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    OUTLINES

     Introduction
     Causes and Indication of kicks
     Methods for circulating out of a kick
    (Standard killing methods; Driller’s method,
    Engineer’s method).

    3
    ENGINEER’S METHOD
    (WAIT AND WEIGHT METHOD)

     In the Engineer’s method kill mud circulation


    is initiated as soon as possible, reducing the
    drill pipe pressure as soon as heavy mud
    enters the annulus.
     Driller’s method: Circulate kick out of hole
    using old mud, Circulate old mud out of hole
    using kill weight mud.
     Engineer’s method: Circulate kick out of 4

    hole using kill weight mud.


    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES

    1. Bring the pump to


    kill rate using the
    correct start up
    procedure

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    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES

    2. Once a kill rate switch


    to drill pipe pressure
    which should be the
    initial circulating
    pressure(ICP)
     ICP = SIDPP + SCP
     This pressure must be
    maintained until kill
    mud reaches the rig
    6
    floor.
    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES

    3. As kill mud is
    pumped down the
    drill string to the
    bit the drill pipe
    pressure must be
    allowed to fall from
    ICP to FCP

    7
    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES

    4. By the time kill


    mud has reached
    the bit, the drill
    pipe pressure will
    have fallen to FCP

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    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES
    5. Once kill mud has
    entered the annulus
    FCP is held
    constant until kill
    mud is back to the
    surface.
     The casing pressure

    will rise as the gas is


    circulated up the
    annulus and will drop
    as the gas is
    removed at the
    9
    surface
    ENGINEER’S METHOD PROCEDURES

    6. When the kill mud


    is back to the
    surface, the well
    can be shut in.
    Both SIDPP and
    SICP should be
    zero and there
    should be no flow 10

    from the well


    COMMON THINGS IN BOTH
    ENGINEER’S AND DRILLER’S
    METHOD

    1. Both are carried out at a constant pump


    pressure rate.

    2. Both are carried out at a slower pump rate


    than used while drilling

    3. Both use the choke to maintain constant


    BHP

    4. Both use the same methods to monitor and


    control BHP
    11
    STEPS OF THE ENGINEER’S METHOD
    FOR WELL CONTROL

     Shut in the well

     Allow pressure to stabilize and record

    stabilized shut in casing pressure, initial shut

    in drill pipe pressure, and pit gain

     Perform well control calculations

     Raise mud weight in the system to required

    kill mud weight 12


    STEPS OF THE ENGINEER’S METHOD
    FOR WELL CONTROL

     Establish circulation to required kill rate by holding

    casing pressure constant

     Follow drill pipe schedule until kill weight mud to the

    bit

     Hold drill pipe pressure constant once kill mud weight

    out of the bit until complete circulation

     Check mud weight out to ensure that mud weight is

    equal to kill mud weight

     Shutdown and flow check to confirm if a well is static 13


    PRESSURE PROFILE OF DRILLPIPE AND
    CASING PRESSURE WHILE KILLING A WELL
    WITH ENGINEER’S METHOD
     When kill mud weight is displaced in the well,
    the drill pipe pressure drop as per the drill
    pipe schedule.
     Once the kill weight mud is to the bit, drill
    pipe pressure is maintained until the well is
    killed
     A pressure profile will look like the following
    chart
    14
    PRESSURE PROFILE OF DRILLPIPE AND CASING
    PRESSURE WHILE KILLING A WELL WITH ENGINEER’S
    METHOD

    15
    PRESSURE PROFILE OF DRILLPIPE AND
    CASING PRESSURE WHILE KILLING A WELL
    WITH ENGINEER’S METHOD

     The casing pressure will increase because of


    gas expansion while it is being circulated
     The maximum casing pressure occurs when
    gas reaches at the surface.
     Then the casing pressure will drop rapidly
    because gas is coming out on surfaces.

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    PRESSURE PROFILE OF DRILLPIPE AND
    CASING PRESSURE WHILE KILLING A WELL
    WITH ENGINEER’S METHOD

     Once the gas is totally removed from the


    surface, there is still some casing pressure
    due to original mud weight
     The casing pressure will gradually decrease
    and drop to 0 psi when the kill mud reaches
    to the surface which means that the well is
    killed with the weighted mud.

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    PRESSURE PROFILE OF DRILLPIPE AND CASING
    PRESSURE WHILE KILLING A WELL WITH
    ENGINEER’S METHOD

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