OPEN LEARNING PROGRAM

SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA

PTRL6025

Well Control & Blowout Prevention

ASSIGNMENT #2
SESSION 1 2015

DUE DATE: 29 May 2015

MARKS: 10% of total assessment

TOPICS COVERED: Chapters 1 to 7

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Assignments should be submitted through Moodle by the due date indicated.
Your assignment should be formatted as prescribed in the External Student Guide.
Any published material you refer to should be properly referenced.

PTRL6025

S1-2015

Assignment 2

Question 1 (60 Marks)

Construct a spreadsheet program that creates an electronic surface kill sheet for use in
ether Imperial or Metric units of measure. This spreadsheet must take into account
wellbore deviation.
The spreadsheet must be able to generate an appropriate graph to graphically illustrate the
pressure reduction profile as kill fluid travels to the bit.
Include in the spreadsheet the ability to output such values as hydrostatic and dynamic
force, influx gradients, migration rates etc.

Question 2 (2 marks each, 20 Marks in Total)

2.1 Complete a surface kill sheet using the following data:
Measured hole depth
TVD
Hole ID
13-3/8 inch casing shoe
OMW
Internal capacities:
DP OD 5 inches
HWDP OD 5 inches
DCs 8x2-13/16
Surface line volume

(below RKB)
(below RKB)
depth (below RKB)

length = 567 ft
length = 1 040 ft

Annular capacities:
DCs in open hole
DP & HW in open hole
DP & HW in casing

9 990 ft
9 770 ft
12-1/4 inch
7 280 ft
11.4 ppg

0.0178 bbl/ft
0.0088 bbl/ft
0.0077 bbl/ft
10 bbl

0.0837 bbl/ft
0.1204 bbl/ft
0.1292 bbl/ft

Pump data:
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Output @ 97 %
Slow pump rate:

0.12 bbl/stk
34 spm

500 psi

Other:
Active surface volume
Formation strength:

440 bbl
Leak-off Pressure
Test Mud Weight

Kick data:
SIDPP
SICP
Pit gain

1 970 psi
10.5 ppg
450 psi
500 psi
14 bbls

2.2

What is the kill mud weight required to balance the formation pressure.

2.3

How many strokes are required to pump kill mud from the surface to the bit?

2.4

How many strokes are required to pump from the bit to the casing shoe?

2.5

What is the Total Annular Volume?

2.6

What is the MAASP at the time the well is shut-in?

2.7

What is the Initial Circulating Pressure?

2.8

What is the Final Circulating Pressure?

2.9

What is the gradient of the influx?

2.10 What is the drill pipe pressure reduction per 100 strokes as kill mud is being
pumped to the bit?

Question 3 (2 marks each, 20 Marks in Total)

3.1 Complete page 2 of a surface kill sheet using the following data:
Drill string strokes:
Open hole strokes:
Total annulus strokes:
Total well system strokes:

2 143 stks
1 572 stks
6 342 stks
8 465 stks

OMW

10.5 ppg

Casing shoe data:

Size
M. Depth
TV Depth

9-5/8 inch
9 190 ft
8 869 ft

Hole data:
Size
M. Depth
TV Depth

8-1/2 inch
12 990 ft
12 553 ft

MAASP:

1 420 psi

Kill data:
SIDPP
SICP
Pit Gain
ICP
FCP
Slow Pump Rate

500 psi
700 psi
12 bbls
900 psi
429 psi
30 spm

From this completed section of a kill sheet what actions would you take if this well was being
killed using the Wait and Weight Method and:
3.2 The kill operation has been started. After 2 minutes of circulation the following
readings are observed on the remote choke panel:

Drill Pipe Pressure = 885 psi

Casing Pressure = 696 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 32 spm
Total Strokes = 64
3.3 After 4 minutes of circulation the following readings are observed on the remote
choke panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 872 psi
Casing Pressure = 700 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 30 spm
Total Strokes = 124
3.4 After 8 minutes of circulation the following readings are observed on the remote
choke panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 846 psi
Casing Pressure = 631 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 30 spm
Total Strokes = 244
3.5 After 1 400 strokes has been circulated, the following reading are observed on the
remote choke panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 550 psi
Casing Pressure = 682 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 30 spm
Total Strokes = 1400
3.6 After 2 200 strokes the following readings are observed on the remote choke panel
after the well has been shut-in to observe the pressures:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 0 psi
Casing Pressure = 689 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 0 spm
Total Strokes = 2 200
3.7 After the check, the kill procedure is continued. What should be done?
3.8 After 5 500 strokes the following readings are observed on the remote choke panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 426 psi
Casing Pressure = 1 429 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 30 spm
Total Strokes = 5 500
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3.9 After 8 600 strokes the following readings are observed on the remote choke panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 426 psi
Casing Pressure = 0 psi
Pump Stroke Rate = 30 spm
Total Strokes = 8 600
The choke is now fully open, and there is no backpressure on the casing.
3.10 After the check, the drilling procedure is continued. What should be done?