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Rolling Float Meter: "Advanced Kick Detection For Better Well Control... "

The document discusses a new mud flow rate and velocity sensor called the Rolling Float Meter. It was initially developed to detect lost circulation zones but is now primarily used for early kick detection by detecting subtle changes in flow rate. It provides accurate detection of circulation problems like gas kicks and lost circulation. It incorporates two sensors in one package to sense both the speed and level of drilling fluid in the flowline.

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Rolling Float Meter: "Advanced Kick Detection For Better Well Control... "

The document discusses a new mud flow rate and velocity sensor called the Rolling Float Meter. It was initially developed to detect lost circulation zones but is now primarily used for early kick detection by detecting subtle changes in flow rate. It provides accurate detection of circulation problems like gas kicks and lost circulation. It incorporates two sensors in one package to sense both the speed and level of drilling fluid in the flowline.

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Rolling Float Meter

RIGWATCH Drilling Instrumentation “Advanced Kick Detection for Better Well Control...”
DML Mudlogging Services
PERC Morning Report Software
RIGREPORT Morning Report Software

• Safety
Provides advanced detection of
circulation problems, such as
gas kicks and loss of circulation.

• Unique
Utilizing two sensors in one
package, the RFM senses both
the speed and level of the
drilling fluid in the flow line.

• Accuracy
Greater drilling fluid level
sensitivity within the flowline.

• Reliability
Grease packed bearings can Epoch Well Services, Inc. has introduced the Rolling Float Meter, a mud flow
stand up to the harsh conditions rate and velocity sensor. The Rolling Float Meter was initially developed to
of drilling fluids for months. enhance the ability to rapidly detect lost circulation zones; however, due to the
extreme accuracy of this device in measuring the flow rate of drilling fluids, the
• Precision Rolling Float Meter is now being used primarily for early warning kick detection
The RFM can detect flows as (EKD) applications. By detecting subtle changes in flow rate, rig personnel are
low as 20 gal/min. Excellent tool given extra time to prepare for gas entries into the wellbore. The Rolling Float
for checking flow. Meter also detects when the well is flowing during connections and tripping
operations. On a recently completed 20,000 foot well logged by Epoch using
this sensor, 15’ high pressure fractures were penetrated. Each time, within
minutes, the Rolling Float Meter detected the associated gas influx after the
fracture was drilled.

The Rolling Float Meter incorporates two sensors within one package. The first
is a rotary potentiometer that is six times more sensitive than a standard flow
paddle. The second sensor measures velocity. This portion of the Rolling Float
Meter uses a finned wheel that “rolls” across the surface of the mud at a rate
proportional to the mud flow. The wheel is adjusted just off the bottom and will
detect almost any flowrate within the flowline.

The Rolling Float Meter is available wherever Epoch DML Mudlogging Services
or RIGWATCH™ Drilling Instrumentation systems are in use. Please contact
an Epoch Representative for additional information on this sensor.

Epoch Well Services, Inc.


Alice, TX Anchorage, AK Bakersfield, CA Casper, WY Houston, TX
(361) 664-9141 (907) 561-2465 (661) 328-1595 (307) 472-1137 (281) 874-9166

Magnolia, TX New Iberia, LA Odessa, TX Oklahoma City, OK Williston, ND


(281) 259-2672 (337) 364-2322 (915) 552-7180 (405) 745-2666 (701) 572-3672

Websites
www.epochwellservices.com / www.mywells.com

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