Formulas and Calculations for Drilling Operations.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Standard Formulas and Calculations -- 1.01 Abrasion Index -- 1.02 Acid Number -- 1.03 Acidity and Alkalinity -- 1.04 Annular Velocity -- 1.05 Antoine Equation -- 1.06 API Gravity - Kilograms per Liter/Pounds per Gallon -- 1.07 Barrel - Conversion to other Units. -- 1.08 Bernoulli's Principle -- 1.09 Brine -- 1.10 Bubble Point and Bubble Point Pressure -- 1.11 Buoyancy, Buoyed Weight, and Buoyancy Factor -- 1.12 Capacity -- 1.12.1 Hole (Pipe, Tubing) Capacity (in barrels per one linear foot, bbl/ft) -- 1.12.2 Annular Capacity -- 1.12.3 Annular Volume (volume between casing and tubing, bbl) -- 1.13 Capillary Number -- 1.14 Capillary Pressure -- 1.15 Cementation Value -- 1.16 Composite Materials -- 1.17 Compressibility -- 1.18 Darcy's Law -- 1.19 Dew Point Temperature and Pressure -- 1.20 Displacement -- 1.21 Effective Weight -- 1.22 Flow Through Permeable Media -- 1.22.1 Productivity Index -- 1.22.2 Steady-State Flow -- 1.22.3 Linear Flow -- 1.22.4 Spherical Flow -- 1.23 Flow Through Porous Media -- 1.24 Flow Velocity -- 1.25 Fluid Saturation -- 1.26 Formation Volume Factor - Gas -- 1.27 Formation Volume Factor - Oil -- 1.28 Friction -- 1.28.1 Coefficient of Friction -- 1.28.2 Types of Friction -- 1.28.3 Friction and Rotational Speed -- 1.29 Gas Deviation Factor -- 1.30 Gas Solubility -- 1.31 Gas-Oil Ratio -- 1.32 Geothermal Gradient -- 1.33 Hole Capacity -- 1.34 Horsepower -- 1.35 Hydrostatic Pressure -- 1.36 Isothermal Compressibility of Oil -- 1.37 Marx-Langenheim Model -- 1.38 Material Balance -- 1.39 Modulus of Elasticity -- 1.40 Oil and Gas Originally in Place -- 1.41 Oil Recovery Factor -- 1.42 Permeability -- 1.43 Poisson's Ratio -- 1.44 Porosity -- 1.45 Pressure Differentials -- 1.46 Productivity Index -- 1.47 PVT Properties -- 1.47.1 Specific Gravity and Molecular Weight.

1.47.2 Isothermal Compressibility -- 1.47.3 Undersaturated Oil Formation Volume Factor -- 1.47.4 Oil Density -- 1.47.5 Dead Oil Viscosity -- 1.47.6 Undersaturated Oil Viscosity -- 1.47.7 Gas/Oil Interfacial Tension -- 1.47.8 Water/Oil Interfacial Tension -- 1.48 Reserves Estimation -- 1.49 Reservoir Pressure -- 1.50 Resource Estimation -- 1.51 Reynold's Number -- 1.52 Saturated Steam -- 1.53 Standard Oilfield Measurements -- 1.54 Twist -- 1.55 Ultimate Tensile Strength -- 1.56 Volume Flow Rate -- 1.57 Volumetric Factors -- 1.58 Yield Point -- 2 RIG Equipment -- 2.01 API Casing Grades -- 2.02 Block Efficiency Factor -- 2.03 Blocks and Drilling Line -- 2.04 Crown Block Capacity -- 2.05 Derrick Load -- 2.06 Energy Transfer -- 2.07 Engine Efficiency -- 2.08 Line Pull Efficiency Factor -- 2.09 Mud Pump -- 2.09.1 Volume of Fluid Displaced -- 2.09.2 Volumetric Efficiency -- 2.09.3 Pump Factor -- 2.10 Offshore Vessels -- 2.10.1 Terminology -- 2.10.2 Environmental Forces -- 2.10.3 Riser Angle -- 2.11 Rotary Power -- 2.12 Ton-Miles Calculations -- 2.12.1 Round-Trip Ton Miles Calculations -- 2.12.2 Drilling Ton-Miles Calculations -- 2.12.3 Coring Ton-Miles Calculations -- 2.12.4 Casing Ton-Miles Calculations -- 3 Well Path Design -- 3.01 Average Curvature-Average Dogleg Severity -- 3.02 Bending Angle -- 3.03 Borehole Curvature -- 3.03.1 General Formula -- 3.03.2 Borehole Radius of Curvature -- 3.04 Borehole Torsion -- 3.04.1 General Method -- 3.04.2 Cylindrical Helical Method -- 3.05 Horizontal Displacement -- 3.06 Magnetic Reference and Interference -- 3.07 Tool Face Angle -- 3.08 Tool Face Angle Change -- 3.09 Tortuosity -- 3.09.1 Absolute and Relative Tortuosity -- 3.09.2 Sine Wave Method -- 3.09.3 Helical Method -- 3.09.4 Random Inclination Azimuth Method -- 3.09.5 Random Inclination Dependent Azimuth Method -- 3.10 Types of Wellpath Designs.

3.11 Vertical and Horizontal Curvatures -- 3.12 Wellbore Trajectory Uncertainty -- 3.13 Wellpath Length Calculations -- 4 Fluids -- 4.01 Acidity-Alkalinity -- 4.02 Base Fluid-Water-Oil Ratios -- 4.03 Common Weighting Materials -- 4.04 Diluting Mud -- 4.05 Drilling Fluid Composition -- 4.06 Equivalent Mud Weight -- 4.07 Fluid Loss -- 4.08 Marsh Funnel -- 4.09 Mud Rheology -- 4.10 Mud Weighting -- 4.11 Plastic Viscosity, Yield Point, and Zero-Sec Gel -- 4.11.1 Bingham Plastic Model -- 4.11.2 Shear Stress and Shear Rate -- 4.11.3 Power Law -- 4.12 Reynolds Number and Critical Velocity -- 4.13 Slip Velocity -- 5 Hydraulics -- 5.01 Basic Calculations -- 5.01.1 Critical Velocity -- 5.01.2 Pump Calculations -- 5.02 Bingham Plastic Model -- 5.03 Bit Hydraulics -- 5.03.1 Common Calculations -- 5.03.2 Optimization Calculations -- 5.03.2.1 Limitation 1 - Available Pump Horsepower -- 5.03.2.2 Limitation 2 - Surface Operating Pressure -- 5.04 Critical Transport Fluid Velocity -- 5.05 Equivalent Circulating Density -- 5.06 Equivalent Mud Weight -- 5.07 Gel Breaking Pressure -- 5.08 Hole Cleaning - Cuttings Transport -- 6 Tubular Mechanics -- 6.01 API Casing and Liners - Weight, Dimensions, Capacity, and Displacement -- 6.02 API Drill Pipe Capacity and Displacement -- 6.03 Bending Stress Ratio -- 6.04 Buckling Force -- 6.05 Drag Force -- 6.06 Drill Collar Length -- 6.07 Fatigue Ratio -- 6.08 Length Change Calculations -- 6.09 Maximum Permissible Dogleg -- 6.10 Pipe Wall Thickness and other Dimensions -- 6.11 Slip Crushing -- 6.12 Stress -- 6.12.1 Radial Stress -- 6.12.2 Tangential Stress -- 6.12.3 Longitudinal Stress -- 6.12.4 Stress Ratio -- 6.13 Tension -- 6.14 Torque -- 7 Drilling Tools -- 7.01 Backoff Calculations -- 7.02 Downhole Turbine -- 7.03 Jar Calculations -- 7.03.1 Force Calculations for Up Jars -- 7.03.2 Force Calculations for Down Jars.

7.04 Overpull/Slack-off Calculations -- 7.05 Percussion Hammer -- 7.06 Positive Displacement Motor (PDM) -- 7.07 Rotor Nozzle Sizing -- 7.08 Stretch Calculations -- 8 Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient -- 8.01 Formation Pressure -- 8.01.1 Hubert and Willis Correlation -- 8.01.2 Matthews and Kelly Correlation -- 8.01.3 Eaton's Correlation -- 8.01.4 Christman's Correlation -- 8.02 Leak-off Pressure -- 9 Well Control -- 9.01 Accumulators -- 9.02 Driller's Method -- 9.03 Formulas Used in Kick and Kill Procedures -- 9.04 Hydrostatic Pressure Due to the Gas Column -- 9.05 Kill Methods -- 9.06 Kill Mud Weight -- 9.07 Leak-off Pressure -- 9.08 Length and Density of the Kick -- 9.08.1 Length of the Kick -- 9.08.2 Density of the Kick -- 9.08.3 Type of Kick -- 9.08.4 Kick Classification -- 9.08.5 Kick Tolerance -- 9.09 Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure -- 9.10 Riser Margin -- 10 Drilling Problems -- 10.01 Differential Sticking Force -- 10.01.1 Method 1 -- 10.01.2 Method 2 -- 10.01.3 Method 3 -- 10.02 Hole Cleaning-Slip Velocity Calculations -- 10.02.1 Chien Correlation -- 10.02.2 Moore Correlation -- 10.02.3 Walker-Mays Correlation -- 10.03 Increased Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD) Due to Cuttings -- 10.04 Keyseating -- 10.05 Lost Circulation -- 10.06 Common Minerals and Metals Encountered During Drilling Operations -- 10.07 Mud Weight Increase Due to Cuttings -- 10.08 Pressure Loss in the Drill String -- 10.09 Spotting Fluid Requirements -- 11 Cementing -- 11.01 API Classification of Cement -- 11.02 Cement: Physical Properties of Additives -- 11.03 Cement Plug -- 11.04 Cement Slurry Requirements -- 11.05 Contact Time -- 11.06 Gas Migration Potential -- 11.07 Hydrostatic Pressure Reduction -- 11.08 Portland Cement - Typical Components -- 11.09 Slurry Density -- 11.10 Yield of Cement -- 12 Well Cost -- 12.01 Drilling Cost -- 12.02 Expected Value.

12.03 Future Value -- 12.04 Price Elasticity -- 13 Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography and Information Sources -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA.

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