Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition, brings the engineer and rig personnel up to date on all the useful methods, equipment, and project details needed to solve daily well control challenges. Blowouts are the most expensive and one of the most preventable accidents in the oil and gas industry. While some rig crews experience frequent well control incidents, some go years before seeing the real thing. Either way, the crew must always be prepared with quick understanding of the operations and calculations necessary to maintain well control.
Updated to cover the lessons learned and new technology following the Macondo incident, this fully detailed reference will cover detection of influxes and losses in equipment and methods, a greater emphasis on kick tolerance considerations, an expanded section on floating drilling and deepwater floating drilling procedures, and a new blowout case history from Bangladesh. With updated photos, case studies, and practice examples, Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition will continue to deliver critical and modern well control information to ensure engineers and personnel stay safe, environmentally-responsible, and effective on the rig.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Acknowledgments - p. xv 7. Chapter One: Equipment in Well Control Operations - p. xv 8. Chapter Two: Classical Pressure Control Procedures while Drilling - p. 49 9. Chapter Three: Pressure Control Procedures While Tripping - p. 98 10. Chapter Four: Special Conditions Problems and Procedures in Well Control - p. 120 11. Abstract - p. 121 12. Significance of Surface Pressures - p. 122 13. Safety Factors in Classical Pressure Control Procedures - p. 144 14. Circulating a Kick off Bottom - p. 148 15. Classical Procedures—Plugged Nozzle Effect - p. 148 16. Classical Procedures—Drill String Washout Effect - p. 150 17. Determination of Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressures - p. 152 18. Determination of the Type of Fluid That Entered the Wellbore - p. 152 19. Frictional Pressure Losses - p. 154 20. Annulus Pressure Profiles With Classical Procedures - p. 157 21. Kick Tolerance Envelope - p. 172 22. Constant Casing Pressure, Constant Drill Pipe Pressure, and Modification of the Wait and Weight Method - p. 173 23. The Low Choke Pressure Method - p. 175 24. Reverse the Bubble Out Through the Drill Pipe - p. 176 25. The Overkill Wait-and-Weight Method - p. 180 26. Slim-Hole Drilling—Continuous Coring Considerations - p. 184 27. Stripping With Influx Migration - p. 187 28. Oil-Base Mud in Pressure and Well Control Operations - p. 191 29. Floating Drilling and Subsea Operation Considerations - p. 197 30. Negative Tests - p. 208 31. Chapter Five: Fluid Dynamics in Well Control - p. 209 32. Chapter Six: Special Services in Well Control - p. 258 33. Chapter Seven: How to Drill a Relief Well - p. 301 34. Chapter Eight: The Underground Blowout - p. 336 35. Chapter Nine: Case Study: The E. N. Ross No. 2 - p. 369 36. Chapter Ten: Contingency Planning - p. 403 37. Chapter Eleven: The Al-Awda Project: The Oil Fires of Kuwait - p. 408 38. Epilogue - p. 435 39. Index - p. 453
Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition, brings the engineer and rig personnel up to date on all the useful methods, equipment, and project details needed to solve daily well control challenges. Blowouts are the most expensive and one of the most preventable accidents in the oil and gas industry. While some rig crews experience frequent well control incidents, some go years before seeing the real thing. Either way, the crew must always be prepared with quick understanding of the operations and calculations necessary to maintain well control.
Updated to cover the lessons learned and new technology following the Macondo incident, this fully detailed reference will cover detection of influxes and losses in equipment and methods, a greater emphasis on kick tolerance considerations, an expanded section on floating drilling and deepwater floating drilling procedures, and a new blowout case history from Bangladesh. With updated photos, case studies, and practice examples, Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition will continue to deliver critical and modern well control information to ensure engineers and personnel stay safe, environmentally-responsible, and effective on the rig.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Acknowledgments - p. xv 7. Chapter One: Equipment in Well Control Operations - p. xv 8. Chapter Two: Classical Pressure Control Procedures while Drilling - p. 49 9. Chapter Three: Pressure Control Procedures While Tripping - p. 98 10. Chapter Four: Special Conditions Problems and Procedures in Well Control - p. 120 11. Abstract - p. 121 12. Significance of Surface Pressures - p. 122 13. Safety Factors in Classical Pressure Control Procedures - p. 144 14. Circulating a Kick off Bottom - p. 148 15. Classical Procedures—Plugged Nozzle Effect - p. 148 16. Classical Procedures—Drill String Washout Effect - p. 150 17. Determination of Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressures - p. 152 18. Determination of the Type of Fluid That Entered the Wellbore - p. 152 19. Frictional Pressure Losses - p. 154 20. Annulus Pressure Profiles With Classical Procedures - p. 157 21. Kick Tolerance Envelope - p. 172 22. Constant Casing Pressure, Constant Drill Pipe Pressure, and Modification of the Wait and Weight Method - p. 173 23. The Low Choke Pressure Method - p. 175 24. Reverse the Bubble Out Through the Drill Pipe - p. 176 25. The Overkill Wait-and-Weight Method - p. 180 26. Slim-Hole Drilling—Continuous Coring Considerations - p. 184 27. Stripping With Influx Migration - p. 187 28. Oil-Base Mud in Pressure and Well Control Operations - p. 191 29. Floating Drilling and Subsea Operation Considerations - p. 197 30. Negative Tests - p. 208 31. Chapter Five: Fluid Dynamics in Well Control - p. 209 32. Chapter Six: Special Services in Well Control - p. 258 33. Chapter Seven: How to Drill a Relief Well - p. 301 34. Chapter Eight: The Underground Blowout - p. 336 35. Chapter Nine: Case Study: The E. N. Ross No. 2 - p. 369 36. Chapter Ten: Contingency Planning - p. 403 37. Chapter Eleven: The Al-Awda Project: The Oil Fires of Kuwait - p. 408 38. Epilogue - p. 435 39. Index - p. 453
