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This document provides a tutorial on fundamental well control principles including definitions of key terms like porosity, formation pressure, normal formation pressure, overbalanced and primary well control. It includes multiple choice questions to test understanding of these concepts as well as examples calculating mud pressure, overbalance and the effect of dropping fluid levels in the annulus. Homework problems at the end ask to apply these calculations to additional well control scenarios.

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Tutorial Sheet No - 1

This document provides a tutorial on fundamental well control principles including definitions of key terms like porosity, formation pressure, normal formation pressure, overbalanced and primary well control. It includes multiple choice questions to test understanding of these concepts as well as examples calculating mud pressure, overbalance and the effect of dropping fluid levels in the annulus. Homework problems at the end ask to apply these calculations to additional well control scenarios.

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Tutorial Sheet No.

1
Fundamental Principles
Of Well Control
1. What is the correct term to describe the percentage volume of pore space in
formation?
a) Permeability
b) Porosity
c) Siltiness
d) Shaliness
2. Select the correct definition of formation pressure.
a) Pressure exerted by fluids in the pore spaces of a formation.
b) The total weight of the overlying sediments and fluid.
c) The ability of a formation to allow fluid to flow.
3. Select the correct definition of normal formation pressure.
a) A formation pressure equal to the overburden.
b) A formation pressure in excess of normal formation fluid hydrostatic pressure.
c) A formation pressure less than the mud weight.
d) A formation pressure equal to the hydrostatic pressure of the water in the
formation.
4. What would the formation pressure be in a normally pressured well at 5000 feet?
_________________psi
5. 5.What does the term overbalanced mean?
a) Maintaining mud hydrostatic equal to formation pressure.
b) Maintaining mud hydrostatic greater than formation pressure.
c) Maintaining mud hydrostatic less than formation pressure.
6.Which is the correct definition of primary well control?
a) A mud weight at least 1000 psi above formation pressure.
b) The blow out preventers.
c) Controlling formation pressures with the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling fluid.
7.Select the statement that best describes hydrostatic pressure.
a) The pressure exerted by a moving column of water.
b) The pump pressure to circulate mud around the well.
c) The pressure of water used to generate electricity.
d) The pressure exerted by a column of fluid at rest.
8. Hydrostatic pressure depends on which of the following (two answers)?
a) Fluid density
b) Measured depth
c) True vertical depth
d) Hole diameter
9. Which property of a drilling mud determines its ability to balance formation pressure?
a) pH
b) Viscosity
c) Gels
d) Density
10.Match the following description to definitions.
i. Mud hydrostatic = formation pressure ______________
ii. Mud hydrostatic > formation pressure_______________
iii. Mud hydrostatic < formation pressure_______________
a) Underbalance
b) Balance
c) Overbalance
11. What is meant by primary well control?
a. Maintaining mud weight at least 1000 psi above formation pressure.
b. The blow out preventers.
c. Maintaining mud hydrostatic above formation pressure but less than
fracture pressure.
12. While circulating at 60 spm the pressure losses around the circulating system are:
 Surface lines 100 psi
 Drill string 600 psi
 Bit 700 psi
 Annulus 50 psi
Find the Pump pressure ?
Ex: A 8 ½” diameter hole is drilled up to 7500 ft. with a density of 12.5 ppg. If the
formation pore pressure at this point is 4500 psi. Calculate mud pressure
overbalance Above The Pore pressure,
i. if the mud density is 10.5 ppg, what would be the overbalance, and
ii. if the fluid level in the annulus is dropped to250 ft. due to inadequate hole
fill up during tripping, what would be the effect on bottom hole pressure?
The overbalance at a depth of 7,500 ft.can be calculated by Hydrostatic Pressure Eq.
which can be modified for overbalance as:

The overbalance at a depth of 7500 ft. if mud density is 10.5 ppg as:

If the mud density is decreased, the negative sign implies that the well would be
underbalanced By 405 psi with the consequent risk of an influx. If the fluid level in
the annulus is dropped by 250 ft , the effect would be to reduce the bottom hole
pressure by:
HW.1: A 7 ½” diameter hole is drilled up to 9000 ft. with a density of 11.5 ppg. If the
formation pore pressure at this point is 4800 psi. Calculate
i. mud pressure overbalance above the pore pressure,
ii. if the mud density is 10.5 ppg, what would be the overbalance,
iii. if the fluid level in the annulus is dropped to 300 ft. due to inadequate hole fill up
during tripping, what would be the effect on bottom hole pressure?

HW2: A target depth was set at 7500 ft. with a hole size of 6.5 in. The drilling crew noticed
that there was a pit gain of 14 bbls. The well is shut-in and the drill pipe and annulus
pressures were recorded as 600 psi, and 700 psi respectively. The bottom hole assembly
consists of 550 ft. of 4 3/4" OD collars and 3 1/2"drill pipe. The mud weight is 10.4 ppg with
a mud pressure gradient of 0.5 psi/ft. Identify the influx and calculate the new mud weight,
including an overbalance of 200 psi.

HW3:a kick was detected when drilling a high-pressure zone of a depth of the formation
10,000 ft. with a mud density of 9 ppg. after the well was shut-in, the pressures recorded
were for drill pipe and drill collar as 350 psi and 430 psi respectively. the total pit gain
observed was 5 bbl. the annular capacity against 950 ft. of drill collar is 0.0292bbl/ft. the
overkill safety margin is 0.50 ppg. compute the formation pressure, kick density, the type of
fluid, and required kill mud weight.

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