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03 Bullhead

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 The bullhead procedure is an operation used to kill a producing well.

 Its is accomplished by pumping kill fluid from the surface to the bottom
perforation.
 Tubing pressure is controlled by increasing or decreasing pump rate.
 The bullhead procedure can be conducted by pumping:
• Down the tubing
• Down the annulus
• Down the tubing and annulus
 For 2 3/8 inch and 2 7/8 inch tubing, the pump in rate should be 1.0 bpm
to 1.5 bpm when using a brine kill fluid, to keep gas from migrating while
killing the well.
 Casing pressure will be applied (guideline: 500 psi) prior to initiating the
bullhead procedure.
 Applied casing pressure provides detection of tubing and packer leaks
(sudden pressure increase) or casing failure (sudden pressure decrease)
while bullheading.
Use the information and data provided on the
“Simulation Exercise No. 1” handout to assist
in filling out the bullhead data sheet.
Prerecorded Information

3,950 ft
Top Perforation: TVD _____ 3,950 ft
MD _____ 5,000 psi
Rated Working Pressure of Tree: _____
4,000 ft
Bottom Perforation: TVD _____ 4,000 ft
MD _____ NA psi
Rated Working Pressure of Stack: _____
3,940 ft
Packer Top: TVD _____ 3,940 ft
MD _____
3,920 ft 5,082 psi
Tubing Yield (70%): _____
3,920 ft
Circulating Port: TVD _____ MD _____
Tubing Collapse (70%): 5,376
_____ psi
2,038 psi
Formation Pressure (FP): _____ 5,194 psi
Casing Yield (70%): _____
0.6393 psi/ft
Fracture Gradient (FG): ______ Casing Collapse (70%): 5,481
_____ psi
Pump Information
4.5 in
Liner: ___ 8.0 in
Strokes: ___ 100 %
Efficiency: ____

0.0393 bbls/stroke
Output: ______ 5,000 psi
Pop-Off: _____

Volumes and Strokes Calculations


2.4 bbls
Surface Line Volume: ____
22.9 bbls
Tubing Volume: ____
1.7 bbls
Casing Volume: ____
NA bbls
Annulus Volume: ____
27.0 bbls
TOTAL: ____
687 strokes
Pump Strokes: ____
Shut In Information
1,920 psi
SITP: _____ 0 psi
SCIP: _____

Kill Calculations
500 psi
Applied Casing Pressure: ____ 0.3 ppg
Overbalance (OB): ___
Calculate the following values on the bullhead work sheet.

ANSWERS

1. Kill Weight Fluid: 10.3 ppg

2. Kill Fluid Hydrostatic Pressure: 2,116 psi

3. Tubing Hydrostatic Pressure: 118 psi

4. Formation Fracture Pressure: 2,525 psi

5. Initial Bullhead Pressure: 2,407 psi

6. Final Bullhead Pressure: 409 psi


Pressure Schedule
IBP FBP
Calc. Fracture
2407 2207 2007 1808 1608 1408 1208 1008 809 609 409
Pressure

Actual Tubing 1920


Pressure

Over Displacement Data


Actual Casing 500
Pressure

Surface to Perf.
0 69 137 206 275 344 412 481 550 618 687
Strokes

Surface to Perf.
0 2.7 5.4 8.1 10.8 13.5 16.2 18.9 21.6 24.3 27.0
Barrels

Pump
0 25
Rate
GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION OF BULLHEADING

FFP
HP IBP

FBP
SITP

Surface to Bottom Perforation


Over
Displacement

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