Answer key and Solutions to IWCF Principles and Practice Questions-4

Ans 55 i) b,c ii)a,b,d

Ans 56) b,c
Ans 57)a,d,e
Ans 58)a,b,c,e
Ans 59) True
Ans 60)False
Ans 61)a,b
Ans 62)a,c,f
Ans 63)b
Ans 64)b

Solution: SICP (Shut In Casing Pressure) = SIDPP (Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure) in a horizontal
well as long as the influx is in the horizontal part of the well. The hydrostatic head of any column
of liquid is determined by its vertical depth. For a well, hydrostatic head of mud from the
annulus side and the drill string side is dependent on the TVD (True Verticle Depth). The
horizontal portion of the well does not add to the TVD and the fluid in the horizontal portion
does not affect the hydrostatic pressure in the well.

As the hydrostatic on the both sides (Casing and the drill pipe) is same when the influx is in the
horizontal part, therefore, SICP = SIDPP
Ans 65)a
Ans 66) b
Ans 67) a,c,f
Ans 68) a,c,e (Return flow meter is positive kick sign)
Ans 69) a,c,e
Ans 70) c
Ans 71) c (Full form of PVT is Pit Volume Totalizer)
Ans 72) 400 psi

Solution: Stabilized value is taken as the SIDPP. Pressures are stabilized when both SIDPP and
SICP start increasing by same amount.
In this case after 1015 hrs both SIDPP and SICP increased by 10 psi. So, the value of SIDPP at
1015 hrs is taken as its stabilized value. SIDPP = 400 psi