The table below is a data set from a real land well. As a drilling engineer you are required to calculate the burst and collapse loads that would be used to select an appropriate weight and grade of casing for the Surface, Intermediate and Production strings in this land well: Casing size, in Expected Expected P Mud weight, minimax Potential hole problems Hole Size Depth, t gradient, ppg Pt. ppg Driven 100 30" 26" 3000 13.0@ 3000 ft 20" 8.6 9.0 Unconsolidated 17 % 13 3/8" 8.6/9.5 16.0 @ 6000 ft 11.0 Possible lost circ. 6000 12 %" 10,000 9 5/8" 16.5@ 10,000 ft 9.5/11 14.0 Unstable shales 7" 11/14 15.0 Overpressured 9,500-12,000

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The table below is a data set from a real land well. As a drilling engineer you are
required to calculate the burst and collapse loads that would be used to select an
appropriate weight and grade of casing for the Surface, Intermediate and Production
strings in this land well:
Expected P Mud weight,
gradient, ppg
Potential hole
problems
Hole Size
Casing size,
in
Expected
minmax
Pt, ppg
Depth, t
ppg
Driven 100
30"
13.0 @
3000 ft
Unconsolidated
26"
3000
20"
8.6
9.0
Possible lost circ.
17 %"
6000
13 3/8
8.6/9.5
16.0 @
6000 ft
11.0
12 %"
10,000
9 5/8"
9.5/11
16.5@
10,000 ft
14.0
Unstable shales
8 %"
9,500-12,000
7"
11/14
15.0
Overpressured
Transcribed Image Text:3:54 ll ? The table below is a data set from a real land well. As a drilling engineer you are required to calculate the burst and collapse loads that would be used to select an appropriate weight and grade of casing for the Surface, Intermediate and Production strings in this land well: Expected P Mud weight, gradient, ppg Potential hole problems Hole Size Casing size, in Expected minmax Pt, ppg Depth, t ppg Driven 100 30" 13.0 @ 3000 ft Unconsolidated 26" 3000 20" 8.6 9.0 Possible lost circ. 17 %" 6000 13 3/8 8.6/9.5 16.0 @ 6000 ft 11.0 12 %" 10,000 9 5/8" 9.5/11 16.5@ 10,000 ft 14.0 Unstable shales 8 %" 9,500-12,000 7" 11/14 15.0 Overpressured
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