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Drill strings and subsurface well equipment are subjected to forces created by the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid in the well.
pressure is called buoyancy.

Hydrostatic pressure acting on one side of the bar is balanced by an equal pressure acting on the opposite side.
Thus the net force exerted by the fluid is the force F acting upward on the bottom end of the bar.

The weight of the bar in the fluid is given by:

The weight of the steel bar in air can be expressed as the volume times density

Substituting the density of steel 490 lb/ft3 yields

 DP data DC data
total length 6000 ft total lengt 500 ft
OD 5 in OD 9 in
ID 4.276 in ID 3 in
MW 80 PCF

shoulder area between the DP and drill collars is

A 51.24808 sq.in