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18. The Derrickman states that there has been a 10 bbl increase in the pits over the last 15 minutes.
What is the safest action to take?
A. Carry out a flow check
B. Ask the Derrickman to check for any mud transfers
C. Inform the Mud Engineer
D. Call the Toolpusher for advice

19. What effect does increasing temperature have on fluid density?

A. It will increase the fluid density
B. It will reduce the fluid density
C. There is no effect on fluid density

20. How does drilling into an abnormal pressure formation affect primary well control?
A. Reduces the hydrostatic pressure overbalance
B. Increases the hydrostatic pressure overbalance
C. Will make kick detection more difficult
D. Increases surge pressure when tripping

21. A 500-foot long cement plug is set inside the casing across the shoe. The mud above the plug is
to be displaced with brine. Formation pressure below the plug is balanced by 10.7 ppg mud.
Brine density = 9.5 ppg
Top of cement plug = 8200 feet
If the plug failed and the well is open, what would happen to the well?
A. Well will flow
B. Well will remain static
C. Formation will fracture
D. Casing will collapse

22. What is the main reason for a Diverter drill?

A. To ensure the crew is able to effectively recognize and react to a surface kick by diverting
fluids away from the rig
B. To see how fast the Driller can line up from the vent line to the mud gas separator
C. To ensure the crew are able to close in the well and prepare the kill mud
D. To test pit, flow and trip tank alarms

23. Casing shoe depth = 11,000 feet TVD, MD = 12,250 feet.,

Test Mud Weight = 14.0 ppg
Leak Off Test Pressure = 1950 psi
Calculate the Maximum Allowable Mud Weight.
A. 17.3 ppg
B. 17.5 ppg
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C. 17.4 ppg
D. 17.2 ppg

24. You are running a slick non-shearable tool in the hole on a surface stack rig. The well flows when
the tool is across the BOP stack. What is the best action the Driller can take to shut in the well?
A. Drop the string in the hole
B. Start circulating to use ECD to stop the kick
C. Make up and close safety valve in string and close the annular
D. Puck up a joint or stand of shearable pipe, run into position and install a safety valve

25. What is the correct definition of Permeability?

A. The pressure of the fluid in the pore space
B. The density of the formation fluids
C. The ability of formation fluids to move through the rock
D. The amount of solid rock in the formation

26. On a surface stack rig, The Driller brings the pump slowly on-line at the start of the kill
operation. What pressure must the choke operator hold constant during this operation?
A. Casing pressure
B. Slow circulating rate pressure
C. Maximum allowable annular surface pressure
D. Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure

27. You have shut-in on a well and are planning a kill operator. The Mud Engineer estimates it will
take 3200 sacks of barite to weight up the fluid system to kill weight. The rig has 2500 sacks of
barite onsite and more will not arrive for 3 days. Shut on pressure have increased since the well
was shut in indicating gas migration. The shoe strength is a concern if pressures continue to
build. Which Kill Method would be the best to implement?
A. Begin to Lubricate and Bleed
B. Kill the well with Reverse Circulation
C.
D. Wait and Weight Method of Well Control

28. During a kill operation the choke is adjusted to increase drill pipe pressure by 100 psi. SPM is
held constant. What will happen to the bottom hole pressure?
A. It will increase
B. It will decrease
C. It will remain constant

29.
A. Periodic well control drills
B. A cement plug
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C. Proper BOP shut in procedure

D. Monitoring the trip tank

30. Which of the following affect the Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure?
A. Mud weight in drillstring
B. Annular volume from Bit to Shoe
C. Influx gradient
D. Size of influx in the annulus

31. What is the function of Blind/Shear Rams?

A. To hang-off the drillstring during a kill
B. To close in the well in the Diverter fails
C. As a back-up to the Annular
D. To cut the drill string and seal off the hole

32. While drilling ahead at a constant rate of penetration (ROP), the cutting load across the shakers
increased and the shale shakers cannot handle the amount of cutting returning from the well.
What is the safest thing to do?
A. Check for flow if there is none, continue drilling at the same ROP
B. Check for flow if there is none, circulate bottoms up at a reduced rate so that the shakers
can handle the cutting volume
C. Check for flow if there is none, continue at the same ROP. Allow half of the mud returns to
by-pass the shakers
D. Slow down the mud pump until the shakers can handle the amount of cuttings in the returns
and continue drilling

33.
A. A test where the barrier is made to fail
B. A test where a barrier is tested until there is leak-off
C. A test on a barrier where pressure on top of a barrier is increased to a valve higher than the
pressure below the barrier
D. A test on a barrier where pressure on top of a barrier is reduced to a value lower than the
pressure below the barrier

34. How does increasing wellbore temperature affect non-aqueous (oil-based) mud density?
A. No effect on density
B. Decreases density
C. Increases density

35. What is the primary reason for stripping in the well?

A. To reduce ECD when you start pumping
B. To get below the influx to circulate it out