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4. When you pull cement stinger, you will have the balance set properly like this.
Example for the balanced cement calculation
The operator plans to set abandonment plug in the open hole across the pay sand.
• Hole TD = 12,000’MD/10,000’TVD
• Use 0% excess
Determine how much cement that we should need and how the
displacement plan should be.
Since there is pipe in the hole, the top of cement (TOC) will be higher.
Length of cement with pipe = Cement Volume ÷ (Drill pipe capacity + Annular capacity)
Where;
It means that height of cement is 1,059 ft, therefore TOC when pipe in hole is 8541 ft (9,600-1,059).
3. Height of spacer while the cement string in the well
The plan is to pump 50 bbl of spacer; therefore, there might be some spacer up above the cement
stinger.
Volume of spacer from top of cement to top of cement stinger (Spacer volume1)
Spacer volume1 = annular capacity between hole and cement stinger x length of cement stinger
from TOP to top of stinger.
The rest of spacer which is 45.77 (50-4.23) bbl is in between drill pipe and hole.
Length of spacer between drill pipe and hole = spacer volume ÷ annular capacity between hole and
4” DP
Length of spacer between drill pipe and hole = 45.77 ÷ 0.0224 = 2043 ft
So the top of spacer is equal to top of stinger minus length of spacer between drill pipe and hole.
Top of spacer = 8400 – 2043 = 6357 ft.
4. Volume of space to that has equal height of spacer in the annulus
The volume of spacer inside string is equal to volume of spacer in cement stinger plus volume of
spacer in 4” DP.
Volume of spacer in cement stinger = cement stinger capacity x length from top of stinger to top of
cement
Volume of spacer in 4” DP = 4”DP capacity x length from top of stinger to top of spacer
4” DP capacity = 3.352 ÷ 1029.4 = 0.0109 bbl/ft
Total spacer volume in the string = 22.27 + 0.8178 = 23.1 (round up figure) bbl.
Final cement in place after pulling the cement stinger out of hole is below.
Ref books: Cementing Technology Books
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