Drilling Rig Calculations

Hole Volume
Diameter x diameter equals Barrels per thousand feet
Diameter x Diameter divided by 1029.4 equals barrels per foot
D2 /1029.4 X Depth = Total Barrels
Annular Volume
OD2 ID2
BBL Per Foot ----------------1029.4
Volume of Rectangular Tank BBLs
Length x Width x Depth(feet) x 0.18
Volume of Cylindrical Tank BBLs.
(Diameter in feet x diameter in feet) x depth x 0.14
Weighting up with Barite
API specific gravity of barite is 4.25
15 sacks barite will increase mud volume by 1 barrel
Weight up formula
1490(W2 W1)
-------------------- = Sacks of Barite per 100 barrels of mud
35.4 W2
Starting Volume Formula.
(To determine initial volume of water or mud to make up a required volume of mud)
35.4 -W2
S.V. = ------------- X Required Volume, bbls
35.4 W1
To maintain mud weight when adding water:
(mud weight in ppg 8) x 0.7 = sacks of barite per bbl of water
Cutting back mud weight with water:
Water to be added, bbls =
W1 -W2
----------- x initial volume, bbls
W2 8.33
Note: if a light weight mud is being added to a heavy mud, substitute weight of light mud for 8.33.

Annular Velocity, ft/min = pump output, bbl/min

------------------------annular volume bbl/ft
Bottoms up, min a) annular volume, bbls
--------------------pump output, bbl/min
b) depth, ft.
-------------annular velocity, ft/min
Hydraulic horsepower a) psi x bbl/min
---------------40.8
b) psi x gal/min
----------------1714
Buoyancy Factor 1 (mud wt. X 0.015)
Buoyancy Factor 65.5 Mud Weight, ppg
------------------------------65.5
Force = Area x PSI
a) Area = (Diameter x Diameter) x 0.7854
b) Area = (Radius x Radius) x PI
Note: PI = 3.1416 Symbol =
ROP (Rate of Penetration) or Drilling Rate = Footage divided by time in hours
Stuck Pipe
L = 735 x 103 We
F
W = Weight of Pipe per ft
e = Length of Stretch
F = Difference in weight pulled

True Vertical Depth (TVD)

Cosine avg. angle x course length + last tvd

COS deviation X distance drilled from last survey plus last TVD
Pump Pressure / Pump Stroke Relationship
| new pump rate, spm |2
New circulating pressure = Present Circulating Pressure, psi X |--------------------------|
| old pump rate, spm |2

Barrels of Slug required for a desired length of dry pipe

Hydrostatic pressure required to give desired drop inside drill pipe.
HP, PSI = mud wt, ppg X 0.052 X ft of dry pipe
Depth of Washout in Drill String
Pump soft line or other plugging material down the drill pipe and note how many strokes are required
before pump pressure increases.
Depth of Washout, ft. = Strokes required X Pump output bbl/stroke / drill pipe capacity, bbl/ft.
Maximum allowable mud weight from Leak Off Test
PPG = (Leak-off pressure, PSI) / 0.052 / (casing shoe TVD) + (mud weight, PPG)
Pump Output
Triplex Pump
PO, BBL/Stroke = 0.000243 X (Liner Diameter, inches)2 X (Stroke Length, inches)
Available BHA weight on bit in directional wells
P = W X CosI
P = partial weight available for bit
Cos = cosine
I = degrees inclination (degrees)
W = Total weight of collars (or bha)

Power Law Constants (n and K) Calculation

Many types of drilling mud are classified as non-Newtonian fluid which is the behavior between
Newtonian fluid model and Bingham Plastic model.
The relationship between shear rate and shear stress is defined by the power law model shown below:

Where
= shear rate
K = consistency factor
= shear rate
n = flow behavior index
n and K can be calculated from any two value of shear rate and shear stress. The method of reading
shear rate on the rig comes from a V-G meter. Typically, 600 rpm, 300 rpm and 3 rpm are obtained
from every mud test and we can use those reading to determine n and K.
The following equations are used to get the Power law constants (n and K).

Where
n = flow behavior index, dimensionless
K = consistency factor, poise
300 = reading at 300 rpm
3 = reading at 3 rpm
Example for Power Law constants (n and K) calculation
300 = 32
3 = 3

n= 0.514
K=0.514