7.

2 Appendix 2; HP/HBT Well Control Equipment

7.2.1 Physical conditioning monitoring

A well control equipment checklist would be along the lines of the following.

Date prepared :
Compiled by :
Carried out :
Performed by:
Copied :

Point Number yes/no

1. Are circulation subs fitted with seals rated for high-temp?

2. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the fixed pipe rams?

3. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the variable pipe rams and in the shear rams?

4. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in fail safe packings and seals?

5. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the lining of choke and kill lines?

6. Are any of the coflexip hoses ‘Rilsan’ lined? (They should all be ‘Coflon’ lined - to be
compatible with high-temp Methane gas!).

7. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the kill and choke line stab connector lip seals?

8. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the packings and seals on the 15K valves on
the choke manifold?

9. Are high-temp elastomers fitted in the bladders on the pressure transducers on

the choke manifold? - The mud logger’s pressure gauges at the choke manifold are
rated for 22.5 K and high temperature. The rig’s pressure gauges on the choke manifold
are rated for high-temp. The pressure gauge in the mud/gas separator is to be changed
out for a high-temp sensor.

10. Are hydraulic actuators fitted on the choke manifold valves and chokes, that are
likely to be used under high pressure well kill situations?

11. Are there Glycol injection points upstream of the chokes?

12. Is there a 250 psi pressure relief valve fitted to the buffer chamber on the choke
manifold lines? (To protects the liquid seal on the mud/gas separator and vessel itself -
i.e. if plugged in vent line and dip tube.).

13. Does the pressure relief valve in point 12, vent via the overboard lines?
14. Are the overboard lines rated to at least the pressure rating of the buffer
chamber? What are the respective pressure ratings? -

15. What is the pressure setting on the device which protects the liquid seal of the dip
tube? (Should not be more than the height of the dip tube*0.3. With 0.3 psi/ft wellbore
fluid assumed throughout the dip tube).

16. Is the device in point 15 automatic or manually operated?

17. Are the following readouts available:

 Temperature upstream and downsteam of the choke?
 Pressure upstream and downstream of the choke?
 Kill manifold pressure?
 Choke manifold pressure?
 Mud/gas seperator temperature?

 Mud/gas seperator pressure? Also have standpipe pressure and

flowline temperature.

18. Where are the readouts for each of the gauges in point 17:
 Temperature upstream and down steam of the choke?
 Pressure upstream and downstream of the choke?
 Kill manifold pressure?
 Choke manifold pressure?
 Mud/gas separator temperature?
 Mud/gas separator pressure? All readouts are located in the driller’s
doghouse.
19. Are both the fluid ends of the cement/kill pump rated to 15K?
20. Are both fluid ends fitted with liners and pistons rated to 15K?
21. Are additional 15K liners and pistons available onboard, as backup?
22. Is there a 15K kill line permanently hooked up to the cement/kill pump?
23. Are there at least 2 valves separating the cement/kill pump from the kill line? (To
avoid cement contamination of the kill line).
24. Is there a dedicated 15K kill (coflexip) hose onboard? Is it rigged up to the kill
manifold permanently?
25. Are sufficient 15K Kelly cock’s for the drilling stand (3), kick single assy (2) and
for stabbing (1) available? – No on rig x. Need minimum of x.
26. When was the last time the BOP and associated well control equipment was
pressure tested and accepted by the rig’s certifying authority? - (e.g. To 22.5 K
when new). The BOP’s were certified and last tested by xxxx on xxxx for the 5 yearly
requirement.
27. What is the required frequency of the test outlined in point 26?
28. When was the last time the cement/kill pump was pressure tested and certified?
(e.g. To 22.5 K when new).
29. Was the kick single assy pressure tested when made up?
It should be pressure tested to 15000 psi when first made up and then subsequently every
21 days along with the BOP and associated well control equipment.
30. Has the automatic MAASP control system been disconnected?
31. When was the last calibration of gauges and chart recorders? - The mud loggers
gauges are check-calibrated weekly against the rig’s gauges. Cement chart recorder and
gauges were last calibrated on xxxxx.
32. How do the different gauges compare for consistency between similar readouts?
33. When was the flow-show last checked/inspected? - .
34. Is the flow-show located upstream of the trip tank outlet? - Both rig’s and
mudlogger’s flow-shows.
35. When was the last calibration of the gas sensors onboard?
Rig’s total gas? - (Monthly PMS for calibration and checked operationally weekly?)
Rig’s H2S? - (Monthly PMS for calibration and checked operationally weekly?)
Mud logger’s total gas? - Done on a weekly basis?.
Mud logger’s H2S? - Done on a weekly basis? (Including chromatograph).
36. When was the last time the Glycol injection system was function tested? - .
37. What H2S ancillary equipment will be onboard? -
38. Is the magnetic single shot equipment rated for high-temp?
39. Is the following service company equipment rated for high-temperature?
Drilling Jars - Subcontractors informed of high-temp requirement.
Accelerators Jars - Subcontractors informed of high-temp requirement.
RTTS? - Yes, checked onboard by Halliburton engineer.
MWD? - Yes, solar 175 tools specified in the drilling programme.
Wireline tools? - Yes, checked by logging engineer with town.
HDIS - subs - Yes. (Rig equipment)
Circ subs - Yes. (Rig equipment)
40. Do the drillpipe tool joints have smooth hard facing, which is flush with the bodies
of the tool joints?
41. Have the tru-weight mud balances been accurately calibrated onshore recently?
42. Is there a ‘master’ calibrated tru-weight balance onboard for re-calibrating the
balances which are used at the pits and shakers?
7.2.2 Well Control Procedure Checklist
(To be followed when in the HPHT section).

Point Number yes/no

1. Are circulation subs drifted with tools that are to pass though them? (i.e. Survey
barrel, etc).
2. Is the HDIS sub physically drifted with the circ sub opening ball?
3. Is a written procedure in place to flush the kill line after every cement job? -
Deemed to be common practice.
4. Is a high-pressure kick single assy rigged up for connecting the high-pressure kill
hose, from the kill manifold to the drillstring?
5. Is the minimum stock of Barytes onboard? (xxx MT).
6. Is the minimum stock of cement onboard? (xx MT).
7. Are there sufficient cement chemicals for setting contingency plugs? (To fill the
entire open hole section).
8. Are there suitable contingency plug back recipes onboard?
9. Are there sufficient stocks of LCM onboard?
10. Are there sufficient stocks of Glycol onboard? (xxx gallons min). -
11. Will kill mud be available onboard? -
12. Have all of the tubular and sub ID’s been accurately checked recently? - .
13. Are all tubulars’ and subs drifted to ensure that the HDIS dart will pass through?
14. Check that the HDIS dart will pass through all of the kelly cock’s?
15. In case of a power failure, does the emergency generator have the capacity to
allow the well killing operations to continue? (i.e. Start mechanism on cement/kill
pump). -
16. What is the procedure for isolating the mud/gas separator and venting wellbore
fluids? - .
17. What is the procedure for releasing/relieving pressure on the choke/kill manifold
buffers and venting wellbore fluids? - .
18. Will there be 2 mud engineers onboard for the duration of the HPHT section? -
19. Are there any trainee mud loggers onboard for the HPHT section? - Fully,
experienced loggers only.
21. Have onsite H2S/BHA refresher courses been run for all personnel? -.
22. Have all supervisory contractor staff down to AD’s attended Volumetric stripping
course and HPHT course? -
23. Will a pre-HP/HBT section meeting be held?
24. Is a procedure in place for establishing the SCR’s for the cement/kill pump via the
kick single assy and down the string? -
25. Is a procedure in place to ensure that circulation is broken every 12 hours down
the kill and choke lines? - .
26. Can the top drive be disconnected at all times with the well still closed in via an
IBOP, and without the string striking bottom, due to the heave effects? (i.e. Can
part of drilling stand be removed with well secured to ensure the string is off bottom with
heave effects?).
27. HDIS to be run above the HWDP in all BHA’s?
28. Minimise restrictions in BHA, apart from Totco, jars and HDIS - i.e. MWD, nozzle
size, etc - to ensure can pump LCM without plugging off.
29. Lag time * ROP not greater than 30 ft. (Only one ‘bottom’s up connection gas’ in the
well per connection). - can this be increased to 90 ft for top drive drilling? .
30. No tripping out of hole when losses greater than 10 bbls/hr.
31. What will be the accepted background gas level before work permits are 5%?
withdrawn and the standby vessel notified?
32. Close in valves immediately upstream of the choke? (i.e. Always the nearest valve
upstream of the choke - to provide maximum contingency valves to be able to close
further upstream of the choke, in the event that a valve washes out, etc).
33. Always equalise pressure across valves prior to opening to prevent washing of
the valve!
34. Do you know the correct shut-in method? -
35.
7.2.3 Additional comments and action points
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Ensure correct figures for the displacement and capacity for the
drillstring. New trip sheets need to be printed up based on the correct
figures.

i.e. Pipe Capacity O/E Displ C/E Displ

5” grade-S #19.5 with NC50 TJ’s 0.01722 0.008218 0.025421
5” HWDP 0.0087 0.018 0.0267

NB - All measurements in bbls/ft.

State reference temperature that the programmed mud weight based upon?
On what is the temperature actually based? (i.e. Average expected flow line
temp?).

The following are just some general points raised from other rigs and HP/HBT
operations.

Further Points

1. H2S scavenger chemicals will be onboard prior to drilling into the

potentially over pressured, H2S bearing zone. (Zinc-oxide).

2. A Garret-gas-train set of testing equipment is on-site.

3. Density/temp profiles are available on the rig to determine the

downhole pressure and temperature effects on the mud weight.

4. Surface mud weight will be measured at the flow line temperature and
then corrected to a reference temperature, via charts.

5. A holder constructed to keep the dart and overshot, in the driller’s

doghouse. This will ensure that the HDIS dart is continuously
submersed in oil and also kept free from damage.

6. The mud logger’s trip tank sensor has been calibrated and now known
to be accurate.

7. The rig floor’s trip tank indicator continues to show a hole fill of 4.5bbls
per 5 stands, whilst the theoretical fill for 5” grade-S 19.5 lbs/ft premium
drillpipe is 3.9bbls per 5 stands. The 4.5bbls is the accepted norm for
the rig floor’s system. (As such, any deviation from this accepted ‘norm’ can
immediately be ascertained).

8. Whilst filling or dumping the trip tank, the string will not be allowed to
be pulled or run into the hole simultaneously. (To ensure accurate
volumetric control over the well is maintained at all times).
 9. Composition of drilling stand - KC/single/KC/single/KC/single/pup
jt/TDS. (Saver-sub to be run directly below the lowest KC?). The pup joint
run at the top of the drilling stand will allow connections to be made
with the TJ closer to the drill floor than normal. This will then allow
easier stabbing of a kelly cock in the event of a well control situation
whilst not connected with the TDS.

10. Composition of kick assy;

a. Option A: single/KC/side-entry-sub/KC/drillpipe pup joint
b. Option B: single/KC/side-entry-sub/KC/single/single
i. (With a lo-torque permanently attached to the side entry sub. i.e.
Only connection requiring retesting, after installing the kick single to
the string, to 15K is the connection between the lo-torque valve and
the high-P hose).
ii. Option B permits the kick assy to be permanently racked back in the
derrick and would permit easier stabbing and make up to the
drillstring - however this then requires the derrickman to go up the
derrick, whenever the kick assy is required.. (Whereas option A would
merely have to be kept in the V-door).

KC = Kelly Cock IBOP

Signatures

Company rep………………………………………

Tool-pusher………………………………………..
7.3 Appendix 3. HPHT rig procedures

7.3.1 Tour handovers

1. The oncoming tool-pusher will be briefed by the Company Drilling

Supervisor prior to going on tour.

2. The on tour tool-pusher will give the oncoming driller a breakdown of

ongoing operations.

3. The drillers will then handover as normal.

4. Prior to taking over the brake, the ongoing driller will brief his drill crew,
crane Operator and roustabout crew, assigning them their duties, and
explain special procedures in force at all time and safety precautions
to be taken in the course of their duties.

5. 3rd party personnel will hand over in a similar manner.

Tool-pusher’s HP and HBT Well control Tour Checklist

[ ] Receive and Verify all Department Tour Checklist

[ ] Driller
[ ] Mud Engineer
[ ] Assistant Driller
[ ] Derrickman
[ ] Mud Loggers

[ ] Ensure and/or fill out Kill Sheet

[ ] Verify Baryte Stock in Excess of 100 MT; Calculate/Verify:

[ ] Slug Requirements. 25 BBL of ______ PPG, w/gain ______
BBL
[ ] Pipe speed limits (surge/swab)
[ ] AMAASP _____ PSI
[ ] trip Margin _____PSI

[ ] Verify Mud Reserves are not significantly less than 400 BBLS.

[ ] Verify Active Volume at least 200 BBLs.

[ ] Verify Cement Stocks – 80T) _____ TON.

[ ] Verify minimum Cement Additives for CMT Squeeze through BIT.

[ ] Initiate a PIT/BOP drill.

[ ] Verify drop in dart position and condition.

[ ] Verify not more than one connection gas in annulus and its position.

[ ] Verify and check flow line temperature and trend.

[ ] Check when 7 day checklist required.

[ ] Check mud salinity trend (via Mud Engineer)

[ ] Check Mud salinity trend (via Mud Engineer)

Comments/Discrepancies:

Contingency Cement Plug Requirements :

Class G – 10.5 tonne
Silica Flour – 3.7 tonne
FL-32L – 98.2 Gal
CD – 31ll – 49.1 Gal
W – 10 – 6.8 tonne
FP – 9L – 2.5 Gal

Date: ____________________ Tool-pusher: _______________________

Assistant Driller’s HP and HBT Well Control Tour Checklist

[ ] Function test auto choke

[ ] Verify C & K manifold configuration valves are OPEN

[ ] Verify gauges on C & K and standpipe manifolds are in place and

operation.

[ ] Verify quantity of glycol and board. (200 gal)

[ ] Flush poor boy gas separator.

[ ] Verify HDIS Dart is on the rig floor.

[ ] Verify and function test 15K stabbing valves.

[ ] Verify drop-in dart and overshot location and condition.

[ ] Check run degasser.

Comments/Discrepancies:

Date: ____________________ Assistant Driller:

_______________________
Driller’s HP HBT Well Control Tour Checklist

[ ] Check P.V.T. limit settings.

[ ] Ascertain position of last connection gas in annulus.

[ ] Verify Max. ROP. (30ft/ Lag Time)

[ ] Verify and changes in mud properties (wt/yp/pv), if so take SCR’s as

soon as practicably possible remembering if and where a connection
may be in annulus.

[ ] Update kill sheet after SCR’s.

[ ] Verify wind direction and decide upon overboard line to use.

[ ] Calculate the hydrostatic pressure in the standpipe.

[ ] Calculate the hydrostatic pressure in the standpipe.

[ ] Calculate or obtain BTM up to 2000 RKB.

[ ] Carry out a BOP drill.

[ ] Verify availability of last trip record.

Verify current calculations available for:

[ ] Slug size 25 BBL of _______PPG.
[ ] Trip margin ________PSI.
[ ] M.A.A.S.P. ________ PSI.
[ ] Pipe seed (surge/swab) ______/_______FT/MIN

[ ] Verify drop in dart position and condition.

[ ] Verify choke and kill lines circulated daily.

Comments/Discrepancies:

Date: ____________________ Driller: _______________________

Derrick man’s HP HBT Well Control Tour Checklist

[ ] Check all manual pit markers.

[ ] Fill surge tank with barite.

[ ] Blow down and check clear bulk transfer lines.

[ ] Test run degasser.

Verify with Mud Engineer:

[ ] Barytes stock in excess of 100 MT.

Barytes stock ___________M.TON

[ ] Slug requirements 25 BBL of ________PPG.

[ ] Slugged gain (theoretical of _________ BBL.

[ ] Mud reserves are not less than 400 BBL

[ ] Active volume at lest 200 BBLS.

Comments/Discrepancies:

Date: ____________________ Derrick man: _______________________

Mud Engineers HP HBT Well Control Tour Checklist

[ ] Verify barite stock in excess of 100 MT

Barytes stock ___________SX, _______M. TON
Calculate:
________Slug requirements 25 BBL of _______PPG.
________Slugged gain theoretical __________ BBL

[ ] Verify mud reserves are not significantly less than 400 BBLS.

[ ] Verify active volume at least 200 BBLS.

[ ] Verify LCM stocks capable of 15 PPB for a 50 BBL PILL.

[ ] Check mud salinity every ½ hr. Record and submit morning report.
Inform of any increase.

Comments/Discrepancies:

Date: ____________________ Mud Engineer: _______________________

Mud Loggers H.P.H.T. Well Control Tour Checklist

[ ] Checked limits on all monitored systems.

[ ] Calculated hole volumes and pump strokes: surface to bit, bit to

surface, bit to 2000 feet RKB and bit to surface while circulating on
choke.

[ ] Continually monitored annular position of trip and connection gas

events. Informed Driller when event reached 2000 feet RKB.

[ ] Discussed trip displacement/fill results with Driller.

[ ] Calculated trip margin

[ ] Calculated maximum allowable shut in pressure.

[ ] Calculated maximum pipe speed (surge & swab report).

[ ] Recovered and recorded filing weight from ditch magnet. Recorded 24

hour total on morning report.

Comments/Discrepancies:

Date: ____________________ Duty Engineer: _____________________