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Kill Well Method Comparison Both the Drillers and Engineers or Wait and Weight Methods have advantages
and disadvantages, cause of this we will share about kill well comparison depending on the general conditions of
the area of operation or the specificconditions in a well. The correct kill method is determined through discussions
between theDrilling Representative on location and the Drilling Supervisor. Figures E.3 and E.4 illustrate a gas kick
being circulated to the surface using both the Drillers and the Engineers Method. Observing both figures, note that
when the gas bubble reaches the casing shoe, the Drillersmethod produces a surface casing pressure which is
higher than the initial casing pressure, whereas the Engineers Method is less. In the Drillers Method, the hydrostatic
pressure in the annulus is reduced as the gas bubble expands while being circulated out of the well. Since
the bottomhole pressure is held constant, the surface casing pressure must increase. The hydrostatic pressure above
the shoe is the same as it was when the well was initially shut-in, as long as the bubble is below the shoe. The
pressure at the shoe will increase an amount equal to the increase in the surface casing pressure plus any circulating
frictiongenerated in the annulus above the shoe. This increase in pressure could be sufficient to cause a formation
breakdown at the shoe. Consequently, the maximum pressure at the casing shoe occurs when the top of the bubble
reaches the shoe if the Drillers Method is used. Conversely, when the Engineers Method is used, the maximum
pressure at the shoe will generally occur when the kill mud reaches the bit. Exceptions to this take place when the
kick volume enters the well filling it above the shoe, or when a small kick volume does not increase the casing
pressure as it rises into a larger annular area at the top of the collars by the time kill mud reaches the bit, or at any
time the top of the bubble reaches the shoe before the kill mud reaches the bit. The introduction of kill mud into the
annulus through the bit increases the hydrostatic pressure. In order to maintain constant bottom hole pressure, the
surface
pressure
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