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This document contains an exercise on causes of kicks in well control. It includes 5 multiple choice questions related to identifying causes of kicks such as gas cut mud, abnormal pore pressure, and maintaining proper bottom hole pressure. The document provides information needed to understand well control principles and identify downhole conditions that could lead to a kick.

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‫‪CAUSES OF KICKS‬‬

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1. If the pit leveI increases when the pumps are off, but stays constant when the pumps are
running”. What is the problem?
a. Annular pressure losses are giving an 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.

2. Calculate reduction in bottom hole pressure due to gas cut mud with the following data, the
original mud density being 13.0 ppg: -
Depth Interval Average Mud Weight

0 -1000 ft. 12.3 ppg

1 000- 2000 ft. 12.7 ppg
2000- 9800 ft 13.0 ppg

3. How will the bottom hole pressure be affected by the gas cut mud during the drilling process?
a. There will be no change.
b. There will be a small change.
c. There will be a large drop.

4. 1- Is the percentage (ratio) of open spaces to the total volume of rock?

2- Is the momentary increase of pressure in the hole during RIH?
3- Which allow the passage (communication) of fluids in the particles?
4- Is the pressure of fluid and gases in the formation?

a. ………………… Permeability
b. ………………… Porosity
c. …………………..pore pressure
d. ………………....Surge pressure

5. Well has been drilled to 1200 ft., formation pressure is 601 psi at this depth. What is the correct
according to normal formation pressure?
a. The formation pressure is abnormal
b. The formation pressure is subnormal
c. the formation pressure is normal

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7. What is the correct definition of ‘Primary Well Control’ during normal drilling operations?
a. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by using BOP equipment when the
hydrostatic pressure in the well bore does not balance or exceed the formation pressure.
b. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by keeping the dynamic pressure
loss in the annulus equal to or greater than formation pressure.
c. Preventing a kick by maintaining drilling mud hydrostatic pressure equal to or greater than
formation pressure.
d. Preventing the flow of formation fluid into the well bore by maintaining the sum of drilling
mud hydrostatic pressure and dynamic pressure loss in the annulus equal to or greater than
formation pressure.

8. If the pit level increase when the pumps are off, but stays constant when the pumps are running
what is the problem?
a. Pumps pressure is greater than mud hydrostatic pressure.
b. APL is creating an overbalance that prevents the well from flowing.
c. The pumps need to be repaired.
d. Mud hydrostatic pressure is greater than formation pressure.

9. What is the meant by abnormal pressure (over pressure) with regard to fluid pressure in the
formation?
a. High density mud used to create a large overbalance.
b. Formation fluid pressure that exceed normal water hydrostatic pressure.
c. The excess pressure due to circulating mud at high rates.
d. The excess pressure that needs to be applied to cause leak off into a normally formation.

10. Due to gas cut mud in a well of 5900 ft TVD, the mud weight is as follow;
From surface to 800 ft 11.5 ppg
From 800 ft to 1500 ft 12.0 ppg
From 1500 ft to TVD 13.0 ppg
Original mud weight 13.0 ppg
How much pressure is lost due to gas cut mud?
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11. While drilling the mud density is increased from 11.6 ppg to 12.4 ppg and has been pumped
inside the drill string. What is the effect on bottom hole pressure when the heavier mud is half
way down the drill string?
a. BHP increase.
b. There will be no change in BHP at this time.
c. BHP will be reduced due to U- Tube effect.

12. A well have been drilled to 8046 ft. with drilling fluid density 12.6 ppg. Calculate the fluid
pressure at 4263 ft

13. In a well with gas cut mud, when is the reduction in bottom hole pressure greatest?
a. When the gas is at the casing shoe.
b. When the gas is at bottom.
c. When the gas reaches the surface.

14. A well has been drilled to a depth of 8200 ft TVD and the current density of the drilling mud is
12.5 ppg. What will the bottom hole pressure be if 580 psi pressure is applied from surface with
the BOP closed? No. Required Answers: 1
A. 5076 Psi
B. 4760 Psi
C. 5394 Psi
D. 5910 Psi

15. Which of the following describes the well barrier envelop?

A. The mud hydrostatic barrier.
B. Dependant series of mechanical barrier elements that plug and abandon the well after drilling.
C. Dependent series of primary and secondary barrier that prevent fluids or gases from flowing
unintentionally from a formation, into another formation or back to surface

16. What is the correct statement if testing a well barrier element fails a pressure test according to
API standard 53
No. required answers 1
A. Tightening, repair the connection and increase the pressure
B. Reduce the test pressure to half.
C. Tight and Repair it after all personnel agreed to repair it with test pressure trapped.
D. Tight and Repair it after all personnel agreed to repair it, check all pressure released and drop
to zero and no potential trapped pressure.

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18. In a well of 9450 ft. depth 25 bbls of slug of 12.8 ppg was pumped , mud level in drill string
dropped by 358 ft. What will be the change in BHP if mud in use is 10.2 ppg & drill string
capacity is 0.0178 bbls/ft ?
a. 0 psi.
b. 142 psi
c. c. 113 psi

19. A light mud pill is circulated in the well without stopping the pump , at which moment will the
BHP start to decrease?
a. As soon as the pill starts to be pumped in the drill string.
b. Once the entire pill is pumped in to the drill string and is about to exit the Bit.
c. Once the pill start to displace in to the annulus.
d. Once the entire pill in the annulus.

20. The well has been shut in on a swabbed kick while pulling out of the hole and the SIDPP and
SICP are both reading 200 psi with bit 20 stand off bottom. Which of the following would be the
best and safe course of action to take in order to bring the well back under primary control?
a. Raise the weight to overcome 200 psi SICP and circulate out the kick using the wait and
weight method
b. Circulate out the kick using the driller method keeping drill pipe pressure constant at the
SIDPP and slow pump rate.
c. Get the bit to bottom using combined stripping and volumetric method then circulate the
influx out using driller method.

21. Swabbing can only occur in open hole?

a. True.
b. False.

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22. A driller comes on shift while the rig is drilling ahead. The section will be drilled to target depth
above the reservoir and there is a possibility that TD will be reached during the drillers shift.
What should the driller do at the start of this shift?
a. Stop the pumps and flow check the well.
b. Continue to drill ahead until 500 ft. of hole has been drilled since the last kill rate circulating
pressure were taken and then take new ones.
c. Take new kill rate circulating pressures.
d. Wait a further 6 hours than take kill rate circulating pressure.

23. Which of the following condition increase surge pressure when running in?(2 Answer)
a. Large annular clearance.
b. Large sized nozzles in the drill bit.
c. Low viscosity and gel strength of the drilling mud.
d. High viscosity and gel strength of the drilling mud.
e. Running-in speed greatly reduced.
f. Small annular clearance.

24. Which of the following are likely to increase the chance of swabbing? (THREE ANSWERS)
a. Pulling through tight hole with the pump off.
b. Pulling pipe too quickly.
c. Pulling pipe too slowly.
d. Pumping out of the hole.
e. Pulling through tight hole with the pump on.
f. High mud viscosity.

25. 25 bbls heavy slug with a density of 12 ppg is pumped prior to pulling out of the hole from
10500 ft TVD , the level in the pipe falls by 215 ft. what is the change in bottom hole pressure
(BHP) if the original mud density was 10.4 ppg?
a. 1180 psi
b. 0 psi
c. 20 psi
d. 140 psi

26. Prior to starting a trip out of hole. A heavy slug was pumped into D/P and let the level drop;
D/P capacity 0.0178 bbl/ft
Ann cap,D/P in casing 0.0515 bbl/ft
Mud weight 11.8 ppg
Slug weight 16.3 ppg
Slug volume 10 bbl
Depth 9200 ft
How far will mud level drop when the well equalised?
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28. Which of the following would be the immediate effect of swabbing?

a. Reduction in bottom hole pressure.
b. A kick.
c. Losses.
d. Increase in bottom hole pressure.

29. Before a trip out of the well, a slug was pumped and chased by mud with returns to the pit. The
pumps were stopped. The trip tank was lined up on the well. The top-drive was then
disconnected and the slug allowed to fall.
WELL DATA
Well depth 8,000 feet
Drill pipe internal capacity 0.0176 bbls/ft
Mud weight 9.8 ppg
Slug weight 11.3 ppg
Slug volume in the string 20 bbls
Calculate the mud volume increase in the trip tank.
a. 3 bbls.
b. 15 bbls.
c. 20 bbls.

30. Why would the pump pressure gauge on the rig floor read a lower pressure than the gauge on
the pump? (Choose ONE answer).
a. The pressure loss from the pump to the rig floor affects the readings.
b. The pump pressure gauge on the rig floor is lower than the gauge on the pump.
c. The mud is less dense at the pump.

31. A 10000 ft well (TVD) is killed after a kick. The additional mud weight required to provide a trip
margin equal to an increase in BHP of 250 psi is
a. 0.5 ppg
b. 0.2~0.3 ppg
c. 0.3 ppg

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33. What is meant by PRIMARY WELL CONTROL?

a. The use of Blow Out preventers to close in a well that is ﬂowing
b. The slow Circulating Rate Pressure used in the kill process
c. The use of Mud Hydrostatic to balance fluid pressures in the formation
d. The use of Pit Volume and Flow rate measuring devices to recognize a kick.

34. In an open well with gas cut mud when is bottom hole pressure reduced the most?
a. When the gas is at the surface
b. When the gas is at bottom
c. When the gas is at the casing shoe.

35. A gas bearing formation is over pressured by an artesian effect. Which of the following
condition has created the over pressure?
a. Compaction of the formation from the over burden.
b. A formation water source located at higher level than rig floor.
c. The difference in density between gas and formation fluid.

36. With the following data calculate the number of stands that can be pulled out dry before the
well starts to flow.
Shoe depth: 5,000 ft. Well depth: 8,500 ft.
Mud weight: 13.5 ppg Pore pressure gradient 0.685 psi/ft.
Casing capacity: 0.147 bbl. /ft. Open hole capacity 0.138 bbl./ft.
D/P metal displacement: 0.0082 bbl. /ft. Average stand length: 88.5 ft.

37. Calculate the mud level increase in the trip tank after pumping 25 bbls of 16.5 ppg slug

Mud in use 12.2 ppg

Drill string capacity 0.0177 bbls /ft Ans: —————————- –bbl
Well TVD 10200 ft

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38. A vertical well has been drilled to a depth of 8000 feet. Overbalance 170 psi
Mud gradient 0.72 psi/ft
Casing capacity 0.157 bbls/ft
Drill pipe metal displacement 0.008 bbl/ ft . How many complete stands can be pulled dry
before an overbalance is lost(assume one stand = 90 ft)
a. 50 stands
b. 48 stands
c. 49 stands

39. Well data : Drill pipe capacity 0.0178 bbl / ft

Drill pipe metal displacement 0.0082 bbls / ft
Average stand length 93 ft
Calculate the volume of mud required to fill the hole per stand when pulling wet with no return
of mud to the well.
a. 0.76 bbl
b. 1.65 bbl
c. 2.42 bbl

40. On a trip out, the hole was filled correctly whilst pulling drill pipe .the trip pump was stopped
and the BHA was pulled dry all the way out of the hole without further hole fill.
Using the following data , calculate the reduction in bottom hole pressure.
BHA Length 400 ft
BHA Capacity 0.009 bbl/ft
BHA steel displacement 0.070 bbl/ft
Annular capacity opposite BHA 0.067 bbl/ft
Casing capacity 0.146 bbl/ft
Mud density 10.0 ppg
a. 210 psi.
b. 188 psi
c. 205 psi.
d. 100 psi.

41. The following observations were recorded at the time of tripping out:
Depth = 8640 ft. (TVD)
Mud Weight = 10.3 ppg
Formation pressure = 4440 psi
Swabbing pressure = 100 psi
Due to swabbing effect, will the well flow?

a. Yes.
b. B. No.

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42. A vertical well has been drilled to a depth of 9,400 feet
Casing shoe depth 5,100 ft
Mud weight 12 ppg
Pore pressure gradient (9,400 feet) 0.6 psi/ft
Open hole capacity 0.146 bbls/ft
Casing capacity 0.157 bbls/ft
Drill pipe metal displacement 0.008 bbls/ft
How many complete stands can be pulled dry before the well flows? (Assume one stand equals
93 feet)
Stands

43. 5-inch drill pipe is stripped into the hole through the Annular Preventer.
Average length of a stand 93 feet

Drill pipe inside capacity 0.0177 bbls/ft

Closed end displacement 0.0253 bbls/ft

Metal displacement 0.0076 bbls/ft

For each stand of pipe stripped, how many barrels of mud must be pumped to keep the
drillstring full?
bbls.

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1. While drilling along at steady rate, the derrick man calls to ask if the mud pumps can be slowed
down so that shakers can handle the increase in cutting coming back in the mud return.
What should be the safest action?
a. Slow down the mud pumps until the shaker can handle the volume of cutting returns as
required by the derrick man.
b. Check flow, if none continue at the same rate allowing the excess to bypass shakers.
c. Check flow, if none then returns to the original drilling parameters.
d. Check flow, if none then circulate bottoms up at a reduced rate so shakers can handle the
cutting volume, flow check periodically during circulation.

2. Well data;
Drill pipe capacity = 0.0178 bbl/ft
Drill pipe metal displacement = 0.0082 bbl/ft
Average stand length = 93 ft
a. Calculate the mud required to fill the hole per stand when pulling dry …………. bbl
b. Calculate the mud required to fill the hole per stand when pulling wet …………..bbl

3. Three stands of drill collar are pulled from a well dry

D/C capacity 0.0073 bbl/ft
D/C displacement 0.0370 bbl/ft
Stand length 92 ft
How many barrels of mud should be pumped in to the well?
a. 12.32 bbl
b. 10.2 bbl
c. 8.2 bbl
d. 2 bbl

4. Twelve joint of 40 ft casing were run in the hole without filling, the casing shoe failed at this
point. Use the data below to calculate BHP reduction.
Casing capacity 0.1548 bbl/ft
Annular capacity 0.1238
Mud weight 11.5 ppg
Well depth 8000 ft

5. How many full stands of drill pipe can pulled dry without filling the hole before the well strts to
flow?
Over balance 160 psi
Casing capacity 0.157 bbl/ft
Metal displacement 0.008 bbl/ft
Mud gradient 0.73 psi/ft
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7. Which of the following conditions help in selecting kill rate? (Select two answers)
a. Capacity of kill mud preparation
b. Trip tank volume
c. Volume handling capacity of the choked.
d. Formation pressure

8. Which one of the following is the most reliable indication that a well is flowing?
a. Increase in torque
b. Gas cut mud
c. Decrease in pump pressured.
d. Increase in flow returns

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

10. It can be said that closing in the well promptly is one of the most important duties of
a Driller. Any delay may make the well potentially more difficult to kill. From the list shown
below, tick the most likely practices which can lead to an increase in the size of the influx:
(Select three answers)
a. Switching off the flow meter alarm.
b. Regular briefing for the derrick man on his duties.
c. Drilling a further 15 feet after a drilling break , before flow checking.
d. Running regular pit drills for drill crew.
e. Testing stab- in valves during BOP tests.
f. Calling tool pusher to rig floor prior to shut-in the well.
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12. Which is not the indication that well may be kicking?

a. Increase in flow rate
b. Decrease in pump stroke
c. Decrease in pump pressured.
d. Pit gain

13. 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 overflowing the shakers
d. Changing the high/ low alarm setting of the PVT

14. Derrick man observed that shakers are overflowing due to increased cuttings coming out in mud
returns. What is the safest action to be taken?
a. Slow down pumps until shakers can handle the flow & continue drilling
b. Flow check if negative, circulate at reduced rate so that shakers can handle the flow
c. Flow check if negative, continue circulating at same rated.
d. Flow check if negative, return at original drilling parameters

15. What action should the driller take after observing a drilling break?
a. Circulate bottom up.
b. Increases pump speed.
c. Flow check.
d. Reduce weight on bit

16. Which of the following are good practice when connection gas is observed?(two answers)
a. Raise the mud yield point.
b. Control drilling rate so that only one slug of connection gas is in the hole at any time.
c. Minimize the time during a connection when the pumps are switched off.
d. Pull out of hole to change the bit.

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e. Pump a low viscosity pill around the bit to assist in reduction of balled bit or stabilizers.
17. Which of the following are indicators that a well might be going under balanced?(two answers).
a. A change in the shape and size of cuttings.
b. Increasing background gas levels.
c. A reduction in the drilling rate.
d. A slight increase in the flow line mud density.
e. A significant increase in the pump pressure.

18. Which of the following are positive warning signs of a kick while drilling?(two answers)
a. Increase in pit volume.
b. Increase in flow rate with constant pump rate.
c. Decrease in flow rate with constant pump rate.
d. Decrease in pit volume.

19. Which of the following may be a warning of abnormal pressure at constant rotary RPM , WOB
and constant pump rate?(select three answers)
a. Change of outing shape on the shakers.
b. Variation of penetration rate.
c. Increase trip tank level.
d. Increase in connection gas in returns.
e. Increase in pump pressure.
f. Reduced trip tank level.

20. Which of the following statement are true for a surface BOP installation?( 2 Answer )
a. The surface line volume will affect the time at which kill mud will increase the hydrostatic
pressure in the string.
b. The drill pipe pressure should be maintained constant while bringing pumps to kill speed.
c. The pumps must be brought up to speed holding the casing pressure constant.
d. The surface line volume doesn’t need to be considered when starting the kill.

21. While drilling which of the following should be considered as kick indicators?
a. Increase in the drilling fluid flow from the well.
b. Increase in the drilling fluid density in the flow line.
c. Increase in the solid content drilling fluid.
d. Decrease in the drilling fluid flow from the well.
e. Increase in the active drilling fluid volume on the surface.

22. Why should the pumps kept running when picking up the bit to shut in on a kick?
a. To clean the bottom of the hole.
b. To maximize the pressure on the bottom of the hole.

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c. To verify the pressure losses.
d. To take an accurate slow circulating rate.
23. The well has been shut-in on a kick .circulation can’t be commence due to mechanical
problems. Gas is migrated and BHP has to kept constant.
In which of the following situations can the volumetric method of well control be applied?
(two answers)
a. With the bit on bottom, no float in the string.
b. When the bit is a long way off bottom, no float in the string.
c. With the bit on bottom and the bit is fully plugged.
d. When the chock is totally plugged.

24. What should the Driller do at a drilling break? (Choose ONE answer).
a. Stop drilling and flow check
b. Stop drilling and circulate bottoms up.
c. Increases pump speed to keep hole clean.
d. Reduce weight on bit and control drill.

25. WELL DATA

Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure = 300 psi
Mud weight = 10.0 ppg
A salt-water kick has been taken, filling 250 feet of the annulus.
Salt Water weight = 8.6 ppg
From the data above calculate the Shut In Casing Pressure?
a. 18 psi.
b. 318 psi.
c. 430 psi.
d. 412 psi.

26. Which of the following statements are considered to be good operating practices in TOP HOLE
where there is a risk of gas bearing formation? ( Select two answers )
a. Circulating while pulling out of the hole on trips
b. Use a high density mud to create maximum overbalance
c. Drill a pilot holed.
d. Maintain high rates of penetration to ensure mud viscosity level is as high as possible
e. Regularly pump fresh water pill to remove the cuttings from the hole

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27. Select the Common products used to prevent the formation of hydrates? (Select Two Answers)
a. Glycol.
b. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC).
c. Water
d. Methanol

28. What should be done when complete loss of return occurs while drilling?
a. Pump heavy mud in the annulus
b. Pump cement in to the annulus
c. Prepare to pump LCM immediately
d. Fill and top up the annulus with lighter fluid available (e.g. water) monitoring and properly
recording the volume filled in.

29. The following statement describes one of the differences between drilling with oil base and
water base mud.
“Gas entering the well bore while drilling with oil base mud will reduce the hydrostatic pressure
more than it would when drilling with water base mud”
a. True.
b. False.

30. You are drilling a top hole and a week formation is suspected what is the action you should do?
a. Increase pump rate so the pressure losses will be increased.
b. Control penetration rate so the annulus will not be loaded with too much cuttings.
c. Slow down the pump.

31. hydrate depends on the pressure and temperature ,in which of the following situations hydrate
may occur:
a. water and oil base mud
b. natural gas and water base mud
c. natural gas and oil base mud

32. Select the products commonly used to prevent the formation of hydrates: (TWO ANSWERS)
a. Fresh Water.
b. Methanol.
c. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC).
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d. Glycol.
e. Diesel oil.
33. While drilling a top Hole, shallow Gas Kick Entered the Well .What actions should be taken
(Two answers)
a. Start Pumping With High Rate
b. Activate Diverter to Mud Gas Separator and evacuate non-essential persons.
c. Activate Diverter to vent Line and evacuate non-essential persons.
d. Pumping Viscous Mud Pill and Circulate Bottom -Up

34. to Prevent Hydrate formation While kill or drilling Operation to be created .which way is
preferred (three answers)
a. Pumping Methanol
b. Pumping adulation mixture between water and Glycol.
c. Pumping Glycol.
d. Raise temperature.

35. Losses occurs while kill operation and the surface casing starts to increase, what actions should
be taken to reduce the surface casing? ( two answers )
a. Use wait and wait method
b. Increase kill rate
c. Applying extra back pressure by using chock.
d. Decrease circulating rate.

36. While drilling a top hole, formation strength is comparatively week and total losses common
occurrence. How can the risk of total losses be minimized?
a. By keeping the penetration rate under control to prevent loading of the annulus by cutting.
b. By keeping the circulation rate low to reduce the pressure loss in the circulating system.
c. By using a high over balance.

37. Which of the following statement are good operating practices when drilling top hole formation
where there is as risk of shallow gas?(select two answer)
a. Maintain high rate of penetration to ensure mud viscosity level is high as possible.
b. Use an oil based mud
c. Pump out of the hole on trips.
d. Drill a pilot hole at a slow controlled rate.
e. Use a heavy density mud to create maximum overbalance.

38. While drilling ahead through a faulted formation, the flow meter drops from 50% to 42%.
What is the most likely cause of this?
a. Total lost circulation has occurred.
b. Partial lost circulation has occurred.

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40. Is the following statement true or false?

While circulating out a kick, gas volume in the annulus increases at the same rate in oil and
water based mud.
a. True.
b. False.

41. If a shallow gas flow is detected, which of the following should be taken at the same time as
activating the diverter?
a. Maintain pump rate.

b. Increase pump rate.

c. Decrease pump rate.

42. While drilling ahead, partial losses occurred by 10 bbl/hr.

M.WT 10.6 ppg
Ann capacity 0.073 bbl/ft.
What will be the reduction in BHP after 3 hours if the hole can’t be filled?
a. 300 psi.
b. 230 psi
c. 420 psi
d. 167 psi

43. Lost circulation during well control operation is usually detected by;
a. Monitoring the return flow with the flow shoe.
b. Monitoring the mud volume in the mud tanks
c. Monitoring the pump speed indicator.
d. Monitoring the weight indicator.

44. Which of the following drilling practices should be considered when connection gas is noticed?
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45. What is the effect of using oil based mud while shut-in well after a kick gas occurred?
(two answers)
a. Initial pit gain lower.
b. No difference.
c. Initial pit gain higher.
d. Shut in Casing pressure higher.
e. Shut in casing pressure lower.

46. Which of the following would be affected by the permeability of the formation from which a
kick has occurred?
a. The size of the influx in the well bore.
b. The shut-in drill pipe pressure.
c. The time taken for the shut-in pressures to stabilize.
d. The shut-in casing pressure.
e. The initial circulating pressure.

47. The following describes one of the differences between drilling with water based mud and oil
based mud.Hydrocarbon gas is more soluble in water based mud than in oil based mud.
a. False.
b. True.

48. The following statements describe the difference in behaviour between drilling with Oil-based
and Water-based mud. Indicate whether the statements are true or false (please tick in space
provided).
a. Gas kicks in Water-based mud are normally easier to detect due to lower gas solubility.
 True  False
b. Gas kicks in Water-based mud are normally harder to detect due to higher gas solubility.
 True  False
c. Gas entering the Well bore while drilling with Oil-based mud will reduce the
Hydrostatic pressure more than when drilling with Water-based mud.
 True  False
d. When circulating out a gas kick, gas expansion occurs in the Annulus at the same rate
In Oil-based and Water-based mud.
 True  False

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50. You are pulling out, after 15 stands it was found that the hole is not taking proper amount of
mud. What action you are going to take?
a. Shut in the well
b. Run back to bottom
c. Pull out another 5 stand and flow check again
d. Flow check if negative run back to bottom and circulate out monitoring returns
e. Continue pulling out

51. Why it is a good drilling practice to do flow check before POOH?

a. To insure that APL can compensate Formation pressure.
b. To insure that APL plus Hydrostatic pressure can compensate formation pressure.
c. To insure that hydrostatic pressure can compensate formation pressure.
d. To insure that APL can compensate the hydrostatic pressure.

52. While pulling out of the hole it is noticed that the mud filling the hole from the trip tank is
less than calculated. What action should be taken?
a. Flow check, if there is no flow then continues to POOH to surface.
b. Flow check, if there is no flow run back to bottom and monitor returns.
c. Shut the well in and circulate the hole clean.
d. Pump remaining stands out of the hole.
e. Flow check ,if there is no flow displace a 100 feet heavy slug to the annulus and continue to POOH

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1. A kick is being circulated out at 35 SPM; Drill Pipe Pressure reads 650 psi, and Casing Pressure
1050 psi. It is decided to slow the pump to 30 SPM while maintaining 1050 psi on the casing
gauge. How will this affect bottom hole pressure (Exclude any ECD effect?)
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Stay the same
d. No way of telling

2. After shutting in on a kick the SIDPP and SICP have stabilized, then they both start slowly rising
by the same amount. What is the probable cause?
a. A further inﬂux is occurring
b. The inﬂux is gas and migrating up the Well Bore
c. The gauges are faulty
d. The BOP stack is leaking

3. What is the approximate pressure pulse travel rate in the mud?

a. ft/sec
b. b. 750 ft/min.
c. 1000 ft/sec

4. Well is shut-in SIDPP is recorded but SICP gauge is broken, which of the following pressure
cannot be calculated?
a. Casing Shoe Pressure
b. Formation Pressure
c. Bottom Hole Pressure
d. Initial circulating Pressure

5. When there are more cuttings in the system, which of the following is true?
a. It will increase the difference between SICP and SIDPP
b. It will decrease the difference between SICP and SIDPP
c. It will have no effect on SICP and SIDPP

6. During well killing operation Driller reduces the pump speed from 35 SPM to 30 SPM
maintaining drill pipe pressure constant .What will happen to Bottom Hole Pressure?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Stay the same
d. No way of telling

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8. Which of the following well control problems requires the pump to be shut down quickly to
prevent over pressurizing open hole formation?
a. A plugged bit nozzle.
b. Pump liners wash out.
c. A wash out in the drill pipe.
d. A lost bit nozzle.
e. A wash out in the choke manifold.
f. A plugged choke.

9. Which of the following parameter will effect the rate of initial pressure build up?
a. Gas migration
b. Only porosity
c. Permeability
d. All of the above

10. A flowing well has been shut in. The drill pipe pressure is ‘0’ because there is a non-return valve
in the string. To determine the SIDPP. What action should be taken?
a. Bring the pump up to kill rate holding the casing pressure constant by opening the choke.
The pressure shown when the pump is at kill rate is SIDPP.
b. Pump very slowly into the drill pipe with the well shut in. When the pumping pressure
stabilizes the ﬂoat has opened. This pump pressure is equal to SIDPP.
c. Shearing the pipe and reading the SIDPP directly from the casing gauge

11. What will happen to mud pit volume when the gas is circulated up the hole?
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains same

12. While pulling out the well starts ﬂowing, what first action is to be taken?
a. Run back to bottom
b. Install FOSV, close it & shut the well
c. Connect Kelly & circulate
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14. At what point casing shoe pressure will be maximum while circulating out a gas kick?
a. When kill mud reaches bit
b. When kill mud reaches shoe
c. When top of gas reaches shoe.
d. At initial shut in.

15. The well is shut in with following pressure readings:

SICP : 0 psi
SIDPP : 400 PSI
There is no flow from the annulus. What is the probable cause?
a. The well was swabbed in
b. The hole is packed off around the BHA
c. The formation at the shoe has been fractured.
d. The drill string has twisted off.
e. The choke gauge has failed.

16. Bad cement job has been performed, after drilling out Casing shoe track and start to drill in new
formation. Gas Influx entered the space between two last casings, what happened according to
well control situation? (Three answer)
a) Increase the risk of collapse pressure to outer casing
b) Increase the risk of collapse pressure to inner casing
c) Increase the risk of Burst pressure to outer casing
d) Increase the risk of Burst pressure to inner casing
e) Increase the risk to exceed formation Break down Pressure.

17. Why is it important to monitor the pit level during a well control operation?(two answer)
a. To maintain bottom hole pressure constant.
b. To adjust pump rate.
c. To follow the gas expansion.
d. To adjust drill pipe pressure.
e. To check for mud losses.

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19. What is the choke manifold line up for a soft shut-in procedure whilst drilling?
a. BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR) open.
Remote choke open.
Valve upstream of the mud-gas separator closed.
b. BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR) closed.
Remote choke open.
Valve upstream of the mud-gas separator open.
c. BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR) open.
Remote choke closed.
Valve upstream of the mud-gas separator closed.
d. BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR) closed.
Remote choke closed.
Valve upstream of the mud-gas separator open.

20. If the drill pipe is plugged and SIDPP cannot be read, which of the following parameters cannot
be calculated? (Choose TWO answers).
a. Shoe pressure.
b. Formation fluid pressure.
c. Hydrostatic pressure.
d. Fracture pressure.
e. Kill Mud Weight.

21. If gas is migrating and you are unable to start the kill operation, which pressure should be held
constant to maintain a constant bottom hole pressure? (Choose ONE answer)
a. Shut-In Casing Pressure.
b. Casing Shoe Pressure.
c. Influx Pressure.
d. Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure.

22. WELL DATA :

Slow rate circulation pressure 300 psi at 30 spm
The well has been shut in after a kick:
Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure 600 psi
Shut In Casing Pressure 750 psi
Before starting to kill the well, there is a complete power failure at the pumps.
Which pressure should be kept constant in order to maintain the correct bottom hole pressure
if the influx migrates?
a. 600 psi drill pipe pressure.
b. 750 psi casing pressure.
c. 1050 psi casing pressure.
d. 900 psi drill pipe pressure.
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24. The pump pressure is 3000 psi with mud weight of 10.3 ppg. What would be the pump pressure
if the mud weight increased to 11.8 ppg?

25. Slow circulation rates are made at different pump rates (SPM) for use on the kill sheet. Which of
the following can determine the SPM chosen to kill the well?
a. Maximum allowable pump pressure.
b. The capacity of the drill string.
c. The capacity of the open hole annulus compared to the drill string capacity.

26. Which of the following affect the choice of slow circulation rate? (Choose THREE answers).
a. Casing burst pressure.
b. Annular friction losses.
c. Ability to mix kill mud.
d. Volume of trip tank.
e. Size of choke and Choke Lines.

27. Calculate the new slow circulating pressure at 30 spm if mud weight has been increased from 10
ppg to 12 ppg: ‘
Recorded data:
SCR @ 30 spm: 400 psi
Drilled depth – 9587 ft
Mud density: 10 ppg
a. 333 psi
b. 576 psi
c. 480 psi
d. 525 psi

28. Which pressure is calculated using SIDPP?

a. Formation pressure.
b. Shoe pressure.

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29. Calculate the rate of gas migration per hour from the data below.
SIDPP increased by 50 psi in 15 mints.
Drilling fluid density 10.5 ppg.

30. While using soft shut in, what is the last valve to close?

a. chock
b. Hydrolic valve (HCR).
c. BOP’S Ram or annular
d. Mud gas separator up-stream valve.

31. A well is shut in after extended period of fast drilling, what will SICP be?
a. Higher than if drilling had been slow.
b. Lower than if drilling had been slow.
c. The same, heather the annulus is clean or loaded.

32. Which of the following two factors affect SIDPP?

a. Formation pressure.
b. Kick volume.
c. Mud hydrostatic in string.
d. Open hole volume.

33. Why the SICP and SIDPP are same in horizontal well when influx is in the horizontal section?
a. Drill string is lying in the lower side of the well in horizontal section.
b. Influx also enters the drill string in horizontal wells.
c. Influx is not affecting the hydrostatic head in the annulus.
d. More cutting accumulation in horizontal section.

34. A well has been shut in on a kick. Which pressure gauge readings can be used to determine
formation pressure? (ONE ANSWERS)
a. Drill pipe pressure gauge on the choke panel.
b. Casing pressure gauge on the choke panel.
c. Drill pipe pressure gauge on the Driller’s panel.
d. Choke manifold pressure gauge.

35. Shut In Casing Pressure is usually higher than Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure.
If there was a large volume of cuttings in the annulus how would this effect pressure readings?
a. Shut In Casing Pressure would be higher than expected.
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b. It would not affect pressure readings.
c. Shut In Casing Pressure would be lower than expected.
36. After a round trip at 8854 ft MD, 6000 ft TVD with 10.3 ppg WBM & formation pressure
gradient is 0.5 psi/ft. circulation started at constant pump rate. Increase in returns observed.
The well shut in & there is no float.
What is the expected SIDPP reading if there was a 12 bbl swabbed kick 2000 ft horizontal
section?
………………. Psi

37. Which of the following are affected by formation permeability?(there answer)

a. SICP
b. Time for pressure to stabiles
c. ICP
d. Kill Mud density
e. Influx Volume
f. SIDPP

38. A well is shut in on 25 bbls kick, the influx is known to be a gas condensate.
SIDPP 500 psi
SICP 600 psi
There is a total pump failure and the influx is start to migrate, the drill pipe and casing pressure
start to increase, if the chock is used to keep SICP constant at 600 psi .what happen to BHP?
a. Remain unchanged.
b. Increase.
c. Decrease.

39. Put the following five steps in the correct sequence to shut the well using soft shut in
procedures ( according to API RP 59) on a surface BOP installation.
a. ………… open the BOP side out let hydrolic valve.
b. ………… with choke already open, position the drill string correctly, if so required.
c. ………… stop the pump.
d. ………… close the chock.
e. ………… close the BOP.

40. Why should a well be shut in quickly after kick has been detected?
a. To minimize the size of the influx in to the well bore.
b. To minimize the percolating speed of influx.

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41. The well kicks while tripping. Which of the following actions should be taken to shut the well
in using the hard shut in?
a. Stab full opening safety valve.
Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR).
Space out for tool joint.
Close BOP.
Close choke.
Record pressure.
b. Space out for tool joint.
Close the BOP.
Stab full opening safety valve.
Close the safety valve.
Open choke.
Record pressure.
c. Stab full opening safety valve.
Close the safety valve.
Space out for tool joint.
Close BOP.
Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR).
Record pressure.
d. Open side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR) and remote choke.
Space out for tool joint.
Close BOP.
Stab full opening safety valve.
Close safety valve.
Record pressure.

42. Which of the following describes the hard shut-in procedure for a surface stack according to
API RP59?
a. With remote choke open, position the drill string correctly
Stop the pumps.
Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR).
Close BOP.
Close the choke.
Record pressures.

b. With remote choke closed, position the drill string correctly.

Stop the pumps.
Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR).
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Close BOP.
Record pressures.
c. With remote choke closed, position the drill string correctly.
Stop the pumps.
Close BOP.
Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve (HCR).
Record pressures
43. What action should be taken if the well flows while Tripping out of the hole?( ONE answer).
a. Install a safety valve on drill string and shut the well in.
b. Run back to bottom immediately.
c. Continue pulling out of hole.
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‫‪SEC 4‬‬
‫‪LEAK-OFF / MAASP‬‬

‫?‪1. Which of the following parameters are required for accurate formation strength‬‬
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2. If the mud weight is increased during drilling what will happen to the MAASP?
a. MAASP will increase
b. MAASP will remain same
c. MAASP will decrease

3. Select 3 conditions which you feel will increase the risk of exceeding the MAASP during well kill
operation?
a. Small difference between formation breakdown pressure and mud hydrostatic pressure
b. Large difference between formations breaks down pressure and mud hydrostatic pressure
c. Long open whole section
d. Short open hole section
e. Large inﬂux
f. Small influx

4. Which of the following factors will affect the MAASP? (Select two answers)
a. Casing Shoe Depth
b. Diameter of casing
c. Shoe Fracture strength
d. Maximum allowable pump pressure

5. What is the definition of MAASP?

a. The maximum BHP can be allowed during kill operation
b. The maximum drill pipe pressure that can be allowed during kill operation
c. The surface pressure in addition of mud hydrostatic that if exceeded is likely to cause losses at
shoe
d. The total pressure applied at casing shoe that can cause losses at shoe

6. calculate the maximum allowable mud weight if surface leak of pressure 1500 psi at depth 8000
ft with 10.4 ppg mud weight in hole ……………………………………

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7. When should a leak-off test be carried out?

a. Immediately before drilling out casing shoe.
b. Immediately after running and cementing casing.
c. Immediately before running casing.
d. After drilling out the casing shoe and 5-15 ft. of new formation.

8. A well is full of 12 ppg mud and leak of test has been performed at 5000 feet TVD. A leak –off
pressure of 875 psi has been recorded.
Calculate the maximum allowable mud weight.
a. 14.5 ppg
b. 15.3 ppg
c. 13.2 ppg
d. 12 ppg

9. What is the most common cause of abnormal high formation pressure worldwide?
a. Depleted sand.
b. Carbonate layers.
c. Under compacted shale.

10. Calculate the maximum strength on shoe (formation fracture Pressure);

Casing TVD 9780 ft.
M.Wt 12.3 ppg
MAASP 1885 psi

11. A well is being killed correctly, using a constant BHP method. At what stage during a kill
operation can the chock pressure readings exceed MAASP without affecting casing shoe
integrity?
a. Kill mud circulated to bit.
b. Influx is in annulus above casing shoe.
c. Influx is on bottom.
d. Influx is in open hole section.

12. After setting casing, which of the following actions are normally taken prior to making a leak-off
test? (TWO ANSWERS)
a. Run bit close to bottom.

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13. WELL DATA:

13-3/8 inch casing is set at 5,210 feet TVD. Formation strength at the shoe is 3,800 psi. Current
Mud Weight = 10.6 ppg. What is the Maximum Allowable Annulus Surface Pressure (MAASP)
a. 2,050 psi.
b. 555 psi.
c. 928 psi
d. 1,800 psi.

14. When should MAASP be recalculated?

a. At top of the reservoir.
b. After changing mud weight.
c. Every 12 hours.
d. At casing setting point.

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SEC 5
KILL HANDLING METHODS

1. Answer the following if Well is killed using Weight & wait method :-
i). When the FCP is to be maintained constant?
a. When kill mud reaches casing shoe
b. After kill mud reaches bit
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2. For each of the following statements tick whether it relates to the Driller’s method or the Wait
and Weight method.
a. Remove inﬂux from well before pumping kill mud
Driller’s OR Wait and Weight
b. Pump kill mud whilst circulating influx up the annulus
Driller’s OR Wait and Weight

3. A gas kick is being circulated out using wait and weight method. What will happened to BHP if
the drill pipe pressure is held constant when kill mud is being pumped to the bit?
a. lncrease
b. Decrease.
c. Stay the same

4. A gas kick is being circulated out using wait and weight method. What will happened to BHP if
SPM is increased while holding casing pressure constant until new SPM is reached?
a. I lncrease
b. Decrease.
c. Stay the same

5. Which method of well control circulate influx before using kill mud weight?
a. Driller method
b. Volumetric method
c. Wait and weight method
d. Concurrent method

6. Before start killing the well using wait and weight method the pump was failed, and the well is
already closed in gas kick. Which pressure gauge kept constant while gas is migrating?
a. Casing pressure gauge.
b. Drill pipe pressure gauge.
c. Bottom hole pressure gauge.
7. What will happen if we ignore a large surface line volume (from the mud pumps to the drill
floor) when preparing a kill sheet for a Wait and Weight Method kill? (TWO ANSWERS)
a. The drill pipe pressure schedule will result in a bottom hole pressure that is too low.
b. The total time to kill the well will be shorter than calculated.

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8. In a well with along open hole section, which of the following kill methods will minimise the risk
of losses?
a. Bull heading Method.

b. Driller’s Method.

c. Wait and Wait Method.

d. Volumetric Method.

9. Which one of the following kill method s will minimise the risk of losses at the shoe in a vertical
well with a long open hole section?
a. Volumetric method.
b. Wait and weight method.
c. Driller method.
d. Bullheading.

10. When killing a well using driller method what will happen to the mud pit volume as the gas is
circulated up the hole?
a. It will increase.
b. It will decrease.
c. It will stay the same.

11. A well is being killed using driller method, during the first circulation. Drill pipe gauge is kept
constant at 450 psi at 30 spm. The chock operator observes a sudden increase in drill pipe
pressure and no change in casing pressure at 30 spm. What could have happened?
a. The bit nozzle is partially plugged.
b. The kick is about to enter the chock.
c. The chock is partially plugged.
d. Pressure has build-up in the mud/gas separator.
12. During the second circulation of driller method, string wash out occurred while kill mud was
being pumped from surface to bit.in this situation which one of the following pressure would be
remain constant?
a. Drill pipe pressure.

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13. When can max pressure occur at casing shoe while using volumetric method to control influx in
vertical well?(TWO ANSWERS)
a. When top of the gas reaches surface.
b. When top of the gas reaches casing shoe.
c. When shut –in.
d. It’s stay the same.

14. Which of the following statement is true?

a. The wait and weight method should always be used because the pressure against the open
hole would be always lower than when using driller method.
b. There will be no difference using driller method or the wait and weight method.
c. If the kill mud is being circulated up the annulus before the kick has reached the shoe then
W&W method will minimize the risk of breaking down the formation compared to using
driller method.

15. Drilling ahead at constant rate of penetration (ROP). Shale Shakers cannot handle amount of
cuttings returning in the mud.
What would be the safest course of action?
a. Slow down the mud pump until the shakers can handle the amount of cuttings in the
returns.
b. Check for flow – if none, circulate bottoms up at a reduced rate so that shakers can handle
cuttings volume, flow-check periodically during circulation.
c. Check for flow – if none continue drilling at same ROP.
d. Check for flow – if none, then continue at the same ROP. Allow half of the mud returns to
bypass the shakers.

16. Which of the following statements are true? (TWO ANSWERS)

a. The surface line volume (pump to Rig Floor) does not need to be considered when

starting the kill.

b. Bring pumps must be brought up to speed holding the casing pressure constant.
c. The surface line volume will affect the time at which the kill mud will increase
bottom hole pressure.
e. Maintain the drill pipe pressure constant when bringing the pumps up to kill speed.
17. A kill operation is ready to start. The Wait and Weight Method is to be used.
Kill mud is ready to be pumped, but it takes 10 bbls to fill the surface lines.

What is the correct procedure?

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b. Ignore it. Start the kill operation. It will not affect your drill pipe pressure schedule.

c. Re-zero stroke counter when kill mud reaches the drill pipe.

18. In a well with a long open hole section, which of the following kill methods will minimise the risk
of losses?
a. Bullheading Method.
b. Driller’s Method.
c. Wait and Weight Method.
d. Volumetric Method.

19. If a kick is shut in on a surface BOP stack and the slow circulating rate pressures is not known.
What procedure should be used to obtain the correct Initial Circulating Pressure?
a. Only use the Driller’s Method. As the drill pipe pressure does not change during the
entire circulation it is only required to observe that the drill pipe pressure remains

constant and equal to the Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure.

b. When starting to kill the well, keep the choke pressure as close as possible to the Shut
In Casing Pressure. When the selected kill pump rate has been reached, read the drill
pipe pressure and use that as the Initial Circulating Pressure.
c. Check the records and choose the kill rate circulating pressure taken with the last
BHA in the hole nearest to the depth where the kick took place. Add 100 psi to this value as
a precautionary measure.

d. Contact the mud logger and request the best possible calculation of the Initial
Circulating Pressure intended for use during the well kill.

20. An influx is being circulated out using the driller method and using 1200 psi at 35 SPM. The
operator decided to decrease pump speed to 30 SPM. While holding pump pressure constant.
What happen to BHP?
a. Increase.
b. Decrease
c. Remains approximately the same.

21. A kick is shut in on surface BOP stack. No kill rate circulating pressure is available. What
procedure should be used to obtain initial circulating pressure (ICP)?
a. Only use the driller method. As the drill pipe pressure willn’t change during the circulation it is
only required to observe that the drill pipe pressure remains constant and equal to the SIDPP.
b. Contact the mud logger and request the best possible calculation of the (ICP) intended for use.
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c. Check the records and choose the kill rate circulating pressure taken with the last BHA in the
hole nearest the depth where the kick took place. Add 100 psi to the value as a precautionary
pressure.
d. When starting to kill the well, keeps the chock position as possible to the shut-in casing
pressure. When the selected kill pump rate has been reached, read the drill pipe pressure and
use it as the ICP.

22. A kick is being circulated out at 50 spm. Drill pipe pressure reads 850 psi and casing pressure
1,150 psi. It is decided to slow the pumps to 30 spm while maintaining 1,150 psi on the casing
gauge. How will this affect bottom hole pressure (exclude any annular friction losses)?
a. Increase.
b. Stay the same.
c. Decrease.

23. While circulating the influx to the surface, pump speed remain constant but circulating pressure
increase rapidly from 1100 psi to 1500 psi. what action should be taken?
a. Adjust the circulating pressure to 1100 psi by regulating pump speed.
b. Stop pump, shut the well-in, observe stabilized pressure and analysis the problem.

24. The pump was brought up to kill rate by holding the casing pressure constant. It is noticed that
the drill pipe gauge reads 200 psi above calculated ICP. What action should be taken?
a. Shut down and change choke.
b. Carry on everything is ok.
c. Recalculate FCP and graph based on actual drill pipe gauge reading.
d. Open choke to reduce drill pipe pressure back to the calculated ICP.

25. A well is being killed using driller’s method.

SIDPP = 500 PSI
SICP = 650 PSI
After the first circulation the well is shut-in and pressure allowed to stabilize. Then read;
SIDPP = 500 PSI
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SICP = 550 PSI
It is decided not to spend any more time cleaning the hole.
Which of the following actions should be taken?
a. Continue with second circulation driller method (holding casing pressure constant until kill
mud reach the bit).
b. Bullhead annulus until shut in casing pressure is reduced to 500 PSI.
c. Prepare to use Wait and Weight method.
d. Reverse circulation until shut in casing pressure is reduced to 500 PSI

26. What is the effect on BHP if the following actions are taken during a well control operation?

A. Kill mud is pumped to the bit while holding drill pipe pressure constant.
a. Increase.
b. Decrease.
c. Stay the same.
B. If SPM is increased from 30 to 40 whilst holding drill pipe pressure constant.
a. Increase.
b. Decrease.
c. Stay the same.

27. During killing a well if the mud pump piston starts leaking and drill pipe pressure is maintained
as per the schedule .what will happen to BHP?
a. Increase.
b. Decrease.
c. Remain same.

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‫‪SEC 6‬‬
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‫‪SURFACE PROBLEM‬‬

‫‪1. The drill pipes are being stripped in to the well with annular preventer closed‬‬

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i). How much mud is to be bIeed—off after stripping in pipe?

a. Equal to closed end volume of the pipe stripped in
b. Equal to the steel displacement of the pipe stripped in
c. Equal to the capacity of the pipe stripped in
ii). How much mud is to be ﬁlled in the pipe after stripping one stand in bbl

2. Stripping Job is in Process, What will happen to Casing Pressure When the Bit Enter the Gas
Influx?
a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Remain Constant

3. Use the following data to calculate how much drilling fluid required to bleed off while stripping
930 ft. Of drill pipe to bottom…………………………....bbl.
BHA length — 531 ft.
BHA capacity – 0.009 bbls/ft.
A 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
Drill pipe Metal Displacement ‘: 0.0080 bbls/ft.
Drill Pipe Capacity : 0.01776 bbls/ft.

4. Calculate the volume to bleed off to maintain BHP constant while stripping 10 stands 5’’ D/P.
D/P internal capacity 0.0177 bbl/ft
Steal displacement 0.0077 bbl/ft
Stand length 92 ft
a. 16.3 bbl.
b. 23.4 bbl.
c. 7.1 bbl.

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5. From a well point of view, what is the primary reason for performing a check trip followed by
bottoms up circulation?
A. To verify that the surge pressure during running in hole will not lead to lost circulation.
B. To reduce filter kick thickness.
C. To cool the bit.
D. To verify that the primary well control can be maintained during pulling out of hole.

6. prior to pulling out of the hole, trip tank lined up and starts pulling the first few stands off
bottom, how can swabbing be identified?
A. The trip tank volume will increase.
B. The trip tank volume will decrease.
C. The trip tank volume will stay the same.

7. Prior to pulling out of the hole for bit change, at 11360 ft TVD / 11900 ft MD, the mud density
increased from 10.2 ppg to 10.5 ppg for counteracting pressure reduction of swabbing as
increase in trip tank. What is the increase in bottom hole pressure?
……………….. psi

8. While circulating out a kick mud pump failed. What first action is to be taken?
a. Shut in the well
b. Change mud pump
c. Repair the mud pump

9. How the choke wash-out can be recognized while well killing?

a. Continuously opening choke to maintain correct circulating pressures
b. Rapid rise in casing pressure no change in drill pipe pressure
c. Continuously closing choke to maintain correct circulating pressures
d. Rapid rise in drill pipe pressure no change in casing pressure

10. What is the first action to take if, while circulating out a kick, the chiksans or hose going to the
drill string parted?
a. Drop the drill string and close the blind/shear rams.
b. Close the shear rams. (Shear ram above the pipe ram being used).
c. Stop the pump, close the full opening safety valve on the drill string then close the choke.

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11. During the well kill operation, you note the drill pipe and casing pressure keep dropping with
constant pump strokes. So you start slowly reduce chock size, what is the likely cause of that?
a. A bit nozzle is wash out.
b. The chock is wash out.
c. The partial plug in the bit nozzle.
d. You have a wash out pump swap.

12. While circulating out a kick, the mud pump fails. What is the first action to take?
a. Change over to another pump.
b. Shut the well in.
c. Divert the well.
d. Fix pumps as soon as possible.

13. While a well kill operation, the remote chock jam opens, which of the following action should
be taken?
a. Without stopping the pump , change over the manual chock.
b. Stop the pump and close the valve upstream of chock, review the situation and evaluate.
c. Increase the pump rate in order to increase the annular friction losses.

14. While circulating out off-Kick, it is observed that the Chock does not respond. What is the
mainly reason for that?
a. There is Hydrate formed inside the chock line.
b. There is Hydrate formed inside the chock.
c. There is Hydrate formed in the downstream of the chock.
d. Air lost.

15. The chock has to be gradually closed to a string wash out.

What effect does the gradually closing of the chock have on the bottom hole pressure?
a. Increase.
b. Decrease.
c. Star the same.

16. Whilst circulating out a kick, the mud pump fails.

What is the FIRST action to take?
a. Change over to No.2 pump.
b. Shut the well in.
c. Divert the well.
d. Fix pumps as soon as possible.

17. How a chock is wash out recognized?

a. Rapid rise in casing pressure with no change in drill pipe pressure.
b. Increase in drill pipe pressure with no change in casing pressure.
c. Continually having to close chock to maintain drill pipe and casing pressure.

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‫‪KILL SHEET AND GUAGE PROBLEMS‬‬

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2. Calculate FCP, when TVD of the well 10000 ft. SIDPP is 800 psi , kill mud wt.is 12.5 ppg and RRCP
325 psi at 30 strokes………………….

3. A well was shut –in with the below readings;

Casing TVD 5560 FT
Surface leak of pressure 380 psi
Mud weight at test 12.8 ppg
KICK DATA;
Hole TVD 6315 FT
SIDPP 140 PSI
SICP 180 PSI
Pit gain 8 bbl.
Mud Weight 13.5 ppg
Calculate the margin between the MAASP and inintial SICP?
a. 18 psi.
b. 87 psi.
c. No Margin.
d. 47 psi.

4. After a round trip at 9854 ft with 10.3 drilling fluid density, circulation is started at a constant
pump rate and an increase in returns is observed. The well is shut in with zero pressure on the
drill pipe gauge and 200 psi on casing pressure(there is no float valve in the string)
What kill mud density will be required?
a. There is no way of knowing.
b. 11.3
c. 10.3
d. 10.7

5. During a kill operation, the chock adjusted to be increased drill pipe pressure by 200 psi while
maintaining 30 SPM. What would happened to BHP?
a. Increase.
b. Stay the same.
c. Decrease.

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6. A well is shut –in after a kick on surface BOP and is to be killed by using the wait and weight
method.
Hole TVD 10000 FT
Total string volume 1400 stk.
Total annular volume 5700 stk
RRCP @ 30 SPM 520 PSI
Mud Weight 12 ppg
Kick Data:
SIDPP 480 PSI
SICP 650 PSI
Mud Weight 12 ppg
After 650 strokes had been pumped @30 SPM the pump rate was increased to 35 SPM with
keeping CSG pressure constant .what should the drill pipe gauge read when 700 strokes have
been pumped with new pump rate?
a. 1060 psi.
b. 735 psi.
c. 975 psi.

7. Well data;-
RRCP at 40 SPM = 500 PSI
The well has been shut– in after a kick.
SIDPP = 900 PSI
SICP = 1100 PSI
Circulation is started with the original mud. While the pump is being brought up to 40 SPM,
which pressure has to be remain constant to maintain the correct BHP?
a. 800 PSI at the drill pipe pressure gauge.
b. 1300 PSI at the drill pipe pressure gauge.
c. 1100 PSI at the casing pressure gauge.
d. 1600 PSI at the casing pressure gauge

8. At which point whilst correctly circulating out a gas kick is possible for the pressure at the casing
shoe to be at it’s maximum? (two answers)
a. At initial shut in.
b. When top of gas reaches the shoe.
c. When kill mud reaches the bit.
d. When kill mud reaches the casing shoe.

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Surface Guage problem no 1

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Deviated Well) KILL SHEET - 1(API)

FORMATION STRENGTH DATA: CURRENT WELL DATA:

SURFACE LEAK-OFF PRESSURE FROM DRILLING FLUID DATA:

FORMATION STRENGTH TEST (A) 1500 psi WEIGHT 10.6 ppg

GRADIENT 0.551 psi/ft.

DRLG MUD WEIGHT AT TEST (B) 10 ppg
DEVIATION DATA:
MAX. ALLOWABLEMUD WEIGHT: KOP M.D. 3000 ft.
(A) KOP T.V.D. 3000 ft.
(B) + SHOE T .V.DEPT H x 0.052 (C) 15.4 ppg ft.
EOB M.D. 8500 ft.
INITIAL MAASP: EOB T.V.D 5750

[(C) - CURR. DENSIT Y] x SHOE T .V.D. x 0.052 = CASING & SHOE DATA:
1322 psi SIZE 9 5/8 inch
M. DEPTH 8600 ft.
T.V. DEPTH 5300 ft.
PUMP 1 DISPLACEMENT PUMP 2 DISPLACEMENT
0.1 bbl/stroke 0.1 bbl/stroke HOLE DATA:
SIZE 8 1/2 inch
SLOW PUMP DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS(PL) M. DEPTH 12000 ft.
RATE DATA SPM PUMP NO. 1 PUMP NO. 2 T.V.DEPTH 6000 ft.
30 spm 350 psi psi
spm psi psi

PRE-RECORDED LENGTH CAPACITY VOLUME PUMP STROKES TIME

VOLUME DATA ft. bbl/ft. bbl strokes minutes
DP-SURFACE TO KOP 3000 x 0.0176 = 52.8 (L) 528 stks
DP-KOP TO EOP 5500 x 0.0176 = 96.8 + (M) 968 stks
DP-EOP TO BHA 2200 x 0.0176 = 38.7 + (N1) 387 stks
HWDP 800 x 0.0087 = 6.9 + (N2) 70 stks
DC 500 x 0.0076 = 3.8 + (N3) 38 stks
DRILL STRING VOLUME (D) 199 bbl 1990 stks 66 min
DC x OPEN HOLE 500 x 0.021 = 10.5
DP/HW x OPEN HOLE 2900 x 0.045 = 130.5 +
OPEN HOLE VOLUME (F) 141 bbl 1410 stks 47 min
DP x CASING 8600 x 0.049 = 421.4 + 4214 stks 140.5 min
TOTAL ANNULUS VOLUME (F + G) = (H) 562.4 bbl 5624 stks 187.5 min
TOTAL WELL SYSTEM VOLUME (D + H) = (I) 761.4 bbl 7614 stks 254 min
ACTIVE SURFACE VOLUME (J) bbl
TOTAL ACTIVE FLUID SYSTEM (I+J) bbl

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Surface Guage problem no 1

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Deviated Well) KILL SHEET (API)

KICK DATA :

SIDPP 800 psi SICP 900 psi PIT GAIN 20 bbl

CURRENT DRILLING FLUID DENSITY + SIDPP

KILL MUD WEIGHT TVD*0.052
10.6 + 800 = 13.16 ppg
KMW 0.052 x 6000
INITIAL CIRCULATING DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS + SIDPP
PRESSURE 350 + 800 = 1150 psi
ICP
KILL FLUID DENSITY x DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS
FINAL CIRCULATING CURRENT DRILLING FLUID DENSITY
PRESSURE x = 435 psi
FCP
DYNAMIC PRESSURE
LOSS AT KOP (O) PL + [(FCP-PL) x KOP M D ] = 350 + [ ( 435 - 350 ) x 3000 ] = 371 psi
TDM D 12000
REMAINING SIDPP SIDPP - [ (KMD - OMD) x KOP TVD x 0.052]
AT KOP (P) 401 psi

CIRCULATING PRESS.
AT KOP (KOP CP) (O) + (P) = + = 772 psi
DYNAMIC PRESSURE
LOSS AT EOB (R) PL + [(FCP-PL) x EOB M D ] = 350 + [ ( 435 - 350 ) x 8500 ] = 410 psi
TDM D 12000
REMAINING SIDPP SIDPP - [ (KMD - OMD) x EOB TVD x 0.052]
AT EOB (S) 800 - [ ( 13.16 - 10.60 ) x 5750 x 0.052 ] = 35 psi
CIRCULATING PRESS.
AT EOB (EOB CP) (R) + (S) = 410 + 35 = 445 psi

(T) = ICP - KOP CP = 1150 - 772 = 378 psi (T)x100 = 378*100 72 psi/100str
L

(U) = KOP CP - EOB CP= 772 - 445 = 327 psi (U)x100 = 327*100 34 psi/100str
(M) 968

(W) = EOB CP - FCP = 445 - 435 = 10 psi (W)x100 = 10*100 2 psi/100str

N1*N2*N3 495

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‫‪Surface Guage problem no 2‬‬

‫‪International Well Control Forum‬‬ ‫‪DATE :‬‬ ‫‪Augest 2013‬‬
‫‪NAME :‬‬ ‫‪Khaled Mohamed‬‬
‫‪SURFACE BOP (Deviated Well) KILL GRAPH‬‬

‫‪STROKES PRESSURE‬‬

‫‪0‬‬ ‫‪1150‬‬
‫‪1200‬‬
‫‪100‬‬ ‫‪1078‬‬
‫‪200‬‬ ‫‪1006‬‬
‫‪1100‬‬
‫‪300‬‬ ‫‪934‬‬ ‫‪ICP‬‬
‫‪400‬‬ ‫‪862‬‬
‫‪1000‬‬
‫‪500‬‬ ‫‪790‬‬
‫‪600‬‬ ‫‪772‬‬
‫‪900‬‬
‫‪700‬‬ ‫‪738‬‬
‫‪800‬‬ ‫‪670‬‬
‫‪800‬‬
‫‪900‬‬ ‫‪636‬‬
‫‪1000‬‬ ‫‪602‬‬ ‫‪KOP‬‬
‫‪700‬‬
‫‪1100‬‬ ‫‪568‬‬
‫‪1200‬‬ ‫‪534‬‬ ‫‪EOP‬‬
‫‪600‬‬
‫‪1300‬‬ ‫‪500‬‬ ‫‪FCP‬‬
‫‪1400‬‬ ‫‪466‬‬
‫‪500‬‬
‫‪1496‬‬ ‫‪445‬‬
‫‪1500‬‬ ‫‪443‬‬
‫‪400‬‬
‫‪1600‬‬ ‫‪441‬‬
‫‪1700‬‬ ‫‪439‬‬
‫‪300‬‬
‫‪1800‬‬ ‫‪437‬‬
‫‪1900‬‬ ‫‪435‬‬
‫‪200‬‬
‫‪1990‬‬ ‫‪435‬‬
‫‪100‬‬

‫‪200‬‬ ‫‪400‬‬ ‫‪600‬‬ ‫‪800‬‬ ‫‪1400‬‬ ‫‪2000‬‬

‫‪STROKES‬‬

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1-After 60 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 900 Psi
Casing Pressure = 750 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 60 Stroke What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

2-After 510 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 1160 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1020 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 510 Stroke What action should be taken?

A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

3-After 600 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 1130 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1030 Psi
Pump Rate = 28 SPM
Total Strokes = 600 Stroke what action should be taken?

A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

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The casing pressure has now started to increase faster than before. What is the most likely reason
for that?

a. The circulating rate is below the required BHP and more influx is entering the well

b. The influx is being circulated from highly deviated section in to the build-up section.

c. The change is caused by the effect of gas free mud in the horizontal section.

d. The chock is partially plugged.

5-After 5000 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 1170 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1400 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 5000 Stroke

What action should be taken?

A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

6-After 6500 strokes have been pumped, the well is closed-in to make a check what reading would
you expect to see on the drill pipe gauge “provided that no influx entered the well”
a. 435 psi

b. 800 psi

c. 900 psi

d. 0 psi

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b. 800 psi

c. 900 psi

d. 0 psi

8- Kill mud is now pumped into the well.

After 1000 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 700 Psi
Casing Pressure = 900 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 1000 Stroke

What action should be taken?

A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

9-After 2500 strokes have been pumped, it is observed that Drill pipe pressure is suddenly increase
while casing pressure remains steady and the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 640 Psi
Casing Pressure = 700Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 2500 Stroke

What action should be taken?

A 
Shut the well and analyse the problem.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

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10- What is the problem?

a. lost bit nozzle

b. wash out in the drill pipe

c. one bit nozzle plugged

d. pump failure

e. chock wash out

f. chock plugged

11- The choke is now fully open, and it is difficult to determine whether there is any back pressure
on the casing.
The following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 640 Psi
Casing Pressure = 0 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 8000 Stroke

What action should be taken?

A 
Stop pumping. Line up for drilling, and then start the drilling operation.

B 
Decrease the pump rate.

C 
Increase pump rate.

D 
Stop pumping, Shut in the well, observe pressures. .

E 
Close the choke more.

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10. Use the data from the provided in the already filled in kill sheets to answer each one of the
questions about the well kill process. You are only required to indicate the first action that
should be taken. The well is killed using the Wait and Weight Method

Surface Guage problem 2

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Vertical Well) KILL SHEET - 1(API)
PRINT
FORMATION STRENGTH DATA: CURRENT WELL DATA:

SURFACE LEAK-OFF PRESSURE FROM CURRENT DRILLING MUD:

FORMATION STRENGTH TEST (A) psi

DRLG FLUID DENSITY AT TEST (B) ppg WEIGHT 11 ppg

MAX. ALLOWABLE DRILLING FLUID DENSITY: CASING SHOE DATA:

(A)
(B) + SHOE T.V.DEPTH x 0.052 (C) ppg SIZE 13-05-08 inch

INITIAL MAASP: M. DEPTH 6000 ft.

[(C) - CURR. DENSITY] x SHOE T.V.D. x 0.052 =
T.V. DEPTH 5820 ft.
1099 psi
HOLE DATA:

PUMP 1 DISPL. PUMP 2 DISP. SIZE 12-01-04 inch

0.119 bbls/stroke 0.119 bbls/stroke
M. DEPTH 7560 ft.
SLOW PUMP DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS(PSI)
RATE DATA PUMP NO. 1 PUMP NO. 2 T.V.DEPTH 6000 ft.
30 spm 500 psi 500 psi
SPM
PRE-RECORDED LENGTH CAPACITY VOLUME PUMP STROKES TIME
VOLUME DATA ft. bbl/ft. bbl strokes minutes
DRILL PIPE x = VOLUME PUMP STROKES
HEAVY WALL DRILL PIPE x = + ‫ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬ ‫ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬
DRILL COLLARS x = + PUMP DISP. SLOW PUMP RATE
DRILL STRING VOLUME (D) bbl bbl
E) 1085 strokes 36 Min
DC x OPEN HOLE x =
DP/HWDP x OPEN HOLE x = +
OPEN HOLE VOLUME (F) bbl 1420 strokes 47 Min
DP x CASING x = (G) + strokes Min
TOTAL ANNULUS VOLUME (F + G) = (H) bbl 6519 strokes 217 Min
TOTAL WELL SYSTEM VOLUME (D + H) = (I) bbl 9024 strokes 301 Min

ACTIVE SURFACE VOLUME (J) bbl strokes

TOTAL ACTIVE FLUID SYSTEM (I+J) bbl strokes

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Surface Guage Problem 2

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Vertical Well) KILL SHEET (API)
KICK DATA : PRINT

SIDPP 550 psi SICP 680 psi Pit GAIN 25 barrels

SIDPP
KILL FLUID WEIGHT CURRENT MUD WEIGHT+ TVD*0.052
…………… + = 12.5 ppg
KMW 0.052 x
INITIAL CIRCULATING DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS + SIDPP
PRESSURE ………….. + …………… = 1050 psi
ICP
KILL FLUID DENSITY x DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS
FINAL CIRCULATING CURRENT DRILLING FLUID DENSITY
PRESSURE x ………….. = 570 psi
FCP

(K) = ICP - FCP = ………….. - …………. = 480 psi (K)x100 = *100 44.2 psi
E 1085 100 stkroke

STROKES PRESSURE

0 1050
100 1006
###
200 962
300 917
###
400 873
500 829
900
600 785
700 741
800
800 696
900 652
700
1000 608
1085 570
600

500

400

300

200

100

100 200 300 400 500 1100

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1-After 139 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 940 Psi
Casing Pressure = 670Psi
Pump Rate = 25 SPM
Total Strokes = 139 Stroke What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

2-After 270 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 935 Psi
Casing Pressure = 680 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 270 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

3-After 450 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 855 Psi
Casing Pressure = 690 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 450 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

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4-After 870 strokes have been pumped, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 760 Psi
Casing Pressure = 750 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 870 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

5-After 1150 strokes have been pumped, the well is shut in to make a check the following readings
are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 0 Psi
Casing Pressure = 850 Psi
Pump Rate = 0 SPM
Total Strokes = 1150 Stroke

After the check the kill procedure is continued .what should be done?
a. The casing pressure is less than the shut in pressure because the kill mud density is too high.
Continue the kill procedure using a kill mud density corrected for the pressure difference.
b. Start-up holding drill pipe pressure constant.
c. Start-up holding casing pressure constant while pringing up the pump to kill speed then hold
the observed drill pipe pressure constant.
d. Restart circulation at 30 spm maintaining the same final circulating pressure.

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6-After 5500 strokes have been pumped , the following readings are observed on the remote chock
panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 577 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1430 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 5500 strokes
What action should be taken?
A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

7-After 5900 strokes have been pumped, the drill pipe pressure suddenly decreased while the
casing pressure remains steady.
Drill Pipe Pressure = 440 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1460Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 5900 strokes
What is the problem?
A 
Lost bit Nozzle.

B 
Washout in the drill pipe.

C 
Plugged bit nozzle.

D 
Pump problem.

E 
Wash out in the chock.

8- What action should be taken?

A 
Stop pump, Shut the well and analyse the problem.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

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9- the problem has been identified, and the following reading are now observed on the remote
chock panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 440 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1440Psi
Pump Rate = 33 SPM
Total Strokes = 5920 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Reduce the pump rate
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

10- After 6100 strokes have been pumped , the following readings are observed on the remote
chock panel:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 440 Psi
Casing Pressure = 1370Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 6100 strokes
What action should be taken?
A 
Decrease the pump rate.

B 
Open the choke more.

C 
Close the choke more.

D 
Continue - everything is OK.

E 
Increase the pump rate.

11- After 9350 strokes have been pumped, the choke is now fully open
The following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 440 Psi
Casing Pressure = 0 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 9350 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A 
Stop pumping. Line up for drilling, and then start the drilling operation.

B 
Decrease the pump rate.

C 
Increase pump rate.

D 
Stop pumping, Shut in the well and observes pressures. .

E 
Close the choke more.

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Surface Guage problem 3

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Vertical Well) KILL SHEET - 1(API)

FORMATION STRENGTH DATA: CURRENT WELL DATA:

SURFACE LEAK-OFF PRESSURE FROM CURRENT DRILLING MUD:

FORMATION STRENGTH TEST (A) psi

DRLG FLUID DENSITY AT TEST (B) ppg WEIGHT 12 ppg

MAX. ALLOWABLE DRILLING FLUID DENSITY: CASING SHOE DATA:

(A)
(B) + SHOE T.V.DEPTH x 0.052 (C) 15 ppg SIZE 13-05-08 inch

INITIAL MAASP: M. DEPTH 7200 ft.

[(C) - CURR. DENSITY] x SHOE T.V.D. x 0.052 =
T.V. DEPTH 6890 ft.
1074 psi
HOLE DATA:

PUMP 1 DISPL. PUMP 2 DISP. SIZE 12-01-04 inch

0.119 bbls/stroke 0.119 bbls/stroke
M. DEPTH 9590 ft.
SLOW PUMP DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS(PSI)
RATE DATA PUMP NO. 1 PUMP NO. 2 T.V.DEPTH 9186 ft.
30 spm 500 psi 500 psi
SPM
PRE-RECORDED LENGTH CAPACITY VOLUME PUMP STROKES TIME
VOLUME DATA ft. bbl/ft. bbl strokes minutes
DRILL PIPE x = VOLUME PUMP STROKES
HEAVY WALL DRILL PIPE x = + ‫ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬ ‫ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬
DRILL COLLARS x = + PUMP DISP. SLOW PUMP RATE
DRILL STRING VOLUME (D) 164.07 bbl bbl
E) 1379 strokes 46 Min
DC x OPEN HOLE x =
DP/HWDP x OPEN HOLE x = +
OPEN HOLE VOLUME (F) 265.6 bbl 2232 strokes 74.4 Min
DP x CASING x = (G) + 7829 strokes 261 Min
TOTAL ANNULUS VOLUME (F + G) = (H) 1197.28 bbl 10061 strokes 335.4 Min
TOTAL WELL SYSTEM VOLUME (D + H) = (I) 1361.34 bbl 11440 strokes 381.3 Min

ACTIVE SURFACE VOLUME (J) bbl strokes

TOTAL ACTIVE FLUID SYSTEM (I+J) bbl strokes

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Surface Guage Problem 3

International Well Control Forum DATE : Augest 2013
NAME : Khaled Mohamed
SURFACE BOP (Vertical Well) KILL SHEET (API)
KICK DATA :

SIDPP 525 psi SICP 650 psi Pit GAIN 21 barrels

SIDPP
KILL FLUID WEIGHT CURRENT MUD WEIGHT+ TVD*0.052
…………… + = 13.1 ppg
KMW 0.052 x
INITIAL CIRCULATING DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS + SIDPP
PRESSURE ………….. + …………… = 975 psi
ICP
KILL FLUID DENSITY x DYNAMIC PRESSURE LOSS
FINAL CIRCULATING CURRENT DRILLING FLUID DENSITY
PRESSURE x ………….. = 492 psi
FCP

(K) = ICP - FCP = ………….. - …………. = 483 psi (K)x100 = *100 35 psi
E 1085 100 stkroke

1400
STROKES PRESSURE
1200
0 975
100 940
1100
200 905
300 870
1000
400 835
500 800
900
600 765
700 730
800
800 695
900 660
700
1000 625
1100 590
600
1200 555
1300 520
500
1379 492
400

300

200

100

100 400 700 1000 1300 1600

STROKES

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1-After 2 minutes of circulation, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 860 Psi
Casing Pressure = 650Psi
Pump Rate = 28 SPM
Total Strokes = 52 Stroke what action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

2-After 8 minutes of circulation, the following readings are observed:

Drill Pipe Pressure = 890Psi
Casing Pressure = 624 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 230 Stroke
what action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

3-After 14 minutes of circulation, the following readings are observed:

Drill Pipe Pressure = 828 Psi
Casing Pressure = 600 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 410 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

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4-After 900 strokes of circulation, the following readings are observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 750 Psi
Casing Pressure = 640 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 900 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

5-After 1400 strokes of circulation, the well is shut in to make a check, the following readings are
observed:
Drill Pipe Pressure = 0 Psi
Casing Pressure = 610 Psi
Pump Rate = 0 SPM
Total Strokes = 1400 Stroke
After the check, the kill procedure is continued, what action should be taken?
A  Calculate new kill mud weight and new pump rate.
Start-up holding casing pressure constant while bringing the pump to kill
B 
rate, then keep the observed drill pipe pressure constant.
C  Start-up holding drill pipe pressure constant.
D  Everything is ok, Continue kill procedure with 40 SPM and same ICP.

6-After 9000 strokes of circulation, the following readings are observed:

Drill Pipe Pressure = 363 Psi
Casing Pressure = 740 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 9000 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Decrease the pump rate.
B  Open the choke more.
C  Close the choke more.
D  Continue - everything is OK.
E  Increase the pump rate.

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7-After 12200 strokes of circulation, the following readings are observed:

Drill Pipe Pressure = 495 Psi
Casing Pressure = 0 Psi
Pump Rate = 30 SPM
Total Strokes = 12200 Stroke
What action should be taken?
A  Increase the choke opening.
B  Stop pumping and resume Drilling.
C  Stop pumping, shut the well in and observe pressure.
D  Increase the pump rate.

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12. Use the provided Kill Sheet to assist you in answering questions below;

Hole size 12-1/4 In

Hole depth TVD 6600 ft
Hole depth MD 7846 ft
Casing (13-3/8 in x 68 lbs/ft) TVD 4800 ft
Casing (13-3/8 in x 68 lbs/ft) MD 5180 ft
Drill pipe 5 in internal capacity 0.0177 bbl/ft
Drill collar length (8 in x 2-13/16 in) 530 Ft
Drill collar internal capacity 0.0087 bbl/ft
HWDP (5 in x 49.7 lbs/ft) 0 Ft
HWDP internal capacity 0 bbl/ft
Capacity casing x drill pipe 0.1353 bbl/ft
Capacity open hole x drill pipe 0.1215 bbl/ft
Capacity open hole x drill collar 0.0836 bbl/ft
Drill fluid density 11.4 ppg
Fracture fluid density at casing shoe 14.6 Ppg
Kill Rate Pressure at 30 SPM 440 Psi
Mud pump displacement 0.119 bbl/stroke
Kick Data;
SIDPP 340 Psi
SICP 410 Psi
Pit gain 12 Bbl

A leak off test was carried out at casing shoe, mud density was 10.6 ppg and surface pressure was 1000 psi
a) Required strokes to displace drilling fluid with kill fluid from surface to the bit ______strokes

b) Required strokes to displace drilling fluid with kill fluid from bit to surface. _____ Strokes

c) Required strokes to displace drilling fluid with kill fluid from bit to the casing shoe. ______strokes

d) Kill fluid density. ______ Ppg

e) Initial Circulating Pressure (ICP). _______ Psi

f) Final Circulating Pressure (FCP). ‫ ـــــــــــــــــ‬psi

g) Initial MAASP with drilling fluid density. _______ Psi

h) MAASP when the hole is displaced with kill fluid ________Psi

I) Required Time for complete circulation at 30 SPM ‫ ـــــــــــــــــ‬minutes

j) Gradient of influx. _______ psi/ft

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13. WELL CONTROL

Hole Size 83/8 inch

Hole Depth 11095 ft. TVD/MD
Casing 95/8 Casing set at 8856 ft.
Drill Pipe 5 inch Capacity = .0178 bbls/ft
Heavy Weight Pipe 5 inch, 630 ft. long,
Capacity = .0088 bbls/ft
Drill Collars 61/2 inch, 450 ft. long,
Capacity = .0077 bbls/ft
Mud Density 12.0 ppg
Volume Open Hole/Collars .0271 bbls/ft
Volume Open Hole/Drill Pipe/HWDP .0439 bbls/ft
Volume Casing/Drill Pipe .0493 bbls/ft
Leak Off Test Pressure using 10.3 ppg mud = 1700 psi
Mud Pumps Output .109 bbls/Stroke
Slow Circulating Rate 450 psi at 40 SPM
Surface Lines 7 bbls
Shut In Data
Shut-in Drill Pipe Pressure 650 psi
Shut-in Casing Pressure 850 psi
Pit Gain 15 bbls

CALCULATE

1. Strokes Surface to Bit = ----------------------------------------- Strokes

2. Strokes Bit to Shoe = ----------------------------------------- Strokes

3. Strokes Bit to Surface = ----------------------------------------- Strokes

4. Kill Mud Weight = ----------------------------------------- ppg

5. Initial Circulating Pressure = ----------------------------------------- psi

6. Final Circulating Pressure = ----------------------------------------- psi
7. MAASP with current mud weight = ----------------------------------------- psi
8. MAASP after circulation of kill mud = ----------------------------------------- psi

9. Time for complete circulation = ----------------------------------------- minutes

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Answer sheet for Well Control Principles and Procedures Exercises

Section: 2 Section: 1
1. A
2. 52 psi
1. D 46.A, C, D
3. B
2. 0.7626 bbl., 2.41 bbl. 47.A
4. 3, 1, 4, 2
3. B 48. TRUE,FALSE
5. A
4. 159 psi FALSE, FALSE
6. B
5. 45 stand 49. A, B
7. C
6. B, c 50. D
8. B
7. A, c 51. C
9. B
8. D 52. B
10. 99 PSI
9. B, d
11. B
10. A, c, f
12. 2793 PSI
11. A
13. C
12. B
14. D
13. C
15. C
14. B
16. D
15. C
17. B, C, D, H
16. B, C
18. A
17. A, B
19. C
18. A, B
20. C
19. A, B, D
21. B
20. A, C
22. C
21. A
23. D, F
22. B
24. A, B, F
23. B, C
25. B
24. A
25. B 26. 214 FT
26. A, C 27. A
27. A, D 28. A
28. D 29. A
29. B 30. A
30. B
31. A
31. B
32. B,D 32. A
33. A, C 33. C
34. A, C, D 34. A
35. A, D 35. B
36. A 36. 39 ST
37. C, D 37. 8.8 BBL
38. B
38. B
39. A
40. B 39. C
41. B 40. D
42. B 41. B
43. B 42.
44. C, D 43. 1.6 BBL
45. A, E
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‫‪Section: 3‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪36.‬‬ ‫‪Zero PSI‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪37.‬‬ ‫‪A, B, E‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪38.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪39.‬‬ ‫‪3, 1, 2, 5, 4‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪40.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪41.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪f‬‬ ‫‪42.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪F‬‬ ‫‪43.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪B, C, E‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪C, E‬‬
‫‪18.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪19.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪20.‬‬ ‫‪B, E‬‬
‫‪21.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪22.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪23.‬‬ ‫‪344 PSI‬‬
‫‪24.‬‬ ‫‪3437Psi‬‬
‫‪25.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪26.‬‬ ‫‪A, C, E‬‬
‫‪27.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪28.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪29.‬‬ ‫‪367 PSI/FT‬‬
‫‪30.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪31.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪32.‬‬ ‫‪A, C‬‬
‫‪33.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪34.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪35.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬

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‫‪Section: 4‬‬ ‫‪Section: 5‬‬

‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪B, c, d‬‬ ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪B, B‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪Driller- wait and weight‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A, c, e‬‬ ‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪A, c‬‬ ‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪14 ppg‬‬ ‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬ ‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪A, c‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪8140 psi‬‬ ‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪b‬‬ ‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪B,C‬‬ ‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪B, c‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪B,C‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪18.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪19.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪20.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪21.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪22.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪23.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪24.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪25.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪26.‬‬ ‫‪A,B‬‬
‫‪27.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬

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‫‪Section: 6‬‬ ‫‪Section: 7‬‬

‫‪NO‬‬ ‫‪Answer‬‬ ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪A, c, e‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪A, 1.6 bbl.‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪371 psi‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪24 bbl.‬‬ ‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬ ‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪177.2 PSI‬‬ ‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪A, b‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪1.c 2.d 3.e 4.b‬‬ ‫‪5.d 6.b‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪7. b 8.b 9.a 10.c 11.d‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪1.e 2.d 3.d 4.b‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪5.c 6.d 7.a 8.a 9.a 10.d 11.d‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪1. E 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. c‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪a. 1127 b. 8443 c.2553 d. 12.4‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪e. 780 f. 479 g. 798‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪h. 549 i. 319 j. 0.11 k. 26‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪1714-1718,833,4838,13.2,1100.495,‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪874 ,322,164‬‬

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‫‪EQUIPMENT‬‬

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‫‪SEC 1‬‬
‫‪BOP Stack Configuration‬‬

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ANNULAR

BLIND SHEAR RAM

5” PIPE RAM

Kill Line SPOOL Choke Line

HCR HCR

31/2” PIPE RAM

a. With the well shut in under pressure on 5’’ drill pipe in the hole, is it possible to repair the side
outlets of the drilling spool?
A. Yes B. No

b. With no drill pipe in the hole, is it possible to shut the well in under pressure and change the
3-1/2’’ rams to 5’’ rams?
A. Yes B. No

c. With the well shut in on 3-1/2’’ rams under pressure, and with a safety valve in the string, is it
possible to change 5’’ rams to variable bore rams?
A. Yes B. No

d. With the well shut in on 5’’ pipe rams under pressure, is it possible to change blind rams to 5’’
pipe rams?
A. Yes B. No

e. With the well shut in on 5’’ pipe rams under pressure, can the annular element be replaced?
A. Yes B. No

f. With the well shut in on 5’’ pipe rams under pressure, can the manual valve on the chock line be
replaced?

A. Yes B. No
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pump No.2, down the drill string, through the Remote Choke and mud gas separator?

3
CEMENT
PUMP

2
MUD
PUMP
1 REMOTE
MUD
PUMP CHOKE
17 18 19
MUD GAS
SEPERATOR
7

16
4
ANNULAR PREVENTER
(BAG)

8 9
5” PIPE RAMS
13 15 20
VENT
25 LINE
KILL 5 6
LINE BLIND/SHEAR RAMS

5” PIPE RAMS
10

WELLHEAD

11 12 14
FLARE
BOOM
MANUAL
CHOKE

Which one of the following groups of valves must be open to kill the well safely and monitor
the operation?
a. Valve Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9, 16, 25, 17, 18, 19
b. Valve Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19
c. Valve Nos. 2, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18
d. Valve Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19
e. Valve Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20
f. Valve Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 25

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ANNULAR

BLIND SHEAR RAM

Kill Line SPOOL Choke Line

HCR HCR

RAM

a. With drill pipe in the hole, is it possible to shut the well in under pressure and repair the side
outlets on the drilling spool?
A. Yes B. No
b. With no drill pipe in the hole, is it possible to shut the well in under pressure and repair the
drilling spool?
A. Yes B. No
c. Is it possible to shut the well in with drill pipe in the hole and circulate through the drill pipe?
A. Yes B. No
d. With drill pipe in the hole, and the well shut in under pressure with the annular
preventer, is it possible to circulate through the kill line and choke line?
A. Yes B. No
e. With no drill pipe in the hole, is it possible to shut the well in under pressure using the annular
preventer and change pipe rams to blind rams?
A. Yes B. No
f. While replacing the ring gasket on the drilling spool choke line flange the well starts to flow.
There is no drill pipe in the hole. Can the well be shut in under pressure?
A. Yes B. No

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3
CEMENT
PUMP

2
MUD
PUMP
1 REMOTE
MUD
PUMP CHOKE
17 18 19
MUD GAS
SEPERATOR
7

16
4
ANNULAR PREVENTER
(BAG)

8 9
5” PIPE RAMS
13 15 20
VENT
25 LINE
KILL 5 6
LINE BLIND/SHEAR RAMS

5” PIPE RAMS
10

WELLHEAD

11 12 14
FLARE
BOOM
MANUAL
CHOKE

Which one of the following groups of valves must be open to kill the well safely and monitor
the operation?
1. Valve Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 25
2. Valve Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 25
3. Valve Nos. 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 25
4. Valve Nos. 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 19, 25
5. Valve Nos. 1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

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3
CEMENT
PUMP

2
MUD
PUMP
1 REMOTE
MUD
PUMP CHOKE
17 18 19
MUD GAS
SEPERATOR
7

16
4
ANNULAR PREVENTER
(BAG)

8 9
5” PIPE RAMS
13 15 20
VENT
25 LINE
KILL 5 6
LINE BLIND/SHEAR RAMS

5” PIPE RAMS
10

WELLHEAD

11 12 14
FLARE
BOOM
MANUAL
CHOKE

Which five (5) valves must be open in the Figure above, when pumping down the drillstring and reading the
pressure from the choke manifold gauge?

Valves to be Open: ...............

6. The well is shut in on the Annular BOP. It is planned to circulate from the Cement Pump down the drill
string and bleed off through the Manual Choke to the Mud Gas Separator. Which one of the following
groups of valves must be open to kill the well safely?

3
CEMENT
PUMP

2
MUD
PUMP
1 REMOTE
MUD
PUMP CHOKE
17 18 19
MUD GAS
SEPERATOR
7

16
4
ANNULAR PREVENTER
(BAG)

8 9
5” PIPE RAMS
13 15 20
VENT
25 LINE
KILL 5 6
LINE BLIND/SHEAR RAMS

5” PIPE RAMS
10

WELLHEAD

11 12 14
FLARE
BOOM
MANUAL
CHOKE

a. Valve Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19,

b. Valve Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 18, 25
c. Valve Nos. 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 25
d. Valve Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17,
e. Valve Nos. 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 25
f. Valve Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16,

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Valve Numbers: .............................

8. Which valves would need to be open to circulate, down the kill line, using the
Cement pump, through the manual choke and mud gas separator?

Valve Numbers............................................

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‫‪Section 2‬‬
‫‪Diverter System‬‬

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‫ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬
1. What are the main components of a diverter system? (TWO ANSWERS)
a. A vent line of sufficient diameter to permit safe venting using the mud-gas separator
b. A vent line of small diameter, sufficient to create a “back pressure” on bottom while
Circulating.
c. High pressures ram type preventer with a large internal diameter.
d. A low pressure annular preventer with a large internal diameter.
e. A vent line of sufficient diameter to permit safe venting and proper disposal of flow
From the well.

2. Should diverter vent lines have small internal diameter to create sufficient back pressure for
control?

a. Yes
b. No

3. Which one of the following "Good practice" in relation to diverter system?

a. A full – bore hoses are accepted on vent line bends.
b. As vent line are not designed to take high pressures, they can have bends when needed.
c. If a rig can have only one vent line, then that line should discharge downwind of the rig.

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‫‪Section 3‬‬
‫‪Annular Type blow out Preventer‬‬

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a. Can be used as a means of secondary well control.

b. Is designed to seal around any object in the well bore.
c. Cannot seal on a square or hexagonal Kelly.
d. Will not allow tool joints to pass through.
e. Will allow reciprocating or rotating the drill string while maintaining a seal against
Well bore pressure.

f. Can require a variable hydraulic closing pressure according to the task carried out.

2. When annular BOPs are hydraulically pressure tested, it often happens that the test
Pressure cannot be kept steady during the first attempt. They have to be charged up
Two or more times before an acceptable test is obtained
Why is this?
a. Annular BOPs always leak until the packing element finds its new shape. This motion can
take several minutes.
b. The compressibility of the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic control unit below the closing
piston causes the test pressure to drop.
c. The packing unit elastomer is flowing into a new shape because the rate of flow is
influenced by the applied pressure.

3. In which one of the following annular BOP’S “closure” not assisted by well pressure
a. Hydril model GL.
b. Hydril model GK.
C. Cameron model D.

4. While kill operation .it is observed that annular preventor is badly leaking, the driller decided to
close the top ram but the manifold pressure was zero Psi. What is your action?
a. Send the assistant driller to close the ram from BOP Control unit.
b. Increase the annular preventor regulator pressure.
c. Activate the Bypass valve then close the ram.

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5. A BOP stack is made up from the well head as follows: -
Three Ram BOPs, 13-5/8, 10,000 psi rated working pressure. One Annular BOP, 13-5/8, 5,000 psi rated
working pressure. After taking a kick while tripping the well is closed in on 5 inch pipe using the Annular
Preventer. After stabilization of shut in pressures the casing gauge reads 1,000 psi.

a. 200 - 400 psi.

b. 400-600 psi.
c. 600 - 800 psi.
d. 1000-1500 psi

6. Which type of annular BOP’S Rubber should be used while drilling in high temperature oil based
mud?
a. Natural rubber.
b. Nitrile rubber.
c. Neoprene rubber.

7. Packer made of which rubber material is suited for an Annular BOP being used in extreme cold
condition (-20/-30 Celsius -4/-22 Fahrenheit)? (Select two answers)
a. Natural Rubber
b. Neoprene Rubber
c. Nitrile rubber

8. Which of the following types of annular rubber can work in very low temperature?
a. Natural.
b. Neoprene.
c. Nitril.

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10. Each pipe rams contain a secondary seal in case of emergency that the primary seal damage ,
which type of fluid that secondary seal working against?
a. Well bore pressure.
b. Closing pressure
c. Hydrostatic pressure.

11. Which one of the following statements defines “Well pressure Assistance”?
a. The well pressure acting on the piston produces an increasing pressure in the closing
chamber.
b. The pressure exerted by the well on the exposed surface of the piston gives a result force
that is added to the force produced by the pressure on the closing chamber.
c. The pressure exerted by the well on the exposed surface of the piston gives a result force
that is subtract to the force produced by the pressure on the closing chamber.

12. What pressure must be kept on the annular BOP closing chamber during stripping operation?
a. The minimum pressure of BOP closure that ensures proper sealing.
b. The minimum pressure that allows the tool joint to go through the packing.
c. 500 psi.
d. 300 psi less than the closing of the ram operation.

13. Which action must be done if the annular BOP is leaking during initial test?
a. Continue drilling operation till the proper size of packing element is available.
b. Increase the annular closing pressure till the packing element can seal in case of emergency.
c. Repair the annular BOP immediately and re-test it immediately.
d. If the top ram is a variable bore ram. Continue operation and repair the annular BOP after
setting casing and while wait on cement time.

14. On a surface BOP stack there are a hrdrocally operated valves installed for
Kill line on The BOP Side outlet connections. Is it true that the hydraulic valves are designed to
close automatically if the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic lines to the valves is lost?
No. required answers 1
A. Yes
B. No

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‫‪Section 4‬‬
‫‪Ram Type blow out Preventer‬‬

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a. To support the weight of the drill string during hang-off.

b. To prevent the rubber extruding top and bottom when the rams are closed.
c. To feed new rubber into sealing contact with the pipe when the sealing face
Becomes worn.
d. To prevent any swelling when used during high temperature operations.

2. Select the correct definition of the “Closing Ratio” of a ram preventer.

a. Operating pressure required to close the ram against maximum wellbore
Pressure.
b. The ratio between operating pressure required to close the ram against a specific
wellbore Pressure.
c. Operating pressure required to close the ram at BOP R.W.P.
d. Ratio of the packer area against the piston rod area.

3. Which statements are correct with respect of fixed bore ram type BOP’s?

(Select two answers)

a. Ram type BOP’s are designed to contain and seal Rated Working Pressure
From above the closed rams as well as from below.

b. Ram type BOP’s should be equipped with a mechanical locking system.

c. Fixed bore ram type BOP’s can close and seal on various pipe sizes.
d. Fixed bore ram type BOP’s can be used to hang off the drill string.

4. On a ram type BOP preventer, in which position will the 4-way valve be put to assist with the
removal of the bonnet after backing off the bonnet bolts?

a. Open.
b. Closed.
c. Neutral (Block).
d. In any position, it does not matter.

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a. Hold pressure only from above.

b. Hold pressure only from below.
c. Hold pressure from both above and below.

6. Which of the following statements about fixed bore ram type BOPS are correct (THREE
ANSWERS)
a. Ram type BOPs are designed to contain and seal Rated Working Pressure
From above the closed rams as well as from below.
b. Ram type BOPs should be equipped with a mechanical locking system.
c. Fixed bore ram type BOPs can close and seal on various pipe sizes.
d. Fixed bore ram type BOPs can be used to hang off the drill string.
e. Ram type BOPs are designed to contain and seal Rated Working Pressure only
From below the closed rams.

7. Why does the Driller on a floating rig need information about tides?(TWO ANSWERS)
a. To adjust the marine riser tensioners.
b. To know the position of tool joints in the stack relative to the rams.
c. To calculate riser tensioner ton miles.
d. To correctly hang off during a well control operation.
e. To set ram closing pressures correctly.

8. Which ram type preventer on a Cameron 13-5/8, 10,000 psi BOP stack is equipped with thicker
intermediate flanges?
a. Pipe rams.
b. Blind rams.
c. Shear rams.
d. Variable rams.

9. What is the main purpose of Blind/Shear rams?

a. To shear tubulars like drill pipe while simultaneously sealing the hole.
b. To shear tubulars like drill pipe without sealing the hole.
c. To effect a seal with drill collars in the hole.

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11. What is the primary function of a weep hole (drain or vent hole) on a ram type BOP?
a. To show that the ram body rubbers are leaking.
b. To show that the closing chamber operating pressure is too high.
c. To show that the mud seal on the piston rod is leaking.
d. To show that the bonnet seals are leaking.

12. During a routine test it is noticed that the weep hole (drain hole/vent hole) on one of the
blowout preventer bonnets is leaking fluid.
What action should be taken?
a. The weep hole only checks the closing chamber seals, leave it till the next
Maintenance schedule.
b. Energise emergency packing. If leak stops, leave it till the next maintenance
schedule.
c. A leak is normal because the metal to metal sealing face in the bonnet needs
some lubrication to minimise damage.
d. Ram packing elements on the ram body are worn out, replace immediately.
e. Primary ram shaft seal is leaking, secure the well and replace immediately.

13. If a primary mud seal fails during a kill operation you have no back-up seal.

 TRUE  FALSE

14. What is the manifold pressure required to shear 5’’D/P 19.5 Lb. /Ft Grade G………………..

15. What do you understand by closing ratio of Ram preventers?

a. It is defined as the ratio of rated working pressure of BOP to the operating pressure of
control unit.
b. It is the ratio of Rated working pressure to the well head pressure.
c. It is defined as the ratio of well head pressure to the pressure required for closing ram
preventer.
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17. When testing a pipe ram at the weekly BOP test you are informed that the weep hole on ram is
leaking. What action you will take?
a. Weep hole only checks closing chamber seals leave it till next maintenance.
b. A leak here is normal because metal sealing faces in the Ram need some lubrication to
minimize damage
c. Primary mud seal is leaking and you should replace it immediately.
d. Energise emergency plastic packing ring. If leak stops then leave it till next maintenance
schedule.

18. Ram type preventers are designed to hold pressure:

a. Only from top
b. From both top and bottom
c. only from bottom

19. Why most of the front packers of pipe ram preventers are closed between the steel plates?
(Select two answers)
a. To prevent damage to the elastomer between pipe and ram block when well is under
pressure
b. To extrude elastomer and make sealing contact with pipe when sealing face wears out.
c. To prevent the expansion of elastomer due to heat.
d. to support the weight of drill string.

20. When should the top pipe ram be changed out to the casing or liner size ram?
No. required answers 1
A. When the bit above the casing shoe.
B. During lay down BHA
C. During rigging up casing handling equipment.
D. During running electric log.

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a- The correct size of rams are installed above the (riser – sh. nibble – lubricator) and pressure
tested to a proper pressure
b- Np particular equipment or operation required.
c- A set of shear rams is required to be replaced by set of pipe ram.

22. What must be true for barrier test charts and documents?
Choose two answers
No. required answers 2

A. The test documents should record the test pressure and its duration
B. The test documents should record the type of test to be conducted
C. The test documents will not require a signature of an authorized person
D. The test documents must be signed by authorized person and the chart destroyed after the test.

23. Which of the following statements is true in relation to the barrier test documents and chart
recorders? (TWO ANSWERS)

a. The documents should be signed by authorized person and the charts destroy after test.
b. The documents should contain the type of test "leak or function".
c. The documents should contain test pressure and test duration.
d. The document do not require signature of authorized person. But the chart must be signed.

24.During Bop 13 5/8 10K routine test. Test no.02 which is(top pipe ram & manually operated
kill & chock line valves). The pressure drops during the test to have due to a leak in the top
ram bonnet seal.
What action should be taken as API standard RP 53? ( Two answers)
A. Pressure test this ram is not important. After fixing the problem. Report the problem and
the corrective action.
B. It is not important neither to pressure test this ram after fixing the problem nor report the
problem nor the corrective action.
C. Bleed off pressure to zero, fix the problem, pressure test this ram again, if ok report the
problem and the corrective action.
D. It is not important to pressure test this ram after fixing the problem but important to
report the problem and the corrective action.
E. Tighten, repairs must done only after verification that all pressure is released and all parties
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A. An inflow test is to check the formation integrity.

B. An inflow test is to check communication between the chock valve and the surface equipment.
C. An inflow test is to check the leak or communication with the formation through the casing, a
liner lap or past a cement plug.
D. An inflow test is to check communication between the BOP and the surface equipment.

26.What is the primary barrier normal operation?

A. This is the first object that prevents flow from a source.
B. This is the second object that prevent flow from source.
C. This is the third object that prevent flow from a source.
D. This is a combination of liquid& mechanical barrier barriers that prevent flow from a source.

27.What is the secondary well barrier description?

E. This is the first object that prevents flow from a source.
F. This is the second object that prevent flow from source.
G. This is the third object that prevent flow from a source.
H. This is a combination of liquid& mechanical barrier barriers that prevent flow from a source.

28.Well planning required no blowout provision. Because kicks that leads to blowouts are not happening
every day?
A. Yes.
B. No

29. What point might rams be replaced before running casing?

No. required answers 1

A. When the bit is at the shoe while tripping out

B. Before recording electric logs.
C. While rigging up for running casing.

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API Type 6BX Flange

Which number indicates the Nominal flange dimension?

a. Dimension No. 1.
b. Dimension No. 2.
c. Dimension No. 3.
d. Dimension No. 4.

2. Figure below illustrates the profiles of two API type flanges.

Which one of the flanges has a specified distance between “made-up flanges” that require
occasional re-tightening of bolts/studs and nuts?
a. API type 6B.
b. API type 6BX.

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4. Which of the following statements about ring gaskets are correct?

(TWO ANSWERS)
a. Ring gaskets may be used several times
b. The same material specifications apply to ring gaskets as to ring grooves.
c. Type RX and BX ring gaskets provide a pressure-energised seal.
d. Only BX ring gaskets can be used with 6BX type flanges.

5. Figure below shows an API Type 6BX Flange

The four figures below illustrate cross sectional profiles of four different API ring gaskets

commonly used on well head equipment.

Which one of these gaskets matches the 6BX type flange shown at top of page.

a. Type R Octagonal
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX
d. .Type BX.
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Select the correct types that illustrate pressure energised ring gaskets

Type R Octagonal Type R Oval Type RX Type BX.

(TWO ANSWERS)
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX.
d. Type BX.

7. Figure below illustrates the cross-sectional profiles of four different API ring gaskets
Commonly used on wellhead equipment.

Type R Octagonal Type R Oval Type RX Type BX.

Select the pressure energised type of ring gasket that should be used for flanged BOP
connection type 6B as stated in API RP 53.
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX.
d. Type BX.

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9. What would be the effect of fitting a 7-1/16” x 5,000 psi flange to a working 10,000 psi rated
BOP stack?
a. The rating would remain at 10,000 psi..
b. The rating would become 5,000 psi.
c. The rating would become 7,500 psi.

10. What does 13-5/8 mean when the equipment in use is described as “15M, 13-5/8”?
a. The external diameter of the flange or hub.
b. The external diameter of the BOPs.
c. The cylinder diameter of the hydraulic actuator for the ram BOPs.
d. The through-bore (inside diameter) of the BOP.

11. the 4 types of gasket listed, indicate which flange (API 6B, API 6BX) they would
be used with.
Type R Octagonal ……………
Type R Oval ……………
Type RX ……………
Type BX ……………

b. Which two of the above gaskets are pressures energised? …………… & ……………

12. Are the following statements true or false regarding API ring gaskets?
a. Pressure energised type gaskets should be re-used.
□ True □False
b. 6BX flanges with BX gaskets require more checking than 6B with RX gaskets.
□ True □False
c. The nominal size of a flange is the diameter of the required gasket.
□ True □False

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a. Type RX and BX ring gaskets provide a pressure energised seal.

b. The same material specifications apply for ring gaskets as for ring grooves.
c. Ring gaskets may be used several times.
d. Type 6BX flanges, which are designed for face-to-face make up, make use of type
BX ring gaskets only.

14. The figures illustrate the cross sectional profile of four different API ring gaskets

Indicate the type of ring gasket that matches the type 6BX flange.
a. Type R Octagonal
b. Type R Oval
c. Type RX
d. Type BX

15. Figures 1, 2 and 3 below show three different types of end outlet connections or
Connections used on BOPs.

1
2

Identify the types of connection by matching the correct number to the description:
a. Clamp hub connection.: ………..
b. Flanged connection.: …………..
c. Studded connection.: …………..

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A. 3000 PSI

B. 10000 PSI

C. 5000 PSI

D. 2000 PSI

17. Which Rated Working Pressure match with 6B Flange?

A. 3000 PSI

B. 10000 PSI

C. 15000 PSI

D. 20000 PSI

18. Which one of the flanges below has a face to face “made-up flanges” that don’t require
occasional re-tightening of bolts/studs and nuts?
a. API type 6B.
b.API type 6BX.

19. Which is the more accurate arrangement for drilling spool outlet valves?
a. Manual valve, hydrolic valve and non-return valve
b. Non return valve, manual valve and hydrolic valve.
c. Hydrolic valve, non-return valve and manual valve.
d. Non-return valve, hydrolic valve and manual valve.

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1. A well kicks with the bit off bottom and is shut in. The decision is made to strip back into the
hole. What equipment should be made up onto the string prior to performing the stripping
operation safely, assuming there is no float sub or dart sub in the string?
a. Only the Drill Pipe Safety Valve (closed).
b. Only the Inside Blowout Preventer.
c. Drill Pipe Safety Valve (open) with Inside Blowout Preventer installed on top.
d. Inside Blowout Preventer with Drill Pipe Safety Valve (closed) on top.
e. Only the Drill Pipe Safety Valve (open).

2. while pulling out of well a kick is taken, the Hydril drop on back pressure valve is dropped and
pumped down and the well shut in. after a while , it is observed that the pressure on drill pipe
gauge continue to increase . Which of the following are the causes? (two answers)
a. Special ring to stop the drop in back pressure valve has not been intended.
b. There is no obstruction in the annulus.
c. The stabilizers are balled up.
d. The special seat has not been inserted in the string.

3. If a standard float valve (NRV) is installed in the string, will mud flow back up the drill pipe while
tripping?
a. Yes.
b. No.

4. When the accumulator isolator valve is closed in the hydrolic BOP control unit?
a. During test the hydrolic control unit , transportation and servicing.
b. While filling the reservoir with oil.
c. During test BOP.
d. During drilling.

5. Indicate whether the following operations can or cannot be performed with a float valve (non-
retum) type in the string.
Can the correct shut in drill pipe pressure be read on the gauge after the pumps are stopped?

a. Yes.
b. No.

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6. Full opening safety valves (stab – in Kelly cock type) should be placed on the rig floor at all
times, ready for use, to fit the tubular being used. Which of the following actions can be
performed with a full opening valve in the string? (THREE ANSWERS)
a. Easier to stab if strong flow in encountered up the drill string.
b. Must not be run in the hole in the closed position.
c. Has to be pumped open to read Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure.
d. Will not allow wire –line to be run inside the drill string.
e. Is kept in its open position by a rod secured by a T-handle.
f. Requires the use of a key to close

7. During a trip out of the well, a kick was taken while the bit was half way up inside casing. A drill
pipe safety valve was installed on the drill pipe and closed, there was not afloat valve in the drill
string, and the well was shut in on Annular BOP. What is the driller's next action before
commencing to strip back to the bottom?

a. Open the drill pipe safety valve and install the Inside BOP.
b. Replace the drill pipe safety valve with inside BOP.
c. Install the inside BOP above the drill pipe safety valve and open the drill pipe safety valve.
d. Install drill pipe safety valve on the top in closed position.
e. Keep the drill pipe safety valve in closed position.

8. In which of the following situations is it an advantage to use a full closing float valve in the drill
string?

a. To avoid flow-back while tripping or during a connection.

b. To read the drill pipe pressure value following a well kick.
c. To not allow reverse circulation.
d. To reduce surge pressure.

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‫‪Hydraulic BOP Control System‬‬

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a. The fluid leaves the operating cylinder and drains off in the borehole through a
Check valve.

b. The fluid leaves the operating cylinder and returns back to the opposite side of
The piston to enforce the closing pressure.

c. The fluid leaves the operating cylinder and returns back to the fluid reservoir
(As a function of the four-way valve for each preventer).

2. When a ram type BOP on a surface stack is closed, what happens to the operating fluid displaced
from the opening chamber?

a. The fluid drains into the well bore.

b. The fluid is used to boost closing pressure.
c. The fluid is returned to the reservoir

3. Which type of power source should be available to operate the BOP control unit pumps?

a. An electrical system.
b. An air system.
c. A dual air/electric system
d. An hydraulic system

4. API RP53 states that each closing unit should be equipped with sufficient number and sizes of
pumps to satisfactorily perform the closing unit capacity test.
With the accumulator system isolated, the pumps should be capable of closing the annular
preventer on the size of drill pipe being used, open the hydraulically operated choke line valve
and obtain a minimum of 200 psi pressure above accumulator pre-charge pressure on the
closing unit manifold.
This should be achieved within: -
a. 1 minute or less.
b. 2 minutes or less.
c. 3 minutes or less
d. 4 minutes or less.

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5. What is the usable fluid volume of an accumulator bottle, according to API requirements?
a. The total volume to be stored in the accumulator bottle.
b. The volume of fluid recoverable from an accumulator bottle, between the
Accumulator operating pressure and 200 psi above the bottle pre-charge
Pressure.
c. The volume of fluid recoverable from an accumulator bottle, between the
Accumulator operating pressure minus 200 psi and pre-charge pressure.

6. A BOP hydraulic control unit accumulator bank has 20 cylinders: -

Cylinder capacity (Nitrogen & Fluid) - 10 gallons.

Accumulator pre-charge pressure - 1,000 psi.
Accumulator operating pressure - 3,000 psi.
Minimum accumulator operating pressure - 1,200 psi.
Calculate the total usable fluid volume for the accumulator bank?
a. 40 gallons.
b. 100 gallons.
c. 66 gallons.
d. 200 gallons.

7. A BOP hydraulic control unit accumulator bank has 12 cylinders.

Cylinder capacity (Nitrogen & fluid) - 10 gallons.
Accumulator pre-charge pressure - 1,000 psi.
Accumulator operating pressure - 3,000 psi.
Minimum accumulator operating pressure - 1500 psi?
Calculate the total usable fluid volume for the accumulator bank?
a. 40 gallons.
b. 27 gallons.
c. 66 gallons.
d. 43 gallons.

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8. Which function on a BOP stack is supplied from the annular pressure regulator?
a. Rams and hydraulically operated choke and kill line valves.
b. Annular preventer only.
c. Annular preventer and hydraulically operated choke and kill line valves.
d. Ram preventer, annular preventer and hydraulically operated choke and kill line
Valves.
e. No function is supplied with this pressure; the value on the gauge only indicates the
Maximum allowable working pressure for the annular preventer in use.

9. What pressure rating should we have on valves and fittings between the closing unit and the
blowout preventer. (10,000 psi)
a. 1,500 psi
b. 3,000 psi
c. 10,000 psi

10. Where are the electric (activating) switches for the BOP remote control panel lights located?
a. On the pressure gauge mounted on the remote control panel.
b. On the BOP hydraulic control unit.
c. Inside the BOP operating chambers.
d. On the remote control panel operating handles.

11. Only a small volume of fluid is required to operate the hydraulic valves on the BOP side
outlets on a surface BOP installation.
On a Driller’s air operated panel, if the Driller pushes “Master’ and “Choke open”
simultaneously - he observes that the lights change colour.
Do the changing lights confirm that the choke line valve is in the open position?
a. Yes.
b. No.

12. On a driller’s remote B.O.P. control panel you close the annular preventer and the close light
illuminates. What is the light telling you?
a. A hydraulic signal has been sent to the accumulator unit.
b. The annular has closed.
c. The annular 4 way valve on the accumulator unit has functioned and fluid
Should be going to the annular.
d. A micro switch in the back of the Driller’s remote B.O.P. control panel has
been activated, indicating that you have pushed the lever to the close position.

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13. When should a pre-charge pressure test be conducted on the accumulator bottles?

a. It is not necessary to conduct a test as pre-charge pressure losses are not expected.
b. It should be conducted prior to the startup of each well.
c. It should be conducted once per shift.
d. It should be conducted during the weekly BOP test.

14. Which gas is used to pre-charge the accumulator bottles on a BOP Hydraulic Control Unit?
a. Air.
b. Nitrogen.
c. Oxygen.
d. Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
e. Methane.

15. What is the minimum recommended (API RP53) pre-charge pressure for the accumulator
bottles on a 3000-psi Hydraulic Control Unit?
a. 3000 psi.
b. 1000 psi.
c. 1200 psi.
d. 200 psi.

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16. In what position should the 4-way valves be kept on accumulator unit while drilling?
a. All in Neutral
b. All open
c. All closed
d. Some open and closed

17. In a control unit 3 position/ 4 way valves are used, which of the following statements are true
about them? (SELECT THREE ANSWERS)
a. Can be manually operated.
b. Cannot be operated from remote.
c. Have four ports for connection.
d. Can be placed in four positions.
e. Can be placed in three position.

18. What is the purpose of bypass valve on the driller’s remote control panel?
a. Increase the hydraulic manifold pressure to 2000 psi.
b. Increase the hydraulic manifold pressure to accumulator pressure.
c. Increase the hydraulic annular pressure to 3000 psi.

19. What is the main purpose of storing fluid under pressure in the accumulator bottles?
a. To operate the remote choke
b. To reduce the closing time of BOP functions
c. To enable the BOP to be closed in the event of power failure
d. To store hydraulic fluid

20. On a driller’s remote BOP control panel, the annular preventer was closed and the close light is
illuminated. What is the light telling you?
a. The signal has been sent to the accumulator units.
b. A micro switch in the back of the Driller’s Remote BOP control panel has been activated,
indicating that you have pushed the lever to fully closed position
c. The annular operating 4-way valve on the accumulator unit has functioned and fluid should
be going to the annular
d. The annular has been closed.

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21. The “unit remote” switch is selected in “unit” mode, which of the following statements are
true? (SELECT TWO ANSWERS)
a. Annular cannot be regulated from the accumulator unit.
b. No Ram BOP can be operated from remote panel.
c. All ram BOP can be operated from remote panel.
d. Annular can be regulated from the accumulator unit.

22. A driller close a RAM on the driller’s remote BOP control panel. The close light is illuminates but
the manifold pressure gauge does not drop what has happened?
a. Air Supply has been lost to the Driller’s Panel
b. Forget to hold down the master valve for 5 seconds as instructed.
c. Blockage in line between accumulator unit and BOP stack
d. The 4-way valve on accumulator unit has not been operated

23. On which of the following gauges of the remote panel would you expect to see reduction in
pressure when the ram preventer is being closed? (Select Two answers)
a. Accumulator pressure gauge
b. Manifold pressure gauge
c. Annular pressure gauge
d. Air pressure gauge

24. What is the reason of operating the master air valve for at-least 5 seconds on a remote BOP
panel?
a. To check if the rig air pressure is correct
b. To bleed the air from the system
c. To give time to the operator to think about what he is doing
d. To allow build-up of air pressure to operate the BOP remote panel.

25. A 3000 psi control unit has 20, ten -gallon capacity accumulator bottles with a pre-charge
pressure of 1000 psi. How many gallons of usable fluid is available according to
recommendation laid down by API RP 53?{Minimum Operating Pressure-1200 psi)
a. 200gals
b. 100gals
c. 90gals
d. 50gals

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26. The electric switch that turns the ram light on and off is located in.
a. The remote panel.
b. BOP control unit.
c. The chock line.

27. What is the usable hydrolic fluid volume of BOP hydrolic control system?
a. The difference between maximum pressure and minimum hydrolic pressure.
b. The difference volume between maximum pressure and 200 psi above precharge pressure.
c. The total volume required to close annular preventor and all the BOP rams.

28. A stack BOP contains an annular preventor, shear ram and double pipe ram. from the data
below calculate the hydrolic volume required to close then open all the functions.
VOLUME TO CLOSE VOLUME TO OPEN
ANNULAR 19 16
RAM 7 6

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I. Select the list below that indicates the valves that should be open while drilling.

a. Valves; 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18.

b. Valves; 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18.

c. Valves; 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18.

d. Valves; 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17.

II. Select the list below that indicates the valves that should be closed while drilling

a. Valves; 1, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15.

b. Valves; 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17.

c. Valves; 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 16, 18.

d. Valves; 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 16, 17

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30. What is the function of the master control valve on the remote BOP control panel on the floor?
a. To allow pressuring up of the 4-way valves on the hydraulic control unit.
b. To activate the open or close lights.
c. To activate power to the control unit charge pumps.
d. To allow pressuring up of the control valves on the remote BOP control panel.

31. What would the pressure on the ram opening lines between the BOP Hydraulic Control unit and
the BOP stack normally be while drilling?
a. Zero.
b. 500 psi.
c. 1,500psi
d. 3.000 psi

32. Which of the following is used to operate the remotely operated valves on the choke and kill
line?
a. Hydraulic fluid.
b. Air.
c. Nitrogen.
d. Wires.

33. (3 position/ 4 way) valves are used on a BOP control unit to control stack functions. Which of
the following statements are true? (Two Answers)
a. They are capable of manual operation.
b. They cannot be remotely operated.
c. They can be placed in 4 positions.
d. They have four active connections (inlets/outlets).

34. A stack BOP contains an annular preventor, three pipe rams and one hydraulic kill line and other
for choch line. from the data below calculate the hydrolic volume required to close, open then
close all the functions.
VOLUME TO CLOSE VOLUME TO OPEN
ANNULAR 12 9
RAM 6 5
HCR 1 1

35. After the driller close the pipe ram from BOP remote panel, he observed that red light
illuminates and green light goes out without change pressure gauges reading.
Which one from the list is correct reason?
a. Hydraulic line between BOP control unit and BOP is block.
b. 3 position, 4 way valve stuck
c. Air pressure dropped to zero.
d. Leak in the Hydraulic line between BOP control unit and BOP stack
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a. To connect to the mud/gas separator.

b. To by-pass the chokes and connect the choke manifold to the kill line.
c. To by-pass the chokes and bleed off high volumes of fluid.

2. What is the recommended diameter for the choke manifold vent line/bleed line by-passing the
chokes according to API RP53?
a. The same diameter as the other lines on the choke manifold.
b. At least equal to the diameter of the choke line.
c. At least 5 inches.

3. What is the most common use of a vacuum Degasser?

a. It is only used while circulating out a kick.
b. It is mainly used to remove gas from mud while drilling, circulating or killing a well.
c. It is mainly used to separate gas from liquids while testing.
d. It is a standby in the event of the Mud/Gas Separator (Poor Boy)" failing.

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H4 GAS TO VENT

FROM CHOKE
MANIFOLD
D3

MUD/GAS
SEPERATOR H1

D1
TO SHALE
SHAKERS

LIQUID SEAL
H3 H2

Mud weight in=6 ppg

A. How much hydrostatic head would have to be overcome before gas vented to the shale
shakers? (i.e. the Maximum Safe Operating Pressure).
a. 3.12 psi
b. 6.33 psi
c. 5.88 psi

B. Which dimension would determine the normal working pressure of the above MGS for a
given flow rate?
a. Vessel diameter and length.
b. Liquid seal length.
c. Height of vessel above flowline.
d. Vent line diameter and length.

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D. Which dimension would determine the pressure build-up of the above MGS for a given flow
rate?
a. Vessel diameter and length.
b. Liquid seal length.
c. Height of vessel above flow line.
d. Vent line diameter and length.

E. Which pressure gauge scale should be in vent line of mud gas separator?
a. 0-100
b. 0-20
c. 0-1000

5. In the figure below, which dimensions determine the back pressure (Build up pressure)
generated within the Mud Gas Separator?(Two answers)

a. Inlet flow rate.

b. primary Vent line length and Diameter
c. Secondary Vent
d. U tube height

6. What is the main function for using hot line in horizontal mud gas separator?(2 answer)
a. To prevent hydrate formation.
b. To keep liquid seal level to prevent contaminated gas to scape to shall shaker area.
c. To reduce the build-up pressure in separator cavities.
d. Line up and Use the manual chock.

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7. While circulating out of kick, the chock jams open. What is the first action should be done?
a. Continue circulation there is no effect in kill operation.
b. Increase the pump rate in order to keep circulating pressure.
c. Stop pump, Shut in well and switch to other chock.
d. Pump glycol and trying to close the chock.

8. When is the upper Kelly coke should be closed?

a. During connections to prevent mud spilling.
b. When going to disconnect the rotary hose.
c. During well control operation. And the pressure may exceed the rated working pressure of
the hose and stand pipe manifold.

9. Why is pressure build up in the mud/gas separator (poor boy degasser) dangerous whilst
circulating out a kick?
a. Pressure build up will increase the risk of lost circulation.
b. Pressure build up may allow gas to be blown up the derrick vent line.
c. Pressure build up may allow gas to enter the shale shaker area.
d. Pressure build up will make choke adjustment difficult.

10. Which of the following dimensions in the diagram below, limit the maximum working pressure of the
mud/gas separator?
D2

H4 GAS TO VENT

FROM CHOKE
MANIFOLD
D3

MUD/GAS
SEPERATOR H1

D1
TO SHALE
SHAKERS

LIQUID SEAL
H2

a. The height of the main body (H1).

b. The height of the dip tube (H2).
c. The total height of the vent line (H4).
d. Diameter of the inlet pipe (D3).

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H4 GAS TO VENT

FROM CHOKE
MANIFOLD
D3

MUD/GAS
SEPERATOR H1

D1
TO SHALE
SHAKERS

LIQUID SEAL
H3 H2

A. How much hydrostatic head (back pressure) would have to be overcome before gas vented
to the shale shakers? (i.e. the Maximum Safe Operating Pressure). Answer ……….. psi

12. Based on the following diagram, mud weight of 11.3 ppg flowing through the MGS and liquid seal, how much

GAS TO VENT

FROM CHOKE
MANIFOLD

MUD/GAS
SEPERATOR

TO SHALE
SHAKERS

15 ft LIQUID SEAL
10 ft

hydrostatic head (back pressure) would have to be overcome to allow gas to vent to the shale shakers?
Answer ………. Psi

13. How can the maximum working pressure of the MGS be affected if the returning fluid is
condensate?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Remain the same with no change

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15.How is increasing the mud weight is affecting the Max pressure inside the mud gas separator?
A. Increase the back pressure generated inside the MGS
B. Increase the maximum working pressure of the MGS.
C. Decrease the back pressure generated inside the MGS
D. Decrease the maximum working pressure of the MGS.

16.After a blow through happened with a mud gas separator, what should you do to re-gain capability of
the mud gas separator?
A. The baffle plates in the mud gas separator must be removed.
B. Slow circulation rate until the mud gas separator fully works again.
C. Re-establish mud log column.

17. Use the illustration of the mud/gas separator in figure below and the following data:

H1 – body height =20 feet.

H2 – dip tube height = 15 feet.
H4 – derrick vent line height = 147 feet.
Mud density \ 10 ppg.
Calculate the maximum hydrostatic head pressure if the returning mud free gas 10 ppg?

a. 3 psi
b. 5 psi
c. 7.8 psi
d. 76 psi
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‫‪Section 9‬‬
‫‪Instrumentation and Gauge Problem‬‬

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Select the best answer

a. Everything OK.
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system.
c. There is a malfunction in the pressure transducer assembly.
d. There is a malfunction in the hydraulic regulators.
e. Faulty pump stop/start switch.

2. You are drilling ahead and the gauges on the accumulator unit show:
(The BOP has not been operated and the charge pump is not running).

Select the best answer

a. Everything is OK
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system
c. There is a malfunction in the pressure transducer assembly
d. There is a malfunction in the hydraulic regulator
e. Faulty pump stop/start switch.

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Select the best answer

a. Everything is OK.
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system.
c. There is a malfunction in the pressure transducer assembly.
d. There is a malfunction in the hydraulic regulators.
e. Faulty pump stop/start switch.

4. After stopping drilling and closing the annular, annular pressure dropped and recovered, now
the accumulator unit shows:

Select the best answer

a. Everything is OK.
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system.
c. There is a malfunction in the pressure transducer assembly.
d. There is a malfunction in the regulators.
e. Faulty pump stop/start switch.

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ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

3000 psi 1500 psi 600 psi

CONSTANT CONSTANT DECREASING

Select the best answer

a. Everything OK
b. There is a leak at one of the accumulator bottles
c. There is a malfunction in the remote panel master switch/handle
d. There is a malfunction in a hydraulic regulator
e. Electric motor stop/start switch is faulty

6. You are drilling ahead and the gauges on your BOP accumulator control system reads

ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

3200 psi 1500 psi 900 psi

INCREASING CONSTANT CONSTANT

as follows: (the BOP has not been operated).

a. Everything is OK
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system
c. There is a malfunction in the remote panel master switch/handle
d. There is a malfunction in the manifold hydraulic regulator
e. Electric motor stop/start switch is faulty
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ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

3000 psi 1500 psi 900 psi

CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANT

a. Everything is O.K
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system
c. There is a malfunction in the pressure transducer assembly
d. There is a malfunction in the regulators
e. Electric motor stop/start switch is faulty
f. D and E are correct

8. You are drilling ahead and the gauges on your BOP accumulator unit system reads as follows: (the
BOP has not been operated and the charge pump is not running).

ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

3000 psi 3000 psi 900 psi

CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANT

What is the likely reason for the change?

a. Everything is correct.
b. Leakage on the hydraulic circuit.
c. Problem with the automatic hydro-electric pressure switch.
d. Leaking by-pass valve.

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ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

2800 psi 1700 psi 900 psi

DECREASE INCREASE CONSTANT

Follows: (the BOP has not been operated and the charge pump is not running).
What is the likely reason for the change?
a. Fault on the annular regulator.
b. Leak on the hydraulic circuit.
c. Problem with the automatic hydro-electric pressure switch.
d. Fault on the manifold regulator.

10. You are drilling ahead and the gauges on your BOP accumulator unit system reads as follows: (the

ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD ANNULAR

PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE

2800 psi 1300 psi 900 psi

DECREASE DECREASE CONSTANT

BOP has not been operated and the charge pump is not running).
What is the likely reason for the change?
a. Problem with the by-pass valve.
b. Everything is correct.
c. Problem with the charging pump.
d. Leak in the hydraulic circuit.

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Accumulator pressure=3000 psi

Annular pressure = 1000 psi

Manifold pressure = Zero

It is observed that the well pressure is nearest the annular rated working pressure, It is decided to
close the top ram but the manifold pressure was zero, what is the problem?

a. Manifold Regulator malfunction.

b. Annular regulator malfunction.
c. Leak in system
d. Stuck in selector valve.

12. You are drilling ahead and the gauges on your BOP accumulator control system reads as
follows: (the BOP has not been operated).

What is the likely reason for the change?

a. Everything is OK.
b. There is a leak in the hydraulic system.
c. There is a malfunction in the remote panel master switch/handle.
d. There is a malfunction in the manifold hydraulic regulator.
e. Electric motor stop/start switch is faulty.

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A. There is a blockage in the hydraulic line connecting the BOP to the BOP control unit.
B. There is a leak in the hydraulic line connecting the BOP to the BOP control unit.
C. The selector valve ( 3 position / 4 way valve ) is stuck in the open position.
D. The pressure switch on the pump in the BOP control unit did not work.

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‫‪Pressure Test and APL Specification‬‬

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What is the MINIMUM grade of drill pipe to use (exclude any safety margin)?

a. Grade E-75 premium drill pipe, tensile strength = 311,200 lbs.

b. Grade X-95 premium drill pipe, tensile strength = 394,200 lbs.
c. Grade G-105 premium drill pipe, tensile strength = 436,150 lbs.
d. Grade S-135 premium drill pipe, tensile strength = 560,100 lbs.
e. Any grade will withstand the stress of the test.

2. A test cup for 9-5/8 inch casing is used to test a BOP stack to a pressure of 5,000 psi using 5
inch drill pipe The area of the test cup subjected to pressure “ Annular Area “ is 101.5 square
inches. Casing ID = 8.887’’ Drill pipe OD = 5’’.
Calculate the Tension (Force) that will be applied to the drill pipe

3. You are testing a surface BOP stack with a test plug. Why side outlet valves below the test plug
should be kept in the open position? (Select two answers)
a. Because the test will create extreme hook loads.
b. Because of the potential damage to casing/open hole
c. Otherwise reverse circulation would be needed to release test plug.
d. To check for a leaking test plug

4. After connecting the open and close hoses to the stack, which of the following action shall you
take first?
a. Function test all items on the stack.
b. Place all the functions to neutral(block) position to charge up the hoses
c. Drain accumalator bottles and check pre-charge.
d. Take a slow circulating rate.

5. At what pressure a 15000 psi, W.P. BOP body is subjected to shell test by the manufacturer’s
facility as per API?
a. 15000
b. 20000
c. 22500
d. 30000

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6. Under what type of circumstances would CUP TYPE tester be preferred to TEST PLUG while
testing a surface BOP STACK?
a. To test stack without applying excess pressure to wellhead and casing
b. When you require testing entire casing head, outlets and casing to well head seals.
c. There is no difference as they are interchangeable

7. There is only one inside BOP with an NC50 (4-1/2 inch IF) pin/box connection on the
rig. The drill string consists of: -
5-inch drill pipe (NC50).
5-inch Heavy wall drill pipe (NC50).
8-inch drill collars (6-5/8 Reg.).
9-1/2 inch drill collars (7-5/8 Reg.).
Which of the following crossovers must be on the rig floor while tripping?
No. required answers 2
(TWO ANSWERS)

A. NC50 (4-1/2 inch IF) pin x 6-5/8 inch Reg. box.

B. 6-5/8 inch Reg. Pin x 7-5/8 inch Reg. Pin.
C. NC50 (4-1/2 inch IF) pin x 7-5/8 inch Reg. box.
D. NC50 (4-1/2 inch IF) box x 6-5/8 inch Reg. pin.
E. NC50 (4-1/2 inch IF) box x 7-5/8 inch Reg. pin.

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‫‪Section: 1‬‬ ‫‪Section: 2‬‬

‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪B, B, A, A, A, B‬‬ ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪d, e‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A, B, A, A, B, B‬‬ ‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪3, 7, 8,9,25‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪Section: 4‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪1,3,6,7,8,9,10,16‬‬ ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪B, c‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪2,4,5,6,7,13,14,15,16‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪B, d‬‬

‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪Section: 3‬‬ ‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪B, d, e‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪A, e, f‬‬ ‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪B, d‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪1429‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪e‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪A, b‬‬ ‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪False‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪3000 psi‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪18.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪19.‬‬ ‫‪A, b‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪20.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪21.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪22.‬‬ ‫‪A, B‬‬
‫‪23.‬‬ ‫‪B, C‬‬
‫‪24.‬‬ ‫‪C, E‬‬
‫‪25.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪26.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪27.‬‬ ‫‪F‬‬
‫‪28.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪29.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬

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‫‪Section: 5‬‬ ‫‪Section: 6‬‬

‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪A, D‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬ ‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪C, d‬‬ ‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬ ‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪C, d‬‬ ‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪A, B, F‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪Section: 7‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪6B, 6B, 6B, 6BX‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪RX, BX‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪False, false, false‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪A, D‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪2, 3, 1‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪18.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪19.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪A, c, e‬‬
‫‪18.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪19.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪20.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪21.‬‬ ‫‪C, d‬‬
‫‪22.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪23.‬‬ ‫‪A, b‬‬
‫‪24.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪25.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪26.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪27.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪28.‬‬ ‫‪74 gallon‬‬
‫‪29.‬‬ ‫‪A, A‬‬
‫‪30.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪31.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪32.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪33.‬‬ ‫‪A, D‬‬
‫‪34.‬‬ ‫‪90‬‬
‫‪35.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬

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‫‪Section: 9‬‬
‫‪Section: 8‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪E‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪A, b, D, D, B‬‬ ‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪A, B‬‬ ‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪E‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪a, B‬‬ ‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪8.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪9.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬ ‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪D‬‬
‫‪10.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬ ‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪11.‬‬ ‫‪10.5 psi‬‬ ‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪12.‬‬ ‫‪5.8 psi‬‬ ‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪13.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪14.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪15.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪16.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪17.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬

‫‪Section: 10‬‬
‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪507,500 lbs.‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪b, d‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪A‬‬
‫‪5.‬‬ ‫‪C‬‬
‫‪6.‬‬ ‫‪B‬‬
‫‪7.‬‬ ‫‪D, E‬‬

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