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Pipe Displacement Calculation

This document discusses how to calculate pipe displacement in barrels per foot when pulling or running pipe in a wellbore. Pipe displacement is the volume of steel that must be displaced by fluid. The formula provided calculates plain pipe displacement using the outer and inner diameters. It is important to know the pipe displacement to monitor fluid volume displaced and avoid problems from insufficient displacement. An example calculation for casing is shown.

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Pipe Displacement Calculation

This document discusses how to calculate pipe displacement in barrels per foot when pulling or running pipe in a wellbore. Pipe displacement is the volume of steel that must be displaced by fluid. The formula provided calculates plain pipe displacement using the outer and inner diameters. It is important to know the pipe displacement to monitor fluid volume displaced and avoid problems from insufficient displacement. An example calculation for casing is shown.

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Pipe Displacement Calculation

Pipe displacement, normally in bbl/ft, is steel volume to displace fluid volume. When
we either pull out of hole or trip in hole for any kind of pipes such as drill pipe, casing or
tubing, you should know how much fluid to displace steel volume.
For example, when we pull out of hole, a trip sheet must be monitored all time. We must
know how much fluid will fill the hole each stand of drill pipe pulled out. If the volume
of displacement less than theoretical displacement value, we may have problem due to
swabbing formation into wellbore.
This post will demonstrate how to calculate plain pipe displacement with this following
formula
Pipe Displacement in bbl/ft = (OD in
2
ID in
2
) 1029!
!
Where,
"# is out side diameter of pipe in inch.
I# is inside diameter of pipe in inch.
This formula is good for plain pipe displacment such as casing and tubing. It$s not
accurate enough for drill pipe because this formula does not account for tool %oint
displacement therefore you need drill pipe specification sheet for its displacement.
&xample #etermine pipe displacement in bbl/ft of '()/*+ casing ,- ppf, "# . './0) in,
I# . *.*1) in
2ipe #isplacement of '()/*+ casing ,- ppf in bbl/ft . 3'./0)
0
4 *.*1)
0
5 6!-0'.,
2ipe #isplacement of '()/*+ casing ,- ppf in bbl/ft . -.-!,!7 bbl/ft
0

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