Blowout and Well Control Handbook

front cover......Page 1
copyright......Page 5
table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
1. EQUIPMENT IN WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS......Page 14
VIBRATION......Page 16
EROSION......Page 17
CORROSION......Page 24
THREADED CONNECTIONS......Page 25
THE STACK......Page 26
THE CHOKE LINE......Page 28
THE VALVES......Page 32
THE DRILLING CHOKE......Page 36
THE HEADER......Page 39
THE SEPARATOR......Page 41
THE KILL LINE......Page 45
THE STABBING VALVE......Page 46
2. CLASSIC PRESSURE CONTROL PROCEDURES WHILE DRILLING......Page 50
MUD WEIGHT LESS THAN FORMATION PORE PRESSURE......Page 51
MUD CUT......Page 52
CHANGE IN PUMP PRESSURE......Page 53
SHUT-IN PROCEDURE......Page 54
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 59
THE DRILLER’S METHOD......Page 65
THEWAIT AND WEIGHT METHOD......Page 81
SUMMARY 2......Page 100
3. PRESSURE CONTROL PROCEDURES WHILE TRIPPING......Page 101
CAUSES OF KICKS WHILE TRIPPING......Page 102
TRIP SHEETS AND FILLING PROCEDURES......Page 103
PERIODIC FILLING PROCEDURE......Page 106
CONTINUOUS FILLING PROCEDURE......Page 109
TRIPPING INTO THE HOLE......Page 112
WELL KICKS WHILE TRIPPING......Page 113
STRIPPING IN THE HOLE......Page 116
4. SPECIAL CONDITIONS, PROBLEMS, AND PROCEDURES IN WELL CONTROL......Page 128
A KICK IS TAKEN WHILE DRILLING......Page 129
INFLUX MIGRATION......Page 133
SAFETY FACTORS IN CLASSICAL PRESSURE CONTROL PROCEDURES......Page 154
CIRCULATING A KICK OFF BOTTOM......Page 158
CLASSICAL PROCEDURESÛ DRILL STRINGWASHOUT EFFECT......Page 160
DETERMINATION OF SHUT-IN DRILLPIPE PRESSURES......Page 162
DETERMINATION OF THE TYPE OF FLUID THAT ENTERED THE WELLBORE......Page 163
FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSSES......Page 165
ANNULUS PRESSURE PROFILES WITH CLASSICAL PROCEDURES......Page 169
CONSTANT CASING PRESSURE, CONSTANT DRILLPIPE PRESSURE, AND MODIFICATION OF THEWAIT AND WEIGHT METHOD......Page 188
THE LOW CHOKE PRESSURE METHOD......Page 190
REVERSE THE BUBBLE OUT THROUGH THE DRILLPIPE......Page 191
THE OVERKILLWAIT AND WEIGHT METHOD......Page 196
SLIM HOLE DRILLINGÛ CONTINUOUS CORING CONSIDERATIONS......Page 199
STRIPPING WITH INFLUX MIGRATION......Page 204
OIL-BASE MUD IN PRESSURE AND WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS......Page 209
FIRE......Page 210
SOLUBILITY OF NATURAL GAS IN OIL-BASE MUD......Page 211
SUBSEA STACK......Page 215
SHUT-IN PROCEDURES......Page 218
FLOATING DRILLING WELL CONTROL PROBLEMS......Page 219
DEEP-WATER FLOATING DRILLING......Page 223
SHALLOW GAS KICKS......Page 228
5. FLUID DYNAMICS IN WELL CONTROL......Page 230
KILL-FLUID BULLHEADING......Page 231
KILL-FLUID LUBRICATION— VOLUMETRIC KILL PROCEDURE......Page 241
DYNAMIC KILL OPERATIONS......Page 262
THE MOMENTUM KILL......Page 273
SNUBBING......Page 282
EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES......Page 283
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS......Page 297
BUCKLING CONSIDERATIONS......Page 300
SPECIAL BUCKLING CONSIDERATIONS: VARIABLE DIAMETERS......Page 309
FIRE FIGHTING......Page 315
EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE......Page 320
CAPPING THE WELL......Page 321
FREEZING......Page 324
HOT TAPPING......Page 325
JET CUTTING......Page 326
ULSEL AND MAGNETIC INTERPRETATION INTRODUCED......Page 328
MAGRANGE DEVELOPED......Page 331
WELLSPOT DEVELOPED......Page 332
MAGRANGE AND WELLSPOT COMPARED......Page 335
RELIABILITY OF PROXIMITY LOGGING......Page 337
RELIABILITY OF COMMERCIAL WELLBORE SURVEY INSTRUMENTS......Page 339
SUBSURFACE DISTANCE BETWEEN RELIEF WELL AND BLOWOUT......Page 343
SURFACE DISTANCE BETWEEN RELIEF WELL AND BLOWOUT......Page 346
SUMMARY 7......Page 347
RELIEF WELL PLAN OVERVIEW......Page 348
8. THE UNDERGROUND BLOWOUT......Page 353
CASING LESS THAN 4000 FEET......Page 361
PIPE BELOW 4000 FEET......Page 372
CHARGED INTERVALS—CLOSE ORDER SEISMIC— VENT WELLS......Page 382
SHEAR RAMS......Page 384
CEMENT AND BARITE PLUGS......Page 385
9. CASE STUDY: THE E. N. ROSS NO. 2......Page 388
THE KICK......Page 399
THE SNUBBING PROCEDURE......Page 401
THE SNUBBING OPERATION TO JULY 14......Page 412
THE CIRCULATING PROCEDURE, JULY 15......Page 414
ALTERNATIVES......Page 419
OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 424
10. CONTINGENCY PLANNING......Page 425
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT......Page 429
THE WIND......Page 437
WATER......Page 438
GROUND FIRES......Page 440
OIL LAKES......Page 441
CONTROL PROCEDURES......Page 442
THE STINGER......Page 443
THE CAPPING STACK......Page 444
WATER......Page 447
NOVEL TECHNIQUES......Page 450
CUTTING......Page 451
STATISTICS......Page 453
SAFETY......Page 456
CONCLUSION 11......Page 457
EPILOGUE......Page 458
Index......Page 478