Quiz 1

Q1. What is the primary means of preventing kick from occurring?

a. Using reducing pump rate and circulating pressure to kill the well.

b. Use of instrumentation to detect and warn for kicks.

c. The use of blow out preventer to close in a flowing well.

d. Using a combination BOPs and drilling fluid hydrostatic pressure.

e. Using of drilling fluid hydrostatic pressure to balance formation pressure.

Q2. A gas bearing formation is over pressured by an artisan effect. Which of the following condition has
created the over pressure?

a. Compaction of the formation from the over burden.

b. Formation water source located at a higher level than the rig floor.

c. The difference in length between gas & formation fluid.

Q3. The formation pressure at 9300 ft TVD is 6320 psi. Which one of the option will be correct in case
the pressure gradient of the drilling fluid is 0.842 psi/ft?

a. The well is overbalanced.

b. The well is under balanced.

c. The well is balanced.

Q4. At a depth of 10000 ft the formation pressure is 5200 psi. This formation pressure is:

a. Above normal.

b. Below normal.

c. Normal.

Q5. Calculate with following data:

Drill Pipe Capacity = 0.0176 bbls/ft

Drill Pipe Metal Displacement = 0.0082 bbls/ft

Average Stand Length = 92 ft

5a. How much mud is required to fill hole per stand when pulled out dry.

a. 0.75 bbls

b. 2.37 bbls

c. 0.32 bbls

d. 5.56 bbls

5b. How much mud is required to fill hole per stand when pulled out wet?

a. 0.75 bbls

b. 2.37 bbls

c. 0.32 bbls

d. 5.56 bbls

Q6. After having pulled 15 stands of drill pipe from the well the trip sheet confirm that fluid or gas has
been swabbed into the well. A flow check is carried out and the well is static. Which one of the option is
the best procedure for handling this problem?

a. Close the well immediately and check for pressure.

b. Trip or strip back to bottom and circulate bottoms up.

c. As the well is not flowing, continue pulling the string out of the hole.

d. Pull another 5 stands and check for flow.

Q7. A vertical well is drilled to a depth of 10,500 ft with 11.7 ppg mud and following are the recorded
data:

WELL DATA:

Pump speed: 70 spm.

Pressure losses in surface equipment: 180 psi

Pressure losses in drill string: 900 psi

Pressure losses in annulus: 120 psi

Pressure losses at bit nozzles 1600 psi

(i). Calculate Bottom Hole Pressure when well is static

a. 2800 psi

b. 6508.2 psi

c. 6388.2 psi

d. 3655.5 psi

(ii). Calculate Bottom Hole Pressure when mud is circulated at 70 spm

a. 2800 psi

b. 6508.2 psi

c. 6388.2 psi

d. 3655.5 psi

(iii). Calculate pump pressure when mud is circulated at 70 spm

a. 2800 psi

b. 6508.2 psi

c. 6388.2 psi

d. 3655.5 psi

(iv). Calculate the equivalent circulating density

a. 11.92 ppg

b. 12.30 ppg

c. 11.7 ppg

d. 0.22 ppg
Quiz 2
Q1. When circulating around the well at 60 SPM with 10 ppg mud, the pump Pressure is 950 psi. What
would be the pump pressure be if the mud weight was raised to 12 ppg. Drilled depth of the well is 9587
ft.

a. 950 psi

b. 792 psi

c. 1040 psi

d. 1140 psi

Q2. The Stand pipe pressure at 70 SPM was 2000 psi using 11 ppg drilling fluid. What will be the
approximate pump pressure after having increased the drilling fluid density to 13 ppg and reduce the
pump rate to 50 SPM ?

a. 4633 psi

b. 1206 psi

c. 2364 psi

d. 1021 psi

Q3. Which of the following causes of well kick is totally avoidable and is due to lack of alertness of
driller? (Select two answers)

a. Drill pipe is lowered too fast in heavy mud causing lost circulation

b. Gas cut mud

c. Abnormal pressure

d. Not keeping hole full

Q4. With following well data, calculate the reduction in bottom hole pressure if a driller has pulled out
15 stands of 5” drill pipe dry, without filling the hole.

Drill pipe capacity – 0.0176 bbl/ft

Drill pipe steel displacement – 0.0080 bbl/ft

Casing capacity – 0.0733 bbl/ft

Length of one stand – 90 ft

Mud weight – 12 ppg

a. 81.14 psi

b. 0.06 psi

c. 103.21 psi

d. 0.076 psi

Q5. Which of following practices are likely to increase the chances of swabbing?(Select three answers)

a. Maintaining high drilling fluid viscosity.

b. Puling through tight spots with pumps on.

c. Pumping out of the hole.

d. Pumping low viscous pill.

e. Pulling pipe fast.

f. Pulling pipe slowly.

g. Pulling through the tight spots with the pumps stopped.

Q6. In a well, during trip out swabbing was suspected. The flow check was negative and it was decided
to run back to bottom (30 stands) checking for flow after lowering every 5 stands. The flow checks after
5, 10, 15 & 20 stands showed no flow. But with stand number 25 back in the hole, the well was found to
be flowing. What could be the most likely cause of the well flow?

a. Abnormal formation fluid pressure.

b. Derrick man mixed too light a slug prior to pulling out of the hole.

c. Running into the swabbed fluids caused hydrostatic pressure in annulus to drop.

d. In the hurry, it was forgotten to slug the pipe while preparing for running back.

Q7. For the following well data how many 90 ft length stands can be pulled out dry before the well starts
to flow.?

Well Depth: 10,750 ft TVD

Casing Shoe Depth: 5,930 ft TVD

Mud Gradient : 0.798 psi/ft

Formation Pressure : 8,410 psi

Casing Capacity : 0.1499 bbl/ft

Open Hole Capacity : 0.1458 bbl/ft

Drill pipe Metal Displacement : 0.0080 bbl/ft

Drill Pipe Capacity : 0.0176 bbl/ft

a. 40

b. 41

c. 42

d. 43

Q8. If the pit level increases when the pumps are off but stays constant when pumps are running. What
is the problem?

a. Annular pressure losses are giving overbalance against formation pressure.

b. Mud hydrostatic pressure is greater than formation pressure.

c. The pumps need to be repaired.

d. Pump pressure is greater than mud hydrostatic pressure.

Q9. What will be the reduction in bottom hole pressure if 8 stands of drill pipes are pulled out wet
without filling the hole? (Mud bucket was not used)

One stand length : 92 ft

Casing Capacity : 0.0745 bbls/ft

Drill Pipe Capacity : 0.0176 bbls/ft

Drill pipe steel displacement : 0.0080 bbls/ft

Mud Weight : 13.5 ppg

a. 270 psi

b. 503 psi

c. 512 psi

d. 216 psi

Q10. In a well while tripping out the hole was filled during pulling drill pipes. Thereafter the trip tank
pump was stopped and the complete BHA was pulled out wet.
Using following data, calculate approximate reduction in the bottom hole pressure.

BHA length – 531 ft

BHA capacity – 0.009 bbls/ft

BHA Steel Displacement – 0.068 bbls/ft

Annular Capacity, BHA to 13 3/8” Casing – 0.07 bbls/ft

Casing capacity – 0.147 bbls/ft

Mud Density – 11 ppg

a. 159 psi

b. 141 psi

c. 115 psi

d. 19 psi
Quiz 3

Q1. While drilling a vertical well at a depth of 9,000 ft with 13 ppg mud. Gas cut mud was observed at
shale shaker. Tool Pusher decided for bottoms–up monitoring of out coming mud. They recorded
average mud weight of:

12.5 ppg for 0 to 900 ft

12.8 ppg mud for 900 ft to 1500 ft

13.0 ppg mud for 1500 ft to 9000 ft.

Due to the gas cut mud, how much was the reduction in bottom hole pressure?

a. 15 psi

b. 25 psi

c. 30 psi

d. 60 psi

Q2. Is it true that the original drilling fluid density will be sufficient to control the formation pressure
once stripped back to bottom if a kick has been taken off bottom due to swabbing?

a. Yes

b. No

Q3. It was decided to reduce the mud weight from 12.4 ppg while tripping in the well of 9,880 ft TVD.
String was run to 5,950 ft and original mud was displaced by 10.8 ppg mud.

(i). What will be the bottom hole pressure now?

a. 6043 psi

b. 5548 psi

c. 6370 psi

d. 5875 psi

(ii). When string was run down to bottom the entire well was displaced by 10.8 ppg mud. Calculate the
bottom hole pressure in static condition.
Q4. What is the definition of MAASP?

a. The total pressure applied at casing shoe that can cause losses at shoe.

b. The surface casing pressure that in addition to hydrostatic pressure is likely to cause losses at the
shoe formation if exceeded.

c. The maximum pressure allowed on the casing gauge during a kill operation.

d. The maximum pressure allowed on the drill pipe gauge during a kill operation.

e. The maximum bottom hole pressure allowed during a kill operation.

Q5. While drilling, the mud weight was increased from 12 ppg to 13.5 ppg expecting higher formation
pressure below. How this increase of mud weight will affect MAASP (the casing shoe is at 4697ft/5500
ft)?

a. Increase by 366 psi

b. Decrease by 366 psi

c. Increase by 429 psi

d. Decrease by 429 psi

Q6. Which of the following are important for the calculation of formation strength at the shoe? (Select
three answers)

a. Accurate pump strokes counter.

b. Accurate pressure gauge.

c. Exact mud density.

d. Exact vertical depth of casing shoe.

e. Accurate hole capacity.

f. The pressure limit for the pump.

g. Exact measured depth of the casing shoe.

Q7. Select three parameters that influence the MAASP?

a. The fracture pressure of the formation at casing shoe.

b. The dia of last casing string.

c. The pump rate when performing the formation strength test.

d. The density of the drilling fluid.

e. The maximum allowable pump pressure.

f. The casing shoe depth of the last casing string.

Q8. After lowering casing, which of the following operations are to be taken care of prior to conducting a
leak —off test. (Select two answers)

a. Drill casing shoe and about 10 ft in to new formation.

b. Keep the bit close to bottom.

c. Circulate and condition the mud to get uniform column of mud in the well.

d. Line up pump to conduct leak off at slow circulating rate.

Q9. What is normal formation pressure normally assumed to be?

a. 0.433 psi/ft.

b. 1 psi/ft

c. 0.465 psi/ft

d. 0.5 psi/ft.

Q10. A casing is set at a depth of 7260 ft and true vertical depth of casing shoe is 6298 ft. After drilling
shoe and new formation, leak off test was conducted with 11.2 ppg mud. It was found that the
formation strength is 5400 psi.

Find out the maximum allowable annular surface pressure (MAASP).

a. 1171 psi

b. 5400 psi

c. 3668 psi

d. 1732 psi
Quiz 4
Q1. Calculate the fracture strength at casing shoe for the following data:
Shoe TVD: 5500 ft
Test Mud Weight: 12 ppg
The Casing Pressure – Volume Pumped graph deviated after 600 psi
a. 4032 psi
b. 2832 psi
c. 6032 psi
d. 3432 psi

Q2. Calculate maximum allowable mud weight for the following data:
Well Depth: MD 15,050 ft / TVD 13,090 ft
Casing Shoe Depth: MD 11,000 ft / TVD 10,550 ft
Casing Shoe leaked with 11 ppg mud at 1675 psi
a. 13.14 ppg
b. 13.46 ppg
c. 13.93 ppg
d. 14.05 ppg

Q3. when a gas kick. which three conditions in e well are likely to increase the risk of exceeding
the MAASP during e well kill operation?
a Small influx
b Large influx
c. Long open hole section.
d Short open hole section.
e. Small difference between the formation strength pressure at the shoe and drilling fluid
hydrostatic pressure.
f. Large difference between the formation strength pressure at the shoe and drilling fluid
hydrostatic pressure.

Q4. Which of the following possible warning signs indicate that well may go under balance?
(Select two answers)
a. Increase in pump pressure.
b. Reduction in rate of penetration.
c. Change in cuttings size & shape.
d. Increase in drilled gas percentage.

Q5. Which of the following equipment may warn of increase in formation pressure while drilling
overbalance? (Select three answers)
a. ROP meter
b. Flow line Temperature gauge
c. Gas detector
d. Return flow meter

Q6. After recognizing a drilling break, what is the first action to be taken?
a. Make a flow Check
b. Circulate bottoms up
c. Continue drilling
d. Reduce pump speed

Q7. From all the following indications, which TWO indications would have little room for doubt
that the well is kicking?
a. Increased rotary torque.
b. Flow rate increase.
c. Pit volume gain.
d. Increased rate of penetration.

Q8. Will a kick always occur in the event of a loss of return?

a. No. it depends on the mud level in the annulus and the formation pressure.
b. No, it depends on the drill string weight reduction noted on the weight indicator.
c. Yes, losses will always occur above any potential kick zone.
d. Yes, loss of return is always followed by a kick.

Q9. Which one of the following is the first reliable indication that well is flowing?
a. Increase in torque.
b. Gas cut mud.
c. Decrease in pump pressure.
d. Increase in return flow.

Q10. Which one of the following be the first action to be taken, if the mud pump safety valve
pops-off or hose going to the drill string is parted while circulating out a kick?
a. Drop the drill string, close blind/shear rams, close the choke.
b. Stop the pump, close the choke.
c. Stop the pump, close Kelly cock, close choke.
d. Repair pump or hose and resume well killing.
Quiz 5
Q1. Which of the following situation make kick detection more difficult with PVT while drilling?
a. By passing solid control equipment
b. Minimum mud transfer to active system
c. Allowing mud loss by over flowing the shakers
d. Reducing the range of high /low alarm setting of PVT

Q2. Which of the following drilling practices would be considered when connection gas is
noticed? (Select two answers)
a. Pulling out of the hole to change the bit.
b. Raising the mud yield point.
c. Minimizing the time during a connection when the pumps are switched off.
d. Controlling drilling rate so that only one slug of connection gas is in the hole at a time.

Q3. A slug pill is being circulated around the well. When BHP will first increase?
a. When the pill is about to exist the bit.
b. When the beginning of slug pill enters the annulus through the bit.
c. When the beginning of slug pill enters the drill string.
d. When the end of the slug pill has gone through the bit and is displaced in the annulus by the
original drilling fluid.

Q4. If the cuttings volume in the annulus was high and the well had been shut in on kick. Would
the drill pipe pressure be higher than in a clean well?
Yes OR No

Q5. If the cuttings volume in the annulus was high and the well had been shut in on kick. Would
the casing pressure be higher than in a clean well?
Yes OR No
Q6. The influx is usually circulated out at a pump rate considerably slower than that used while
drilling. What are the reasons for that?(Select two answers)
a. To enable the choke operator to make the necessary choke adjustment.
b. To get adequate time to dispose off the kick fluid at surface.
c. To allow experts to reach the well site.
d. It is difficult to increase pump rate with the influx in the annulus.

Q7. Which of the following should be considered while selecting kill rate SPM? (Select two
answers)
a. Volume handling capacity of chokes.
b. Formation pressure.
c. Rated working pressure of BOP.
d. Capacity of kill mud preparation.

Q8. Which of the following situations require recording of a slow circulating rate (SCR)
pressure? (Select two answers)
a. Only after drilling out casing shoe.
b. At beginning of each shift.
c. Every time mud density is changed.
d. After carrying out LOT.

Q9. When should the slow circulating rate pressure be recorded?(Select two answers)
a. Each time when drilling rate changes.
b. When bit nozzle size is changed.
c. After installation of BOP.
d. After liner size of pump is changed.
Q10. Match each of the following statements to one of the answers below:
1. Amount of space between the grains of rock .
2. Rock ability to allow flow of formation fluid through It
3. The presence of formation fluids within the pore spaces
4. Momentary increase in BHP
a. Porosity
b. Formation Pore Pressure
c. Permeability
d. Surging
ANSWER 1
1. e

2. b

3. a

4. a

5a. a

5b. b

6. a

7(i). c

7(ii). b

7(iii). a

7(iv). A

Answer 2
1. d

2. b

3. a, d

4. c

5. a, e, g

6. c

7. b

8. a

9. a

10. a
Answer 3
1. c

2. a

3(i). d

3(ii). 5,549 psi

4. b

5. b

6. b, c, d

7. a, d, f

8. a, c

9. a

10. d

Answer 4
1. a
2. d
3. b, c, e
4. c, d
5. a, c, d
6. a
7. b, c
8. a
9. d
10. c
Answer 5
1. c
2. c, d
3. b
4. No
5. No
6. a, b
7. a, d
8. b, c
9. b, d
10. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d