

Approximate Effect Is :

= Old Pump Pressure X 2

New SPM
Old SPM

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Pressure V’s Drilling Fluid Density

Increase M. Wt = Increase PSI

Approximate Effect Is:

New M.Wt
= Old Pump Pressure X
Old M.Wt

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Kill Mud

Kill Mud Weight

SIDPP
= + Present Mud Wt.
TVD X 0.052

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Initial and Final Circulating Pressure

I.C.P. = Slow Circulating Pressure + SIDPP

Kill M.Wt
F.C.P. = Slow Circulating Pressure X
Old M.Wt

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Bottom Hole Pressure

Pressure Exerted on the Bottom of the Hole.

B.H.P = Mud Hydrostatic

+
Back Pressure Held at Remote Choke
+
Annular Pressure Loss (APL)

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Slow Pump Rate
Normally 1/2 - 1/4 Drilling SPM
Why Kill Well at Slow Rate?
How Are They Taken?
When Are They Taken?
How Are They Used in Kill Process?

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Causes Effect the Choice of SCR
1. Size Of Choke And Choke Lines.
2. Minimize Excess Pressure Exerted On
Formations During The Kill.
3. To Allow Kick Fluid To Be Handled At Surface.
4. To Reduce The Chance Of Overloading The
M.G.S.
5. Allow Choke Operator Time To Make
Necessary Choke Adjustments.
6. Ability To Mix Kill Mud.
7. To Reduce Damage To The Pump
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When Should Be Taking SCR ?
1. At Beginning of Each Shift.
2. After Mud Properties Changed .
3. When Long Sections of Hole Are Drilled
Rapidly (500 Ft).
4. When Returning to Drilling After Kill.
5. When Changed BHA (Nozzles, D.C, Motor….)

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Where To Read Standpipe Pressure.
When Recording SCR
SCR’ s Should Be Read On The Drill Pipe
Pressure at The Remote Chock Panel.
SCR’ s Should Be Taken With The Bit Near The
Bottom.

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Time For Build How Long For Shut In Pressure To Stabilize?

600 600

psi psi
Casing Pressure Casing Pressure

High Low
Permeability Permeability

Fast Slow
Pressure

Pressure

Time 12 Time
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Gas Migration
Why?
Gas Is Light And Will Migrate (Percolate) Up Hole

Speed Of Migration?
Depends On Mud Wt + Mud Viscosity

How Can I See Migration?

Steady Rise In Surface Pressure After Initial Stabilization

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Effect Of Gas Migration
1500
1000 2000

500

psi 3000

psi
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Gas Migration

SIDPP or SICP

Migration
Shut In Pressure

Time

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Float in Drill String 600

How To Find SIDPP? psi

0
Pump Slowly Down Drill 600

Pipe And Watch Build Up

psi
0
SIDPP
500

Time

SICP
600

Time

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Gas Oil Water

psi psi psi

0 0 0

psi psi psi

0 0 0

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Clean Annular Annular Loaded
With Cutting
psi psi
0 0

psi psi
0 0

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Bit off Bottom

psi
0

psi
0

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Packed Off

psi
0

psi
0

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