You know how much volume will be increased due to adding calcium carbonate into the system; however, you sometimes are limited to total volume due to limit pit volume on the rig so you need to calculate starting volume to achieve the predetermined final volume of desired mud weight.
This formula below is used to determine the staring volume of mud (for calcium carbonate system).
Starting volume in bbl = VF x (22.5 – W2) ÷ (22.5 – W1)
Note: 22.5 is density of calcium carbonate in ppg.
Where; W1 = current mud weight in ppg
W2 = new mud weight in ppg
VF = final volume of mud needed in bbl
Example: Determine the barrel of starting volume of 10.0 ppg (W1) mud required to achieve final volume of 100 bbl (VF) of 13.0 ppg (W2) mud with calcium carbonate:
Starting volume in bbl = VF x (22.5 – W2) ÷ (22.5 – W1)
Starting volume in bbl = 100 x (22.5 – 13.0) ÷ (22.5 – 10.0)
Starting volume = 76 bbl
In order to achieve final mud volume of 100 bbl of 13.0 ppg mud weight up with calcium carbonate, you must have 76.0 bbl starting volume of 10.0 ppg mud.
Ref book: Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production and Workover, Second Edition
Hello,
What is it mean 22,5? What is it?
Thanks
22.5 is density in ppg of calcium carbonate.