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DRILLING PRACTICES

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Basic Drill String Design
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DRILL STEM COMPONENTS

Top Drive

Jars

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Crossovers
drillpipe

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Collars
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Heavy Weight drillpipe Stabilisers
(HWDP)
Bit

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Air Weight Buoyed Weight

BUOYANCY AND NEUTRAL POINT
Subjected to Buckling

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Keeps rest of Drill String in Tension

70% to 85% Max of Drill Collar Wt.

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In compression to provide Weight on Bit

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Example 1 0 lbs..
BUOYANCY
Air Example 2
Weight

20 lbs... 10 ppg fluid

Volume of
immersed object

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= 2 gallons

Buoyed
Volume displaced
by immersed object

18
Weight

lbs...
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Bf = 18 lbs.. = .9
= 2 gallons
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20 lbs.. Buoyancy Force (Fb) = Weight of fluid
displaced x Volume of fluid displaced.

Any object
immersed in this Fb = 10 ppg x 2 = 20 lbs..
fluid would lose its
air weight by a
factor of .9

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BUOYANCY FORCE/FACTOR
EXAMPLE

DP Metal displacement = .00764 bbls/ft

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61.38 bbls DC Metal displacement = .054 bbls/ft

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a well with 10 ppg mud the volume displaced from
the well would be.
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4500 x .00764 = 34.38 bbls
500 x .054 = 27 bbls
Total = 61.38 bbls or x 42 = 2578 galls

The Fb (buoyancy force) = 2578 x 10 ppg = 25,780 lbs..

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BUOYANCY FORCE/FACTOR
CONTINUED

DP approximate weight = 20.87 lbs../ft

DC weight = 148 lbs../ft

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Weight in air = (4500 x 20.87) + (500 x 148) = 167,915 lbs..

The Fb (buoyancy force) = 2578 x 10 ppg = 25,780 lbs..

If the weight in air is 167,915 lbs.. and the buoyancy

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force is 25,780 lbs... The immersed weight will be
167,915 - 25,780 = 142,135 lbs..
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Bf = 142,135 = .847
167,915

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BUOYANCY FORCE/FACTOR
CONTINUED

Density of Drilling

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Fluid = 10 ppg

Bf = 1- Df 1- 10 = 1- .153 = .847

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Density of Carbon
Steel = 65.5 ppg

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DRILL COLLARS FOR WEIGHT ON BIT

35,000 lbs.. (Buoyed wt) = 42,839 lbs.. (Air wt)

Neutral Point
.817 Bf

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42,839 lbs.. (80% For WOB) = 53,550 lbs.. (100% of collars)
.8

53,550 lbs.. = 364 ft of Drill Collars

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147 lb/ft
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364 ft = 12 Drill Collars
30

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DRILL COLLARS and HEAVY WEIGHT drillpipe FOR

WEIGHT ON BIT

300 HWDP x 49.3 lbs../ft = 14,790 lbs..

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DC. 53,550 lbs.. - 14,790 lbs.. = 38,760 lbs.. of DC weight

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38,760 lbs.. = 263 ft of Collars
147 lbs../ft
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263 ft = 8.7 rounded up to 9 Drill Collars or 9 x 30 = 270 ft
30 ft

Length of BHA (300 + 270) = 570 ft

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MARGIN OF OVERPULL AND TENSION AT TOP OF HWDP

Tension at top of Heavy Weight if maximum

pull applied = 154,480 lbs..

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100,000 lbs.. MOP + 54,480 BHA weight = 154,480
lbs..
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New BHA weight = (9 x 30 x 147) + 14,790 = 54,480 lbs..

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MAXIMUM drillpipe LENGTH

Max load of S135 = 504,687 lbs..

Load already applied if BHA and maximum

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margin of overpull is used. = 154,480 lbs...

Max length of S135 = 504,687 - 154,480 = 15,495 ft

22.6 lb/ft

Tension at top of BHA and

bottom of S135 = 154,480 lbs.. l.c
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LOAD WHILE DRILLING AT 12500 ft

Design over-pull available = 180,589 lbs..

Actual over-pull available = 239,899 lbs..

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S135 length = 11,930 ft

Weight of pipe -
11,930
lbs.. ft x 22.6 lb/ft = 269,618
12,500 ft

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Total Air weight of drill string (269,618 + 54,480) = 324,098 lbs..
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Buoyed weight (Load) = 324,098 x .817 = 264,788 lbs..

BHA length = 570 ft

BHA weight = 54,480 lbs..

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MAXIMUM SURFACE TORQUE

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S135 = 28,381 ft/lbs..

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HWDP from data = 30,000 ft/lbs..

Surface Torque Limited To

28,381 ft/lbs..
Drill Collars = 45,680 ft/lbs..

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BENDING STRENGTH RATIO

ZB = .098 x (D4 - b4)

BSR = ZB D ZB = (D4 - b4) x R
Zp Zp = .098 x (R4 - d4) Zp (R4 - d4) x D

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R

Where:
R BSR = Bending Strength Ratio

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Zp
D
= Box Section Modulus - cu-in
= Pin Section Modulus - cu-in
= OD of Pin and Box - in.
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d = ID or Bore - in.
b
b = Thread root diameter of box threads
at end of pin - in
R = Thread root diameter of pin threads
3/4” from shoulder of pin - in.
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BENDING STRENGTH RATIO EXAMPLE

ZB = .098 x (D4 - b4)

BSR = ZB D ZB = (D4 - b4) x R
Zp Zp = .098 x (R4 - d4) Zp (R4 - d4) x D

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R

NC 46 - 62
D = 6.25”
R
d = 2.8125”

d
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R
= 4.12”
= 4.465”
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b ZB = (6.254 - 4.124) x 4.465 = 5523 = 2.638
Zp (4.4654 - 2.81254) x 6.25 2093

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