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Wait & Weight Method
• When well is full of KWM, Shut in well
• Check for remaining pressures
• If surface pressures are zero, check for flow
by cracking choke
• If no flow, carefully open BOP’s
• Circulate around again
Wait & Weight - Advantages
• Kill well in one circulation
• Least amount of maximum casing pressures
Driller’s Method
• Shut in well long enough to measured stabi-
lized SI pressures
• Circulate kick fluids from wellbore with
original weight mud maintaining ICP on
drillpipe
• When kick fluids are circulated out, shut in
well
Driller’s Method
• Weight up mud to KWM
• Circulate KWM to bit following pressure
decline schedule
• Continue circulating KWM around main-
taining FCP until KWM reaches surface
• Shut well in, check for pressures, flow etc.
Driller’s Method
Driller’s Method - Advantages
• Short shut in times
• Easy
Circulate & Weight
• Shut in long enough to measure stabilized
SI pressures
• Begin circulating kick from wellbore with
OWM at ICP
• While circulating, isolate one pit and begin
to weight up to KWM
• When mud is weighted up, switch pump
suction to weighted pit, and follow W&W
Circulate & Weight - Advantages
• Best of W&W and Driller’s
Concurrent method
• Weight up and circulate in increments
• Takes one complete circulation for each in-
crement
Reverse Circulation
• Circulate down annulus and up the drillpipe
or tubing.
• Used extensively in workovers and comple-
tions
Dynamic Kill
• For blowout control
– Use high pump speeds and viscosities to gener-
ate high annular friction pressures
– Annular friction used instead of surface choke
• For shallow gas
– Circulate as fast as rig pumps will allow
through diverters
– DO NOT HOLD ANY BACK PRESSURE
Bullheading
• Pump kill fluid down wellbore, usually at
relatively high speeds to force formation
fluids back into formation
• Used predominantly in:
– Workover and completion operations
– Austin Chalk flow drilling
– When danger of H2S
Lubricate & Bleed
• Only applicable with gas at the surface
• Pump in KWM into wellbore
• Let KWM fall for some time
• Bleed off gas
• Repeat
Volumetric Method
• Used when circulation is not possible or
when gas is migrating in closed in well
• As surface pressures increase due to gas
migration, bleed off excessive pressure and
allow bubble to expand.
• Continue until circulation can be resumed
or until gas reaches surface
Use of Kill Sheet
• Pre-recorded information
– SPP
– Pump output
– Drillstring capacity
– Annular capacity
– Pressure limitations
– Circulation times
– Number of strokes
Use of Kill Sheet
• Post kick information
– SIDPP
– SICP
– Pit gain
– Time
– Date
Use of Kill Sheet
• Calculate:
– KWM = SIDPP/0.052/TVD + OWM
– ICP = SPP + SIDPP
– FCP = SPP*KWM/OWM
• Plot Pressure Decline Schedule
Kill Sheet
Kill Sheet
Plot ICP
Plot FCP