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This document provides formulas and examples for calculating various pressure parameters related to drilling operations: 1) Maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure (MASICP), kick tolerance factor (KTF), maximum surface pressure from a kick, and maximum formation pressure that can be controlled. 2) Maximum influx height and maximum influx barrels that can be accommodated before exceeding the MASICP. 3) Adjusting the MASICP for an increase in mud weight. 4) Calculating formation pressure with the well shut-in on a kick.

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Kick Tolerance2

This document provides formulas and examples for calculating various pressure parameters related to drilling operations: 1) Maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure (MASICP), kick tolerance factor (KTF), maximum surface pressure from a kick, and maximum formation pressure that can be controlled. 2) Maximum influx height and maximum influx barrels that can be accommodated before exceeding the MASICP. 3) Adjusting the MASICP for an increase in mud weight. 4) Calculating formation pressure with the well shut-in on a kick.

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Pressure Control

Max
= 1040 + 0.052
mud weight, ppg
Max allowable
mud weight, ppg

4000

121

10.0

15.0ppg

Maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure (MASICP) also called


maximum allowable shut-in annular pressure (MASP):
maximum
mudwt)
[casing
allowable
- in use,
x 0.052 x show
mudwt. PPE PPg
TVD, ft

EuaJnpie. Determine the maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure using

the following data:


Maximum allowable mud weight = 15.Oppg
= 12.2ppg
Mud weight in use
Casing shoe TVD
= 4000ft

MASICP = (15.0 - 12.2) x 0.052 x 4000 ft


MASICP = 582 psi

Kick tolerance factor (KTF)


casing
shoe
TVD, ft

well
depth
TVD, ft

maximum
allowable
mud wt, ppg

mud wt
in use,
ppg

E.uample; Determine the kick tolerance factor (KTF) using the following
data:
Maximum allowable mud weight = 14.2ppg
(from leak-off test data)
Mud weight in use
= 1o.oppg
Casing shoe TVD
= 4000ft
Well depth TVD
= 10,OOOft
KTF = (4000ft + 1O.OOOft) x (14.2ppg - 1O.Oppg)
KTF = 1.68 ppg

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Formuius and Calculations

Maximum surface pressure from kick tolerance data


Maximum
= kick tolerance x 0.052 x TVD, ft
surface
factor, ppg
pressure
Example: Determine the maximum surface pressure, psi, using the following data:

Maximum
= 1.68ppg x 0.052 x 10,OOOft
surface
pressure
Maximum
= 874psi
surface
pressure

Maximum formation pressure (FP) that can be controlled when


shutting-in a well
Maximum
kick
= tolerance
FP,
psi
factor, PPg

mud wt

+ inuse,
PPg

x 0.052 x TVD, ft

Example: Determine the maximum formation pressure (FP) that can be


controlled when shutting-in a well, using the following data:

Data: Kick tolerance factor = 1.68ppg


= 1o.oppg
Mud weight
True vertical depth = 10,OOOft
FP, psi

= (1.68ppg

+ 1O.Oppg) x 0.052 x

10,OOOft

Maximum FP = 6074psi

Maximum influx height possible to equal maximum allowable shut-in

casing pressure (MASICP)

Influx
= MASICP, psi +
height, ft

gradient
of mud wt

influx
- gradient

Pressure Control

123

Ercmipk: Determine the influx height, ft, necessary to equal the maximum
allowable shut-in casing pressure (MASICP), using the following data:

Data: Maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure = 874psi


= 0.52psi/ft
Mud gradient (10.0ppg x 0.052)
= 0.12 psi/ft
Gradient of influx
Influx height = 874psi
Influx height = 2185ft

+-

(0.52psi/ft

0.12pdft)

Maximum influx, barrels to equal maximum allowable shut-in casing


pressure (MASICP)
E.i-urnple.

Maximum influx height to equal MASICP


(from above example)
Annular capacity - drill collars/open hole
(12-1/4in. x 8.0in.)
Drill collar length
Annular capacity - drill pipe/open hole
(12-1/4in. x 5.0in.)

2185ft

0.0836 bbl/ft

=
=

500ft
0.121 5 bbl/ft

Step 1
Determine the number of barrels opposite drill collars:
Barrels = 0.0836 bb/ft x 500 ft
Barrcls = 41.8
Step 2

Determine the number of barrels opposite drill pipe:


Influx height. ft, opposite drill pipe:
ft = 218Sft
ft = 1685

SOOft

Barrels opposite drill pipe:


Barrels = 1685ft x 0.1215 bbllft
Barrels = 204.7

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Formulas and Calculations

Step 3
Determine maximum influx, bbl, to equal maximum allowable shut-in casing
pressure:
Maximum influx = 41.8 bbl + 204.7 bbl
Maximum influx = 246.5 bbl

Adjusting maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure for an increase


in mud weight
MASICP = PL - [D x (mud wt2 - mud wtl)] 0.052
where MASICP
PL
D
Mud wt2
Mud wtl

= maximum allowable shut-in casing (annulus) pressure, psi


= leak-off pressure, psi
= true vertical depth to casing shoe, ft
= new mud wt, ppg

= original mud wt, ppg

Example: Leak-off pressure at casing setting depth (TVD) of 4000 ft was


1040psi with 1O.Oppg in use. Determine the maximum allowable shut-in casing pressure with a mud weight of 12.5ppg:

MASICP = 1040psi - [4000 x (12.5 - 10.0) 0.0521


MASICP = 1040psi - 520
MASICP = 52Opsi
- -~

Kick Analysis

Formation pressure (FP) with the well shut-in on a kick


FP, psi = SIDPP, psi

+ [mud wt, ppg x 0.052 x TVD, ft)

Example: Determine the formation pressure using the following data:

Shut-in drill pipe pressure = 500psi


Mud weight in drill pipe = 9.6ppg
= 10,OOOft
True vertical depth
FP, psi = 5OOpsi + (9.6ppg x 0.052 x l0,OOOft)
FP, psi = 5OOpsi + 4992psi
FP
= 5492psi

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