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The Volumetric Method

The Volumetric Method

This post shows both steps of the volumetric method (1-wait for migration and bleed and 2-Lubricate and Bleed). 

Apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac (M series) to practice these methods

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Volumetric Method Application

This application uses the basic calculations of the Volumetric Method to control oil wells after the occurrence of kick during drilling operations on landing rigs (Onshore).

It is can be applied on the oilfield and also can help in the understanding of the Volumetric Method of well control.

Volumetric Method Simulator 

This is a basic well control simulator for training in Oil & Gas that simulates the control applying the Volumetric Method (and Lubricate and Bleed Method) after the kick detection during stripping out the drillstring on the drilling operations in the oil well.

This is a project also based on app “Kick Game 2” available in our portfolio like the Driller’s Method Simulator and Wait and Weight Method Simulator. Like these apps, just surface parameters are displayed.

Features:

1. Interface based on Hydraulic Choke Panel.
2. Graph in full screen (with background color in black or white) for analysis.
3. Pre-recorded data sheet
4. Well Design with Casing + Open Hole without the Drillstring in the Wellbore.
6. Full features version with pause and digital gauges.
7. Method with Step by Step procedure to turn the exercise easy to practice.

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These apps are available in our portfolio.

Please visit them by clicking on their respective links to see screenshots.

In our social networks there are many posts about volumetric method. For example: 

Post about the Volumetric Method in Instagram

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Post about the Lubricate and Bleed Method in Instagram

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DISCLAIMER

These tools & materials are provided ‘as is’ without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
Please verify the tools provided by this application by yourself before you use them. Ensure you understand the impact of using these tools.
Any use you choose to make of these tools & materials is undertaken by you entirely at you own risk.

Our Website

Please visit our website for more details and other Oil & Gas Applications and for links to our profiles in social networks about well control.

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New Directional Drilling applications

Apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac (M series)

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New Directional Applications on the App Store

These apps are an important and useful tool for the Oil & Gas community. By using them and sharing with your friends you are contributing to the viability of this project. Thanks

Directional Well Planning

This application provides an easy and useful tool for students and directional engineers to build, edit, calculate interpolations and plot 2D and 3D well planning using the Minimum Curvature Calculation Method.

It is necessary to import survey stations to plot. This application does not normally edit survey stations. But it is still possible to edit only via CSV text.

The survey stations can be edited using our apps “Directional Well Survey” or “Directional Drilling” available in our portfolio.

The data files (*.ddf) including well planning and survey stations are compatible and can be shared via iCloud.

Directional Well Survey

This application provides an easy and useful tool for students and directional engineers to edit, calculate interpolations and plot survey stations of the horizontal and directional wells using the five calculation methods (tangential, balanced tangential, minimum curvature, radius of curvature, angle averaging).

This application does not normally edit well planning. But it is still possible to edit only via CSV text.

Multilateral Directional Wells

This application provides an easy and useful tool for students and directional engineers to plot until six 2D and 3D lateral wells using the Minimum Curvature Calculation Method.
This application does not normally edit well planning or survey stations. But it is still possible to edit only via CSV text.

The well planning can be built and edited using our app “Directional Well Planning” or “Directional Drilling”.

The survey stations can be edited using our app “Directional Well Survey” or “Directional Drilling”.

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These apps are available in our portfolio.

Please visit them by clicking on their respective links to see screenshots.

Datafiles compatibility

The data files (*.ddf) including well planning and survey stations are compatible and can be shared via iCloud.

Importing data from Directional Wells

The well planning can be built and edited using our apps “Directional Well Planning” or “Directional Drilling” available in our portfolio.

The data files (*.ddf) including well planning and survey stations are compatible and can be shared via iCloud.

The well planning and survey stations can also be imported from CSV text files, for example:

“MD”,”INC”,”AZI”,”TVD”,”N/S”,”E/W”
“1000.0”,”0.0″,”0.0″,”1000.0″,”0.0″,”0.0″
“1100.0”,”3.0″,”10.0″
“1200.0”,”6.0″,”15.0″

The values can be “quoted” or unquoted and separated by:
– Comma: 1.00,2.00,3.00
– Semicolon: 1.00;2.00;3.00 or 1,00;2,00;3,00
– Tab: 1.00 2.00 3.00 (TSV file)
– Space: 1.00 2.00 3.00Attention Please

Please, before purchasing, make sure that this application will be useful for you.

This application was developed based on existing spreadsheets. There is no comparison with any other software.

Our goal was to create a very low cost application with the help of experts to share with drilling engineers, technicians, drillers, drilling engineering students and teachers.

It is not intended to replace professional software.

You can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the English translation, reporting bugs and sharing it with your friends.

Features

1. Easy tool to create 2D wells (types I, II and horizontal)
2. Easy 3D calculation tool for well planning with up to 20 multiple 2D and 3D sections (using Minimum Curvature method)
3. Useful tool to setting well sections for plotting (color, cd dash, 3d plan, show parameters, etc)
4. 2D and 3D well plotting (vertical section and plan view)
5. Easy tool for interpolation calculations between two sections
6. Dynamic visualization of the interpolation parameters in the plot
7. Ability to work with data files (editing locally and sharing on iCloud)
8. Easy tool to import/export well planning and survey stations using CSV text format (well planning up to 20 sections)
9. Sharing data files with other applications in our portfolio (Directional Drilling, Directional Well Survey and Multilateral Directional Wells)

DISCLAIMER

These tools & materials are provided ‘as is’ without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
Please verify the tools provided by this application by yourself before you use them. Ensure you understand the impact of using these tools.
Any use you choose to make of these tools & materials is undertaken by you entirely at you own risk.

Our Website

Please visit our website for more details and other Oil & Gas Applications

www.wellcontrol.com.br

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Directional 3D Interpolation

App for iPhone, iPad and Mac

The Directional Survey 3D Interpolation app provides an useful tool to calculate projections TVD (True Vertical Depth), N/S and E/W coordinates, Horizontal Displacement, Dog-Leg Severity, Build-Up Rate (Angle Rate) and Turn Rate and also the Interpolation of this parameters between two well planning sections or survey stations defined by Measured Depth, Inclination and Azimuth as entry parameters in the directional drilling of oil wells.

Calculations Method: Minimum Curvature

Length Units: Foot and Meter (Metre)

Intensity Units: degree/100ft, degree/10m, degree/30m and degree/100m

It is available for iPhone, iPad and Mac

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Kick Tolerance as Maximum Kick Volume

Kick Tolerance as Maximum Kick Volume

Concepts

There are several concepts about kick tolerance, but this article only deals with the concept of kick tolerance as the maximum kick volume.

Kick Tolerance is the maximum kick volume that can be taken into the wellbore and circulated out without fracturing the formation at weak point (normally at shoe depth), given a diference between pore density (equivalent) and the mud weight in use.

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The maximum gas bubble height in the open hole can occur either at the bottom around the BHA (Bottom Hole Assembly) or when the volume is at its maximum when the gas reaches the the casing shoe.

Calculating the Gas Volume at shoe depth based on the Maximum Influx Height

Maximum Gas Volume at shoe = Hk,max x Annular Capacity DP and ID Hole)

1. Calculate V1 at bottom applying the Boyle’s Law: P1 x V1 = P2 x V2    (isothermal)

V1 = Vshoe x P,fracture / P,pore

2. Calculate V2 at bottom around the BHA with height equal to Hk,max, 

V2 = Hk,max x Cap,ann,bha

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Calculating volumes for Hk,max in the Directional Wells

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Boyle’s Law

Normally, the formula used only considers Boyle’s Law, without considering that there is a temperature variation from the bottom of the well to the depth of the casing shoe.

Gas Law and Gas Compressibility Factor

For natural gas, the gas law is best applied because there is temperature variation in the well and the gas has a compressibility factor different from 1. 

P x V = n x R x T x Z

P, Pressure
V, Volume
n, Number of moles
R, Constant
T, Temperature
Z, Compressibility Factor of the gas

In this case, the calculations considering the Gas Law:

V1 = (Vshoe x P,shoe) / (Tshoe x Z,shoe) x (Tpore x Z,pore / P,pore)

Kick Tolerance (Max Vol) application 

We develop an application with options to select temperature and/or the Z-Factor of the gas. It works with vertical wells and 3D directional wells.


Comparing Boyle’s Law versus Gas Law

On vertical well, the result is not affected when the volume calculated at the bottom of the hole is smaller.

Using the Boyle’s Law: 

Using the Gas Law: 

On directional well, the kick volume at the shoe depth converted to bottom of the hole is normally smaller and the result is affected when applying the Boyle’s Law or the Gas Law.

Note: In this directional well, the shoe depth is in a vertical section. So, height and length of gas bubble can be equal in a directional well.

Using the Boyle’s Law: 

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Using the Gas Law: 

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These tools & materials are provided ‘as is’ without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
Please verify the tools provided by this application by yourself before you use them. Ensure you understand the impact of using these tools.
Any use you choose to make of these tools & materials is undertaken by you entirely at you own risk.

Our Website

Please visit our website for more details and other Oil & Gas Applications and for links to our profiles in social networks about well control.

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Well Control – The Volumetric Method 

Please use our Volumetric Method App for iPhone, iPad and Mac (m series) for calculations, tables and graphs and the Volumetric Method Simulator to practice.

These applications are important and useful tools for the Oil & Gas community. By using and sharing with your friends you are contributing to the viability of this project.

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Drilling Simulator 3 using the Driller’s Method Simulator as Remote Choke Control

Simulation:


Student 1: Driller on Drilling Simulator (iPhone version)

Student 2: Choke Control on Driller’s Method Simulator (iPad version)

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Drilling Simulator 3 

Feature:

Drilling Simulator 3 has an interface with the others apps “Driller’s Method Simulator” and “Wait and Weight Method Simulator”. These apps can be used as a Remote Choke to control the Drilling Simulator 3 when they are running on different devices nearby in the same network by wi-fi.

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Driller’s Method Simulator

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Wait and Weight Method Simulator

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Comparing BPP vs RPD in MPD Simulator

Comparing BPP vs RPD in Drill Pipe Connections

MPD Simulator for iPhone and iPad

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BPP is a auxiliary component of the MPD System to provide flow to maintain Back Pressure during low-flow events or pumps-off events, such as in drill pipe connections.

When the rig mud pump is being ramped down slowly for connection purposes, the back pressure pump is turned on and ramped up when the rig mud pump drops below a set point. Flow by choke varies causing greater pressure variations, requiring more attention from the operators.

RPD is a necessary component of the MPD System to maintain Back Pressure during drill pipe connections using the flow provided by the mud pumps of the rig. The flow by choke does not vary. Pressure variations are smaller.

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MPD – RCD Dynamic Pressures

MPD Simulator

for iPhone and iPad

New version 3.0

added Dark Mode (iOS 13 or higher) and a lot of technical improvements.
– added RCD dynamic pressure settings
– added confirmation alert to operate MPD Equipments
– added 3D drill with real-time rotation
– additional ability to keep your finger on the buttons to operate them continuously (SPM, RPM and WOB)
– Added confirmation alert to reset failures
– added light alert on operation panel for RCD and DSIT failures
– added maximum RCD dynamic pressure calculation for current RPM
– added formation equivalent gradient in kick formation settings
– added overbalance/underbalance in kick formation settings
– and other improvements
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Directional and Horizontal Drilling for Mac

Directional Drilling for Mac

New version 7.0

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This app is an important tool for drilling operations (Oil & Gas). By buying it you are contributing to the viability of this project. Thanks

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The Directional Drilling Survey provides the control of directional drilling of oil wells with calculations and plotting of well planning and survey data in vertical section, plan  view and 3D (x-y-z) view, calculations between two survey stations, easy tools to 2D and 3D wells and plot multilateral wells.

This is an academic project for petroleum engineering.

Please before you buy it, make sure this app will be useful to you. Visit our website and check the “User Guide“.

This app was developed based in existing spreadsheets. There is no comparison with any other software.

Our goal was to create a very low-cost application with the help of experts to share with drilling engineers, technicians, drillers, students and teachers of drilling engineering.

There is no intention to replace the professional softwares.

You can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the translation to english, reporting bugs and spreading it to your friends.

Features:

1. Well Planning with Multiple Sections (Minimum Curvature);
2. Ability to work with data files;
3. Directional Survey: Edit, Add, Insert and Remove Survey Data;
4. Calculations Methods:
– Tangential
– Balanced Tangential
– Minimum Curvature (default)
– Radius of Curvature
– Angle Averaging
5. Print Reports;
6. Survey Data Calculations in 5 methods;
7. Formulas of the Methods;
8. Ability to work with length units: foot and meter (metre);
9. Vertical Section View, Plan View and X-Y-Z plotting.
10. Ability to Multilateral wells plotting limited to 6 wells.
11. Easy tool to create 2D Wells (Type I, II and Horizontal).
12. Easy tool to calculate 3D sections on well planning.
13. Sharing data files via email, iCloud Drive, etc.
14. Import Well Planning (MD,Inclination,Azimuth) from CSV text format file;
15. Export Well Planning (MD,Inclination,Azimuth,Quadrant,TVD,HD,VSection,N/S,E/W,DLS,BUR,TRN) to CSV text format file;
16. Import Survey Data from CSV text format file;
17. Export Survey Table to CSV text format file;
18. Sharing data files with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch via iCloud, iCloud Drive, AirDrop or email;
19. Interpolations in the Well Planning;
20. Interpolations in the Surveys Stations;
21. Ability to get a simulated survey (steps 10m, 30m, 100m or 100ft) from Well Planning interpolations;
22. Ability to resize views and to set fullscreen graphs in high-resolution.

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Drilling Hydraulics 2

Drilling Hydraulics 2

for iPhone and iPad

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The Drilling Hydraulics provides to driller, tool pushers, engineers, chemists, students and other professionals in the petroleum industry a productivity tool helpful in drilling of oil wells for hydraulics calculations, optimization of the penetration rate and can help on the decision on selection of bit nozzles.

Well Features:

– Well Planning: Onshore or Offshore (riser, casing, liner and open hole). Vertical or Directional Type I.
– Drill string: 2 drill pipes, heavy weight, 2 drill collars, drilling motor and drill bit (w/ until 12 nozzles).
– Volume, capacity, strokes, hydrostatic and drilling hydraulics calculations;

Surface Equipment:

– 04 mud pumps
– Surface connections: standpipe, mud hose, swivel, top drive, kelly, stands
– Choke diameter
– Elevation system weight;

Directional Well:

– This app works with Directional Well Type I and Horizontal, only.
– For other features in directional wells, we recommend the “Directional Drilling Hydraulics” application available in our portfolio in the App Store.

Importing Data Files:

This app imports data files from other apps available in our portfolio on the App Store: “Drilling Simulator 1, 2 and 3”, “Well Control Simulator”, “MPD Simulator”, “Kick Tolerance”, “Leak-Off Test Simulator”, “Kick Game” and “Well Control Methods”

New in version 2.0:

– Added compatibility with Dark Mode (iOS/iPadOS 13 or greater)
– improved the hookload calculation
– bug fixes

iPhone version:

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