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Calculate Influx Height PDF
Calculate Influx Height PDF
Once you know how much pit gain you got, you are able to determine influx height.
Please take a look at the figure below for more understanding.
The annular capacity can change depending on how big of your pipe and your hole.
Note: if you would like to get more understanding regarding annular capacity, please
check this link, Annular Capacity Calculation.
BHA OD = 6 inch
Firstly, you need to know annular capacity between BHA and hole.
You can calculate how much annular volume between hole and drill collar via this
following equation.
Because you gain a total of 25 bbl, there will be some influx above the BHA.
Influx above the BHA, bbl = Total pit gain – Annular volume between hole and drill collar
Secondly, after knowing that 10.2 bbl of influx above the BHA, you need to
convert this volume into height so as to determine height of the influx.
It means that there is 222 ft of influx across DP so you can determine the total influx
height: