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Basic Drilling Engineering Equations

The document provides equations for calculating various drilling engineering parameters. It includes equations for triplex pumps, hydrostatic pressure, duplex pumps, Reynolds number, hydraulic horsepower, gelled mud properties, pipe internal area, annular area, pipe capacity, annular capacity, nozzle velocity, circulating pressure, lifting and lowering pipe, wind load, and viscosity models for drilling fluid flow. Acronyms for common drilling terms are also defined.

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Basic Drilling Engineering Equations

The document provides equations for calculating various drilling engineering parameters. It includes equations for triplex pumps, hydrostatic pressure, duplex pumps, Reynolds number, hydraulic horsepower, gelled mud properties, pipe internal area, annular area, pipe capacity, annular capacity, nozzle velocity, circulating pressure, lifting and lowering pipe, wind load, and viscosity models for drilling fluid flow. Acronyms for common drilling terms are also defined.

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Basic Drilling Engineering Equations - p.

1
3 p 2 LEN d 4 231

Triplex Pump :

Q=

( )

Hydrostati c Pr essure :

P = 0.052 * Density * Depth

Double - Acting Duplex :

Q=

p 2 2 L E N 2dL - dR 2 231
Q DP 1714 ,

Re ynolds Number :

NRe =

929 r V d m

Hydraulic Horsepower :

HHP =

Gelled Mud :

t GEL dP = dL 300 (d2 - d1 )


1 DPPARASITIC = DPPUMP m + 1
2 DPPARASITIC = DPPUMP m+ 2

Pipe Internal Area :

A PIPE =

p 2 di 4

For Max Hyd. HP :

Annular Area :

A ANN =

p 2 2 d 2 - d1 4

)
bbl ft

Max Im pact Force :

Pipe Capacity :

VPIPE =

p 2 12 d 4 231 * 42

Im pact Force :

FJ = 0.01732 Q r DPNOZ
VNOZ = 33.43 DPNOZ rMUD

Pipe Capacity :

VPIPE =

d2 bbl 1029.4 ft ,
d 2 - d1 1,029.4
2 2

Nozzle Velocity :

Annular Capacity :

VANN =

bbl ft
P + PS ln B P S

Nozzle Area :

A NOZ _ TOT =

p 2 2 2 d1 + d2 + d3 + ... 4
rMUD Q 2

)
2

Gas in Mud :

CPS Z A TA DPRED = (100 - C) Z T S S

Nozzle Pr essure Drop :

DPNOZ =

10,859 A NOZ _ TOT

C = Gas Volume as % of Total Volume


r MUD r STEEL

Nozzle Area :

Q ANOZ _ TOT _ OPT = OPT 104.2


dNOZ = 4 A TOT 3p

rMUD DPNOZ _ OPT

Buoyancy Factor for steel :

BF = 1 -

With 3 Nozzles :

Circulatin g Pr essure :

SPM 2 P2 = P1 SPM 1

Lifting Pipe :

1 1 L = W 1 + + En n

log R 60N dC = 12W log 6 10 DB

rMUD _ NORMAL r MUD _ ACTUAL

Lowering Pipe :

E 1 L = W 1 + + n n

P S S P = - - D D D D N

dC _ OBSERVED dC _ NORMAL

1.2

n+ 4 Load on Dead _ Line _ Leg : L D = W 4n


Wind Load, lbf : ft 2 p = 0.004 V 2

P S S P R OBSERVED = - - D D D D N R NORMAL
P S S P CNORMAL = - - D D D D N C OBSERVED

1.2

(V in mph)

1.2

2 Dp V Vae = 0.45 + PIPE 2 2 DH - D p 2 2 Dp - Di V Vae = 0.45 + PIPE 2 2 2 DH - D p + D i

P S S P Dt NORMAL = - - D D D D N Dt OBSERVED

3.0

S -P P + F= D 1- D
p.1
HCJ - May 30, 2002

Basic Drilling Engineering Equations - p.2


Force Area Force Area

Stress =

1 ft 3 = 7.48 gal
1 bbl = 42 gal

Pr essure =

Torque = Force * Arm Power = Force * Velocity Power = Torque * Angular Velocity
Specific Gravity = rFLUID 8.33 lb / gal lb / gal

1 hp = 33,000 ft - lbf / min 1 BTU = 779 ft - lbf

Newtonian Model
dP mV = dL 1,500 d 2

Bingham Plastic Model


ty mp V dP = + 2 dL 1,500 d 225 d
ty mp V dP = + 2 dL 1,000 (d 2 - d1 ) 200 (d 2 - d1 )
dP f r V 2 = dL 25 .8 d
0.75 1.75 dP r V m p = dL 1,800 d1.25 0.25

Laminar

Laminar

mV dP = dL 1,000 (d 2 - d1 )2
Turbulent

dP f r V 2 = dL 25 .8 d

Turbulent

dP r 0.75 V 1.75 m 0.25 = dL 1,800 d1.25 dP f rV2 = dL 21.1(d2 - d1 )


dP r 0.75 V 1.75 m 0.25 = dL 1,396 (d 2 - d1 )1.25
PCC = S - S1 1 P1 (P1 - P2 ) D.F. S 2 - S1
r KILL = r OLD +

dP f rV2 = dL 21.1(d2 - d1 )
r 0.75 V 1.75 m p dP = dL 1,396 (d 2 - d1 )1.25
0.25

SIDPP 0.052 D

PCC =

1 17,571 - 15,000 3,660 (3,660 - 3,590) 1.125. 20,000 - 15,000

r KICK = r OLD -

SICP - SIDPP 0.052 hKICK

Pump Pr essure :
Mixtures :

PPUMP = DPS + DPDP + DPDC + DPNOZ + DPDC _ ANN + DPDP _ ANN + DPHYDROSTATIC

Mass = r1 V1 + r 2 V2 + r3 V3 + ... + rn Vn = (V1 + V2 + V3 + ... + Vn ) rMIX


p.2
HCJ - May 30, 2002

ACRONYMS API APL bbls BHP ECD EMW FIT FP HP hp ID LOT LWD MASP MAASP MD MWD OD ppg psi psia psig SICP SIDPP American Petroleum Institute annular pressure loss barrels bottom hole pressure equivalent circulating density equivalent mud weight formation integrity test formation pressure hydrostatic pressure horse power internal diameter leak off test logging while drilling maximum allowable surface pressure maximum allowable annular surface pressure measured depth (along the wellbore) measurement while drilling outer diameter pounds per gal pounds per square inch psi absolute psi gauge = psia - 14.7 (approx) shut-in casing pressure shut-in drillpipe pressure

TVD

true vertical depth

Density of Gas :

r=

pM 80 .3 Z T

r p M Z T

= = = = =

density absolute pressure molecular weight gas deviation factor absolute temperature

lbm/gal psia

Pr essure :

p = p0 e

M(D -D0 ) 1,544 Z T

p p0

= absolute pressure at depth D = absolute pressure at depth D0

psia psia

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