Applied Drilling Engineering (Spe Textbook Series, Vol 2) Review

If you would like to learn about drilling engineering, this book, Applied Drilling Engineering – Spe Textbook Series, is my recommendation. The book contains various topics regarding drilling engineering.

What will you learn from this book?

Rotary drilling – basic of drilling rigs, rig power system, hoisting system, circulating system, etc.

Drilling fluids – Mud test, pilot test, water based mud and oil based mud.

Cements – composition of cement, cement testing, cement additives, and cement placement techniques used in the drilling field.

Drilling hydraulics – Hydrostatic pressure, annular pressure during well control operation, buoyancy factor, non static well condition, flow through jet bits, rheology models, laminar and turbulent flow, surge/swab pressure and particle slip velocity.

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Drilling Formula Excel Sheet Version 1.2 Free Download

This is the second up date of drilling formula spread sheet, Drilling Formula Excel Sheet Version 1.2.

Drillingformulas.com distributed the first version of drilling formula spread sheet on 28 March 2011 and another update on 18 May 2011. The calculation sheet has been downloaded over 8,300 times around the world since the fist distribution.

Today, the lasted up date of drilling formula spread sheet, Drilling Formula Excel Sheet Version 1.2 is available for you to download. It is still totally FREE !!!.

What new drilling formulas are added into this version?

Cutting Slip Velocity Method#1

Cutting Slip Velocity Method#2

Surge and Swab Pressure Method#1

Surge and Swab Pressure Method#2

Total Flow Area Table

Calculate Influx Height

Hydrostatic Pressure Loss Due to Gas Cut Mud

Kill Weight Mud

Maximum pit gain from gas kick in water based mud

Maximum Surface Pressure from Gas Influx in Water Based Mud

How many total useful drilling formulas in this version?
There are a total of 75 formulas which are divided into 7 categories (Applied Drilling Formulas, Basic Drilling Formulas, Directional Drilling Calculation, Drilling Fluid Formulas, Engineering Formulas, Hydraulic Formulas and Well Control Formulas).

How much will it cost?

Nothing. The spread sheet is totally FREE for everybody.

 

Determine surge and swab pressure method 2 Calculation Example

This section will show to how to use the formula from the previous topic, surge and swab pressure calculation 2nd method , to determine surge and swab pressure. I still use the same parameters as I used for the first method of surge and swab pressure calculation so you can compare the result between method#1 and method#2.

 

The well information is listed below:

θ300 = 85

θ600 = 130

Hole diameter = 9 inch

Drill Collar = 6.25 inch

ID of drill collar = 2.5 inch

Drillpipe diameter = 5 inch

ID of drill pipe = 3.5 inch

Average pipe running or pulling speed = 250 ft/min

Drill Pipe Length = 12000 ft

Drill Collar Length = 800 ft

Current Mud Weight = 12.5 ppg

Well TVD = 9000 ft

 

Determine pressure loss around drill pipe

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Determine surge and swab pressure method 2

This is another method for calculating surge and swab pressure. With this method, there are 3 assumptions as follows:

 

• Closed ended pipe (plug flow)

• Laminar flow around drill pipe

• Turbulent flow around drill collar

How to determine surge and swab pressure with this method

1. Determine pressure around drill pipe

2. Determine pressure around drill collar

Note: The calculation methodology is different from the first method because both pressure losses are determined by separate set of equations.

3. Determine total pressure loss by summation of step 1 and step 2

4. Determine surge and swab pressure

 

 Determine pressure loss around drill pipe by following calculations

 

1. Determine fluid velocity around drill pipe

Where;

Vdp is the fluid velocity around drill pipe in ft/min.

Vp is pipe movement velocity in ft/min.

Dp is drill pipe diameter in inch.

Dh is hole diameter in inch.

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Determine surge and swab pressure for open-ended pipe

You’ve learn how to determine surge and swab pressure from the previous topic (Surge and swab pressure method 1) and this topic will demonstrate you how to use those equations to determine surge and swab pressure for the open-ended pipe.

 

Example

 

The well information is listed below:

θ300 = 85

θ600 = 130

Hole diameter = 9 inch

Drill Collar = 6.25 inch

ID of drill collar = 2.5 inch

Drillpipe diameter = 5 inch

ID of drill pipe = 3.5 inch

Average pipe running or pulling speed = 250 ft/min

Drill Pipe Length = 12000 ft

Drill Collar Length = 800 ft

Current Mud Weight = 12.5 ppg

Well TVD = 9000 ft

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