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QUESTION ONE
Find the Hydrostatic Pressure of a 12 ppg mud in a 10 000 feet well.
A: 6240 psi
B: 1200 psi
C: 6420 psi
D: 5250 psi
E: 4260 psi
00 feet well.
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This is a hydrostatic pressure question.
A: 4732 psi
B: 7800 psi
C: 2512 psi
D: 3590 psi
E: 3128 psi
e 6500 feet deep filled
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This is a hydrostatic pressure question.
A: 4628 psi
B: 4268 psi
C: 4862 psi
D: 4682 psi
E: 4826 psi
et MD / 8500 feet TVD.
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Hydrostatic pressure is calculated using TVD in feet, ppg & .052
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D in feet, ppg & .052
QUESTION FOUR
Well depth is given as 18000 feet TVD / 21000 feet MD. The Mud Weight in use
What is the BHP?
A: 12475 psi
B: 16867 psi
C: 13724 psi
D: 15807 psi
E: 14508 psi
The Mud Weight in use is 15.5 ppg.
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Hydrostatic pressure is calculated using TVD in feet, ppg & .052
CORRECT
D in feet, ppg & .052
QUESTION FIVE
The Mud Gradient is .780 psi/ft at 11000 feet MD / 10000 TVD.
What is the Hydrostatic Pressure on bottom?
A: 8700 psi
B: 7800 psi
C: 8070 psi
D: 8580 psi
E: 7080 psi
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
Remember mud gradient is (ppg x .052) and can therefore be used to
calculate hydrostatic pressure simply by multiplying by TVD in feet.
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can therefore be used to
ltiplying by TVD in feet.
QUESTION SIX
What is the Mud Weight if the Hydrostatic Pressure is 3000 psi at 4675 feet?
A: 11.72 ppg
B: 12.12 ppg
C: 12.34 ppg
D: 12.78 ppg
E: 13.26 ppg
00 psi at 4675 feet?
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If you know psi & feet then ppg can be calculated by dividing psi by
the sum of feet & .052
pressure formula.
QUESTION SEVEN
What is the Equivalent Mud Weight for 4000 psi at 8000 feet?
(round your answer up)
A: 12.45 ppg
B: 8.76 ppg
C: 9.12 ppg
D: 10.32 ppg
E: 9.62 ppg
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
If you know psi & feet then ppg can be calculated by dividing psi by
the sum of feet & .052
pressure formula.
QUESTION EIGHT
The TVD is 4500 feet and the pressure is 3300 psi.
What is the Equivalent Mud Weight?
A: 12.3 ppg
B: 12.9 ppg
C: 13.5 ppg
D: 14.1 ppg
E: 14.7 ppg
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
If you know psi & feet then ppg can be calculated by dividing psi by
the sum of feet & .052
pressure formula.
QUESTION NINE
What is the Equivalent Mud Weight at 8500 feet TVD / 9500 feet MD with 4900
A: 12.25 ppg
B: 11.08 ppg
C: 10.01 ppg
D: 10.82 ppg
E: 11.57 ppg
500 feet MD with 4900 psi?
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You must always use TVD in feet for pressure calculations.
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e calculations.
QUESTION TEN
Change the pressure of 8500 psi into an Equivalent Mud Weight for a depth of
12000 feet MD / 11000 feet TVD.
A: 14.86 ppg
B: 13.86 ppg
C: 12.68 ppg
D: 15.68 ppg
E: 13.52 ppg
Weight for a depth of
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
You must always use TVD in feet for pressure calculations.
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e calculations.
QUESTION ELEVEN
Calculate the Equivalent Mud Weight: BHP = 12000 psi; Depth = 12500 feet
A: 18.46 ppg
B: 13.12 ppg
C: 15.50 ppg
D: 19.24 ppg
E: 17.98 ppg
Depth = 12500 feet
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
If you know psi & feet then ppg can be calculated by dividing psi by
the sum of feet & .052
pressure formula.
QUESTION TWELVE
BHP = 4680 psi; Depth = 9800 feet TVD / 11500 feet MD.
Equivalent Mud Weight = ?
A: 8.25 ppg
B: 10.6 ppg
C: 9.18 ppg
D: 7.84 ppg
E: 8.8 ppg
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If you know psi & feet then ppg can be calculated by dividing psi by
the sum of feet & .052
pressure formula.
QUESTION THIRTEEN
A Pump Pressure of 1200 psi is recorded with 35 SPM.
A: 1029 psi
B: 882 psi
C: 705 psi
D: 1427 psi
E: 1173 psi
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Remember the pump pressure/pump strokes relationship is
How much is the Hydrostatic Pressure if the hole is filled with 15 ppg Mud?
A: 10530 psi
B: 6760 psi
C: 6278 psi
D: 10140 psi
E: 8876 psi
Depth is 13000 feet.
A: 872 psi
B: 848 psi
C: 913 psi
D: 972 psi
E: 948 psi
mp Speed = 80 SPM.
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Remember the pump pressure/pump strokes relationship is
A: 880 psi
B: 2112 psi
C: 1842 psi
D: 2060 psi
E: 1936 psi
d be the approximate pressure
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Remember the pump pressure/pump strokes relationship is
You must first divide new spm by old spm, then square that answer,
then multiply this by old psi.
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relationship is
A: 2342 psi
B: 2647 psi
C: 2746 psi
D: 2849 psi
E: 2545 psi
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
You cannot use the pump pressure/pump strokes relationship formu
to work out the pressure for a new mud weight.
Here you need to use the FCP formula jigged slightly to read:
slightly to read:
QUESTION EIGHTEEN
Present Pump Pressure is 1700 psi with 10 ppg Mud at 50 SPM. What is the n
if the Mud Weight is increased to 12 ppg and the Pump Speed is reduced to 45
A: 1652 psi
B: 1752 psi
C: 1572 psi
D: 1257 psi
E: 1725 psi
50 SPM. What is the new Pump Pressure
Speed is reduced to 45 SPM?
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This question requires you to calculate the new pressure for the new
weight and also for the new SPM.
A: 9.12 ppg
B: 12.29 ppg
C: 11.92 ppg
D: 10.26 ppg
E: 13.02 ppg
si/ft Gradient?
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To get ppg you divide gradient by .052
CORRECT
QUESTION TWENTY
.650 psi/ft gives you a Mud Weight of:
A: 10.9 ppg
B: 14.2 ppg
C: 11.7 ppg
D: 13.4 ppg
E: 12.5 ppg
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
To get ppg you divide gradient by .052
CORRECT
QUESTION TWENTY ONE
The Mud Gradient is .42 psi/ft. What is the Mud Weight?
A: 10.2 ppg
B: 9.87 ppg
C: 8.8 ppg
D: 8.08 ppg
E: 7.93 ppg
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
To get ppg you divide gradient by .052
CORRECT
QUESTION TWENTY TWO
Which Fluid has a .433 psi/ft Gradient?
A: Gas
B: Fresh Water
C: Condensate
D: Formation Fluid
E: Oil
WRONG - SORRY NOT CORRECT
Divide .433 by .052 and you get 8.3 ppg. This is the weight of fresh w
CORRECT
s is the weight of fresh water.
QUESTION TWENTY THREE
What is the Gradient of a 9.6 ppg Mud?
A: .543 psi/ft
B: .531 psi/ft
C: .510 psi/ft
D: .487 psi/ft
E: .499 psi/ft
Y THREE
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To convert ppg to psi/ft simply multiply by .052
CORRECT
QUESTION TWENTY FOUR
A 15 ppg Mud has a Gradient of:
A: .67 psi/ft
B: .72 psi/ft
C: .83 psi/ft
D: .78 psi/ft
E: .64 psi/ft
Y FOUR
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To convert ppg to psi/ft simply multiply by .052
CORRECT
QUESTION TWENTY FIVE
The Mud Weight is 18.7 ppg. What is the Mud Gradient?
A: .9274 psi/ft
B: .9724 psi/ft
C: .8385 psi/ft
D: .8657 psi/ft
E: .7371 psi/ft
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To convert ppg to psi/ft simply multiply by .052
CORRECT
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