Well Control in Drilling Process

• Main Author: Aziz Zaki, Ahmed Abdel
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10647/1/Final%20report%20Ahmed%20Zaki.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10647/

Kicks represent the most dangerous situations that could happen while drilling a well, since it can easily develop into a serious blowout.Well control is one of the important issues because improper well control will lead to a blowout which is the most feared operational hazards and expensive cost. Wells are not only drilled vertically or deviated nowadays but also horizontally and adding up extended reaches wells (ERD) for economical and technical reasons. For this study, the project focused on well control in ERD well by using Halliburton.s software, WELLPLAN. WELLPAN is very useful software which is provides various functionalities such as torque drag analysis, analyze hydraulics, analyze surge/swab pressures and ECD.s, investigate well control and etc. This project is focused on investigate well control using the Well Control Analysis Module. The Well Control module can be used to determined predicted kick type, estimate influx volume and kick tolerance, evaluate pressure and generate kill sheet.