Training Division - DFSG

HyPR.CALC -
SOFTWARE
HYDRAULICS
REFRESHER
Jauary 2008
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HYDRAULICS & RHEOLOGY
CIRCULATING SYSTEM - Shear Rate Ranges!

Settling Barite Particle Drill Pipe Drill Collars

Annulus Bit
H.C.*

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000

SHEAR RATE (1/sec)

*H.C = Hydroclones

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Primary Design Criteria
Pore Pressure < Hydrostatic Pressure/ECD < Fracture Pressure

Fracture Pressure Gradient

Depth

Pore Pressure Gradient

Mud Weight

Pressure or Equivalent Mud Weight

 Poor Design will likely lead to:

 Wellbore Control
 Lost Circulation

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Hydraulics Design Criteria

Casing / Completion Operations

Pump Capacity Tripping Speed

Pore Pressure Optimum

Design Maximum ROP
Fracture Pressure

Hole Geometry / Cleaning Bit Hydraulics

BHA Design

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Key Variables in Hydraulics
Pump Rate
 High
 Good Hole Cleaning
 Too High
 Excessive Pump Pressure
 High ECD
 Annular Turbulence
Density
 High
 Wellbore Stability and Control
 Too high
 Low ROP,
 Lost Circulation,
 Differential Sticking

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Key Variables in Hydraulics

Rheology
 High
 Good hole Cleaning
 No Barite Sag
 Too High
 Low ROP
High ECD
High Pump Pressure
Inefficient Solids Removal

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Design
Mud Selection
– Environment
– Lithology
– Cost

Modify Rheology and Hydraulics to meet Drilling Requirements

– Hole Geometry

Modify Drilling Parameters to meet needs of Hydraulics

Tools
 Accurate Dynamic Hydraulics Software
 Hole Cleaning Software

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The Steps – Hydraulic Modeling
Draw the wellbore geometry.

Calculate the total annular pressure drop.

Calculate the ECD.

Calculate the Critical Flow Velocity and Flow Rate around

the drill collars.

Calculate surge and swab pressures.

Calculate cuttings transport efficiency.

Calculate the pressure drop in the drill string.

Optimise bit hydraulics.

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SOFTWARE INPUT

Project Info

Formation/Survey Details

Tubular Data - roughness

Fluid Parameters

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OUTPUT INFORMATION
Circulation Hydraulics

Hydrostatic Pressure

Frictional pressure losses

Fluid Displacement

Surge/Swab

Q Design – Version 3

Sensitivity Analysis

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