We will know from experience that the most challenging physical job on a drilling rig (also check: rig components) is when we are tripping pipe
Category: Drilling Calculations
The drilling program is the engineering design for the process of drilling and completion of the wellbore. The plan includes many data including well trajectory,
It is important to have the casing tally spreadsheet and running list sheet prepared as early as possible. Ideally, the casing running checklist should be
Pipe Washout in oil and gas is a sudden problem that may happen during any stage of drilling the well and may cause a parting
When the mud is static, the rheological properties should prevent solids (weighting material and drilled formation solids) from settling. The relevant property in this respect
It will be recalled that the upward velocity of the mud in the annulus between the drill pipe and wall of the hole is an
Kill sheets are used to calculate the mud weight, mud quantities, and pumping times required to bring a well back to primary control after a
Foamed cement are coarse dispersions of a base cement slurry, a gas (usually nitrogen), a foaming surfactant, and other materials to provide foam stability. Foamed
Dogleg severity is a measure of the amount of change in the inclination, and/or azimuth of a borehole usually expressed in degrees per 100 feet
Drilling Formulas Calculations are not difficult to perform and after downloading this free spreadsheet, you will find how easy they are. In this spreadsheet you