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Internship Report On Well Control Methods

Contents : Primary Well Control, Kick, Causes of Kick, Kick Warning Signs, Kick Indicators, Well Kill Methods

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Internship Report On Well Control Methods

Contents : Primary Well Control, Kick, Causes of Kick, Kick Warning Signs, Kick Indicators, Well Kill Methods

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WINTER INTERNSHIP REPORT

ON

WELL CONTROL
METHODS
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank our Mentor Eng.
Mohammad Sobhy for his guidance in successful
completion of this internship report

We would like to express our gratitude to


Sunreeja Oil & Gas Private Limited(SOG) for
providing platform for winter internship
program
WELL CONTROL METHODS

Presented By GROUP-K
Mohammad Abdul Wahed, Usman Rashid Khan, Surendar
Mahendran, Hilal Azeez, Ammar Mohammad, Kunal
CONTENTS
1. PRIMARY WELL CONTROL
2. KICK
3. CAUSES OF KICK
4. KICK WARNING SIGNS
5. KICK INDICATORS
6. WELL KILL METHODS
1. PRIMARY WELL CONTROL
Primary well control is maintained by controlling
formation pore pressures with hydrostatic
pressure of drilling fluid.
It is exercised between two distinct limits, these
being the maximum pore pressure and minimum
fracture pressure.
This means that there is always an upper limit to
amount of pressure which can be applied to
formation before formation fractures
.

In order to maintain well control, we must


continuously have a mud hydrostatic pressure
in the well equal or above to formation
pressure i.e. in overbalance condition
2. KICK
If the well is in underbalance, then the potential
exists for formation fluids to flow from the
formation into the wellbore
It is important to note that for this to happen,
the formation must be permeable
Kick is the unintentional flow of formation fluids
into the wellbore
3. CAUSES OF KICK
1. Mud hydrostatic pressure decrease
2. Formation pressure increase
3. Reduction in mud weight
4. Accidental dilution
5. Gas cuttings
6. Barite settling
7. Drilling through weak formation
4. KICK WARNING SIGNS
1. Change in drilling parameters – ROP
decrease, WOB increase, D-Exponent
2. Gas levels increase
3. Big, angular cuttings
4. Hole conditions – increased torque and drag
5. Flow line temperature – increased
geothermal gradient
5. KICK INDICATORS
Primary Indicators
1. Mud flow rate increase
2. Pit volume increase
3. Continuing flow in the well with the pumps off

Secondary Indicators
1. Decrease in mud weight
2. Drilling breaks – drastic change in drilling
parameters
3. Change in string weight
4. Improper hole fill up on trips
6. WELL KILL METHODS
Our target is to restore primary well control, it
needs an initial removal of influx and replacing
the existing mud with a heavier mud.
Only once all the influx is removed and the wel
circulated with mud weight which will balance
formation pressure, we will have regained
primary well control. This can be achieved by
two methods
A. Driller’s Method
B. Wait & Weight Method
Both methods have many things in common
1. Carried out at constant circulation rate
2. Carried out at slower rate than used while
drilling
3. Both use same methods to monitor and
control BHP
4. Both use choke to maintain constant BHP
5. To monitor BHP during well kill operation the
pressure gauges – Shut in drill pipe pressure
(SIDPP) & Shut in casing pressure (SICP) must
be used
SIDPP = Formation pressure – mud hydrostatic
pressure in drill pipe

SICP = Formation pressure – (mud hydrostatic in


annulus + influx hydrostatic)

NOTE : SICP > SIDPP


A. Driller’s Method
It’s a two circulation method

First Circulation to remove the influx


Initial Circulating Pressure(ICP) = SIDPP + Slow
circulating rate pressure(SCRP)
We circulate out a kick at constant pump rate
The actual pump used will usually be selected from the
range of slow circulating rates(SCR)
Second circulation to circulate heavy mud(kill
mud) around the well
Kill Mud Weight(KMW) = {SIDPP/TVD*0.052 +
Original Mud Weight(OMW)}
Once the kill mud is back to the surface, shut in
the well. SIDPP=SICP=0 & there should be no
flow
B. Wait & Weight Method
Requires only single circulation during which
heavy mud is circulated around the well at the
same time as the influx is circulated out
Initial Circulating Pressure(ICP) = SIDPP + Slow
Circulating Rate Pressure(SCRP)
This pressure must be maintained until kill mud
reaches rig floor
As kill mud is pumped down the drill string to
the bit, the drill pipe pressure must be allowed
to fall from ICP to FCP
Final Circulating Pressure(FCP) = {SCRP *
KMW/OMW}
Once the kill mud is back to the surface, shut in
the well. SIDPP=SICP=0 & there should be no
flow
THANK YOU

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