Driller Well Control Practice Quiz Level 3

The first sign of a kick while drilling is

What has most likely happened if after closing the pipe rams, open light stays on, close light does not illuminate and pressures stays the same?

If the fluid level dropped 500 feet in a 10,000 ft well containing 10 ppg mud, what would the hydrostatic pressure be at the bottom of the well?

How many barrels of mud will be seen in the trip tank after we finish pumping 35 barrel slug weighing 14 ppg into the drill pipe that has 11 ppg mud? The drill pipe capacity is .01776 bbls/ft and .0076 bbls/ft displacement

What happens to pit level when we are displacing cement with mud from active pits?

The frac gradient is .876 psi/ft. The casing shoe is set at 9500 feet TVD. The Maximum allowable mud weight is:

If the driller pulled 1000 feet of 9” drill collars out of the hole dry, how much mud would he have to add to the well from the trip tank? Drill Collar Capacity = .0077 bbl/ft. Metal displacement = .032 bbl/ft

Calculate the maximum allowable mud weight at the shoe with following data: Surface Leak off pressure = 2500 psi, Casing set at 9000 feet MD, and 8700 feet TVD, Test Mud Weight = 9.5 ppg

Which of the following is considered procedural barrer?

The Driller is pumping at 40 strokes per minute at 500 psi. What would the approximate pressure be at 60 strokes per minute?

Which BOP components are not controlled by manifold pressure

A test where the pressure on the formation side of the barrier is greater than the pressure on the surface side of the barrier is called a

If you take a kick in a horizontal well. (10,000 feet measured and 6,000 feet TVD) How would SIDPP and SICP be?

Calculate the slow circulating pressure on this land rig. The initial circulating pressure is determined by bringing the pump rate to a pre-determined 50 spm by holding casing pressure constant. The shut in drill pipe pressure is 400 psi. At 50 spm, the ICP is 1500 psi

Calculate kill mud weight with the following information. SIDPP = 500 psi, SICP = 1250 psi, Pit Gain is 40 barrels, Strokes to Bit = 1500 stks, Mud weight is 10 ppg, 10,000 TVD, 12,000 MD, Casing shoe set at 2500 ft/TVD

In a 10,000 foot well TVD, 13,000 MD, the 16 ppg mud weight has a gradient of

You took a 25 barrel salt water kick and closed the well in. SIDPP = 300 psi, SICP = 500 psi. As you kill the well and circulate the kick out, how much volume will the salt water kick be when it reaches the surface

You have a well shut in. You only have 2 barriers for this well. What are the 2 barriers?

While tripping out of the hole, the well was not taking the right amount of fluid and the well was shut in. SIDPP is 600 psi and SICP is 600 psi. Bit is at 5000 feet, Well is 10,000 feet deep. What should we do?

When tripping drill pipe out of the hole, the well begins to not take the correct amount of fluid and begins to flow rapidly. What should you do

This is a bonus question, What is your name and who do you work for?