Using Well Control Simulator for iPhone and iPod Touch: Driller’s Method
Well Control Simulator for iPhone and iPod Touch

Example of the Driller’s Method
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Example of the Driller’s Method
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About This app was developed based on my experience. There was no comparison with any other software.
Our goal was to create a low-cost application with the help of experts to share with drilling engineers, technicians, drillers and students. You can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the translation to english, reporting bugs and spreading it to your friends. Please visit our support url and see other applications for Oil & Gas for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPhone and Mac OS X.
contact@wellcontrol.com.br |
The apps are being updated with a new feature to select units of measurement based per parameter instead of selection per unit system.
On the next weeks, We will submit the new versions of the apps for approval by apple.
– Drilling Simulator
– Drilling Hydraulics
– Drilling Cost
– Well Control Simulator
– Well Control Methods
– Well Control Worksheets
– Kick Tolerance
– Leak-Off Test Simulator
– Leak-Off Test Analyzer
– Directional Drilling Survey
contact@wellcontrol.com.br
http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

New in this update 1.3 (Coming Soon):
1. Sharing data files with iCloud;
2. Added Liner and Drillpipe 2;
3. Support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5;
4. Compatibility with the Apps “Well Control Simulator“, “Well Control Methods“, “Kick Tolerance” and “Drilling Hydraulics“.
Current Version 1.2:
Drilling Simulator – Introductory level provides a graphical very useful tool for training of roughnecks, derrickmen, drillers and students in basic drilling concepts and in the kick detection based on the behavior of the parameters during the drilling an oil well and of the behavior of kick in the well after the shut-in the well.
– Drilling (bit rotation, geolograph, neutral point);
– Hydraulics;
– Kick Detection;
– Hard Shut-in;
– Behavior of kick;
Note: This app NOT allows to control the well after the kick detection and shut-in.
The simulation ends after the simulations of underground blowout and blowout to surface.
– Use the App “Well Control Simulator” to control the well.
– Use the App “Well Control Methods” about methods to Control the well.
Features:
1) Panel with the following parameters: pump pressure, mud pump speed, strokes totalizer, flow rate, mud weight, bit depth, rotary speed, hookload and weight on the bit;
2) Instruments with pointers to the parameters: pump pressure, hookload and weight on the bit;
3) Geolograph with parameters: drillpipe pressure, choke pressure, active volume, percent of flow, rotary torque, drilling rate and flow in, flow out.
4) Panel with alarms: pump failure, vol high, flow high, bop failure and bop status;
5) Well Config, Circulation Options, Set Alarms, Graph Limits, X-times faster, Pause/Continue, Restart, Send by email, about and Hydraulics;
6) set drillstring with drillpipe, heavy-weight and drillcollar;
7) Select floating rig or land rig;
8) Select unit systems: International, field1 (imperial) and field2 (mix);
9) set fluid parameters: mud weight, plastic viscosity, yield point and initial gel;
10) Select rheological models: Power or Bingham;
11) Set gradients: fracture and temperature;
12) Set jet nozzles or fixed TFA;
13) Set choke parameters and BOP test pressure;
14) Set Surface circulation volume;
15) Set surface circulation equipments (mud pump and lines);
16) Set four formations to drilling (height, pore gradient, fluid density and sof/hard);
17) Save configuration to data files;
18) Select circulation options: drillpipe -> Riser, Kill -> Riser, Close/Open (Hard shut-in) the well;
19) Set alarms: pit gain, flow rate out, max pump pressure and max pump power;
20) Register the kill line losses and pump pressure at the kill speed;
21) show the well with drillstring and neutrl point and show the drillbit on rotating;
22) Show schematic of well with drillstring, kick and neutral point (%);
23) Adjust pump speed, weight on the bit and rotary speed to drilling until kick detection;
24) Shut-in the well using hard method;
25) Register shut-in drillpipe pressure (SIDPP) and choke pressure (SICP) and gain volume;
26) behavior of the kick: keeping the well closed and keeping the well opened;
27) Simulations: Underground Blowout at casing shoe and blowout with failure of bop;
28) Capacities and Volumes calculations;
29) Hydrostatic and critical pressures calculations;
30) Hydraulics calculations;
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New in these versions: Sharing data files with iCloud
| Well Control Methods | Well Control Worksheets | Well Control Simulator |
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| Versions for iPad, | Versions for iPad
and for Mac |
Versions for iPad, |
| Oil & Gas Apps for iOS
(iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) |
Oil & Gas Apps for OS X
(iMac and Macbook) |

contact@wellcontrol.com.br
More details at http://www.wellcontrol.com.br
| Well Control Methods | Well Control Worksheets | Well Control Simulator |
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| Versions for iPad, | Versions for iPad
and for Mac |
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Oil & Gas Apps for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) |
Oil & Gas Apps for OS X
(iMac and Macbook) |
contact@wellcontrol.com.br
More details at http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

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About This app was developed based on my experience. There was no comparison with any other software.
Our goal was to create a low-cost application with the help of experts to share with drilling engineers, technicians, drillers and students. You can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the translation to english, reporting bugs and spreading it to your friends. Please visit our support url and see other applications for Oil & Gas for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPhone and Mac OS X. contact@wellcontrol.com.br |

New Versions:
1. Directional Drilling Survey 2.2
2. Drilling Cost 1.1
3. Drilling Hydraulics 1.8
4. Kick Tolerance 1.3
5. Leak-Off Test Analyzer 1.1
6. Well Control Methods 1.7
7. Well Control Worksheets 1.1
New in this updates:
1. Fixes issues reported by users
2. Fixed Data File Type for each app. Launch the app by double clicking on data file icon.
3. iCloud support: Sharing Data Files with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (Directional Survey, Drilling Cost and Drilling Hydraulics are ok, the next versions coming soon to the other apps)
4. Mountain Lion Tested



contact@wellcontrol.com.br

New in this updates:
1. Fixes issues reported by users
2. Fixed Data File Type for each app. Launch the app by double clicking on data file icon.
3. iCloud support
4. Mountain Lion Tested



contact@wellcontrol.com.br

iPhone and iPod Touch: Current version 2.3 on App Store
iPad: Current version 2.3 on App Store
Mac OS X Lion: Current version 1.6 on App Store
This application uses the basic calculations of the methods to control oil wells after the occurrence of kick during drilling operations on floating platforms and land rigs.
It is can be applied in the oilfield of petroleum and also help in understanding the methods of well control.
Well Control Methods:
1. Driller’s Method
2. Wait and Weight
3. Dynamic Volumetric
4. Static Volumetric – Migration / Bleed
5. Static Volumetric – Lubricate / Bleed
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac OS X Lion:
– Option to input Kill Rate Pressure (Slow Circulation Pressure), Choke Line losses, Strokes Annular/Drillstring manually or calculated on Driller’s / Wait & Wait Methods;
iPhone, iPod Touch only:
– Added new views with procedures for driller’s method and wait and weight method;
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad:
– Replaced examples with new examples from app “Well Control Simulator”.

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