Chevron Well Control

WellCAP®
IADC Well Control Accreditation Program
Supervisor Level

Workover and Completion

Key Test 1A – Course 1

Practice Test Key

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NOTE: Each question is worth 4 points.

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Use the following information to answer questions 1 and 2.

There is no tubing in the well.

The upper portion of the casing is filled with gas.
The casing pressure is 2,500 psi.
You want to reduce the casing pressure while keeping the well under control using a
pressure increment of 100 psi and safety factor of 100 psi.

1. According to our Lube and Bleed procedure, the first step would be to:

a) Pump fluid into the casing holding casing pressure constant

b) Pump a volume of fluid that will equal 100 psi of hydrostatic pressure
c) Bleed casing pressure to 2,500 psi
d) Let casing pressure increase to 2,700 psi

2. The second step would be to:

a) Bleed casing pressure to a pressure 200 psi less than its value after pumping the fluid in
the first step
b) Bleed, gas only, until casing pressure equals 2,500 psi
c) Bleed a calculated volume of fluid holding casing pressure constant
d) None of these

3. What is the formation gradient of a well 9,000 ft TVD filled with 5.5 ppg fluid with a SITP =
700 psi?

a) 0.075 psi/ft
b) 0.192 psi/ft 5.5 ppg x 0.052 x 9000 ft = 2574 psi + 700 psi = 3274 psi
c) 0.364 psi /ft 3274 psi / 9000 ft = 0.364 psi/ft
d) 0.433 psi /ft

4. Which of the following should be used to determine the maximum pressure while
bullheading?

a) Tubing condition
b) Wellhead or tree rating
c) Formation Fracture
d) All the above

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5. While working in a zone at 11,000 ft with 8.9 ppg fluid, a kick is taken and the well shut-in.
SITP = 600 psi and SICP = 800 psi. The kill-weight fluid required (no "safety factor") is
about:

a) 9.1 ppg
b) 10.0 ppg
c) 10.3 ppg 600 psi / (0.052 x 11,000 ft) = 1.04 ppg + 8.9 ppg = 10.0 ppg
d) 10.5 ppg

6. How many barriers shall be in place for suspension and abandonment and prior to removing
the BOP stack, tree or surface containment device from the well?

a) 1 Hydrostatic, 1 Mechanical
b) 2 Mechanical
c) 1 Hydrostatic, 3 Mechanical
d) None of the above

7. The pressure in a zone at 9,200 ft. is 5,450 psi. If the average wellbore temperature is high,
what weight brine would you need to order from the service company to just balance the zone
pressure?

a) 11.4 ppg 5450 psi / (0.052 x 9200) = 11.4 ppg

b) Less than 11.4 ppg
c) More than 11.4 ppg

8. In a normal bullheading procedure done on a producing well, the minimum volume of clean
kill fluid that is pumped without over displacing is:

a) The volume of the tubing

b) The volume of the tubing plus the volume from the packer to the TD
c) The volume of the tubing plus the volume below the tubing to the top perforations
d) The volume of the tubing plus the volume below the tubing to the bottom
perforations

9. After bullheading a well through the tubing, in order to hold constant pressure on the zone
while you displace the annulus full of kill weight fluid, you should:

a) Hold the tubing pressure constant

b) Hold the casing pressure constant
c) Hold the casing pressure constant until one tubing volume is pumped and then hold the
tubing pressure constant
d) None of these

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10. The hole stayed full, but the amount of brine to fill up the hole was less than the calculated
displacement while tripping out. Which of the following would be the safest procedure?

a) Keep pulling slowly and watch trip tank closely

b) Stop and spot a hi-vis pill, then POOH
c) Stop, watch for flow, if there isn’t any, POOH
d) Stop, watch for flow, if there isn’t any, go back to bottom and circulate bottoms up

11. A production well is shut-in with the following information:

SITP = 4,000 psi

Formation fluid density = 3.5 ppg
Depth of top perforation = 9,000 ft.
Depth of bottom perforation = 9,200 ft.

What density of kill weight fluid would be required?

a) 8.4 ppg
b) 8.6 ppg
c) 12.1 ppg 3.5 ppg x 0.052 x 9000’ = 1638 psi + 4000 psi = 5638 psi
d) 11.8 ppg 5638 psi / (0.052 x 9000’) = 12.05 ppg = 12.1 ppg

12. The annulus is full of 10 ppg fluid and the tubing is full of 5 ppg fluid.

To reverse circulate the well with 10 ppg fluid while holding the bottom-hole pressure
constant, which of the following should you do?
(Assume that the pump has already been brought up to a selected, constant speed and you are
maintaining the correct bottom hole pressure.)

a) Hold tubing pressure constant

b) Hold casing pressure constant
c) Hold tubing pressure constant for one tubing volume, then hold casing pressure constant
d) None of these

13. You are working with 2 7/8” Tubing inside 7" casing.
You are circulating 10 ppg fluids down the work string.
The equivalent circulating density is about 10.5 ppg.
If you reverse circulate the same fluid at the same rate, the equivalent circulating density will
be:

a) Lower
b) Higher

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 c) The same
14. Partial losses are measured at 10 bbl/hr. If the hole is not filled, what will be the reduction
in bottom hole pressure after 5 hours? (Casing capacity = 0.0371 bbls/ft, mud weight = 9.8
ppg).

a) 138 psi
b) 452 psi
c) 687 psi 5 hrs x 10 bbl/hr = 50 bbl / 0.0371 bbl/ft = 1348’
d) 1,028 psi 9.8 ppg x 0.052 x 1348’ = 686.9 psi

15. What well control problem should you be aware of when pulling a retrievable packer? (one
that has been in the well for a long time)

a) Lost circulation
b) Surging
c) Casing Burst
d) Swabbing

16. Which of the following is a small threaded check valve installed through an outlet of a
wellhead valve used to isolate wellbore pressure?

a) Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve (SCSSV)

b) Back Pressure Valve (BPV)
c) Valve Removal Plug (VR Plug)
d) Wing Valve

17. When removing the tree on a well that has a recently-tested sub-surface safety valve, what
should be installed in the tubing hanger?

a) 2-way check valve

b) Valve removal plug
c) Back-pressure valve
d) Nothing needs to be installed – SCSSV has been tested

18. Which production tree valve should be used very little to insure valve will hold pressure in
any emergency?

a) Hydraulically operated upper master valve

b) Swab valve
c) Wing valve upstream of choke
d) Lower master valve

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19. A sliding sleeve is located at 10,500’ MD/9,850’ TVD. The annulus is full of 9.5 ppg brine.
The tubing is full of gas (0.12 psi/ft) and SITP is 2,950 psi. How much differential pressure
is across the sliding sleeve?

a) 1,916 psi 9850’ x 0.052 x 9.5 = 4866 psi

b) 734 psi 9850’ x 0.12 psi/ft = 1182 psi + 2950 psi = 4132 psi
c) 3,684 psi 4866 - 4132 = 734 psi
d) 1,182 psi

20. The formation pressure at the perfs at 8,700 ft TVD is 6,410 psi. What brine weight would
you mix at surface with no safety factor to workover this well. Average wellbore
temperature is 200 oF and surface temperature is 75oF.

Please use the following density temperature relation.

Brine Weight - ppg Weight loss – ppg/°F

8.4 – 9.0 0.0017
9.1 – 11.0 0.0025
11.1 – 14.5 0.0033
14.6 – 17.0 0.0040
17.1 – 19.2 0.0048

a) 15.1 ppg 6410 psi / 0.052 / 8700’ = 14.2 ppg

b) 14.7 ppg 200 oF – 75oF = 125 oF x 0.0033 = 0.41 ppg
c) 15.5 ppg 14.2 ppg + 0.41 ppg = 14.61 = 14.7 ppg
d) 14.5 ppg

21. A well has losses of 25 bbls/hr and was not filled for 30 minutes due to operational issues.
With respect to overbalance/underbalance, what will be the condition of the well (ignore
thermal affects)?

Casing capacity = 0.07077 bbls/ft Brine density = 11.7 ppg

Formation pressure = 7,331 psi Top of formation = 12,300’ MD/TVD

a) 260 psi Overbalanced 25 bbl/hr x 0.5 hr = 12.5 bbl

b) 108 psi Underbalanced 12.5 bbl / 0.07077 bbls/ft = 176.6’
c) 152 psi Underbalanced 176.6’ x 0.052 x 11.7 ppg = 107.5 psi
d) 45 psi Overbalanced 11.7 ppg x 0.052 x 12300 = 7483.3 - 7331 = + 152.3 psi
+ 152.3 psi – 107.5 psi = 45 psi overderbalanced

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22. When removing a gas kick from a well with poor casing or wellhead integrity, which
method minimizes the amount of casing pressure imposed on wellhead and surface
equipment?

a) Lube and Bleed

b) Reverse circulation
c) Volumetric
d) Driller’s

23. After a round trip you started circulating bottoms up. An increase in flow is noted. The well
is shut in. The exposed perforation depth is 8,765 ft. Fluid weight is 12.3 ppg. SITP = 0 psi,
SICP = 350 psi. What is the kill weight fluid density required?

a) 12.3 ppg
b) 12.6 ppg
c) 13.1 ppg
d) None of the above

24. You plan on perforating a zone at 6,000 ft TVD using TCP guns. The expected reservoir
pressure at 6,000 ft TVD is 3,174 psi. If you fill the first 30 stands (93’/stand) of tubing with
10 ppg brine and run the rest of the stands dry, how much underbalance would you be with
the formation before perforating?

a) 1,843 psi
b) 1,588 psi 30 stands x 93 ft /std = 2790 ft
c) 842 psi 10 ppg x 0.052 x 2790 ft = 1451 psi
d) 1,723 psi 3174 psi – 1451 psi = 1723 psi

25. With a packer set, an increase in the annulus pressure on a producing well could be an
indicator that:

a) Bottom hole pressure is increasing

b) Temperature in the annulus is decreasing
c) The packer is leaking
d) The xmas tree valve is leaking

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 SCORE SHEET FOR TRAINERS

QUESTIONS POINTS TOTAL

MISSED MISSED SCORE
0 0 100
1 4 96
2 8 92
3 12 88
4 16 84
5 20 80
6 24 76
7 28 72
8 32 68
9 36 64
10 40 60
11 44 56
12 48 52
13 52 48
14 56 44
15 60 40
16 64 36
17 68 32
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
25 100 0

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