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Annular Velocity Calculation

The document discusses formulas and calculations for annular velocity in both oilfield and metric units. Annular velocity is calculated by dividing pump output by annular capacity or by flow rate and diameters between two pipes. Examples are provided of calculating annular velocity, required pump rate, and strokes per minute given values for flow rate, diameters, and desired annular velocity.

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Annular Velocity Calculation

The document discusses formulas and calculations for annular velocity in both oilfield and metric units. Annular velocity is calculated by dividing pump output by annular capacity or by flow rate and diameters between two pipes. Examples are provided of calculating annular velocity, required pump rate, and strokes per minute given values for flow rate, diameters, and desired annular velocity.

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Annular Velocity (AV) in ft/min

Oilfield Unit
Formula 1: AV = pump outpup ÷ annular capacity
Pump output 10 bbl/min
Annular capacity 0.13 bbl/ft
Annular Velocity 76.9 ft/min
Formula 2: Flow rate in gpm and diameter between 2 diameters
Flow rate 800 gpm
Bigger diameter 10 in such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 5 in such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Annular Velocity 261.3 ft/min
Formula 3: flow rate in bbl/min and diameter
Flow rate 13 bbl/min
Bigger diameter 10 in such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 5 in such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Annular Velocity 178.4 ft/min
Flow rate in gpm required for a desired annular velocity, ft/mim
Annular Velocity 120 ft/min
Bigger diameter 10 in such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 5 in such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Required pump rate 367 gpm
Strokes per minute (SPM) required for a given annular velocity
Annular Velocity 150 ft/min
Bigger diameter 10 in such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 5 in such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Pump out put 0.1 bbl/stk
SPM required 109 spm

Metric Unit
Formula 1: AV = pump outpup ÷ annular capacity
Pump output 1600 liters/min
Annular capacity 68 liters/m
Annular Velocity 23.5 m/min
Formula 2: Flow rate in gpm and diameter between 2 diameters
Flow rate 3000 liters/min
Bigger diameter 254 mm such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 127 mm such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Annular Velocity 78.9 m/min
Formula 3: flow rate in m3/min and diameter
Flow rate 2 m3/min
Bigger diameter 254 mm such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 127 mm such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Annular Velocity 52.6 m/min
Flow rate in liters per min required for a desired annular velocity, ft/mim
Annular Velocity 37 m/min
Bigger diameter 254 mm such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 127 mm such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Required pump rate 1406 liters/min
Strokes per minute (SPM) required for a given annular velocity
Annular Velocity 46 m/min
Bigger diameter 254 mm such as hole size, casing ID, etc
Smaller diameter 127 mm such as drill pipe OD, tubing OD, etc
Pump out put 0.0156 m3/stk
SPM required 112 spm
Input cells
calculated cells

Reference
http://www.drillingformulas.com/annular-velocity-calculation/
Website
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