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October 12, 2012October 12, 2012

Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac: Importing data from other apps using iCloud

Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac

New in the next updates: Importing data from other apps using iCloud

The apps are being updated with a new feature to import data from other apps using iCloud.

The Drilling Hydraulics App is ready to submit to App Store with these new features:

1- Support for iOS 6;
2- Added two mud pumps (total 04);
3- Added booster line;
4- Added Drilling Motor (Entry of the Pressure Drop Across Motor by User, using Motor Performance Curves chart);
5- Ability to select units per parameter;
6- Ability to import well data from other apps;
7- Improvements to print views;
8- Ability to use the iPad on landscape position on all views;
9- Recalculate DP as necessary to surface automatically with bit on bottom when editing BHA or Well Depth;
10- Added option to select velocity unit to #/min or #/sec;
11- On circulation by kill, option to select return by riser or choke.
12- Added column in well configuration with internal volume for each pipe section;

This is the best time for suggestions and bug reports.

We are updating all apps with support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5.

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

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October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

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

Well Control Simulator for iPhone and iPod Touch

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Example of the Driller’s Method

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rev: 1.1

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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

http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

October 8, 2012

Using Well Control Simulator for iPad: Driller’s Method

Well Control Simulator for iPad

WCS.170x170_75

Example of the Driller’s Method

Surface Stack

download

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

http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

October 6, 2012

Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac: Improvements to select units of measurement

Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac

New in the next updates: improvements to select units of measurement

Oil & Apps for iOS

The apps are being updated with a new feature to select units of measurement based per parameter instead of selection per unit system.

This is the best time for suggestions and bug reports.

We are updating all apps with support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5.

On the next weeks, We will submit the new versions of the apps for approval by apple.

contact@wellcontrol.com.br
http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

August 9, 2012August 19, 2012

Oil & Gas Apps for Mac OS X now available on Mac App Store: iCloud Support

Update for All Apps for Mac OS X

iCloud and Data Files

all_apps_for_mac

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

Data File for each App

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Data Files on the iCloud

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July 17, 2012August 9, 2012

Updates for All Apps for Mac Submitted for the Mac App Store – iCloud and Data Files

Update for All Apps for Mac

iCloud and Data Files

all_apps_for_mac

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

Data File for each App

all_apps_for_mac___data_file

Data Files on the iCloud

all_apps_for_mac___icloud

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February 22, 2012

Well Control Methods for Mac OS X Lion, version 1.5.2, now available on the Mac App Store

Well Control Methods for Mac OS X (Lion Version)

WCM3_15_00

Mac App Store

The Well Control for Mac provides to drillers, tool pushers, engineers, chemists, students and other professionals in Oil & Gas industry a productivity tool helpful in drilling of oil wells the understanding the methods of well control.

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 landing rigs.

Well Control Methods:

1. Driller’s Method
2. Wait and Weight
3. Static Volumetric: Migration;
4. Static Volumetric: Lubricate and Bleed (Top Kill)
5. Dynamic Volumetric

Others features:

1) Calculations of Riser Safety Margin;
2) Included the formulas;
3) Ability to work with data files;
4) Pop-up view to alert user about invalid values (option);
5) Ability to move drillstring and position of kick off the bottom;
6) Views with calculations of hydrostatics, capacities, volumes and more.
7) Defining the parameters of the well, drillstring, drill bit, mud (fluid), mud pumps, circulation lines on surface, diameter and coefficient of choke and more;
8) Options wells in floating units or in drilling land rigs;
9) Choice of rheological models (Bingham and Power);
10) Calculation of the ECD on bottom hole and the casing shoe;
11) Hydrostatic calculations at the bottom hole and the casing shoe;
12) Selecting the system of units;
15) Drill string sections: Drillpipe1, Drillpipe2, Heavy Weight, drill collar 1 and drill collar 2.
16) Included Qty / Size of Jet Nozzles;
17) Option for Bit TFA fixed;
18) View for Internal pipe and Annulus friction losses and hydrostatic calculations.
19) Directional basics Hydrostatic calculations (KOP, Bottom Hole and Casing Shoe TVD and Measured Depth)
20) Summary of methods;
21) Sections in the well: Riser, Casing, Liner and Open Hole.

New in this update 1.5.2:

– Added Drillpipe 2 to the drillstring;
– Added Liner;
– Improved performance on saving data file;
– Improvements with well configuration;

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October 14, 2011

Drilling Simulator for iPad, release 1.2, submitted to the iTunes App Store

Drilling Simulator for iPad – Introductory level

This App provides a graphical very useful tool for training of roughnecks, derrickmen, drillers and students in basics 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.

Link to iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drilling-simulator-introductory/id436659920?mt=8

New in this release 1.2:

– iOS5 Tested;
– Improvements with data input: now there is no need to tap [done] for each entry, only on the last text field.
– Option to select Vertical or Directional Well;
– Option to select unit systems: Metric, SI, Field1 (Imperial) and Field2 (mix);
– Improved the feature save/load data file;
– Added Drillcollar 2 on the drillstring;
– Save the graph in the data file;

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, weight on the bit and rotary torque;
3) Geolograph with parameters: drillpipe pressure, choke pressure, active volume, hookload, weight on the bit, length drilled, flow in, flow out, percent of flow, rotary torque, rotary speed and drilling rate.
4) Panel with alarms: pump failure, vol high, flow high, bop failure, bop status and choke status;
5) Toolbar with buttons: Well Config, Circulation Options, Set Alarms, Graph Limits, X-times faster, Pause/Continue, Restart, Send by email, about;
6) set drillstring with drillpipe, heavy-weight, drillcollar1 and drillcollar2;
7) Select floating rig or land rig;
8) Select unit systems: METRIC, SI, 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 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;

Note: This Drilling Simulator 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.

Screenshots:

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June 6, 2011June 6, 2011

Drilling Simulator for iPhone – Introductory Level now available on the iTunes App Store

Drilling Simulator for iPhone – Introductory Level

iTunes App Store

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.

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;

contact@wellcontrol.com.br

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June 1, 2011

Update for Drilling Simulator for iPad (release 1.1) now available on iTunes App Store

Drilling Simulator for iPad – Introductory level

Link to iTunes App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drilling-simulator-introductory/id436659920?mt=8&ls=1

New in release 1.1:

1. Fixed delay timer x graph;
2. Included set pump speed inc/dec 1 to 5 in Circ Options View;

3. Included bop pressure in hydraulics;

4. Revised maximum choke pressure calculations;

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, weight on the bit and rotary torque;
3.) Geolograph with parameters: drillpipe pressure, choke pressure, active volume, hookload, weight on the bit, length drilled, flow in, flow out, percent of flow, rotary torque, rotary speed and drilling rate.
4. Panel with alarms: pump failure, vol high, flow high, bop failure, bop status and choke status;
5. Toolbar with buttons: Well Config, Circulation Options, Set Alarms, Graph Limits, X-times faster, Pause/Continue, Restart, Send by email, about;
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 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;
Note: This Drilling Simulator 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.

Screenshots:

contact@wellcontrol.com.br

http://www.wellcontrol.com.br

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Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac

New in the next updates: Importing data from other apps using iCloud

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Well Control Simulator for iPhone and iPod Touch

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Well Control Simulator for iPad

Example of the Driller’s Method

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Oil and Gas Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac

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Update for All Apps for Mac OS X

iCloud and Data Files

Data File for each App

Data Files on the iCloud

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Update for All Apps for Mac

iCloud and Data Files

Data File for each App

Data Files on the iCloud

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Well Control Methods for Mac OS X (Lion Version)

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Drilling Simulator for iPad – Introductory level

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