Surface Well Control

Well Sharp Workbook

Supervisor Level
Surface Principles and Procedures

Table of Contents
Section 1 Causes of Kicks

Section 2 Kick Warning Signs and Indications

Section 3 Shut in Procedures

Section 4 Shut In Pressure Observation

Section 5 Leak-Off Test and MAASP

Section 6 Kill Handling Methods

Section 7 Down Hole and Surface Problems

Section 8 Surface Kill Sheets

Section 9 Well Control Equipment

 Sec.1 - Causes of Kicks

1. What is the primary means of preventing kicks?

a. The use of bit capacity and flow rate measuring devices to recognise a kick.
b. The slow circulating rate pressure used in the kill process.
c. The use of mud hydrostatic to balance fluid pressure in the formation.
d. The use of BOPs to shut in a well that is flowing.

2. What is the Secondary Well Control?

a. Closing the BOP.
b. Increasing mud hydrostatic pressure.
c. Controlling ROP.
d. Monitoring Pit Level.

3. What term means "an undesired influx of formation fluids into the wellbore"?
a. Blow out.
b. Kick.
c. Fracture formation.
d. Lost Circulation.

4. A kick is:
a. The increase in pressure on bottom when the pumps are started.
b. The increase in shut in pressure due to gas migration.
c. An uncontrolled flow of formation fluid at the surface.
d. An influx of formation fluids downhole.

5. What term means “an uncontrolled flow of formation fluids at surface or mud line”?
a. Blowout.
b. Kick.
c. Lost Circulation.
d. Fractured Formation.

6. What is the fluid pressure within the pore spaces of the rock known as?
a. Formation Pressure.
b. Total Wellbore Pressure.
c. Hydrostatic Pressure.
d. Fracture Pressure.

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7. What is the correct definition of Porosity?

a. The pressure of the fluid in the pore space.
b. The ability of formation fluids to move through the rock.
c. The amount of void space in the rock, expressed as a percent.
d. The percentage of solid rock in the formation.

8. What is the percentage of void space in a formation?

a. Permeability.
b. Shale Density.
c. Low Pressure Formation.
d. Porosity.

9. When is primary well control lost?

a. When there is a wash-out in the drill string.
b. When the drilling mud hydrostatic pressure falls below the formation pressure.
c. When there are partial losses while circulating.
d. When the drill string is out of the hole.

10. If mud weight in the well is maintained constant, how does an increase in formation fluid
pressure affect overbalance?
a. Overbalance decreases.
b. Overbalance stays the same.
c. Overbalance increases.

11. Gas cut mud may reduce the bottom hole pressure enough to cause a well kick, but when is
bottom hole pressure reduced most?
a. When the gas is at or near the bottom.
b. All are about the same.
c. When the gas is about halfway up the well bore.
d. When the gas is near the surface.

12. How will bottom hole pressure be affected by gas cut mud whilst drilling?
a. There will be no change.
b. There will be a small drop.
c. There will be a large drop.

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13. 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.

14. If a kick is swabbed in when tripping, which type of barrier has been compromised?
a. Cement barrier.
b. Permanent mechanical barrier.
c. Primary (hydrostatic) barrier.
d. Temporary mechanical barrier.

15. Over pull while tripping out is a stuck pipe warning sign.
What well control problem may be associated with over pull?
a. Surging.
b. The presence of hydrocarbons.
c. Swabbing.
d. A flowing well.

16. Which could be the immediate result of pulling out of the hole too fast?
a. Formation breakdown.
b. Lost circulation.
c. An underground blowout.
d. A swabbed kick.

17. Which of the following practices are likely to increase the chance of swabbing?
Three Answers
a. Pumping out of the hole.
b. Pulling pipe quickly.
c. Pulling pipe slowly.
d. Pulling through tight spots with pump off.
e. Maintain high mud viscosity.
f. Pulling through tight spots with pump on.

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18. Which of the following will increase the possibility of swabbing?

Three Answers
a. Low viscosity in the drill string.
b. Pulling out of the hole too fast.
c. Large open hole/BHA capacity.
d. Long bottom hole assembly.
e. Low gel strength in the drilling mud.
f. High gel strength in the drilling mud.

19. What is the result of running in the hole too fast?

a. Gas cutting.
b. Losses.
c. A swabbed Kick.
d. Underground blowout.

20. Which of the following would not increase the risk of surging the well while running casing?
a. High gel strength mud.
b. Faster running speed.
c. Lower Casing grade.
d. Tighter casing to wellbore clearance.

21. While drilling ahead through a faulted formation, the flow meter drops from 60% to 35%. What is
the most likely cause of this?
a. A kick has been swabbed in.
b. Total lost circulation has occurred.
c. There is a washout in the string.
d. Partial lost circulation has occurred.

22. Does a kick always occur after a total loss of circulation?

a. No, it depends on the mud level in the annulus and the formation pressure.
b. Yes, losses will always occur above any potential kick zone.
c. No, it depends on the reduction in drill string weight.

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23. If total losses occurred while drilling with water based mud, what should be done?
a. Pump lost circulation material immediately.
b. Stop drilling, shut the well in, and see what happens.
c. Drill blind.
d. Stop drilling, top-fill the hole with water, and record volume.

24. The flow sensor shows a total loss of returns and the mud level cannot be seen in the annulus.
What immediate action should be taken?
a. Continue drilling ahead cautiously.
b. Pump a reduced rate adding lost circulation material.
c. Prepare to top-fill the annulus with water (or lightest mud available), and record volume.
d. Shut the well in and pump lost circulation material.

25. If the flow sensor suddenly showed a complete loss of returns, what would be the best action to
take?
a. Close the well in and check for pressure.
b. Fill the annulus from the top with base fluid and monitor.
c. Pump at an increased rate while mixing lost circulation material.
d. Stop all pumping and wait for orders.

26. Severe losses occurred while drilling. The pumps were stopped and the mud in the well could
not be seen. The well was then filled to the top with water and remained static.
Mud weight 12 ppg
Brine water weight 8.6 ppg
Height of water column in the annulus 150 feet
What is the reduction in bottom hole pressure with the 150 feet of water compared to the
pressure before the losses?
a. 33 psi.
b. 94 psi.
c. 27 psi.
d. 30 psi.

27. What is a good practice if there is a significant increase in connection gas?

a. Add viscosifiers to increase gel strength.
b. Consider increasing the mud weight.
c. Consider decreasing the mud weight.
d. Reduce mud viscosity.

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28. What are the good practices when increasing connection gas is observed?
Two answers
a. Increase the mud viscosity.
b. Minimise the time during a connection when the pumps are switched off.
c. Increase WOB and RPM to reduce gas level in the mud.
d. Reduce the mud viscosity to minimize swabbing.
e. Control ROP to keep a minimum number of connection gas events in the hole at a time.

29. During a drilling operation you circulate a heavy mud pill with the pumps running continuously.
When will the bottom hole pressure start to increase?
(Ignore the dynamic pressure losses in the annulus)
a. Once the pill starts to be displaced into the annulus.
b. After all the pill is in the annulus.
c. As soon as the pill is pumped into the drill string.
d. After all the pill is inside the drill string and before it reaches the bit.

30. A slug of heavy drilling mud is pumped into the drill string before tripping out of hole. After balance,
the bottom of the slug is still in the drill pipe.
What is the effect on bottom hole pressure?
a. It remains constant.
b. It decreases.
c. It increases.

31. A 30.0 bbl 14.5 ppg slug is pumped prior to tripping out of the hole. Mud Weight is 12.3 ppg.
What mud volume, in addition to the slug volume, should we expect returned due to the slug
u-tubing into position?
a. 6.35 bbls.
b. 7.35 bbls.
c. 5.96 bbls.
d. 5.36 bbls.

32. Your current Mud Weight is 11.5 ppg. You were instructed to pump a 35 bbl slug weighing 13.5
ppg. Your Drill Pipe capacity is 0.0178 bbls/foot. What is the total volume returned to surface?
a. 30 bbl.
b. 70 bbl.
c. 41 bbl.
d. 62 bbl.

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33. Your current Mud Weight (MW) is 11.5 ppg. You were instructed to pump a 35 bbl slug weighing
13.5 ppg. Your Drill Pipe capacity is 0.0178 bbls/ft. How many feet of dry pipe will you have after
pumping?
a. 34 feet.
b. 342 feet.
c. 84 feet.
d. 321 feet.

34. You are tripping a tapered string out of the well. The larger diameter pipe is in the upper part of
the string. What will happen to the trip tank volume as the 'slug' is being displaced into the
smaller diameter pipe?
a. The Trip tank will show same rate of change for both pipe diameters.
b. The Trip tank reading will indicate swabbing as the slug length gets longer.
c. The Trip tang reading will indicate surging as the slug length gets shorter.
d. There will be no change in trip tank level until all the slug has been displaced into small
diameter pipe.

35. Which one below has greatest hydrostatic pressure?

a. 10 ppg and 9000 True Vertical Depth (TVD).
b. 16 ppg and 7000 True Vertical Depth (TVD).
c. 13 ppg and 8200 True Vertical Depth (TVD).

36. What is the Hydrostatic Pressure on bottom using the information below?

14,675 foot Bit True Vertical Depth (TVD) Current Mud Weight = 12.2 ppg
14,936 foot Bit Measured Depth (MD) Shoe Test Mud Weight = 11.6 ppg
9,873 foot Shoe True Vertical Depth (TVD) Annular Pressure Loss = 175 psi
9,901 foot Shoe Measured Depth (MD)

a. 9310 psi.
b. 8852 psi.
c. 9786 psi.
d. 9485 psi.

37. There are four (4) Mud Pits, each measuring 9 feet X 12 feet X 8 feet deep.Fluid depth is 6 feet in
each pit.(Use 5.615 to convert cubic to barrels) How many barrels of mud in the surface tanks?
a. 154 bbls.
b. 115 bbls.
c. 462 bbls.
d. 411 bbls.

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38. There are four (4) Mud Pits, each measuring 9 feet x 12 feet x 8 feet deep
Fluid depth is 6 feet. (Use 5.615 to convert cubic feet to barrels)
How many more barrels of mud can be added to the surface tanks?
a. 148 bbls.
b. 205 bbls.
c. 154 bbls.
d. 137 bbls.

39. What is meant by abnormal pressure?

a. The excess pressure due to circulating mud at high rates.
b. The formation fluid pressure that exceeds formation water hydrostatic pressure.
c. The excess pressure that needs to be applied to cause ‘leak-off’.
d. Heavy weight mud used to give an overbalance.

40. What is the definition of abnormal formation pressure?

a. Pressure that differs from the hydrostatic pressure caused by a full column of
formation oil.
b. Pressure that is greater than the hydrostatic pressure caused by a full column of
formation water.
c. Pressure that equals the hydrostatic pressure caused by a full column of fresh water.
d. Pressure that differs from the hydrostatic pressure caused by a full column of
formation gas.

41. What is the most common cause of abnormally high formation pressures worldwide?
Two Answers
a. Trapped fluid in shale.
b. Depleted sands.
c. Carbonate layers.
d. Limestone fractures.
e. Trapped fluid under an impermeable shale.

42. A formation is over-pressured by an artesian effect.

What has created the over-pressure?
a. The difference in density between gas and formation fluid.
b. Compaction of the formation from the overburden.
c. A formation water source located at a higher level than the rig floor.

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43. How does abnormal pressure affect primary well control?

a. Allow Driller to increase tripping speed per stand.
b. Increase surge pressure when tripping.
c. Increase the hydrostatic pressure overbalance.
d. Reduce the 'trip-margin'.

44. How does drilling into an abnormal pressure formation affect primary well control?
a. Increase the hydrostatic pressure overbalance.
b. Will make kick detection more difficult.
c. Reduce the hydrostatic pressure overbalance.
d. Increase surge pressure when tripping.

45. What abnormal pressure data does the Mud Logger normally measure?
a. Weight on Bit.
b. Amount of gas in the mud.
c. Hook Load.
d. Strokes per minute.

46. What is the definition of the term ‘shallow water flow’?

a. Increase in mud chlorides measured at the shakers.
b. A warning sign of a shallow gas flow entering the wellbore.
c. Water or water and sand entering the well from top-hole formations.
d. Density of sea water acting on wellbore.

47. Which of the following statements are good operating practices when drilling top hole formation?
Two Answers
a. Maintain high rate of penetration to ensure mud viscosity level is as high as possible.
b. Pump out of the hole on trips.
c. Drill a pilot hole at a slow controlled rate.
d. Use a heavy density mud to create maximum overbalance.

48. What is good practice for top-hole drilling?

a. Trip out of the hole slowly.
b. Pump sweeps to aid hole cleaning.
c. Keep the hole full.
d. All of the above.

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49. Which of the following statements is a good operating practice in a top-hole section that has the risk
of gas bearing formations?
a. Control the rate of penetration.
b. Never use a drill pipe float.
c. Maintain high ROP.
d. Regularly pump light sweeps.

50. Which of the following practices could result in the influx of a shallow hazard?
a. Keeping the hole full with a continuous trip tank.
b. Pumping out of the hole.
c. Pumping a cement slurry with short transition time.
d. Not filling the hole properly while tripping out.

51. Why are shallow kicks dangerous?

a. Shallow kicks always contain dangerous amounts of H2S.
b. The well can flow around the casing and cause erosion around the rig or wellhead area.
c. They create very high shut-in pressures.
d. Mud weight required to kill are always very high.

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1. Why is it important for crew members to immediately inform their Driller if they see any potential
well control problems?
a. To allow the Driller to disable the pit and flow alarms.
b. To allow the Driller to increase tripping speed.
c. To allow the Driller to increase rate of penetration.
d. To help Driller recognize kick warning signs.

2. Why is it important for the Driller to know when mud is being transferred into or out of the active
system?
a. To line up returns through the Desilters to improve mud mixing.
b. To recognize if there are gains and losses due to a kick or lost circulation.
c. To know when to operate the pit agitators to prevent Barite falling out of the mud.
d. To start bottoms-up circulation to clean the hole before new mud is pumped.

3. Which of the following are indicators that a well might be going under–balanced?
Two Answers
a. Increasing background gas levels.
b. A significant increase in the pump pressure.
c. A reduction in the drilling rate.
d. A change in the shape and size of the cuttings.
e. A slight increase in the flow line mud density.

4. Which of the following are positive warning signs of a kick while drilling?
Two Answers
a. Decrease in flow rate with constant pump stroke rate.
b. Increased in pit volume.
c. Increased in flow rate with constant pump stroke rate.
d. Decrease in pit volume.

5. Which of the following is not a warning sign of an increasing formation fluid pressure?
a. Increasing shale density.
b. Increasing background gas.
c. Increasing connection gas.
d. Increased caving at shakers.

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6. While drilling, what is a sign that overbalance is decreasing?

a. A reduction in back ground gas levels.
b. A reduction in mud filtrate alkalinity.
c. A decrease in torque.
d. An increase in connection gas.

7. Which kick indicator is normally detected first?

a. Trip Tank increase.
b. Flow Rate increase.
c. Pit Gain increase.
d. Pump pressure increase.

8. Which of the following may be a lagging indicator of an increase in formation pressure?

a. Change in background gas.
b. Change in ROP.
c. Change in rotary torque.
d. Change in RPM.

9. Which of the following indicators may warn of an increase in formation pressure?

a. Rotary torque.
b. ROP.
c. RPM.
d. All of the above.

10. What is a ‘flow-check’?

a. Monitoring the time it takes for the flowline to drain back to the pits at a connection.
b. Observing the well for flow after the pumps have been shut down.
c. Monitoring the number of barrels that flow back to the pits at a connection.
d. Observing the number of barrels it takes to keep the hole full after pulling 10 stands.

11. What action should a driller take after observing a drilling break?
a. Increase pump speed.
b. Circulate bottoms up.
c. Flow check.
d. Reduce weight on bit.

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12. While drilling ahead at a constant rate of penetration (ROP), the cutting load across the shakers
increased and the shale shakers cannot handle the amount of cuttings returning from the well.
What is the safest thing to do?
a. Slow down the mud pump until the shakers can handle the amount of cuttings in the
returns and continue drilling.
b. Check for flow – if none continue drilling at same ROP.
c. Check for flow – if none, then continue at the same ROP. Allow half of the mud returns
to bypass the shakers.
d. Check for flow – if none, circulate bottoms up at a reduced rate so that shakers can
handle cuttings volume.

13. You have been drilling ahead at an average of 20 feet/hr. The bit is a quarter of the way through
the expected number of drilling hours. The MWD tool fails and you POOH. It is decided to
replace the MWD and run the same bit back in the hole. On return to bottom the ROP for the
same WOB is averaging 64 feet/hr. What action could you take?
a. Carry on drilling, the increase is due to the new MWD tool.
b. Carry out a flow check and consider circulating bottoms up.
c. Shut-in the well and circulate bottoms-up.
d. Decrease WOB to get an average ROP of 20 feet/hr.

14. What action should a Driller take if a sudden increase in mud gas level is recorded?
a. Stop drilling, circulate bottoms-up, record gas levels and inform your supervisor.
b. Request Mud Engineer to increase mud weight by 0.3 ppg.
c. Check for flow and call Supervisor.
d. Increase rate of penetration to minimize the warning signs.

15. You are drilling ahead with a 12¼-inch Bit with an average ROP of 95 feet/hour. For the last 60
minutes there has been no change to the pit level. What action would you take?
a. Make a flow check to check why pit volume is stable.
b. Increase WOB now that ROP is stable.
c. Continue drilling all is good.
d. Prepare to mix LCM as you may be losing some mud to the formation.

16. The results of a flow check are inconclusive due to the small volume of returns from the well.
Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine if the well is flowing?
a. Shut the Diverter and monitor for flow from the vent line.
b. Close in the well and line up through the mud-gas separator and monitor for flow at the
Shakers.
c. Line up to the trip tank and monitor for gains or losses.
d. Pull 5 stands and watch the well to see if it fills up.

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17. The Driller is pulling 5 inch drill pipe out of the hole and monitoring the well on the trip tank. Over
the last 5 stands the trip tank has increased by 3 barrels. What should the Driller do?
a. Flow check. You have possibly surged the well causing losses.
b. Keep pulling pipe. 3 barrels is the correct displacement for 5 inch.
c. Flow check. This could be a kick that has been swabbed in.
d. Keep pulling pipe. The Derrickhand probably transferred some mud.

18. What do you do if the hole does not take the proper amount of the fluid while tripping out of the hole?
a. Stab the full opening safety valve and shut-in the well.
b. Notify supervisor, prepare to run back to bottom and circulate bottoms up.
c. Stab the full opening safety valve and circulate bottoms up.
d. Flow check, if no flow, continue for another five stands.

19. The Driller is Tripping in the Hole and monitoring the well on the trip tank. Over the last 5 stands the
trip tank has gained 3 barrels more than the calculated volume. What should the driller do?
a. Keep pulling but check for leaking trip tank valves.
b. Trip 5 more stands and see if the numbers even out.
c. Continue tripping to bottom so the well can be killed.
d. Alert the crew and perform a flow check.

20. Why is it important to flow check after a drilling break?

a. To 're-cock' the drilling jars.
b. A drilling break is the main indicator that you have a kick.
c. The formation permeability or pressure may have increased.
d. The geologist will want to take samples.

21. While conducting a flow check after a drilling break, the trip tank increases by 2 barrels in 4 minutes.
What action should be taken?
a. Return to drilling as the gain is due to temperature changes downhole.
b. Monitor the well for another 4 minutes to check if well is still flowing.
c. Start circulating bottoms up.
d. Shut the well in.

22. If positive Kick Indicator is noted at flow check, what should be the Driller's first action?
a. Call the Toolpusher for instructions.
b. Immediately shut in and secure the well.
c. Continue drilling a further (5) feet then shut in.
d. Continue to monitor the well for flow. If flow continues, shut the well in after a 5 bbl gain.

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23. Which of the following situations make it more difficult to detect a kick with the PVT?
a. When you reduce the pit level alarm settings from 10 bbls to 5 bbls.
b. When you by-pass the solid control pits.
c. When you keep active mud system transfers to a minimum while drilling ahead.
d. When you allow mud to overflow the shakers.

24. When would you most likely carry out a flow check?
Two answers
a. Before starting to pull out of the hole.
b. Before the Bit is run-in past the BOP.
c. After the BHA has been run-in past the BOP.
d. Before the BHA is pulled up through the stack.
e. After a 5% increase in the rate of penetration.

25. When picking up to check for flow the pumps are usually kept running, why?
a. To take a slow circulating rate pressure.
b. To check the pressure losses in the Annulus.
c. To clean the bottom of the hole of cuttings.
d. To maximise the pressure on the bottom of the hole.

26. What is happening downhole if the well is flowing with the pumps off, but no pit gain is observed
when the pumps are running?
a. The pump pressure is greater than the mud hydrostatic pressure.
b. There is a low mud weight inside the drill string when the pumps are off.
c. The annular pressure loss is giving an overbalance against formation pressure when
the pumps are on.
d. The mud hydrostatic pressure is greater than the formation pressure when the pumps
are on.

27. Hydrocarbon gas is generally less soluble in water based mud than in oil based mud.
a. True.
b. False.

28. What type of mud makes it more difficult to determine the size of the influx downhole?
a. Brines.
b. Oil based muds.
c. Water based muds.

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29. What type of drilling conditions can make kick detection more difficult for the Driller?
a. Drilling high permeability formations with water-based muds.
b. Drilling high permeability formations with oil-based muds.
c. Drilling low permeability formations with oil-based muds.
d. Drilling low permeability formations with water-based muds.

30. What causes gas to break out of solution in an Oil Based Mud (OBM)?
a. The reduction of mud compressibility and salinity at surface conditions.
b. The temperature of the mud as it gets cooler near surface.
c. The increase in mud hydrostatic pressure at downhole conditions.
d. The decrease in mud hydrostatic pressure above the gas when it gets close to surface.

31. When circulating an influx out, what will happen to choke pressure when gas breaks out of a non-
aqueous (oil-based) mud?
a. Decrease rapidly.
b. Increase rapidly.
c. Stay the same.

32. How does increasing wellbore temperature affect well control when using non-aqueous (oil-based)
mud?
a. No significant effect on hydrostatic pressure in wellbore.
b. Increasing hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore.
c. Decrease hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore.

33. What effect does increasing temperature have on fluid density?

a. It will reduce the fluid density.
b. It will increase the fluid density.
c. There is no effect on fluid density.

34. How can wellbore total pressure affect non-aqueous (oil-based) mud density downhole?
a. Well depth will increase viscosity downhole and reduce ECD.
b. Increasing hydrostatic pressure downhole can decrease effective mud density in the well.
c. Increasing hydrostatic pressure downhole can increase effective mud density in the well.
d. Well depth will not affect the mud density downhole.

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35. How does increasing pressure affect non-aqueous (oil-based) mud density?
a. Decreases density.
b. No effect on density.
c. Increases density.

36. Why is it important to examine the mud as it flows across the shakers?
a. The type of cuttings determine whether to run the degasser or the centrifuge.
b. The type of cuttings determine what mud weight is needed.
c. The more cuttings and cavings at the Shaker is an indication of good drilling practices.
d. The type and amount of cuttings and cavings can indicate wellbore conditions.

37. Why is it important to inform the Driller when starting or stopping the degasser or desilter?
a. Pit volume will change.
b. Shakers will need to be by-passed.
c. Mud viscosity well be reduced.
d. Flow Rate will increase from the well.

38. What is the main reason for measuring the weight and viscosity at the suction pit?
a. It makes sure the well plan’s mud program is followed.
b. It provides data on the mud before it is pumped into the wellbore.
c. It inform Mud Engineer when to do mud tests.
d. It ensures comliance with company policy.

39. What is the main reason for measuring the weight and viscosity as it exits the well?
a. It provides information about the effects of the well on the mud.
b. It inform Mud Engineer when to do mud tests.
c. It makes sure the well plan's mud program is followed.
d. It ensures comliance with company policy.

40. When drilling in the transition zone to an abnormally pressured formation, what changes will you
expect to see in the mud?
a. Increasing mud weight.
b. Increase in gas content.
c. Decrease in gas content.
d. Decrease in mud filtrate.

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41. When drilling in the transition zone to an abnormally pressured formation, what changes may
you expect?
Three Answers
a. Decrease in mud filtrate.
b. Decrease in the density of Shale cuttings.
c. Increase in the density of Shale cuttings.
d. Gradual increase in ROP.
e. Decrease in gas content.
f. Increasing salinity in a fresh water based mud.

42. Which of the following actions should be taken when drilling through a transition zone?
Two Answers
a. Increase time between mud weight checks.
b. Monitor cuttings and cavings at the Shakers.
c. Reduce Revolutions per Minute (RPM).
d. Increase Weight on Bit.
e. Increased crew awareness of the warning signs.

43. When should the well be monitored with pit level and flow rate instrumentation?
a. During connections.
b. When running in the hole.
c. Any time there is a potential for barrier to fail.
d. Only when drilling open hole.

44. How might mud contamination be recognized at surface?

a. Increased weight on bit.
b. Changes to mud viscosity measurements at the Shakers.
c. Unexplained pit gain.
d. Increased bottoms-up circulating time.

45. How do rig floor crewmembers monitor for mud contamination?

a. Take weight and viscosity measurements at shakers and suction pit.
b. Flow check at each connection.
c. Review Mud Engineer report every 8 hours.
d. Record weight on bit every 15 minutes.

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46. Which density measuring device should be used when a fluid has entrained air and/or gas?
a. Hydrometer.
b. A triple beam mud balance.
c. Atmospheric Balance.
d. Pressurized Balance.

47. Which abnormal pressure detection tool or technique measures pressure downhole?
a. Shale Density test.
b. A rotary steerable tool.
c. Pressure while drilling tool.
d. An Adjustable Gauge Stabilizer (AGS) tool.

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1. Why is it important to detect a kick as early as possible?

a. Minimizing the size of the influx will result in a lower SICP.
b. Minimizing the size of the influx will result in a lower SIDPP.
c. Minimizing the size of the influx will result in a higher SICP.
d. Minimizing the size of the influx will result in a higher SIDPP.

2. Why is it important to detect a kick as early as possible?

Three Answers
a. To prevent gas expansion as it is circulated up the annulus.
b. To reduce Kill Weight mud required to kill the well.
c. To reduce risk of formation breakdown during the kill.
d. To allow the volumetric method to be used.
e. To minimize size of influx to handle at surface.
f. To minimize surface casing pressure during the kill.

3. Who has the authority to shut in the well without waiting for permission?
a. Mud engineer.
b. Driller.
c. Assistant driller.
d. Derrick man.

4. Why is the Driller given authority to shut in a well without waiting for permission?
a. The Driller can monitor well flow to allow a minimum 10 bbl gain.
b. The Driller is the only person trained to kill the well.
c. The Driller has the ‘password’ to activate the BOP controls.
d. The Driller is empowered to shut the well without delay.

5. When the well kicks, what operating practice would lead to a bigger influx when you are shutting-
in the well?
Three Answers
a. Drilling a further 20 feet after a Drilling Break, before flow checking.
b. Regular training for the Derrickman on the duties for monitoring pit level.
c. Regular pit drills for the drill crew.
d. Switching off the flow meter alarms.
e. Calling the Toolpusher to the floor before shutting in the well.

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6. Whilst tripping out of the hole the well starts flowing.

What is the first action that should be taken?
a. Stab a drillstring safety valve and shut the well in.
b. Pull back to shoe and shut in.
c. Run back to bottom as quickly as possible.
d. Close the Annular and make up the Top Drive or Kelly.

7. While tripping into the hole at 6000 feet, a flow check is positive. The rig procedure is to shut the
well in using the soft shut in procedure. What is the correct procedure to shut in?
a. Close the BOP, Stab full opening safety valve, Close the safety valve, Open choke,
Close choke, Record pressure.
b. Open HCR valve and choke, Close BOP, Stab full opening safety valve, Close safety
valve, Close choke.
c. Stab a full opening safety valve, Close the safety valve, Open HCR valve, Close BOP,
Close choke.
d. Stab full opening safety valve, Open HCR valve and choke, Close BOP, Close choke,
Close safety valve, Record pressure.

8. While tripping into the hole at 6000 ft. a flow check is positive. The rig procedure is to shut the well
in using the hard shut in procedure. What is the correct procedure to shut in?
a. Open HCR valve and choke, Close BOP, Stab full opening safety valve, Close choke,
Record pressures.
b. Stab full opening safety valve, Open HCR valve and choke, Close BOP, Close safety
valve, Record pressures.
c. Close the BOP, Stab full opening safety valve, Close the safety valve, Open choke,
Record pressures.
d. Stab a full opening safety valve, Close the safety valve, Close BOP, Open HCR valve,
Record pressures.

9. Which one of the following describes the soft shut in procedure for a surface BOP?
a. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve,Stop
the pumps, Close the BOP, Record pressures.
b. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Stop the pumps, Close the BOP, Open
BOP side outlet hydraulic valve, Record pressures.
c. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Stop the pumps, Open BOP side outlet
hydraulic valve, Close the BOP, Close the choke, Record pressures.

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10. Which one of the following describes the hard shut in procedure for a surface BOP?
a. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Open BOP side outlet hydraulic valve, Stop
the pumps, Close the BOP, Record pressures.
b. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Stop the pumps, Close the BOP, Open
BOP side outlet hydraulic valve, Record pressures.
c. Pick up and position the drill string correctly, Stop the pumps, Open BOP side outlet
hydraulic valve, Close the BOP, Close the choke, Record pressures.

11. What steps should be taken to divert a shallow gas flow?

a. Slow pumps, space out and use choke to maintain a constant bottom hole pressure
until the well is dead.
b. Increase pump rate and activate Diverter.
c. Pick up and space out. Switch off pumps. Open downwind vent line, close valve to
shakers, close Diverter.

12. While drilling the top-hole section on a surface stack rig, a shallow gas flow in encountered.
What is the safest action to secure the safety of the rig and personnel on the rig?
a. Line the diverter up to the choke manifold, activate the diverter system, and remove
non-essential personnel from the rig floor.
b. Shut-in the well and prepare for kill operations immediately.
c. Keep pumping mud into the well at the same SPM and circulate bottoms up.
d. Activate the diverter system and follow rig-specific shallow gas plan.

13. Which of the following is true regarding kick detection during wireline operations?
a. There is no need to monitor the well during wireline operations because the well is static.
b. The well should be put on the trip tank to monitor displacement as wireline is run in/out
of the hole.
c. The well should be lined up to active pits due to the large displacement volumes of
wireline tools.

14. You are out of the hole changing the Bit when the well starts flowing. What action must you take
to secure the well?
a. Run one stand of drill pipe or heavy weight drill pipe and close the pipe rams.
b. Close the diverter and bullhead kill mud through the kill line.
c. Run one stand of collars into the well and close the Annular.
d. Close the Blind or Blind/Shear rams.

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15. The well has been shut-in and the pressures are stabilizing. What is the first step that the Driller
should take?
a. Check the well is secure (no leaks).
b. Check the drillpipe pressure to determine formation pressure.
c. Record the pit gain.
d. Calculate Kill Weight Fluid.

16. You run back to the shoe and carry out a slip-and-cut on the drilling line. The operation normally
takes 60 minutes. What is the best way to monitor the well?
a. Shut in well and record pressure every 15 minutes.
b. Install a safety valve in the drill string, line up to the Trip Tank and set the alarm.
c. Line up to trip tank and set Trip Tank alarm.
d. Line up to mud pits and inform Mud Logger to monitor for gains.

17. What is the main reason for a pit drill?

a. To test the pit and flow alarms.
b. To see how fast the Driller can line up on the trip tank.
c. To ensure the crew is able to effectively recognize and react to a kick.
d. To ensure the crew is trained to kill the well.

18. What is the main reason for trip drill?

a. To test the pit, flow and trip tank alarms.
b. To see how fast the Driller can line up on the choke manifold.
c. To ensure the crew is able to effectively recognize and react to kick while tripping pipe.
d. To ensure the crew is trained to kill the well.

19. What is the reason for a Choke drill?

a. To help the crew understand how the choke and well pressures react during a kill
operation.
b. To ensure the crew is trained to line up correctly for a reverse circulation well kill.
c. To see how fast the Driller can close the choke in an emergency.
d. To test that the choke is working correctly before drilling out the casing shoe.

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20. What is the reason for a Diverter drill?

a. To test the pit, flow and trip tank alarms.
b. To see how fast the Driller can line up from the vent line to the mud gas separator.
c. To ensure the crew are able to close in the well and prepare the kill mud.
d. To ensure the crew is able to effectively recognize and react to a surface kick by
diverting fluids away from the rig.

21. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a barrier?

a. Drill String Float Valve.
b. Full Opening Safety Valve.
c. Mud hydrostatic pressure.
d. Pipe Rams.

22. Which of the following is a "physical barrier"?

a. Proper BOP shut in procedure.
b. Monitoring the trip tank.
c. A cement plug.
d. Periodic well control drills.

23. Which of the following is not a method of wellbore barrier verification?

a. Weight set confirmation (tagging).
b. Inflow test (Negative test).
c. Leak off test.
d. Positive pressure test.

24. A drilling break is observed while drilling ahead. A flow check was performed and the well is
flowing. Which barrier has failed?
a. Cement around the casing.
b. Mud hydrostatic.
c. Wellhead or Casing Head seals.
d. Mud Filter Cake.

25. What is the minimum number of barriers normally required to be in place for any phase of
operations?
a. Four.
b. One.
c. Two.
d. Three.

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26. What is a hydrostatic barrier?

a. Pressure of fluid in a Pipe Ram closing chamber that maintains a seal on a shut-in well.
b. Cement located in the open-hole or casing to isolate different zones.
c. A column of fluid that exerts a greater pressure than the formation fluids.
d. A mechanical seal inside the casing or wellbore to isolate potential flow.

27. What is the well control 'Barrier System' (Envelope)?

a. More than one barrier that act together to contain flow from the formation.
b. A set of procedures that prevent the well from kicking.
c. Drilling fluid and the barite mixing system.
d. A BOP stack and the control unit.

28. For most operations it is recommended that two independent barriers are in place. From the list
below, which pair of barriers are NOT independent of each other?
a. A cemented shoe track over a non-hydrocarbon bearing zone and a casing bridge plug.
b. Kill weight mud in the well and the blow out preventer.
c. A tubing plug set downhole and a backpressure valve in the hanger.
d. An Annular and a Ram on a BOP stack.

29. Which of the following is considered a “procedural barrier”?

a. The casing shoe.
b. Monitoring the well for gains or losses.
c. A set packer assembly.
d. The drilling fluid.

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1. At which location should the initial surface pressures be read after shutting in on a kick?
a. The remote choke control panel.
b. The standpipe manifold.
c. The choke manifold.
d. The driller’s consol.

2. What does the SIDPP indicate when the well is properly shut in on an underbalanced kick?
a. The difference between formation pressure and hydrostatic pressure of mud in the drillstring.
b. The trapped pressure caused by shutting in the well.
c. The difference between formation pressure and leak off pressure.
d. The MAASP.

3. What is the definition of “Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP)”?

a. The difference between fluid hydrostatic pressure in the annulus and the formation
pressure.
b. The total pressure in the annulus minus the bottom hole pressure.
c. The difference between fluid hydrostatic pressure in the drill string and the formation
pressure.

4. What is the definition of "Shut In Casing Pressure (SICP)"?

a. The total pressure in the drill string minus the bottom hole pressure.
b. The difference between fluid hydrostatic pressure in the drill string and the formation
pressure.
c. The difference between fluid hydrostatic pressure in the annulus and the formation pressure.

5. Which of the following parameters will affect the value of the Shut-In Casing Pressure?
Two Answers
a. Choke line length.
b. The formation fluid pressure (pore pressure).
c. Drill string capacity per foot.
d. Annulus capacity per foot
e. Slow Circulating Rate Pressure.

6. Which of the following parameters will affect the value of the Shut In Casing Pressure?
a. Drill string capacity per foot.
b. Mud pH.
c. Choke line length.
d. The kick volume.

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7. Well control capability is influenced by several factors. Which of the following has the largest
influence on well control capability?
a. Size of hole.
b. Size of kick.
c. Type fluid.
d. Size of drill string.

8. After the well is shut-in, what key data should be recorded?

Three Answers
a. Pit Gain.
b. Hook Load.
c. Casing Pressure.
d. Weight on Bit.
e. Drill pipe pressure.
f. Rotary Torque.

9. Why is casing pressure usually higher than the shut-in drill pipe pressure?
a. The choke line is longer than the kill line.
b. The hydrostatic in the drill pipe is greater than the hydrostatic in the annulus.
c. Cuttings in the annulus help to reduce the hydrostatic pressure.
d. Choke line is larger in diameter than kill line.

10. You are drilling a vertical well on a surface stack rig. The well kicks and you shut-in. the pressure
readings are: Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure 350 psi Shut In Casing Pressure 450 psi. Why is there a
difference in the two readings?
a. Because the influx is in the annulus and has a lower density than the mud.
b. Because the BOP was closed too fast causing trapped pressure.
c. Because the influx is inside the drill string and has lower density than the mud.
d. Because the influx has a higher density than the mud.

11. A well is shut in after taking a 25 bbl kick with 300 psi SIDPP and 650 psi SICP. If the well had been
shut in on a 10 bbl kick, how would shut in pressure be affected?
a. SIDPP would be lower.
b. SICP would be lower.
c. SIDPP would be the higher.
d. SICP would be the higher.

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12. 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.
b. It would not affect pressure readings.
c. Shut In Casing Pressure would be lower than expected.

13. The well is shut-in with the following pressure readings:

Shut-in casing pressure: 0 psi
Shut-in drill pipe pressure: 435 psi
The annulus is observed through the choke, and there is no flow.
What could be the problem?
a. The hole is packed off around BHA.
b. The drill string has twisted of.
c. The choke gauge failed.
d. The formation at the shoe has been fractured.

14. The well kicks and is shut in. Drill pipe pressure and casing pressure both start to build up, but
before stabilizing both start to drop quite rapidly. Which of the following might have occurred?
a. Gas is migrating up the well.
b. The drill string has washed out.
c. Both gauges have malfunctioned.
d. A weak formation has broken down.

15. Which of the methods below could be used to find the SIDPP if a kick is taken with a non-ported
float valve in the drill string?
a. Start the pump very slowly. When the drillpipe gauge begins to move, stop pumping,
that is the SIDPP.
b. The SIDPP is not needed; use the casing pressure to determine kill weight mud.
c. Bring the pump to 30 SPM while holding the casing pressure constant with the choke.
When the pump rate and the casing pressure are stable, the circulating pressure will
be the SIDPP.
d. Pump slowly down drill pipe until SICP starts to increase, then stop pumping. The drill
pipe pressure reading subtract (minus) current trapped pressure.

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16. A well is shut-in with stabilized Shut-in Casing Pressure (SICP) of 500 psi and 0psi on the
Drillpipe gauge. To obtain the Shut-in Drillpipe Pressure (SIDPP), the Driller pumped at 5 strokes
per minute until float was bumped and pump shut down. The gauges are now reading the
pressures shown.

What is the actual Shut-in Drillpipe Pressure?

a. 360 psi.
b. 500 psi.
c. 280 psi.
d. 580 psi.

17. A well is shut in with the bit 300 feet off-bottom and all the influx is assumed to be below the
bit. SIDPP is 250 psi. what would be the expected SICP?
a. Lower than SIDPP.
b. The same as SIDPP.
c. Higher than SIDPP.

18. How is Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP) affected when there are cuttings in the annulus?
a. The BHP will stay the same.
b. The BHP will decrease.
c. The BHP will increase.

19. How is Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP) affected when soft shales break down in the mud and
increase viscosity?
a. The BHP will decrease.
b. The BHP will increase.
c. The BHP will stay the same.

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20. When drilling the horizontal section of a well, an 11 bbl gas kick is taken. TVD is 8200’ and
MD is 9700’. If all the influx is in the horizontal section of the well, what would the expected
SIDPP and SICP be?
a. SIDPP nearly equal to SICP.
b. SICP greater than SIDPP.
c. SIDPP greater than SICP.
d. Zero SICP.

21. Why is there little or no difference between the SIDPP and the SICP if a kick happens when drilling
a horizontal well? (Assume no float in drillstring and that the influx is still in the horizontal section).
a. In horizontal wells, the influx is not able to migrate.
b. Mud density and formation fluid density are the same when you are drilling horizontal wells.
c. Volume inside the string is the same as the volume in the annulus.
d. The vertical height of the influx when in the horizontal section has little effect on the
hydrostatic pressure.

22. When you shut-in a well, what can affect the time taken for SIDPP and SICP to stabilize?
a. Friction losses.
b. Porosity.
c. Permeability.
d. Gas migration.

23. What can cause a larger kick size and a greater Shut In Casing Pressure (SICP)?
a. Formation Permeability.
b. Formation strength.
c. Formation Porosity.
d. Ballooning.

24. Which of the following are affected by formation permeability?

Three Answers
a. Shut In Casing Pressure (SICP).
b. Time for pressures to stabilise.
c. Initial Circulating Pressure (ICP).
d. Kill Mud Weight.
e. Influx volume.
f. Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP).

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25. The formation permeability and the differential pressure between mud hydrostatic and formation
pressure, will affect the speed of the influx into the well. Which of the conditions below are likely to
give the largest influx over the same period of time?
a. High permeability formation with a low differential pressure.
b. Low permeability formation with a low differential pressure.
c. High permeability formation with a high differential pressure.
d. Influx size is not affected by permeability and differential pressure.

26. What best describes the effect of gas migration on wellbore pressures?
a. All the pressures stay the same.
b. All the pressures decrease.
c. All the pressures increase.

27. When waiting for kill mud to be mixed, both drillpipe and annulus pressures started to rise, what
type of influx does this indicate?
a. Fresh water.
b. Salt water.
c. Oil.
d. Gas.

28. While preparing to circulate Kill Weight Mud, the gas bubble begins to migrate. If no action is
taken, what will happen to bottom-hole pressure?
a. Decrease.
b. Increase.
c. Remain approximately the same.

29. While preparing to circulate Kill Weight Mud, the gas bubble begins to migrate. If no action is
taken, what will the pressure in the gas bubble do as the gas rises?
a. Decrease.
b. Increase.
c. Stay approximately the same.

30. A well is shut in following a kick whilst drilling. After pressures have been stabilised, both drill pipe
and casing pressures are observed to be gradually increasing by the same amount.
What is the most likely reason for this?
a. The influx is gas and is migrating up the annulus and drill string.
b. The influx is gas and is migrating up the annulus.
c. The influx is gas and is migrating up the drill string.
d. The influx is gas and is expanding rapidly.

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31. The Driller pumps down the drill pipe and back up the annulus at reduced strokes per minute
(SPM). What is the name for this recorded pressure?
a. The slow circulating rate pressure.
b. The bit nozzle pressure loss.
c. The surface line pressure loss.
d. The annular pressure loss.

32. Which of the following affect the choice of slow circulation rate?
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.

33. Which of the following statements about slow circulating rates (SCR) are correct?
Three Answers
a. SCR’s should be taken through the choke manifold.
b. SCR’s are needed to calculate formation pressure.
c. SCR’s should be taken when mud properties are changed.
d. SCR’s should be read on the drill pipe pressure gauge at the remote choke panel.
e. SCR’s should be taken with the bit near the bottom.

34. Which of the following is a best practice when obtaining Slow Circulating Rate (SCR) pressures?
a. Record pressure at the mud pump gauge.
b. Circulate at drilling rate through the Choke Manifold with a fully open choke.
c. Obtain SCRs for a minimum of two mud pumps.
d. Circulate with the bit inside the Casing Shoe.

35. When should the Driller consider taking a slow circulation rate pressure?
Three Answers
a. At beginning of each shift.
b. After the well has been shut in on an influx.
c. When long sections of hole are drilled rapidly.
d. Before running casing.
e. When the Mud Weight changes.

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36. Select the reason for circulating out a kick at a slow pump rate.
a. Prevent gas expansion as it is circulated up the well.
b. Allow Annular Pressure loss to maintain a high overbalance.
c. Minimise excess pressure exerted on formations during the kill.

37. Why kill the well at a reduced pump rate?

Two Answers
a. To determine pump rate to displace cement.
b. To prevent bursting the casing.
c. To manage mud density while circulating kill weight mud.
d. To stop downhole mud motor rotating during a well kill operation.
e. To minimize the effects of annular pressure loss.

38. Why is the influx displaced from the hole at a pump rate slower than used when drilling?
Four Answers
a. Allow Choke Operator time to make the necessary choke adjustments.
b. To reduce damage to the pump.
c. Minimise Pressures in the wellbore.
d. To allow kick fluids to be handled at surface.
e. To reduce gas migration.
f. To reduce the chance of overloading the mud gas separator.

39. At 60 strokes/minute, with a mud density of 12 ppg, the circulating pressure is 750 psi.
What would the approximate pressure with a mud density of 13 ppg at the same pump rate?
 ……….……. psi

40. At 60 strokes/minute, with a mud density of 12 ppg, the circulating pressure is 750 psi.
What would the approximate pressure with a mud density of 11 ppg at the same pump rate?
 ……….……. psi

41. A pump pressure of 800 psi is recorded with 22 SPM. What will the approximate pressure be at 26
SPM?
a. 1117 psi.
b. 945 psi.
c. 1000 psi.
d. 882 psi.

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42. What is the new pump pressure at 50 SPM if the pressure was 425 psi at 42 SPM?
a. 300 psi.
b. 506 psi.
c. 357 psi.
d. 602 psi.

43. What is a typical Slow Circulating Rate (SCR)?

Two Answers
a. 75% of drilling pump rate.
b. Between 20 and 50 strokes per minute (SPM).
c. Same as drilling pump rate.
d. Between 75 and 95 strokes per minute (SPM).
e. Between 1 and 5 barrels per minute.

44. How does an increase in mud weight affect slow circulating rate pressures?
a. There is no change because the friction losses are all in the drill pipe.
b. The pressure decreases with higher mud weight.
c. The pressure increases with higher mud weight.

45. How can the driller recognize if a lighter mud weight is being pumped into the drill string?
a. Increase flow at the flow line during a connection due to the u-tube sffect.
b. Decrease in Hook Load.
c. Gradual increase in pump pressure as mud pumped down the drill string.
d. Gradual decrease in pump pressure as mud pumped down the drill string.

46. A rig drilled 1000 feet since a Slow Circulating Rate Pressure (SCRP) was recorded. A kick was
taken and shut-in. The plan was to circulate the influx out with the Driller’s method. A correct
pump start up procedure was carried out. What would be the actual Initial Circulating Pressure
(ICP) be compared to a pre-calculated ICP?
a. The same.
b. Higher.
c. Lower.

47. What changes in pump pressure will be seen after one complete circulation if the mud weight is
increased?
a. The pump pressure will increase.
b. The pump pressure will decrease.
c. The pump pressure will stay the same.

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48. What changes in pump pressure will you see after one complete circulation if the mud weight is
decreased?
a. The pump pressure will stay the same.
b. The pump pressure will increase.
c. The pump pressure will decrease.

49. Which of the following determine the selection of the slow circulation rate?
Three Answers
a. Trip tank volume.
b. The mud/gas separator handling capacity.
c. The volume of mud the choke can handle.
d. Capacity of mud mixing equipment.
e. The burst pressure of the casing.

50. Which of the following statement about slow circulating rate pressure are correct?
Three Answers
a. Should be recorded when mud properties have changed significantly.
b. Recorded on the drill pipe pressure gauge on the choke panel.
c. The recorded pressures are used to calculate formation pressure.
d. Recorded with the bit near bottom.

51. What can cause an inaccurate Slow Circulation Rate (SCR) reading?
a. Rotating the drill string slowly when taking SCR.
b. Taken SCR with the bit near the bottom.
c. An extended period of non-circulating time.
d. Constant mud weight around the well.

52. What is the correct definition of Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD)?

a. The equivalent mud weight exerted on the shoe at the Leak Off Test.
b. The equivalent mud weight exerted on the well bore by the mud hydrostatic.
c. The equivalent mud weight exerted on the well bore by the mud hydrostatic plus
annular friction loss.

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53. The equivalent circulating density (ECD) determines the actual bottom hole pressure while
circulating down the drillstring and back up the annulus. Which part of the system pressure
losses is used to calculate ECD?
a. The pressure loss in the open hole section only.
b. The pressure loss in the annulus.
c. The pressure loss over the nozzles.
d. The pressure loss in the drill string.

54. A loss of Equivalent Circulating Density may be an indication that the well has become
underbalanced. What Downhole tool would be the best choice to measure ECD while drilling?
a. An Adjustable Gauge Stabilizer (AGS) Tool.
b. A Pressure While Drilling (PWD) Tool.
c. A rotary steerable tool.
d. Any “Memory” type tool.

55. A Pressure While Drilling (PWD) Tool in the Bottom Hole Assembly can provide information that
indicates a reduction in ECD during drilling operations. What might cause the reduction in ECD
while drilling?
a. A loss of overbalance with formation fluids contaminating the mud in the annulus.
b. A change in Rate of Penetration (ROP).
c. A change in wellbore azimuth and elevation.
d. An increase in overbalance due to a formation pressure increase.

56. A Pressure While Drilling (PWD) Tool in the Bottom Hole Assembly can provide information that
indicates an influx while drilling. What information from a PWD Tool would indicate an influx in
the well?
a. An increase in Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD).
b. A record of Weight on Bit (WOB), Shock and Torque.
c. A reduction in Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD).
d. A change in Rate of Penetration (ROP).

57. The pump is shut down, the well is flowing, and there is a gain in the mud pit. The pump is
restarted and the gain in the mud pit stops. Why does the mud pit stop gaining when the pump
is running?
a. Annular pressure loss is creating an overbalance against formation pressure.
b. Pump pressure is greater than mud hydrostatic pressured.
c. Mud weight inside the drill string is creating an overbalance against formation pressure.
d. Mud hydrostatic pressure is greater than formation pressure.

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58. What happens to bottom hole pressure (BHP) when circulation is stopped during connections?
Disregard Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD)
a. The BHP increases by ECD then decreases.
b. The BHP will stay the same.
c. The BHP will decrease.

59. What type of formation fluid can have a downhole density of less than 2.0 ppg?
a. Oil.
b. Gas.
c. Fresh Water.
d. Salt Water.

60. A well is shut in. what is the casing pressure in this static u-tube?
Well Information:
Drill Pipe pressure reads 0 psi (no float in the string)
Well Depth = 7,000 TVD / 7,225 MD
Drill String full of 9.7 ppg mud
Annulus full of 6.0 ppg gas/mud mixture
a. 1390 psi.
b. 4920 psi.
c. 3530 psi.
d. 1347 psi.

61. The slug is pumped into the drill pipe, the pump is shut down and the well is shut in.
Mud Weight = 11 ppg
Slug Weight = 13 ppg
Length of slug = 1000 feet
Well Depth (MD and TVD) = 8000 feet
What pressure will you see on Casing Pressure gauge due to the u-tube effect?
a. Zero (0) psi.
b. 104 psi.
c. 572 psi.
d. 676 psi.

62. After successfully shutting in on a kick, which of the following is a key task that the Supervisor
must complete before starting to circulate out the influx?
a. Discuss the well control plan and reinforce individual crew duties.
b. Mix Kill Weight Mud.
c. Measure Mud Weight in and out.
d. Check Pit Levels and line ups.

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63. Which of the following information is least important for planning a kill operation?
a. Formation fluid compressibility.
b. Shut In Drill pipe pressure (SIDPP).
c. Current drilling fluid density.
d. Shut In Casing Pressure (SICP).

64. Which of the following is the least important reason for good handover during well control
operations?
a. Allows discussion of any problems experienced up to this point.
b. Ensures trends and parameters are known by the new crew.
c. Allows blame to be assigned in the event of an incident.
d. Ensures operations are continued with minimum disruption.

65. Which of the following is the most important reason for good handover procedures between
crews during well control operations?
a. Ensure continuity in operations and pass on trend information to identify potential problems.
b. To allow blame to be assigned in the event of an incident during well kill operations.
c. Handover procedures are not considered important during well control operations.
d. It is a regulatory form that must be completed and turned into the local regulatory agency.

66. A written record of strokes pumped, surface pressures, choke position and other information
useful for effective handover to a relief crew during a well kill operation, is best defined as what?
a. Drill pipe pressure schedule.
b. Kill Log.
c. Pipe Tally.
d. Trip Sheet.

67. How can you tell the difference between a kick and ballooning formation?
a. There will be shut in pressures for a kick, no pressures for ballooning.
b. A ballooning formation will always result in a pit gain but not for a kick.
c. You can't tell the difference between the two until you pump bottoms up.
d. If you bleed-off some shut-in pressure then shut the well back in, the pressure will build
back up with a kick, but not with ballooning.

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68. You are drilling ahead. Other wells in the area have experienced ballooning formations. When
you shut down to make a connection the well flows. You shut the well in with a 6 barrel gain
Shut-in pressures have stabilized SIDPP = 120 psi SICP = 180 psi. You bleed off 2 barrels of
fluid through the choke and shut the well back in SIDPP = 120 psi and SICP = 200 psi.
What is most likely happening downhole?
a. Formation fluid influx.
b. Ballooning well.
c. Lost Circulation.
d. Hydrates in the choke.

69. What information from the well can help determine if the well is ballooning?
a. No losses while drilling but gain at the connection.
b. Increasing mud flow-back rate at connections.
c. Gradual losses when pumps are on and gains when the pumps are off.
d. SICP greater than ECD.

70. You are drilling ahead. Over the last stand you have lost 8 barrels. When you shut down to make
a connection the well flows. You shut the well in with a 6 barrel gain and shut-in pressures have
stabilized SIDPP = 120 and SICP = 110. The Rig Superintendent bleeds off 1 barrel of fluid
through the choke and shuts the well back in. SIDPP now is 100 and SICP is now 90. The Rig
Superintendent bleeds off another 1 barrel and shuts the well back in. SIDPP is now 50 and
SICP is now 35 and stable. What is most likely occurring?
a. A gas influx has occurred.
b. Hydrates in the choke line.
c. The well is ballooning.
d. A salt water kick occurred.

71. While drilling, the well is losing mud at 15 bbls per hour. At the connection, the well is flowing.
When the pumps are restarted mud losses occur again. What could be happening downhole?
Two Answers
a. The formation is definitely not ballooning.
b. Swabbing is occurring when making the connection.
c. The well is overbalanced while drilling and underbalanced at the connection.
d. The well is underbalanced while drilling and overbalanced at the connection.
e. The formation may be "ballooning".
f. The mud is u-tubing due to different weights in the string and annulus.

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72. Symptoms of ballooning have occurred, and the decision is made to bleed 10 bbls of mud back
into the trip tank. What potential negative consequences of this decision could result?
a. If the problem was a kick and not ballooning, the kick would become larger.
b. Formation fracture gradient would decrease.
c. The intensity of the ballooning is increased.
d. No negative consequence to this action would result because the bleed volume is small.

73. While making a connection, the Driller closed the well in due to an abnormally long flowback
time. The stabilized surface pressures were equal at 150 psi on the Drill Pipe and Annulus. You
suspect the situation is the result of a ballooning formation. How will you verify it is ballooning?
a. Continue drilling and monitor for decreasing trend in flow back times.
b. Open the BOP and observe the flow line for a decrease in flow.
c. Circulate bottoms-up at 30 SPM while on the remote choke.
d. Open the BOP and drill ahead, but watch the pit volume closely.

74. While making a connection, the Driller closed the well in due to an abnormally long flowback time.
The stabilized surface pressures were equal at 150 psi on the Drill Pipe and Annulus. You suspect
the well has been ballooning. After bleeding the pressures to zero (0) in increments of 50 psi, the
pressures stayed at zero. Oil-based mud is in the hole. What instructions would you give the Driller?
a. Flow check through the choke. If negative, open the BOP and circulate while. raising
the mud weight by .5 ppg and drill ahead.
b. Open the BOP and drill ahead.
c. Flow check through the choke. If negative, circulate bottoms up through the choke.
d. Open the BOP, raise mud weight by 1 ppg and drill ahead.

75. Ballooning formations happen when the bottom-hole pressure is slightly greater than the
formation fracture pressure. What causes this increased bottom-hole pressure?
a. Failure to fill up when tripping out.
b. Abnormal formation pressure.
c. Low formation permeability and porosity.
d. Annular friction while circulating.

76. You are drilling ahead in a zone that has experienced ballooning for other wells in the area. You
have experienced losses of 8 barrels over the last stand. When you shut down to make a
connection, the well continues to flow greater than the 8 barrels lost. What should the Driller do?
a. Nothing because you are sure it is ballooning.
b. Call the Company Representative and discuss options.
c. Make up Top Drive and start circulation.
d. Shut in the well and call the Supervisor.

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77. The well has been losing mud while drilling the last stand. At the connection the well continues
to flow after the pumps have been switched off. You suspect the formation is ‘Ballooning’. What
is the first action the Driller should take?
a. Immediately start pumping to restore BHP.
b. Bleed 5 bbls back to trip tank and check if flowback rate reduces.
c. Shut the well in.
d. Make connection, return to drilling and add LCM to the mud.

78. If the well is flowing during a connection and "ballooning" is suspected, what is the safest and
most conservative action the Driller should take?
a. Follow shut-in procedures, record pressures, pit gain, and then notify supervisor.
b. Measure the time it takes for 5 bbls of mud to flow into the trip tank, and then shut in
the well.
c. Complete the connection and resume drilling operations to stop the flow.
d. Stop further drilling and circulate bottoms-up at the slow circulating rate.

79. What is the best description of term “Fingerprinting the Well”?

a. Recording block name and field number for the location of the well.
b. Sampling the formation fluid grade, quality, and contaminants.
c. Recording azimuth and elevation of wellbore from logging.
d. Recording baseline drilling data that can be analyzed against current data to help
recognize downhole problems.

80. Measuring flow back volumes and times at connections, pit level changes at connections, and loss
rates while drilling help to fingerprint wellbore behavior. How can this information assist the Driller?
a. It can help identify when to run another mud check.
b. It can help identify stuck pipe problems.
c. It can help determine when to increase pump rate.
d. It can help identify if the well is ‘kicking’ or ‘ballooning’.

81. Which of the following actions should be taken when drilling through a transition zone?
a. Increase time between mud weight checks.
b. Fingerprint connections for flowback trends.
c. Reduce Revolutions per Minute (RPM).
d. Increase Weight on Bit.

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82. A kick has been taken at TD and will be circulated out using the Driller’s Method. You have one
active pit (10 feet deep) with 180 bbls capacity.
Kick size = 10 bbls
TD/TVD = 4800feet
Mud weight in well = 9.9 ppg
SIDPP = 250 psi
SICP = 350 psi
Formation Pressure = 2721 psi
Maximum predicted surface casing pressure during kill = 500 psi
After the initial 10 barrel increase, what additional pit gain is anticipated? Disregard temperature
effects and mud compressibility factor.
a. 109 barrels.
b. 44 barrels.
c. 78 barrels.
d. 60 barrels.

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

Two Answers
a. Before drilling out casing shoe.
b. After circulating the mud to get a uniform column of mud in the hole.
c. Before running casing.
d. Immediately after running and cementing casing.
e. After drilling out the casing shoe and 5 to 15 feet of new formation.

2. Which of the following are needed for the calculation of accurate formation strength at shoe?
Three Answers
a. Calibrated pressure gauge.
b. Accurate stroke counter.
c. Accurate hole capacity.
d. Exact vertical depth of casing shoe.
e. Installation of retrievable packer approximately 1000 feet below the rig floor.
f. Constant mud weight around the well.

3. To ensure that an accurate leak-off test result a number of parameters must be accurately
recorded. Select those parameters from the following.
Three Answers
a. Measured depth of the casing shoe.
b. Mud volume in the casing.
c. Pumping time till leak-off starts.
d. True vertical depth of the casing shoe.
e. Mud volume pumped till leak-off starts.
f. Mud density in hole.

4. What can increase the risk of exceeding MAASP during a kill operation?
Three Answers
a. Small difference between formation breakdown pressure and mud hydrostatic pressure.
b. Small influx.
c. Large difference between fracture pressure and mud hydrostatic pressure.
d. Long open hole section.
e. Large influx.
f. Short open hole section.

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5. In an exploratory (wildcat) well, how is the formation strength below the casing shoe normally
measured?
a. Drill stem Test.
b. Formation Integrity Test.
c. Sheen Test.
d. Leak Off Test.

6. When development drilling in an established field, what type of pressure test is commonly used
to determine the formation strength?
a. BOP Function Test.
b. Formation Integrity Test.
c. Negative Pressure Test.
d. Shale Density Test.

7. Which of the following affect Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure (MAASP)?
Three Answers
a. The TVD of the last casing shoe.
b. The maximum pump pressure.
c. The mud weight in the hole.
d. Viscosity and water loss of the mud.
e. The fracture pressure of the formation at the shoe.
f. The ID of the last casing string.

8. What will happen to MAASP if Mud Weight is increased?

a. MAASP will increase.
b. MAASP will stay the same.
c. MAASP will decrease.

9. What will happen to MAASP if Mud Weight is decreased?

a. MAASP will decrease.
b. MAASP will increase.
c. MAASP will stay the same.

10. When should MAASP be recalculated?

a. At the beginning of each shift.
b. Immediately before entering a reservoir.
c. After each bit change.
d. After changing the mud weight.

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11. What is the Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure (MAASP)?

Two Answers
a. The maximum allowable bottom hole pressure during a kill operation.
b. The total surface pressure that will cause losses to the formation on top of the mud
hydrostatic pressure.
c. The maximum pressure allowed on the drill pipe gauge during a kill operation.
d. The total pressure applied at the shoe that is likely to cause losses.
e. The total pressure that will cause losses to the formation minus the mud hydrostatic.

12. Casing shoe depth = 11,000 feet TVD, MD = 12,250 feet

Mud Weight = 14.0 ppg
Leak-Off Test Pressure = 1950 psi
Calculate the Maximum Allowable Mud Weight.
a. 17.4 ppg.
b. 17.5 ppg.
c. 17.3 ppg.
d. 17.2 ppg.

13. The drilling program requires a formation integrity test (FIT) to 15.2 ppg Equivalent Mud Weight
(EMW) at the casing shoe. Shoe Depth = 4,000 feet (TVD); 5,500 feet (MD).Mud Weight = 9.5 ppg.
What surface pressure is required to test the shoe to the 15.2 ppg EMW?
a. 1,630 psi.
b. 1,976 psi.
c. 1,186 psi.
d. 2,382 psi.

14. As you drill the open hole deeper, what happens to the maximum allowable volume of gas kick
can be taken on-bottom and circulate out without breaking down the formation?
(Assume all other drilling and formation parameters stay the same)
a. Decreases.
b. Increases.
c. Stays the same.

15. You are drilling a section of well with a kick tolerance window indicating a maximum allowable
kick volume of less than the rig has shown they can successfully detect and shut in. What action
could be taken?
a. Consider setting casing/liner.
b. Pull bit into casing shoe as quickly as possible.
c. Set cement plug and sidetrack.
d. Continue drilling carefully, kick tolerance will improve with depth.

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16. Using the leak-off plot below to answer the following three questions

I. What is the LOT pressure at shoe

a. 1000 – 1100 psi.
b. 1150 – 1250 psi.
c. 1050 – 1150 psi.

II. Calculate the equivalent mud weight that will fracture the casing shoe.
a. 13.7 ppg.
b. 14.2 ppg.
c. 13.9 ppg.
d. 14.1 ppg.

III. Calculate the fracture pressure at shoe.

a. 6331 psi.
b. 5147 psi.
c. 3931 psi.

17. Surface Leak off Pressure = 1000 psi

TVD of Casing Shoe = 7,500 feet
Mud Weight =11 ppg
What is the fracture pressure at the casing shoe?
a. 5290 psi.
b. 5425 psi.
c. 6100 psi.
d. 4200 psi.

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18. What is kick tolerance?

a. The maximum tolerable surface pressure for a particular casing string.
b. The maximum volume of influx that can be taken at a certain depth without exceeding
fracture pressure.
c. The required pressure rating of a blowout preventer.
d. The maximum volume of influx for a given kick intensity that can be taken at a given
depth and circulated out without exceeding fracture pressure.

19. Which of the following is the definition of kick tolerance?

a. The maximum gas kick volume, at a particular depth that can be successfully shut in
and circulated out without exceeding the well’s weak point fracture pressure.
b. The minimum kick intensity, for a given gas kick volume that can be successfully shut
in and circulated out without exceeding the well’s weak point fracture pressure.
c. The maximum gas kick volume, for a given kick intensity at a particular depth, that can
be successfully shut in and circulated out without exceeding the well’s weak point
fracture pressure.

20. The rig team has just calculated Kick Tolerance for a range of kick intensities, and the Kick
Tolerance Window is provided below.

The rig team predict a maximum 1 ppg kick in this hole section. From the graph above,
determine how many bbls they could close in on and successfully circulate out without
breaking down the shoe?
a. 44 bbls.
b. 30 bbls.
c. 17 bbls.
d. 19 bbls.

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21. The operator calculates a kick tolerance of 50 bbls at a given depth, based on 0.5 ppg kick
intensity. If you re-calculate for a kick intensity of 1 ppg, what will happen to maximum kick size?
a. Maximum kick size will decrease.
b. Maximum kick size will increase.
c. Maximum kick size will stay at 50 bbls.

22. What is meant by a kick tolerance of 25 barrels?

a. Based on a chosen kick intensity, a gas kick of 25 bbls is the maximum that can be
circulated out without bursting the casing at surface.
b. Based on a chosen kick intensity, a salt-water kick of 25 bbls is the maximum that can
be circulated out without bursting the casing at surface.
c. Based on a chosen kick intensity, a gas kick of 25 bbls is the maximum that can be
shut-in and circulated out without fracture at the weak point of the well.

23. You are drilling a section of well with a low kick tolerance. What action could be implemented?
a. Increase the mud viscosity to reduce the chance of a kick.
b. Pull out at increased trip speed and carry out 15 minute flow checks at all drilling
breaks.
c. Take slow circulating rate pressures at faster strokes per minute (SPM) than normal.
d. Increase vigilance of kick indicators.

24. A rig crew shut in on a 2.5 ppg kick with a 20 bbl gain. Using the kick tolerance window below,
can the crew successfully shut in and circulate the kick out of the well without fracturing the
well’s weak point?
Kick Tolerance Windows

4.50

4.00

3.50
Kick Intensity (ppg)

3.00

2.50

2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50

0.00
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Kick Volume (bbls)

a. Yes.
b. No.

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25. You are running a casing and cementing operation. The cement pump is pumping cement
down the casing, what should happen to active pit level during this stage of operation?
a. Pit level will stay constant.
b. Pit level will decrease.
c. Pit level will increase.

26. You have pumped cement inside the casing and are displacing the cement into position with
mud. What should happen to active pit level during this stage of the operation?
a. Pit level will decrease.
b. Pit level will stay constant.
c. Pit level will increase.

27. You have run back to the float shoe after a casing and cement job. The instructions are to
circulate the hole clean before drilling out the shoe. Why should you monitor the pit and flow
levels during this operation?
a. To determine when bottoms-up circulation is complete.
b. To monitor for losses as any extra cement is cleaned out of the well.
c. To monitor for thermal expansion of the cement.
d. To check that the float shoe is not leaking.

28. What would happen if a self-fill (auto fill-tube type) failed to convert to a check valve?
(Assume cement is heavier than the displacement mud)
Three answers
a. Cement could u-tube back up inside the casing when pumps were stopped.
b. Cement would have to be reverse circulated.
c. Cement cannot be pumped down inside the casing.
d. Fluids from the annulus or the formation can enter the casing
e. Pressure would have to be held on the annulus to prevent u-tubing.
f. Pressure would have to be held on the cement head to prevent u-tubing.

29. When running in the hole with casing, what is a benefit of routine fill-ups?
a. To provide hydrostatic support to the casing and related components.
b. To minimize surge pressure when running in.
c. To reduce Hook Load and wear on the drilling line.
d. To prevent casing burst due to high internal pressure.

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30. When running casing with a self-fill float assembly, what would indicate that the self-fill
assembly is working correctly?
a. When reverse circulating, the number of strokes pumped before mud flows out of the
casing does not match calculated values.
b. Returns from the well equal the closed end volume of the casing run in the hole.
c. Returns from the well equal the volume of steel run.
d. The hook load decreases by the buoyed weight of steel run in the hole.

31. How do you know that a self-fill float is plugged?

Two answers
a. No returns back to trip tank.
b. The normal increase in hook load with the depth will slow down due to the buoyancy effect.
c. Hook load increases.
d. Trip monitoring returns will decrease to closed end displacement.
e. Trip monitoring returns will increase to closed end displacement.

32. If a self-fill float in the casing gets plugged and the casing is not filling, what are the well control
risks?
a. Losses may occur due to higher mud level in the annulus.
b. If the plug suddenly clears the mud level in the annulus will drop.
c. You will not be able to pump LCM.

33. When running casing with a self-fill float assembly, what would indicate that the self-fill
assembly was plugged and the casing was not filling?
a. Hook load would increase by buoyed weight of the steel run in the hole.
b. Trip monitoring would show deviations from planned volumes.
c. Trip monitoring returns will decrease to closed end displacement.
d. No returns back to trip tank.

34. Casing is run in the hole with a non-return float assembly. The casing is not being filled. With
the shoe at 3000 feet, the float assembly fails and mud u-tubes up inside the casing. What will
happen to the bottom hole pressure (BHP)?
a. Bottom hole pressure will increase.
b. Bottom hole pressure will remain the same since the mud volume in the hole has
not changed.
c. Bottom hole pressure will stay the same due to the u-tube effect.
d. Bottom hole pressure will decrease.

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35. While running casing, the string became hung up. The Operator has made the decision to pull
the casing. You have advised the Driller to go slow and watch his fill-up volumes as he pulls
the casing string. What is the reason for this?
a. Potential damage to the casing string and cost to the Operator.
b. Potential down time for not being ready to trip back in the hole.
c. Potential surging due to tight wellbore to casing geometry.
d. Potential swabbing due to tight wellbore to casing geometry.

36. The well is full of 12.2 ppg mud. A 500-foot cement plug is set and tested. If the mud above the
plug is replaced with 10.2 ppg Brine what will happen to the differential pressure between the
top and bottom of the cement plug?
Two answers
a. Pressure differential will increase.
b. Pressure differential will decrease.
c. Pressure differential will be zero.
d. Pressure from above would cause fluid to move down.
e. Pressure from below would cause fluid to move up.

37. A 500-foot long cement plug is set inside the casing shoe. The mud in the hole is to be
displaced to a new mud density. Mud density below the cement plug = 11.8 ppg
New mud density = 12.8 ppg
Top of cement plug = 8200 feet
If the plug failed and allowed pressure to pass between the top and the bottom of the plug,
what would happen to the bottom hole pressure?
a. BHP would stay the same.
b. BHP would decrease.
c. BHP would increase.

38. The well is full of 12.2 ppg mud. A 500-foot cement plug is set 2000 feet above TVD and
tested. The mud above the plug is replaced with 10.2 ppg Brine.
If the cement plug failed, what would happen to the bottom hole pressure?
a. BHP would decrease.
b. BHP would increase.
c. BHP would stay the same.

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39. A 500-foot long cement plug is set inside the casing across the shoe. The mud above the plug is
to be displaced with brine. Formation pressure below the plug is balanced by 10.7 ppg mud.
Brine density = 9.5 ppg.
Top of cement plug = 8200 feet.
If the plug failed and the well is open, what would happen to the well?
a. Well will remain static.
b. Casing will collapse.
c. Well will flow.
d. Formation will fracture.

40. A 500 foot long cement plug is set inside the casing shoe. The mud in the hole is to be displaced
with brine. What will be the reduction in hydrostatic pressure on top of the cement plug?
Old mud density = 12.2 ppg. Brine = 8.6 ppg.
Top of cement plug = 8200' TVD/8600' MD.
a. 5202 psi.
b. 1629 psi.
c. 3668 psi.
d. 1535 psi.

41. A 500-foot long cement plug is set inside the casing shoe. All mud above the plug is to be
displaced with brine. Mud density below the cement plug = 11.8 ppg. Brine = 8.6 ppg.
Top of cement plug = 8200 feet.
What is the pressure differential across the cement plug?
a. 1447 psi.
b. 1671 psi.
c. 1407 psi.
d. 1364 psi.

42. What can happen downhole as cement sets?

a. Cement can increase downhole temperature and damage rubber goods.
b. Hydrostatic pressure can reduce and cause a kick.
c. Hydrostatic pressure can increase and cause losses.
d. Cement can swell and cause casing to collapse.

43. Why is it good practice to monitor flow rate and pit levels when pumping and displacing cement?
a. To monitor for correct displacement of the cement.
b. To indicate when to cement u-tube is balanced.
c. To indicate that the cement displacement is in 'turbulent' flow.
d. To detect for gain or losses.

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44. Casing is run in the hole with a non-return float assembly. What can happen if the casing is not
kept full?
Two answers
a. Hook load will suddenly decrease.
b. Casing close to surface will burst.
c. Casing joint just above the float assembly will burst.
d. Casing can collapse.
e. Float may fail causing mud to u-tube up inside the casing.

45. Which of the following situations could result in a swabbed-in kick during a casing operation?
a. Use of a self-filling float that fails to convert.
b. Pulling the casing back out after getting it stuck.
c. Failure to fill the casing while running in the hole.
d. Use of lightweight cement after casing has been run.

46. Centralizers are placed on casing before it is run. They are beneficial to an effective casing job.
Which of the following can be a problem when running centralizers?
a. Creates voids in the cement between the casing and well bore.
b. Increased chances of surging the well while running the casing.
c. Keeps the casing fixed in the axial center of the well bore.
d. Prevents flow after cementing between casing strings.

47. Why is it important, as a minimum, to circulate a full bottoms-up before starting a cement job on
a deviated well?
a. To eliminate the possibility of hydrate formation.
b. You want to ensure you will not induce losses during the cement job.
c. To ensure a good clean column of mud in the annulus.
d. The time taken to circulate bottoms-up will replace the requirement to flow check the well.

48. You have set a liner and are now circulating the well to clean mud before drilling out the Liner
Shoe. Where are potential leak paths to allow formation fluid to enter the well?
a. BOP closing chamber.
b. Leaking Liner Lap or shoe.
c. Drill string.
d. BOP opening chamber.

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1. What is the basic principle involved in all constant Bottomhole Pressure (BHP) methods of well
control?
a. Maintain a pressure that is equal to the Annulus Friction Pressure.
b. Maintain a pressure at least equal to formation pressure.
c. Maintain a pressure at least equal to slow circulating rate pressure.
d. Maintain a pressure that is at least equal to Shut-in Drillpipe Pressure.

2. Which of the following statements about killing a well is correct?

a. Keep BHP at least equal to formation pressure.
b. Keep BHP constant by controlling pump rate.
c. Keep BHP constant by holding shut in drill pipe constant at start-up.
d. Keep BHP at least equal to initial circulating pressure.

3. Which is a fundamental objective when circulating out a kick?

a. Hold formation fluid pressure as close to MAASP as possible.
b. Pump at a kill rate equal to or greater than drilling rate.
c. Reverse-circulate to remove influx faster.
d. Maintain constant bottom hole pressure at least equal to formation pressure.

4. While controlling a well by circulating out an influx, what pressure do we want to keep constant?
a. Pump pressure.
b. Bottom hole pressure.
c. Choke pressure.
d. Casing pressure.

5. Why bottom hole pressure is maintained constant during a well kill?

a. To prevent the influx from expanding as it is circulated up-hole.
b. To keep pump pressure constant as kill mud is pumped to the Bit.
c. To prevent a further influx or formation breakdown during the kill process.
d. To allow a high overbalance on the kicking formation.

6. What is the purpose of the recommended ‘start-up’ procedure on a surface stack rig?
a. To compensate for Annular friction pressure during start-up.
b. To ensure correct bottom hole pressure is maintained.
c. To maintain a constant casing shoe pressure.
d. To allow constant drill pipe pressure to be maintained.

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7. When is Shut In Casing Pressure used in well control?

a. To calculate the slow circulating rate.
b. To calculate kill mud weight.
c. To maintain bottom hole pressure constant during pump start up.

8. On a surface stack rig, the Driller brings the pump slowly on-line at the start of the kill operation.
What pressure must the choke operator hold constant during this operation?
a. Casing Pressure.
b. Slow circulating rate pressure.
c. Shut in Drill Pipe Pressure.
d. Maximum allowable annular surface pressure.

9. You have just completed a successful pump start up and the pump is running at kill rate.
The choke gauge is stable. What gauge should now read Initial Circulating Pressure (ICP)?
a. The Accumulator Pressure gauge.
b. The Drill Pipe Pressure Gauge.
c. The Kill Line Pressure Gauge.
d. The Choke Pressure Gauge.

10. On a surface stack rig what pressure is maintained constant as the pump rate is increased to kill
rate?
a. Final Circulating Pressure.
b. Fracture Pressure.
c. Drill Pipe Pressure.
d. Casing Pressure.

11. A kick is being circulated out at 50 spm. Drill pipe pressure reads 850 psi and casing pressure
1150 psi. It is decided to slow the pumps to 30 spm while maintaining 1150 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.

12. During a kill the pump rate is reduced whilst holding casing pressure constant.
How will this affect bottom hole pressure?
a. There is no way of knowing the effect on bottom hole pressure.
b. There will be a large drop in bottom hole pressure.
c. Bottom hole pressure will increase and may cause formation breakdown.
d. Bottom hole pressure will stay constant.

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13. If pump speed is increased whilst killing a well, what should happen to the casing pressure to
maintain constant bottom hole pressure?
a. Casing pressure should be held steady during spm increase.
b. Casing pressure should be allowed to rise during spm increase.
c. Casing pressure should be allowed to fall during spm increase.

14. Pump speed is increased during a kill and bottom hole pressure is kept constant. What should
happen to pump pressure?
a. Pump pressure should stay the same.
b. Pump pressure should rise.
c. Pump pressure should fall.

15. When bringing the pumps up to kill speed the casing pressure is allowed to increase above
Shut In Casing Pressure, what will happen to bottom hole pressure?
a. Bottom hole pressure would increase and may exceed formation fracture.
b. No change to downhole pressure.
c. Bottom hole pressure would decrease and possibly cause more influx to enter the
wellbore.

16. During a well kill, the pump rate is increased while holding drill pipe pressure constant. If you
ignore any ECD effects, how will the pump rate increase affect Bottomhole Pressure (BHP)?
a. BHP will stay constant.
b. BHP will decrease, risking further influx.
c. There is no way to know what will happen to BHP.
d. BHP will increase risking formation damage.

17. A well is being killed using the Driller’s method. Drill Pipe Pressure is 870 psi at 30 SPM.
Pressure inside the Mud Gas Separator is rising and a decision is made to reduce the pump
rate to 20 SPM. What will happen to Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP) if 870 psi is maintained on
the DP gauge while the pump slowed down to the new rate?
a. BHP will not change.
b. BHP will increase.
c. BHP will decrease.

18. A gas kick is being circulated out using the Drillers Method.What will happen to the bottom hole
pressure if the gas bubble is not allowed to expand as it is circulated up the hole?
a. It will increase.
b. Stay the same.
c. It will decrease.

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19. During a kill operation the choke is adjusted to increase drill pipe pressure by 100 psi. SPM is
held constant. What will happen to the casing shoe pressure?
a. It will remain constant.
b. It will decrease.
c. It will increase.

20. Why is it important to monitor the pit volume during a well control operation?
a. To keep the bottom hole pressure constant.
b. To know when to adjust the drill pipe pressure.
c. To monitor the gas expansion and monitor for losses.
d. To know when to adjust the pump speed.

21. What happens to the mud pit volume as gas is circulated up the hole when killing a well?
a. The volume stays the same.
b. The volume increases.
c. The volume decreases.

22. You are circulating a gas kick out of the well using the Driller’s Method. What would normally
happen to active pit level during the circulation?
a. Pit level would decrease due to gas expansion then stay constant as gas exits the choke.
b. Pit level would increase due to gas expansion then stay constant as gas exits the choke.
c. Pit level would increase due to gas expansion then decrease as gas exits the choke.
d. Pit level would decrease due to gas expansion then increase as gas exits the choke.

23. A gas kick is being circulated along a horizontal hole section. What should happen to mud pit
volume if the correct kill procedure is being followed?
a. Increase at first as the gas begins to move then gradually decrease.
b. Increase as the gas expands.
c. Decrease as the kill mud fills the horizontal section.
d. Remain approximately constant.

24. When killing a vertical well when is Final Circulating Pressure reached?
a. When kill mud reaches the casing shoe.
b. When the influx is out of the hole.
c. When kill mud reaches the bit.
d. When starting to pump kill mud down the drill string.

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25. Final Circulating Pressure (FCP) is maintained constant:

a. Once influx is out of the well.
b. While pumping bottoms up after kill mud has passed the bit.
c. Once kill mud reaches the Casing Shoe.
d. When pumping kill mud down to the bit.

26. If you hold Final Circulating Pressure constant as kill mud is circulated up the annulus what will
happen to Bottom Hole Pressure?
a. Stay the same.
b. Decrease.
c. Increase.

27. During the Wait & Weight procedure, how can bottom hole pressure be controlled when kill
weight mud is being pumped down the drill string?
a. Hold drill pipe pressure constant.
b. Follow a casing pressure schedule.
c. Hold casing pressure constant.
d. Follow a drill pipe pressure schedule.

28. During the Wait and Weight procedure, how can bottom hole pressure be controlled once Kill
Weight Mud (KWM) is in the annulus?
a. Follow a casing pressure schedule.
b. Hold drill pipe pressure constant at Final Circulating Pressure (FCP).
c. Hold casing pressure constant.
d. Maintain barrel in and barrel out.

29. You are using the Wait & Weight method to kill a well with a gas kick, when will kill mud start to
affect surface casing pressure?
a. When kill mud enters the annulus.
b. When kill mud enters the drill pipe.
c. When the gas influx exits the choke at the surface.
d. When kill mud reaches the casing shoe.

30. Kill mud is being pumped to the bit holding drillpipe pressure constant. What is the effect on
bottom hole pressure?
a. Stay the same.
b. Decrease.
c. Increase.

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31. When pumping kill mud down the drill pipe during the second circulation of the Driller’s method,
what pressure do we hold constant? (Assume the annulus is clean of influx)
a. Hold drill pipe pressure constant.
b. Hold casing pressure constant.
c. Hold casing shoe pressure constant

32. What is the objective of the Wait and Weight Method?

a. Only displace the annulus with original mud weight.
b. Displace drill string and annulus with kill mud weight in a single circulation.
c. Only displace the drill string with kill mud weight.
d. Displace drill string and annulus with original mud weight.

33. What is a procedure to follow when using the Driller’s method?

a. With pumps running at kill rate, hold the surface pressure constant on the side of the
U-tube that has varying fluid density.
b. Anytime you start, stop, or change pump speed, maintain DP pressure constant.
c. With pumps running at kill rate, hold the surface pressure constant on the side of the
U-tube that has the constant fluid density.

34. What is the objective of the first circulation of the Driller’s Method?
a. Circulate out the influx using kill weight fluid with an added safety factor.
b. Circulate out influx using kill weight fluid.
c. Circulate out influx while displacing the drill string with kill weight fluid.
d. Circulate out influx using the original fluid weight.

35. What is the objective of the 2nd circulation of the Driller's Method?
a. Circulate out the influx using original mud weight.
b. Displace drill string and annulus with kill weight mud.
c. Circulate out the influx while displacing the drill string and annulus with kill weight mud.

36. Which method removes the influx from the hole before pumping the kill mud?
a. Bullheading Method.
b. Wait and Weight Method.
c. Volumetric Method.
d. Driller's Method.

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37. What kill method requires mud weight to be increased before circulation can begin?
a. The Driller’s Method.
b. The Bullheading technique.
c. The Wait and Weight Method.
d. The Volumetric Method.

38. Which kill method pumps kill mud at the same time as circulating the influx up the annulus?
a. The Volumetric Method.
b. The wait and Weight Method.
c. The bullheading technique.
d. The Driller's Method.

39. All of the gas was circulated out of the well during the first circulation of the Driller’s Method. What
should the casing pressure gauge read? (Assume no trapped pressure or safety factor in the well)
a. Less than the SIDPP.
b. Greater than the original Shut-in Casing Pressure.
c. Greater than the Shut-in Drillpipe Pressure (SIDPP).
d. Equal to the SIDPP.

40. During the second circulation of the Driller’s method, the pump is shut down when kill weight mud
has been circulated to the bit. What should the casing pressure read if there is no trapped
pressure in the well?
a. Original SIDPP.
b. The difference in hydrostatic pressure between KWM and OMW minus SICP.
c. Original SICP.
d. The difference in hydrostatic pressure between KWM and OMW plus SICP.

41. The 1st Circulation of the Driller’s Method has been completed correctly and the pumps shut down.
What should the Shut-in Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP) and Shut-in Casing Pressure (SICP) read?
a. SICP and SIDPP will be equal to one another and equal to the well’s original SICP.
b. SICP and SIDPP will both be equal to the original SIDPP.
c. The SIDPP will be higher than the SICP.
d. The SIDPP will be lower than the SICP.

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42. You are killing a well on a surface stack rig. Before shutting the pump down after completing the
1st Circulation of the Driller’s Method, what is one indication that the gas has been successfully
removed from the wellbore? No safety factor was held.
a. The circulating casing pressure has decreased to the original SIDPP.
b. The circulating casing pressure has decreased to the original SICP.
c. The SICP is zero.
d. The SIDPP is zero.

43. Which of the following statements is true when starting to pump kill mud?
a. The surface line volume (pump to standpipe) does not need to be included in the kill plan.
b. Maintain the drill pipe pressure constant when bringing the pumps up to kill speed.
c. The surface line volume (pump to standpipe) needs to be accounted for in the kill plan.
d. Open choke fully then increase pump speed to kill rate, then adjust choke to get initial
circulating pressure.

44. 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?
a. Re-zero stroke counter when kill mud reaches the drill pipe.
b. Subtract the 10 bbls (converted to pump strokes) from the total strokes pumped.
c. Ignore it. Start the kill operation. It will not affect your drill pipe pressure schedule.
d. Open choke fully and pump the 10 bbls, then adjust drill pipe pressure to initial
circulating pressure.

45. What are the basic steps of the weight and wait Method?
a. Circulate kill weight fluid to bit holding Casing Pressure constant, then circulate the kill
weight fluid to surface holding Drillpipe Pressure constant.
b. Circulate kill weight fluid to bit following a drillpipe pressure schedule, then circulate the
kill weight fluid to surface holding Drillpipe pressure constant.
c. Circulate kill weight fluid to bit holding Drillpipe Pressure constant, then circulate the kill
weight fluid to surface following Drillpipe Pressure schedule.
d. Circulate kill weight fluid from surface to surface following a Drillpipe Pressure schedule.

46. Following the first circulation of Driller’s Method, the pump is shut down. Both Shut-in Drillpipe
Pressure (SIDPP) and Shut-in Casing Pressure (SICP) are equal to the original SIDPP. Why do
we still have shut-in pressures?
a. The pressure gauges are faulty.
b. Pressure was trapped during pump shut down.
c. There is still influx in the annulus.
d. The kill weight fluid has not yet been pumped.

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47. During the 2nd Circulation of the Driller’s Method, kill weight mud is returning at the shakers. The
well is shut in correctly. What should the pressure gauges read assuming no trapped pressure in
the well?
a. SICP will be higher than the SIDPP.
b. SICP and SIDPP will be equal to the well’s original SIDPP.
c. SICP will be lower than the SIDPP.
d. SICP and SIDPP gauges will both read 0 psi.

48. Which of the following statements is true?

a. The Wait and Weight Method should always be used because the pressure against the
open hole will always be lower than when using the Driller’s Method.
b. If the kill mud enters the annulus before the kick reaches the shoe then the Wait and
Weight Method will reduce the risk of formation breakdown compared to the Driller’s
Method.
c. There is no difference between using the Driller’s Method or the Wait and Weight Method.

49. When will the wait & Weight Method give lower shoe pressure than the Driller’s Method?
a. When the drill string volume is equal to the open hole volume.
b. When the drill string volume is less than the open hole volume.
c. When the drill string volume is greater than the open hole volume.
d. The wait and Weight method will always give lower shoe pressure.

50. Based on the information below, what will happen to casing shoe pressure if the Wait and Weight
method is used instead to the Drillers Method?
Well Information
Hole Depth 10000 feet.
Shoe Depth 8830 feet
Surface to Bit Strokes 1630 strokes
Bit to Shoe Strokes 1300 strokes
Bit to Surface Strokes 6480 strokes
SIDPP 500 psi
SICP 800 psi
Current fluid weight 10.3 ppg
Kill Fluid Density 11.3 ppg
MAASP 1300 psi
Pit Gain 28 bbl
a. Shoe pressure will be the same.
b. Shoe pressure will be lower.
c. Shoe pressure will be higher.

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51. A kick was detected while drilling ahead and the well shut in.
Open-hole annular volume = 200 bbls
Drill string volume = 100 bbls
The open-hole section has a number of formations that are potential lost circulation zones.
Which of the following well control methods should be used to minimize the well bore pressure in
the open hole?
a. Driller's Method.
b. Volumetric Method.
c. Bullheading.
d. Wait and Weight Method.

52. If your company policy states; "when killing a well you will always attempt to kill the well using the
method that minimizes the pressure on the stack and upper casing".
Which method would you choose?
a. Driller's.
b. Bullheading.
c. Wait and Weight.

53. If the BHP was held constant during the first circulation of the Driller’s method, what happens to
casing shoe pressure once the bottom of the gas bubble has passed the casing shoe (all of the
gas is inside the casing)?
a. Increases.
b. Remains Constant.
c. Decreases.

54. At what stage during a kill operation can the choke pressure reading exceed MAASP without
breaking down the formation at the shoe?
a. When the kill mud is at the bit.
b. When the influx is in the open hole section.
c. When the influx is above the casing shoe.
d. When the influx is on bottom.

55. At what point during a well control operation would you expect the highest pressure at the
casing shoe?
a. When kill mud reaches the casing shoe.
b. When kill mud reaches the bit.
c. Only when the top of the influx reaches the shoe.
d. Either at initial shut-in or when influx reaches the shoe.

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56. A salt- water kick is circulated out using the Driller’s Method. The shut-in pressures and influx
gradient calculation determine the influx to be heavier than the mud in the well.
When will the surface casing pressure be at its minimum value?
a. When the annular geometry causes the influx to have the maximum height.
b. When the kick reaches the casing shoe.
c. When the kick has been circulated to just below the BOP.
d. When the kill mud is pumped into the drill pipe.

57. The Driller’s Method is used to kill a salt-water kick.

What will happen to the casing pressure when the influx moves up the annulus?
a. Casing pressure will slowly decrease as influx is circulated up the annulus.
b. Salt water will behave in the same way as a gas influx.
c. As influx expands Casing Pressure will increase.
d. Casing pressure will only change due to changes in annular size.

58. You take a kick when you cross a fault while you are drilling and shut in the well. Calculate the
mud weight you need to kill the well using the following information:
Well data: MD TVD
Depth at start of horizontal 7,690 feet 6,200 feet
Depth at time of kick 11,000 feet 6,000 feet
Length of horizontal section 3,310 feet
Mud weight 11 ppg
Kick data:
SIDPP 150 psi
SICP 170 psi
a. 12 ppg.
b. 11.4 ppg.
c. 11.5 ppg.
d. 11 ppg.

59. Kill mud is being circulated down the drill string in a horizontal well. The pumps are stopped and
the well is shut in as the kill mud reaches the start of the horizontal section (2000 feet. long).
What would you expect the Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP) to be? (Assume no float valve in
drillstring)
a. The same as the Shut In Casing Pressure.
b. The same as the original SIDPP.
c. Original SIDPP minus the hydrostatic pressure of 2000 feet of mud.
d. Zero.

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60. If kick is shut in and the slow circulating rate pressure is not known. What procedure should be
used to obtain the correct Initial Circulating Pressure?
a. 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 as a safety margin.
b. Follow correct start-up procedure. Read the pressure on the drillpipe gauge, subtracting
any overbalance/safety margin pressure. This is the ICP.
c. Contact the mud logger and request the best possible calculation of the Initial
Circulating Pressure.
d. Use the SIDPP as the circulating pressure.

61. You are displacing the well with kill weight mud. The well includes a tapered drill string. Which of the
following parameters should NOT vary as different sections of pipe are displaced with kill mud?
a. Pressure drop per 100 strokes pumped.
b. Displacement stroke count/ 1000 feet of pipe length.
c. Bottom Hole Pressure.
d. Displacement time/1000 feet of pipe length.

62. Part of the way through 1st circulation of the Driller's Method, the pump was shut down and the well
was shut in. What is the overbalance in the well?
Well Information:
Shut in drill pipe pressure = 625 psi
Shut in casing pressure = 975 psi
Initial Circulating Pressure = 1420 psi
Initial SIDPP = 600 psi.
Initial SICP = 835 psi.
How much overbalance is currently on the well?
a. 795 psi overbalanced.
b. 140 psi overbalanced.
c. 25 psi overbalanced.
d. 455 psi overbalanced.

63. During a kill operation there is a delay between operating the choke and observing a change in the
drill pipe pressure.
What is the “rule of thumb” for the rate of pressure transmission through a drilling fluid?
a. 3 – 5 seconds.
b. 750 feet/minute.
c. 1 minute per 1000 feet of travel.
d. 1 second per 1000 feet of travel.

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64. Mud compressibility can be high in non-aqueous fluid (oil-based). How does this affect the time it
takes for a choke adjustment to be seen at the drill pipe gauge?
a. Decrease in time taken.
b. Increase in time taken.
c. No change to time taken.

65. Slow circulating reate 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. 900 psi drill pipe pressure.
b. 750 psi casing pressure.
c. 600 psi drill pipe pressure.
d. 1050 psi casing pressure.

66. When stripping to bottom with a kick that is not migrating, which one of the following actions would
maintain a constant bottom hole pressure?
a. Bleed off a volume of mud equal to the metal displacement of the pipe stripped into the
well.
b. Bleed off a volume of mud equal to open-end displacement of the pipe stripped into the
well.
c. Bleed off a volume of mud equal to 100 psi hydrostatic head.
d. Bleed off a volume of mud equal to the closed-end displacement of the pipe stripped
into the well.

67. What is the primary reason for stripping in the well?

a. To get below the influx to circulate it out.
b. To improve performance of the Annular packing element.
c. To reduce ECD when you start pumping.
d. To allow more time to mix mud before doing the Wait & Weight Method.

68. Well has kicked when 30 Stands off bottom. Shut-in pressures both equal 150 psi. Which of the
following is the best action to take to restore primary control?
a. Raise mud weight by 150 psi and circulate out using Wait and Weight Method.
b. Circulate kick out while 30 stands off bottom using the Driller's Method.
c. Strip to bottom and circulate well using Driller's Method - 1st circulation.

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69. After pulling 33 stands, the well starts flowing and is shut-in. assume that the influx is at the
bottom of the hole and there is no gas migration. What will happen to casing pressure as the
drill string is stripped into the influx?
a. Stay the same.
b. Increase.
c. Decrease.

70. Which of the following statements best describes the Volumetric Method?
a. Maintain constant casing shoe pressure as the influx migrates to surface.
b. Maintain constant bottom hole pressure as the influx is migrates to surface.
c. Maintain Shut In Casing Pressure at its initial value as the influx migrates to surface.
d. Maintain constant pressure inside the influx as it is allowed to migrate to surface.

71. When should the Volumetric Method be utilized (used)?

a. When casing pressure is close to MAASP and there is a risk of losing circulation.
b. When gas is at surface, the SICP is stabilized, and circulation cannot be established
below the influx.
c. When a gas is migrating, and circulation cannot be established below the influx.
d. When circulation can be established below the influx.

72. What is the objective of the Volumetric Method?

a. To maintain the pressure at the casing shoe constant as the influx migrates through the
open hole.
b. Reduce surface casing pressure by increasing hydrostatic pressure in the annulus.
c. To remove a salt-water influx from the well if normal circulation is not possible.
d. To let gas expand as it migrates up-hole to the BOP, while allowing an increase in
casing pressure to compensate for mud bled from the well.

73. On a surface stack, when is the Volumetric Method complete?

a. When gas reaches surface.
b. When casing pressure stops increasing.
c. When gas reaches shoe.

74. Which method of well control would you use with migrating gas, when circulation is not
possible or the bit is off bottom?
a. Driller’s Method.
b. Wait and Weight Method.
c. Volumetric Method.
d. Bullheading Method.

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75. You are pulling out of the hole when a kick is swabbed in. The shut-in pressures indicate that
the gas is migrating. What well control method can be used to manage the gas migration?
a. Driller’s Method.
b. The Volumetric Method.
c. Wait and Weight Method.
d. Reverse Circulation Method.

76. What are the key elements of Bullheading?

a. Circulating formation fluids out of a well using a choke and circulating system.
b. Pumping into a shut-in well to force formation fluids back into the formation.
c. Forcing pipe into a hole under pressure using hydraulic jacks.
d. Pumping fluid into the top of a well and bleeding gas in a step by step fashion.

77. How does gas migration affect your choice of bullheading pump speed?
a. Choose a pump speed that creates a fluid velocity greater than the speed of gas
migration.
b. Choose an annular velocity less than the speed of gas migration.
c. Gas migration has no affect on your choice of pump speed.
d. Choose a pump rate of 2 bbls/min regardless of gas migration.

78. What is a ‘safety-margin’ in a kill operation?

a. A 1 ppg increase in calculated kill mud weight to maintain hydrostatic if mud weight
increase is not maintained during circulation.
b. A margin that compensates for the choke operator closing the choke too quickly.
c. A margin that reduces the risk of losses during the kill.
d. Extra pressure applied in the well to reduce risk of going underbalanced.

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

2. If the mud pump pop-off valve opened during a well kill, what action below is best to secure the well?
a. Close the shear rams, close the choke.
b. Stop the pump and close the choke.
c. Drop the drill string, close blind/shear rams, close the choke.
d. Stop the pump, close the IBOP or Kelly Cock, and close the choke.

3. What should you do if the choke line fails during a well kill operation?
a. Stop the pumps and shear the pipe.
b. Stop the pumps and close a hydraulic valve upstream of the failure.
c. Continue to kill the well only if the influx is past the shoe.
d. Stop the pumps and close the choke.

4. If the Rotary hose split during a kill operation, what would be the first action to take?
a. Close the choke.
b. Stop pump, close the full opening safety valve on the drill string and close the choke.
c. Close the Shear Rams.
d. Prepare to reverse circulate.

5. When killing a well using the Driller’s Method the choke pressure suddenly increases by 200 psi.
Shortly after, the choke operator observes the same pressure increase on the drill pipe pressure
gauge. What would be the correct response to this problem?
a. Reduce the pump rate to reduce both pressures by 200 psi.
b. No action required.
c. Shut the well in and change to another pump.
d. Shut the well in and change to another choke.

6. When killing a well what is the correct action to take if a sudden loss in drill pipe pressure is
observed?
a. Increase the pump rate to return drill pipe pressure to correct value.
b. Continue at the same pump rate holding the new drill pipe pressure.
c. Shut the well in and investigate pressure loss.
d. Close the choke to compensate for the pressure loss.

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7. The well was shut in before the pumps were fully shut off. You suspect that some pressure may
be trapped in the well. What effect will this have on the wellbore?
a. All pressures in the well bore will have additional overbalance.
b. Bottom hole pressure will be higher but Shoe pressure will be normal.
c. Gas influx would be bullheaded back into the formation so pressures will be lower than
normal.
d. There will be no effect on downhole pressures.

8. When circulating out a kick in a deep well, the casing pressure approaches the MAASP while
the influx is still in the open hole. Which is the MOST IMPORTANT action to take?
a. Minimise any extra pressure in the annulus without allowing bottom hole pressure to
fall below pore pressure.
b. Keep the casing pressure at MAASP by opening the choke.
c. Start pumping mud down the drillstring at 1 ppg higher than needed to kill.

9. During a kill operation, minor losses are experienced. What could you do to reduce the pressure
at the loss zone?
a. Reduce mud viscosity.
b. Stop circulation and shut in the well. Allow the influx to migrate to surface using the
Volumetric Method.
c. Reduce pump speed and keep bottom hole pressure as close to formation pressure as
possible.

10. Why can a pressure build-up in the Mud Gas Separator be dangerous?
a. Will allow gas to be blown along the Vent Line.
b. Will affect Drill Pipe pressure.
c. Will increase risk of lost circulation.
d. May force gas to enter shale shaker area.

11. You are successfully conducting the first circulation of the Driller’s method. Drill pipe pressure
has been maintained at Initial Circulating Pressure of 560 psi. Choke pressure has been holding
around 460 psi for the last 15 minutes. You notice a sudden spike in Drill pipe pressure to 700
psi. Choke pressure stays the same at 460 psi. What type of problem has most likely occurred?
a. The choke is plugging up.
b. A bit nozzle has plugged.
c. A bit nozzle has washed out.
d. A washout has occurred in the drill pipe.

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12. You are successfully conducting the first circulation of the Driller’s method. Drill pipe pressure
has been maintained at Initial Circulating Pressure of 560 psi. Choke pressure has been holding
around 460 psi for the last 15 minutes. You notice a sudden drop in Drill pipe pressure to 500
psi. Choke pressure stays the same at 460 psi.
What type of complication has most likely occurred?
a. A washout above BOP.
b. A bit nozzle has plugged.
c. A bit nozzle has blown out.
d. The choke is plugging up.

13. A kick is being circulated out on a surface BOP installation using Driller’s Method.
While circulating the influx to the surface the pump speed remains constant but the circulating
pressure increases rapidly from 1100 psi to 1500 psi.
Which action should be taken?
a. Adjust the circulating pressure to 1100 psi by regulating the pump speed.
b. Adjust the circulating pressure to 1100 psi by regulating the choke and maintaining
pump speed constant.
c. Stop the pump, shut the well in, observe stabilized pressures, and analyze the problem.

14. Using the Drillers Method to circulate out the influx the circulating pressure 1,000 psi
The circulating pressure increases rapidly to 1400 psi (pump speed remains constant). It is
decided that a bit nozzle has plugged.
Which of the following will maintain constant bottom hole pressure?
a. Maintain the circulating pressure at 1400 psi and the pump speed constant.
b. Adjust the circulating pressure to 1000 psi by changing the pump speed.
c. Stop the pump and shut the well in. Re-calculate Initial Circulating Pressure and Final
Circulating Pressure adding 400 psi to the original SIDPP.
d. Adjust the circulating pressure to 1000 psi by adjusting the choke and maintaining
constant spm.

15. A bit nozzle plugs when you are displacing the drillstring with Kill Weight mud using the Wait and
Weight method. What is the correct response?
a. Continue to follow the drill pipe pressure schedule with no modification.
b. Subtract the Drillpipe pressure from each value on the drill pipe pressure schedule and
continue circulating.
c. Open the choke to hold drill pipe pressure constant.
d. Record the pressure increase and recalculate Slow Circulating Rate Pressure (SCRP),
Final Circulating Pressure (FCP), and the drill pipe pressure schedule.

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16. During a kill start-up operation the pump pressure at kill rate is greater than the calculated ICP.
What could be a reason for this?
a. The slow circulating rate pressure will be different because the hole is deeper since it
was recorded.
b. A salt water influx in the well will increase the circulating pressure.
c. Kill mud weight calculation is wrong.
d. The slow circulating rate pressure was taken up the well to the flowline. During the kill
you are circulating through the choke line.

17. When starting a kill operation on a Jack Up, the casing pressure is kept constant whilst bringing
the pump up to speed. The drill pipe gauge reads 150 psi higher than the calculated Initial
Circulating Pressure (ICP). What is the correct action to take?
a. There will now be 150 psi overbalance on the bottom. Nothing needs to be done.
b. Continue to circulate with the new ICP and adjust the drill pipe pressure graph.
c. Open the choke and let the standpipe pressure drop to the calculated value (ICP).

18. While killing a well with the Wait and Weight Method the drill string is being displaced to kill mud at
a constant pump rate.
What is the safest action to take if a sudden loss in drill pipe pressure is observed?
a. Continue at the same pump rate.
b. Shut the well in and prepare a new drill pipe pressure schedule.
c. Increase pump rate.
d. Close the choke to compensate for the pressure loss.

19. Which of the following will be affected by a string washout during a well kill?
a. Casing Pressure.
b. MAASP.
c. Pump Pressure.
d. Formation fracture pressure.

20. If the drill string washes out during a kill operation which of the following pressures would remain
constant?
a. Slow circulating rate pressure.
b. Drill pipe pressure.
c. Initial Circulating Pressure.
d. Casing pressure.

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21. The drill string is slowly washing out below the BOP, and the choke is closed to maintain correct
drill pipe pressure. What is happening to the bottom hole pressure?
a. It will increase.
b. It will remain constant.
c. It will decrease.

22. The drill pipe pressure gauge on the remote choke panel reads 350 psi. The drill pipe pressure
gauge on the standpipe manifold reads 650 psi. What action should be taken?
a. Investigate the reason for the difference.
b. Start the kill using 650 psi because overbalance is needed for the well kill operation.
c. Start the kill using 350 psi because the remote choke will be used during kill operation.
d. Use the avarage pressure of 500 psi to start the kill.

23. During the first circulation of the Driller’s method, the casing pressure starts to decrease and after
the lag time the drill pipe pressure starts to decrease. What could be the problem?
a. Plugged bit nozzle.
b. Choke plugged.
c. Drill string washout.
d. Choke is washing out.

24. During the first circulation of the Driller’s method was proceeding as planned, the drill pipe pressure
starts to decrease followed by a decrease in casing pressure.
What could be the problem?
a. Drill string is washing out below the BOP.
b. Pump is washing out.
c. Choke is washing out.
d. Lost bit nozzle.

25. During a well kill operation, the choke operator notices that both drill pipe and casing pressures are
slowly decreasing. He reacts by adjusting the choke to maintain the original pump pressure. Pump
speed is held constant. What effect does this choke adjustment have on the bottom hole pressure?
a. Bottom hole pressure decreases.
b. Bottom hole pressure is not affected by choke adjustment.
c. Bottom hole pressure is returned to correct value.

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26. When killing a well using the Driller’s Method the choke pressure suddenly increases by 200 psi.
Shortly after, the choke operator sees the same pressure increase on the drill pipe pressure gauge.
What is the most likely cause of this pressure increase?
a. The choke is partly plugged.
b. A plugged nozzle in the bit.
c. A wash out in the drill string.
d. A second influx has entered the well.

27. The pop-off valve on the pump blows while circulating out a kick, what will you see:
a. Slow drop in drill pipe pressure and an increase in casing pressure.
b. Rapid drop in drill pipe pressure and a drop in casing pressure.
c. Rapid drop in drill pipe pressure with no change to casing pressure.
d. Rapid drop in casing pressure with no change to drill pipe pressure.

28. How is lost circulation usually detected during a well control operation?
a. By a decrease in the weight indicator.
b. By monitoring the return flow with the flow-show.
c. By an increase in pump speed.
d. By a decrease in the mud volume in the pits.

29. If the U-tube (well) has lost integrity due to losses, how can this be recognized?
a. Casing pressure and pit gain both appear to be increasing with time as influx is
circulated up the hole.
b. Manipulation of the choke results in a change in casing pressure and a predicable
pressure response on the drill pipe gauge.
c. Manipulations of the choke result in unpredictable fluctuations of the casing and drill
pipe pressures.
d. Circulation with full returns.

30. While circulating out a kick the pressure response on the drill pipe becomes increasingly difficult to
maintain (regardless of choke position) and it appears that the pit volumes are going down, what is
happening downhole?
a. Lost Circulation and possible Underground flow is occurring.
b. The kick is migrating faster than it is being circulated.
c. The drill pipe is becoming plugged.
d. The choke is washed.

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31. Why is it important to monitor the pit volume during a well control operation?
a. To tell you when to adjust pump speed.
b. To check for mud losses.
c. To maintain bottom hole pressure constant.
d. To tell you when to adjust drill pipe pressure.

32. A kick is taken in a horizontal well. SIDPP = SICP. Influx is circulated out using the Driller’s
Method. Why does the casing pressure increase rapidly when the influx is circulated out of the
horizontal section and into the vertical section?
a. This is normal for all wells when using the Driller's Method.
b. ECD is much greater in the horizontal section.
c. Because kill mud was not pumped from the start of the kill.
d. There is no change in hydrostatic pressure until the gas is circulated to the inclined or
vertical section.

33. What will happen to the Casing pressure when a gas influx is being circulated from the
horizontal section into the vertical section?
a. Casing pressure will increase.
b. Casing pressure will decrease.
c. Casing pressure will stay the same.

34. A well has been shut-in on a kick. Shut-in drill pipe pressure is 400 psi Shut-in casing pressure
is 600 psi Both pressures start rising due to gas migration.
If drill pipe pressure is held constant at 400 psi, what will happen to the bottom hole pressure?
a. Decrease.
b. Increase.
c. Stay the same.

35. A well has been shut-in on a kick and the kill operation has not been started.

Shut-in drill pipe 400 psi

Shut-in casing 600 psi

After stabilization, both pressures start rising due to gas migration. If the casing pressure is held
constant at 600 psi, what will happen to the bottom hole pressure?
a. Decrease.
b. Increase.
c. Stay the same.

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36. You have pumped Kill Weight Mud (KWM) to the bit during the beginning of the wait and weight
method. It is decided to shut the pumps down and check pressures. You notice there is still
pressure on the Drill Pipe gauge. You tested for trapped pressure but the drill pipe pressure
returned back to the same value. What could you do?
Two Answers
a. Continue pumping, the KWM has not reached surface, therefore the well is not killed.
b. KWM has caused an overbalance in the well, trapping excess pressure.
c. Nothing, due to KWM there is a U-tube effect causing increased Drill Pipe Pressure.
d. Circulate some more strokes then shut in and check again.
e. The KWM has not reached surface yet so the drill pipe pressure should not equal 0 psi.
f. The drill pipe is still underbalanced or the stroke counter is not correct.

37. The kill weight fluid has just been pumped to the bit during the Wait and Weight method. The
pumps are shut down and the following pressures are observed.
Current drill pipe pressure (DPP) 150 psi
Current casing pressure (CP) 630 psi
Which of the following should be done?
a. Check to see if correct mud weight and surface to bit strokes were pumped.
b. Resume circulation by holding drill pipe pressure constant at 150 psi.
c. Bleed casing pressure to zero psi and confirm well is dead.
d. Recalculate kill weight mud based on 150 psi SIDPP and circulate surface to bit.

38. You have pumped Kill Weight Mud (KWM) to the bit during the beginning of the wait and weight
method kill. It is decided to shut the pumps down and check pressures. You notice there is still
pressure on the Drill Pipe gauge. What could you do?
a. KWM has caused an overbalance in the well, trapping excess pressure.
b. Check for trapped pressure.
c. Continue pumping, the KWM has not reached surface, therefore the SIDPP will not
read zero.
d. Nothing, due to KWM there is a U-tube effect causing increased Drill Pipe Pressure.

39. Kill mud is returning at the end of a kill operation. The well is shut down but drill pipe and casing
show 100 psi on the gauges. How would you determine if the extra pressure is 'trapped' pressure?
a. Increase mud weight by equivalent of 100 psi and circulate around the well.
b. Bleed off 100 psi, open up the well and check for flow.
c. Start circulating surface to bit strokes then shut down and re-check the pressures.
d. Bleed off 50 psi at the choke then monitor pressure to see if it is static or builds back
up to 100 psi.

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40. While drilling ahead and recording high connection gas levels, there is a power failure that
eliminates the ability to circulate and rotate.
What is the safest action to take?
a. Space out and shut-in and monitor for pressure build-up in the well.
b. Work pipe up and down to prevent stuck pipe.
c. Line up to trip tank and monitor the well.
d. Pull out to the casing shoe and work the pipe up and down.

41. You have shut in on a kick and completed the first circulation of the Driller’s Method. Pumps were
shut down and well closed, while waiting to start up the second circulation. The following
pressures were recorded:

Shut In Drill Pipe (SIDPP) Shut In Casing (SICP)

Original Shut in Pressures 250 psi 320 psi

After First Circulation 250 psi 300 psi

What is the current status of the well?

a. Kill Weight Mud is causing a U-tube effect between the Drill String and the Annulus.
b. There is trapped pressure on the annulus side that can be bled off once pumps are
started.
c. The Kill Weight Mud (KWM) has been pumped but was not sufficient to kill the well.
d. There is still a kick in the well, providing less hydrostatic on the annulus side of the well.

42. A leaking BOP element is identified as a risk to well integrity during a kill operation.
What action would you take to minimize this risk?
a. Monitor the flowline flow rate sensor reading.
b. Monitor active pit level increases.
c. Monitor mud level above the BOPs on the trip tank.
d. Place BOP 4-way valve in the neutral position.

43. What is the safest and most reliable method for monitoring leaks through the BOP?
a. Close the diverter and monitor the vent line.
b. Monitor for changes in the flow rate indicator.
c. Visually check by looking through rotary table.
d. Line up the trip tank to monitor for flow above the closed BOP.

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44. Which of the following is true regarding kick detection during wireline operations?
a. There is no need to monitor the well during wireline operations because the well is static.
b. The well should be put on the trip tank to monitor displacement as wireline is run in/out
of the hole.
c. The well should be lined up to active pits due to the large displacement volumes of
wireline tools.

45. Select the products commonly used to prevent the formation of hydrates:
a. Fresh Water.
b. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC).
c. Glycol and Methanol.

46. While drilling, the well is losing mud at 20 bbls per hour. At the connection the well is flowing.
When the pumps are restarted you begin to lose mud again. The Driller decides to flow check
and the well is flowing. What is the safest action to take?
a. Stop drilling, shut in and kill the well with the Wait and Weight method.
b. Stop drilling, shut the well in and call the Supervisor.
c. Continue drilling because the well is ballooning.

47. During a trip out, the well kicks due to swabbing. The pipe is stripped back to bottom. Will the
original mud density be sufficient to control the well?
a. Yes.
b. No.

48. During a trip out, the well kicks due to swabbing. The pipe is stripped back to bottom. What mud
weight will control the well?
a. Kill Mud weight based on SICP before stripping.
b. Kill Mud weight based on difference between SIDPP and SICP before stripping.
c. The original mud weight.
d. Kill Mud weight based on SIDPP before stripping.

49. You have shut-in on a well and are planning a kill operation. The Mud Engineer estimates it will
take 3200 sacks of barite to weight up the fluid system to kill weight. The rig has 2500 sacks of
barite onsite and more will note arrive for 3 days. Shut in pressures have increased since the
well was shut in indicating gas migration. The shoe strength is a concern if pressures continue to
build. Which kill method would be the best to implement?
a. Begin to Lubricate and Bleed.
b. Wait and Weight Method of Well Control.
c. Kill the well with Reverse Circulation.
d. Driller's Method of Well Control.

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50. You have taken a kick but the mud engineer informs you that there is not enough barite to kill
the well. The shut in pressures have stabilized. While waiting on new stocks of barite the shut in
pressures are slowly increasing by 100 psi every 30 minutes. What course of action would you
take?
a. Use the first circulation of Driller's Method.
b. Increase mud weight as much as possible and circulate to the bit to reduce SIDPP.
c. Bleed off mud by holding Casing pressure constant at SICP.
d. Bullhead with current mud weight to push gas formation fluids back into the formation.

51. What happens to the gas volume in the well bore as a gas kick is circulated out properly from the
well?
a. Gas volume will decrease.
b. Gas volume will increase.
c. Gas volume will stays the same.

52. A well is shut in on a kick and the shut-in pressures on the gauges have stabilized. The SIDPP
reads 350 psi and SICP reads 900 psi. what is happening in the well?
a. The well is balanced; pressures at the bottom are balanced on both sides of the well.
b. The well is not balanced; bottom hole pressure on the annulus side is lower due to
contamination by formation fluids.
c. The well is not completely full of mud and there is more bottom hole pressure on the
drill pipe side of the well.
d. The well is not balanced; bottom hole pressure (BHP) on the annulus side is higher
than on the drill pipe side of the u-tube.

53. Why must you leave spare capacity in the active pit system when circulating out a kick?
a. If the kick is oil it will expand and pit level will increase.
b. To store the kick fluid as it is circulated from the well.
c. If the kick is salt water it will expand and pit level will increase.
d. If the kick is gas it will expand and pit level will increase.

54. You are drilling ahead with a 12 1/4 inch Bit with an average ROP of 45 feet/hour. For the last 60
minute there has been no change to the pit level. What may be happening downhole?
a. You may be losing some mud to the formation.
b. All is good as the pit level is constant.
c. You may be gaining some formation fluid.

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55. You have tripped 10 stands into the well. The volume of mud that has entered the trip tank is 5 bbls
less than the displacement you calculated. What does this indicate?
a. This is not an indication of any downhole problem.
b. You are losing drilling fluid to the formation.
c. An influx of formation fluid has entered the well.
d. You should increase your trip speed.

56. While conducting the first circulation of the Driller's Method, the Derrickman states that the barite
supply is plugged. What action should be taken?
a. Instruct crew to add Bentonite to increase the mud weight.
b. Wait until first circulation is complete then fix blockage.
c. Inform supervisor to shut in well, as the problem will reduce bottom hole pressure
during the first circulation.
d. Inform supervisor that crew is fixing the blockage but continue circulating.

57. While conducting the first circulation of the Wait and Weight Method, the Derrickman states that the
barite supply is plugged. What action should be taken?
a. Instruct crew to add Bentonite to increase the mud weight.
b. Inform supervisor that crew is fixing the blockage but continue circulating.
c. Inform supervisor of problem and recommend to shut-in well while blockage is fixed.

58. Increasing flowback time has been documented for the last five connections. The Driller
believed that the flowback time was too long and closed the well in. There is 150 psi on the Drill
Pipe and the Annulus. The Driller has bled off 50 psi SIDPP returned to 150 psi SICP is 175 psi
the bleed-off was repeated and SIDPP returned to 150 psi and SICP is 200 psi.
What is your assessment of the current situation?
a. This is the result of gas migration. Start the Volumetric Method.
b. This is ballooning. Bleed off and drill ahead.
c. This is mud compressibility. Bleed off and drill ahead.
d. This is a kick. Prepare to carry out a kill operation.

59. When preparing for a tour change during a well kill operation, what would be the best practice
when conducting the handover?
a. Immediately take over from current crew and work with supervisor to help kill the well.
b. Request Mud Engineer discusses duties with each of the crew members.
c. All parties involved should stay on duty for a sufficient time to allow for thorough
communication of current activities.
d. Once current crew have left location, call crew to rig floor a meeting to discuss duties.

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60. When killing a well with a horizontal section using the Wait and Weight method, what will happen
if you use a vertical kill sheet to circulate out the kick?
a. The strokes to the bit will be wrong.
b. You will be applying too little pressure to the well.
c. You will be applying too much pressure to the well.
d. The FCP is more difficult to calculate.

61. You are circulating kill mud to the bit with the Weight and Wait method. The drillstring is tapered.
Drillpipe length is 10,000 feet with:
0 to 5000 feet is 6 5/8 inch drillpipe
5000 to 10,000 feet is 5-inch drillpipe
Total Strokes to Bit = 2100 strokes
ICP = 800 psi and FCP = 425 psi
If the pressure step-down graph/schedule is made based on an average18 psi per 100 strokes
pumped what would be the effect on bottom hole pressure after pumping kill mud down to the
top of the 5-inch drillpipe?
a. Bottom hole pressure will be too high.
b. Bottom hole pressure will be too low.
c. Bottom hole pressure will be correct.

62. You are drilling ahead at 80 feet/hour.

Bit diameter = 12¼ inches
Open Hole capacity = 0.1458 bbls/foot
Casing capacity = 0.152 bbls/foot
Drill pipe capacity = 0.0178 bbls/foot
Drill pipe displacement = 0.008 bbls/foot
Pit level has decreased 23 bbls in the last hour
What action would you take?
a. Continue drilling ahead, all is good with the pit level.
b. Decrease ROP to 50 feet/hour.
c. Stop drilling and flow check, you may be taking an influx.
d. Inform Supervisor that you have partial losses.

63. When making a connection, the well was still flowing after 3 minutes. The well is shut in and the
shut-in pressures have stabilized as follows:
Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP): 200 psi
Shut-In Casing Pressure (SICP): 350 psi
Pit Gain: 5 bbl
What has happened?
a. This is a ballooning formation.
b. This is trapped pump pressure.
c. This indicates an influx in the well.
d. This is normal. Resume drilling.

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64. During the second circulation of the Driller’s Method with kill fluid circulating up the annulus, the
drillpipe pressure starts to rise rapidly and does not respond to choke adjustment. Casing
pressure falls rapidly.
What is the most likely cause of this?
a. The pump speed has increased.
b. Increased annular friction caused by the kill fluid.
c. The annulus has packed off.
d. A bit nozzle has plugged.

65. A rig crew is stripping in the hole using the Volumetric technique. The company representative
decides to use the barrel-in/barrel-out stripping technique even though the influx is migrating.
What is one potential risk associated with using the barrel in/ barrel out stripping technique
when a migrating gas kick is in a well?
a. This technique allows gas to expand, and as a result, an underbalanced condition is
created that could lead to another influx.
b. This technique does not allow gas to expand and will result in an overbalanced
condition that could fracture the well’s weak point.
c. This technique allows gas to expand, and as a result, an overbalanced condition is
created that could fracture the well’s weak point.
d. This technique does not allow gas to expand and will result in an underbalanced
condition that could lead to another influx.

66. When using the Volumetric Method, dry gas begins to exit the choke during a bleed cycle. The
well is shut in and monitored and it is noted that the casing pressure continues to increase.
What should be done?
a. Bullhead original mud to push the gas back into formation.
b. Begin the lube and bleed procedure.
c. Bleed all the gas from the well.
d. Continue with the volumetric procedure.

67. What precautions should you take with the drilling fluid before starting wireline operations?
a. Drilling fluid should be circulated and conditioned because the well will be static for an
extended period.
b. Increase mud weight before starting the wirelining operation to compensate for the loss
of ECD.
c. A Lost Circulation Material (LCM) pill should be spotted at the depth of interest before
starting wireline operations.
d. Due to small diameter of tools there are no special precautions to take.

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Kill Sheet No. 1

Well data:

Hole Dimensions
Depth (MD/TVD) 12090 feet
9 5/8’’ Casing shoe 8800 feet
Hole size 8½ inch
Current mud weight 13.5 ppg
Internal Capacities
6 ½ ‘’ Drill collars (Length 900 feet) 0.00768 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Capacity 0.01776 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe - Metal displacement 0.00650 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Closed end displacement 0.02426 bbl/foot
Annular Capacities
Open hole / Drill collar 0.0292 bbl/foot
Open hole / Drill pipe 0.0459 bbl/foot
Casing / Drill pipe 0.0505 bbl/foot
LOT
Shoe test mud weight 12 ppg
Leak off pressure 2700 psi
Pump Details
Pump output 0.109 bbl/stk
SCR at 40 SPM 550 psi
Shut in data
SIDPP 200 psi
SICP 600 psi
Pit gain 15 bbls
Calculate:
1. Maximum allowable mud weight before kick. ppg
2. MAASP before kick. psi
3. Strokes from surface to bit. strokes
4. Kill mud weight. ppg
5. Initial circulating pressure. psi
6. Final circulating pressure. psi
7. MAASP after well has been killed. psi
8. Pressure drop per 100 strokes from surface to bit psi/100 strokes

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Kill Sheet No. 2

Well data:

Hole Dimensions
Depth MD 12400 feet TVD 11960 feet
9 5/8’’ Casing shoe 8850 feet
Hole size 8½ inch
Current mud weight 10 ppg
Internal Capacities
6 ½ ‘’ Drill collars (Length 600 feet) 0.0077 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Capacity 0.01776 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe - Metal displacement 0.0065 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Closed end displacement 0.0246 bbl/foot
5‘’ HWDP (Length 650 feet) - Capacity 0.0086 bbl/foot
Annular Capacities
Open hole / Drill collar 0.0292 bbl/foot
Open hole / Drill pipe 0.0459 bbl/foot
Casing / Drill pipe 0.0489 bbl/foot
LOT
Shoe test mud weight 10 ppg
Leak off pressure 1175 psi
Pump Details
Pump output 0.119 bbl/stk
SCR at 40 SPM 695 psi
Shut in data
SIDPP 580 psi
SICP 840 psi
Pit gain 20 bbls
Calculate:
1. Maximum allowable mud weight before kick. ppg
2. MAASP before kick. psi
3. Strokes from surface to bit. strokes
4. Kill mud weight. ppg
5. Initial circulating pressure. psi
6. Final circulating pressure. psi
7. MAASP after well has been killed. psi
8. Pressure drop per step (one-tenth of strokes to bit). psi/step

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Kill Sheet No. 3

Well data:

Hole Dimensions
Depth (MD/TVD) 9800 feet
9 5/8’’ Casing shoe 7950 feet
Hole size 8½ inch
Current mud weight 11.3 ppg
Internal Capacities
6 ½ ‘’ Drill collars (Length 600 feet) 0.00768 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Capacity 0.01776 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe - Metal displacement 0.0065 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Closed end displacement 0.02426 bbl/foot
5‘’ HWDP (length 500 feet) - Capacity 0.0088 bbl/foot
Annular Capacities
Open hole / Drill collar 0.0292 bbl/foot
Open hole / Drill pipe 0.0459 bbl/foot
Casing / Drill pipe 0.0505 bbl/foot
LOT
Shoe test mud weight 10.5 ppg
Leak off pressure 1950 psi
Pump Details
Pump output 0.119 bbl/stk
SCR at 40 SPM 450 psi
Shut in data
SIDPP 500 psi
SICP 700 psi
Pit gain 13 bbls
Calculate:
1. Maximum allowable mud weight prior to kick. ppg
2. MAASP prior to kick. psi
3. Strokes from surface to bit. strokes
4. Kill mud weight. ppg
5. Initial circulating pressure. psi
6. Final circulating pressure. psi
7. MAASP after well has been killed. psi
8. Pressure drop per step (one-tenth of strokes to bit). psi/step

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Kill Sheet No. 4

Well data:

Hole Dimensions
Depth (MD/TVD) 6608 feet
9 5/8’’ Casing shoe 4000 feet
Hole size 8 3/4 inch
Current mud weight 10.8 ppg
Internal Capacities
6 ½ ‘’ Drill collars (Length 720 feet) 0.0049 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Capacity 0.01776 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe - Metal displacement 0.00650 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Closed end displacement 0.02426 bbl/foot
5‘’ HWDP (length 360 feet) - Capacity 0.0088 bbl/foot
Annular Capacities
Open hole / Drill collar 0.0333 bbl/foot
Open hole / Drill pipe 0.0501 bbl/foot
Casing / Drill pipe 0.0515 bbl/foot
LOT
Shoe test mud weight 9.8 ppg
Leak off pressure 1480 psi
Pump Details
Pump output 0.1 bbl/stk
SCR at 40 SPM 440 psi
Shut in data
SIDPP 490 psi
SICP 605 psi
Pit gain 8 bbls
Calculate:
1. Maximum allowable mud weight prior to kick. ppg
2. MAASP prior to kick. psi
3. Strokes from surface to bit. strokes
4. Kill mud weight. ppg
5. Initial circulating pressure. psi
6. Final circulating pressure. psi
7. MAASP after well has been killed. psi
8. Pressure drop per 100 strokes from surface to bit psi/100 strokes

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Kill Sheet No. 5

Well data:

Hole Dimensions
Depth MD 7850 feet TVD 7000 feet
13 3/8’’ Casing shoe 5505 feet
1/4
Hole size 12 inch
Current mud weight 12 ppg
Internal Capacities
8‘’ Drill collars (Length 620 feet) 0.0087 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Capacity 0.01776 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe - Metal displacement 0.0065 bbl/foot
5’’ Drill pipe – Closed end displacement 0.02426 bbl/foot
5‘’ HWDP (Length 580 feet) - Capacity 0.0088 bbl/foot
Annular Capacities
Open hole / Drill collar 0.0836 bbl/foot
Open hole / Drill pipe 0.1215 bbl/foot
Casing / Drill pipe 0.1279 bbl/foot
LOT
Fracture gradient at shoe 0.79 Psi/foot
Pump Details
Pump output 0.119 bbl/stk
SCR at 30 SPM 350 psi
Shut in data
SIDPP 350 psi
SICP 475 psi
Pit gain 20 bbls
Calculate:
1. Maximum allowable mud weight before kick. ppg
2. MAASP before kick. psi
3. Strokes from surface to bit. strokes
4. Kill mud weight. ppg
5. Initial circulating pressure. psi
6. Final circulating pressure. psi
7. MAASP after well has been killed. psi
8. Pressure drop per step (one-tenth of strokes to bit). psi/step

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1. Which abnormal pressure detection tool or technique measures pressure downhole?

a. Pressure while drilling tool.
b. Gyro compass.
c. Shale Density test.
d. Methylene Blue test.

2. Which tool is run as part of Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) and allows the well to be logged and
monitored during drilling operations?
a. Single Shot Survey Tool.
b. Hydraulic Mud Motor.
c. Rotating Steerable Drilling Tool.
d. Logging While Drilling Tool.

3. You are displacing the drill string with kill weight mud. Which section of drill pipe, listed below, will
have the quickest displacement time per foot?
a. 6 5/8 inch with an ID of 5.761 inch.
b. 6 5/8 inch with an ID of 5.965 inch.
c. 4 inch with an ID of 3.240 inch.
d. 5 inch with an ID of 4.276 inch.

4. When testing a surface BOP stack with a test plug, why must the side outlet valves below the plug
be kept in the open position?
Two Answers
a. Because the test will create extreme hook loads.
b. Because of potential damage to casing/open hole.
c. Otherwise reverse circulation will be needed to release test plug.
d. To check for a leaking test plug.
e. To prevent a pressure lock.

5. What is the first action that should be taken after connecting the open and close hydraulic lines to
the surface installed BOP stack?
a. Drain the accumulator cylinders and check the nitrogen precharge pressure.
b. Function tests all items on the stack.
c. Place all functions in neutral position and start pressure testing the BOP stack.
d. Perform accumulator unit pump capacity test.

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6. According to API RP 53, when should well control equipment on a surface BOP installation be
pressure tested?
Three Answers
a. After any disconnection or repair of any pressure containment seal in the BOP stack,
choke line or choke manifold.
b. After circulating out a gas kick.
c. At intervals not exceeding 21 days.
d. Prior to spud in or upon installation.
e. At intervals not exceeding two months.

7. How often should all operational components of the surface BOP stack equipment systems be
function tested according to API RP53?
a. Only after the installation of the BOP stack.
b. At least once a week.
c. Once per shift.

8. To what pressure must the Drill string safety valves be tested?

Two Answers
a. Less often than the BOP.
b. Each time the BOP is tested.
c. To the same pressure as the BOP.
d. To the same RWP as the Kelly/top drive.

9. What is the term used to describe the highest pressure that could be seen at the surface if the
well was full of formation fluid (usually assumed to be gas)?
a. Maximum anticipated pore pressure.
b. Worst Assumed Surface Pipe Pressure.
c. Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure.
d. Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure.

10. What is the correct definition for “Rated Working Pressure” according to API (SPEC 16E)?
a. The maximum test pressure the equipment is designed to contain and/or control.
b. The maximum internal pressure the equipment is designed to contain and/or control.
c. The hydrostatic proof test pressure a body or shell member shall hold prior to shipment
from the manufacturer’s facility.

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11. What is a positive test?

a. A test on a barrier where the pressure applied to the formation side of the barrier is
greater than the pressure on the surface side of the barrier.
b. A test on a barrier where the pressure on the formation side of the barrier is equal to
the pressure on the surface side of the barrier.
c. A test on a barrier where the pressure on the surface side of the barrier is greater than
the pressure on the formation side of the barrier.

12. What is a ‘negative’ pressure test?

a. A test on a barrier where pressure on top of a barrier is reduced to a value lower than
the pressure below the barrier.
b. A test on a barrier where pressure on top of a barrier is increased to a value higher
than the pressure below the barrier.
c. A test where the barrier is made to fail.
d. A test where a barrier is tested until there is leak-off.

13. Why is a negative test performed on a cement plug or Liner Lap?

a. To check for flow from below the plug/liner lap.
b. To check for flow from above the plug/liner lap.
c. To test if plug is hard enough to drill-out.
d. To squeeze cement into the liner lap.

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

API Type 6B API Type 6BX

Which of the following flanges has a direct “flange face to flange face” contact when made up?
a. API type 6B.
b. API type 6BX.

15. What is the meaning of “6BX” when referring to a flange?

a. Type.
b. Serial Number.
c. Dimension.
d. Trademark.

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16. 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.
Type R Octagonal Type R Oval Type RX. Type BX.

Which one of these gaskets matches the 6BX type flange shown above?
a. Type R Octagonal.
b. Type R Oval.
c. Type RX.
d. Type BX.

17. Which of the following statements about ring gaskets is correct?

a. Type RX and BX ring gaskets provide 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. Only RX ring gaskets can be used with BX type flanges.

18. 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 energized 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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19. What is a 7-1/16”, 10000 psi flange?

a. It is designed for RX ring gasket type.
b. It has a 10000 psi test pressure and 5000 psi working pressure.
c. It has a 10000 psi working pressure and 7-1/16” ID.
d. It has a 7-1/16” OD and a 10000 psi working pressure.

20. What would be the effect of fitting a 7-1/16 inch X 5,000 psi flange to a working 10,000psi rated
BOP stack?
a. The rating would become 7,500 psi.
b. The rating would become 2,500 psi.
c. The rating would remain at 10,000 psi.
d. The rating would become 5,000 psi.

21. Which statement about the annular preventer is true?

Four Answers
a. Is designed to seal around any shape of tubular or tool in the well bore
b. Is designed to seal around any object in the well bore.
c. Designed to close on a wider range of the drill string than pipe rams.
d. Will allow reciprocating the drill string while maintaining a seal against well bore pressure.
e. Hydraulic closing pressure can be adjusted depending on the operation.
f. Will not seal on a square or hexagonal kelly.
g. Will prevent tool joints from being stripped into the well.
h. They are a means of secondary well control.

22. What should be done when stripping drill pipe through the annular preventer?
a. Close a pipe ram, open the annular and strip in hole until tool joint is below the annular
and repeat for each tool joint.
b. Regulate annular closing pressure to the minimum hydraulic pressure that controls
wellbore pressure.
c. Apply 300 psi less than the closing pressure of the ram operation.

23. What pressure must be kept in the annular BOP closing chamber during stripping operation?
a. Minimum 500 psi.
b. The minimum pressure that allows the tool joint to go through the packing with a loss of
30,000 lbs of hook load.
c. 300 psi less than the Pipe Ram closing pressure.
d. The minimum pressure to maintain a seal.

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24. Why is it important to reduce the regulated hydraulic pressure for annular BOP before running a
large sized casing?
a. To prepare for the Soft Shut in.
b. To reduce the closing time.
c. To avoid collapsing the casing during closure.

25. Which of the following will determine the correct annular packing element to use on an annular
BOP?
Two Answers
a. Temperature rating of the element.
b. Type of mud to be used.
c. Desired hydraulic closing pressure.
d. Maximum pipe outside diameter.

26. Which one of the following is ‘good practice’ in relation to diverter systems?
a. Open the diverter line before closing the diverter.
b. For safety, the diverter should only be operated some distance away from the rig floor.
c. As the equipment is not used for lengthy periods of time, the diverter system doesn’t
need to be included in the rig maintenance program.

27. What is the only function of diverter?

a. To act as backup system if the annular preventer fails.
b. To shut in a shallow kick.
c. To create a back pressure sufficient to stop formation fluids entering the wellbore.
d. To direct formation fluids away from the rig floor.

28. What are ram type preventers designed to do?

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

29. What is the function of Blind Rams?

a. To seal off the open hole.
b. To hang-off the drillstring during a kill.
c. As a back-up to the Annular.
d. To cut the drillstring and seal off the hole.

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30. What is the function of Blind/Shear Rams?

a. To close in the well if the diverter fails.
b. To hang-off the drillstring during a kill.
c. As a back-up to the Annular.
d. To cut the drillstring and seal off the hole.

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

32. What data is important to know if a Shear Ram in the BOP Stack?
a. Hang-off weight.
b. Opening pressure.
c. Size and strength of tubular the ram can shear.

33. In an emergency situation it is possible to activate a ‘secondary Seal’ on a ram type BOP.
Which one of the following pressures will it seal against?
a. Wellbore pressure.
b. Closing chamber pressure.
c. Opening chamber pressure.

34. What are the main functions of the ‘’weep hole’’ on a ram type BOP?
Two Answers
a. Release any overpressure that may occur during testing.
b. Prevent contamination of the closing chamber.
c. Indicate a leak from the primary mud seal on the piston rod.
d. Show the seals on the bonnet are leaking.
e. Prevent damage to the opening chamber.

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35. When testing a surface stack set of rams at a weekly BOP test, you are informed that
the weep-hole is leaking wellbore fluid. What action would you take?
a. Ram top seals are leaking and should be replaced.
b. Leave it until next maintenance schedule.
c. Energize the emergency piston rod packing.
d. Piston rod mud seal is leaking and should be replaced and re-tested.

36. Select the correct definition of the “closing ratio” of a ram preventer.
a. Operating pressure required to close the ram against the formation pressure.
b. Operating pressure required to close the ram against maximum anticipated wellbore
pressure.
c. Ratio of the packer area against the piston rod area.

37. In which of the following situations is it an advantage to use a Float-valve in the drill string?
a. To reduce surge pressure.
b. To avoid flow back while tripping or during a connection.
c. To allow reverse circulation.
d. To read the drill pipe pressure value following a well kick.

38. Which type of valve would be made up to the drill pipe if the well kicks while tripping?
a. Float valve.
b. Non-return valve.
c. Full opening safety valve.
d. Choke valve.

39. A well kicks with the bit off bottom and you shut it in. A decision is made to strip back into the hole.
What equipment needs to be on the top of the drill string before stripping in the hole?
a. Only the inside BOP.
b. An inside BOP with a drill pipe safety valve (closed) on top.
c. Only full opening safety valve in the open position.
d. A full opening safety valve (open) with an inside BOP installed on top.

40. Before cutting the drilling line, with the bit at the casing shoe, which item of equipment must be
installed to improve well control capability?
a. Circulating head.
b. Full opening safety valve.
c. Inside blow out preventer.
d. Drop in check valve.

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41. What equipment is specific to shut-in operation with casing?

a. Inside Blow Out Preventer (IBOP).
b. Dart sub.
c. A suitable crossover (Swage).
d. Full Opening Safety Valve (FOSV).

42. You are running a slick non-shearable tool in the hole on a surface stack rig. The well flows when
the tool is across the BOP stack. What is the best action the driller can take to shut in the well?
a. Drop the string in the hole.
b. Make up safety valve in string and close the annular.
c. Start circulating to use ECD to stop the kick.
d. Pick up a joint or stand of shearable pipe, run into position and install a safety valve.

43. With a float valve installed in the drill string a kick is taken with the bit 32 stands off bottom.
Is it necessary to install an inside blowout preventer above the safety valve to be able to strip back
to bottom?
a. Yes.
b. No.

44. The well kicks when tripping. What statement is true if a non-return valve is stabbed into the string?
Three Answers
a. Must not be run in the hole in the closed position.
b. Has potential to leak through the open/close key.
c. Has to be pumped open to read Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure.
d. Easier to stab if strong flow is encountered up the drill string.
e. Will not allow wireline to be run inside the drill string.
f. Is kept in its open position by a rod secured by a T-handle.

45. What statement is true if a full opening safety valve is stabbed into the string?
Three Answers
a. Easier to stab if strong flow is 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 wireline 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.

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46. On a trip out of the well, a kick was swabbed in with the bit inside the casing. A full-opening safety
valve (FOSV) was installed on the drill pipe and closed. There was no float in the drill string. The
well was shut in on the Annular BOP. What is the Driller's next action before commencing to strip
back to bottom?
a. Replace the FOSV with an inside blowout preventer.
b. Install the inside blowout preventer above the FOSV and open the drill pipe safety valve.
c. Open the FOSV and install the inside blowout preventer.
d. Keep the FOSV in the closed position.

47. You have one inside BOP with an NC38 pin/box connection. The drill string consists of:
3-1/2 inch drill pipe (NC38).
4-3/4 inch drill collars (NC35).
Which of the following crossovers must be on the rig floor while tripping?
a. NC38 box x NC50 pin.
b. NC46 box x NC35 pin.
c. NC38 box x NC35 pin.
d. NC46 box x NC38 pin.

48. There is only one inside BOP with NC38 (3-1/2 inch IF) pin/box connection on the rig.
The drill string consists of: -
3-1/2 inch drill pipe (NC38).
2-7/8 inch drill pipe (NC31).
Which of the following crossovers must be on the rig floor while tripping?
a. NC40 (4 inch IF) box X NC26 (2 3/8 inch IF) pin.
b. NC38 (3 1/2 inch IF) box X NC31 (2-7/8 inch IF) box.
c. NC31 (2-7/8 inch IF) pin X NC38 (3-1/2 inch IF) box.
d. NC46 (4 inch IF) box X NC35 (3-1/2 inch IF) pin.

49. There is only one inside BOP with an NC50 pin/box connection. The drill string consists of:
5-inch Heavy Weight drill pipe (NC50)
8-inch (6-5/8 Reg.) drill collars.
Which of the following crossovers must be on the rig floor while tripping?
a. NC50 Box x 6-5/8 inch Reg. pin.
b. 6-5/8 inch Reg. Box x 7-5/8 inch Reg. Pin.
c. NC50 Box x 6-5/8 inch Reg. box.
d. NC50 Box x 7-5/8 inch Reg. pin.

50. What is the function of vent/ bleed / straight though line in the choke manifold?
a. To bleed high volume of formation fluid by-passing the choke.
b. To facilitate easy handling of choke.
c. To apply back pressure while controlling a kick.

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51. 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.

52. What is the main function of the choke in the overall BOP system?
a. To close the well softly.
b. To hold back pressure while circulating out a kick.
c. To bleed high volume of the formation fluid.
d. To direct wellbore fluids to the mud/gas separator

53. Why are some choke manifolds equipped with a glycol and methanol injection system?
a. To minimize the effect of hot climates.
b. To help fluids flow better during well testing.
c. To help prevent hydrate formation while circulating a kick.
d. To protect rubber goods in high temperature wells.

54. Why are two chokes fitted into most choke manifolds?
a. To direct returns to the separator.
b. To direct returns to the pits.
c. To direct returns to the flare.
d. To minimise back-pressure when circulating through the manifold.
e. To provide backup if a problem occurs with the active choke.

55. Which of the following dimensions affects the pressure at which gas can 'blow-through' to the
Shaker area?
a. The vent line length and ID of the vent line.
b. Height of liquid seal.
c. Height of body and ID of body.
d. ID of line from Choke manifold.

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56. In the figure below, which dimension determines the maximum pressure inside the separator before
the potential for formation gas to 'blow through' into the shaker area?

a. The vent line length (H4) and inside diameter (D2).

b. The dip tube height (H2).
c. The body height (H1) and the body inside diameter (D1).
d. The length and the inside diameter (D3) of the inlet pipe from the buffer tank to the
choke manifold.

57. In the figure below, which dimension determines the back-pressure generated within the handling
capacity of the mud-gas separator?

a. The length and the inside diameter (D3) of the inlet pipe from the buffer tank to the
choke manifold.
b. The dip tube height (H2).
c. The body height (H1) and the body inside diameter (D1).
d. The vent line length (H4) and inside diameter (D2).

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58. What is the most common use of Vacuum Degasser?

a. It is mainly used to separate gas from liquids while testing.
b. It is used as a standby in the event of the "Mud/Gas Separator (Poor Boy)" failing.
c. It is used to remove gas after the mud has been circulated across the shakers.
d. It is only used while circulating out a kick.

59. A Vacuum Degasser is often used to remove gas from drilling fluid while drilling. Where the
suction line to the Vacuum Degasser should be connected according to best practice?
a. Upstream of the mud/gas separator.
b. From the mud/gas separator vent line.
c. Inside the mud/gas separator.
d. Downstream of the mud gas separator.

60. When killing a well why is a Vacuum Degasser not used in place of a Mud/Gas Separator?
a. Because it is not located in an explosion proof area.
b. Because cuttings must be removed first.
c. Because it has volume limitations.
d. Because it can only remove gas in solution.

61. How many independent sources of power should be available on each BOP hydraulic control unit,
according to API RP53?
a. Only one.
b. Not less than two.
c. It is the rig owner’s choice.

62. What is the minimum pressure at which the charge pumps start up, according to API RP53?
a. When accumulator pressure has decreased to less than 50% of the operating pressure.
b. When accumulator pressure has decreased to less than 75% of the operating pressure.
c. When accumulator pressure has decreased to less than 90% of the operating pressure.

63. 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).

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64. If a 3000 psi BOP accumulator system is designed with a minimum operating pressure of 1200
psi, what should be the precharge pressure in each bottle?
a. 1200 psi.
b. 200 psi.
c. 3000 psi.
d. 1000 psi.

65. While drilling, what is the correct position of the selector valves (3-position/ 4-way valves) on the
BOP hydraulic control unit?
a. All valves in the open position.
b. All valves in the closed position.
c. All valves in the neutral position.
d. Open or closed, depending on stack function.

66. 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).

67. What are the reasons for having stored fluid under pressure in the accumulator bottles on the
hydraulic BOP control unit?
Two Answers
a. To enable the BOP to be closed in the event of a power failure.
b. To operate the IBOP in the Top Drive.
c. To activate the emergency packing on the Rams.
d. To operate the remote choke.
e. To reduce the closing time of BOP functions.

68. On the surface stack remote panel the High Pressure Bypass button or handle allows you to put
full accumulator pressure to which of the following?
a. Annular only.
b. Rams only.
c. Rams and HCR valves only.
d. All functions.

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69. Which gauges on a remote BOP control panel will show a reduction in pressure when you close the
pipe rams?
a. The air pressure gauge and annular pressure gauge.
b. The accumulator pressure gauge and manifold pressure gauge.
c. The manifold pressure gauge and annular pressure gage.
d. The annular pressure gauge.

70. On which two gauges on the remote BOP panel would you expect to see a pressure drop while the
annular preventer is closing?
a. Manifold pressure and annular pressure.
b. Air pressure and annular pressure.
c. Accumulator pressure and annular pressure.
d. Annular pressure gauge only.

71. On which gauges on the BOP remote control panel will a reduction in pressure be observed when
the blind/shear ram is closed?
a. Manifold pressure and annular pressure.
b. Accumulator pressure and manifold pressure.
c. Air pressure and annular pressure.
d. Manifold pressure gauge only.

72. Which functions on BOP stack receive their operating fluid from the ram manifold?
a. Annular BOP Preventer.
b. All stack functions.
c. Rams only.
d. Rams and HCRs.

73. What is the NORMAL Manifold pressure reading on a 3000 psi Hydraulic Control Unit?
a. 3000 psi.
b. 2500 psi.
c. 1500 psi.
d. 1000 psi.

74. What is the NORMAL Annular pressure reading on a 3000 psi Hydraulic Control Unit?
a. 250 psi.
b. 500 – 1500 psi.
c. 3000 psi.

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75. What would the pressure on the ram opening lines between the BOP Hydraulic Control Unit and the
BOP stack normally be while drilling?
a. 1200 psi.
b. 3000 psi.
c. 1500 psi.

76. What is the function of the master "push to operate" button or handle on the remote BOP panel?
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 the functions on the Driller’s remote panel to become active.

77. Select the true statement for the master (‘push to operate’) button or lever on the remote BOP panel.
a. Continually operate the valve while functions on the panel are made.
b. The valve is held for 5 seconds then released to allow functions to operate.
c. When the valve is operated it moves the 3-position valve to close.
d. When the valve is operated all panel lights illuminate.

78. The following statements relate to an air operated Driller's remote panel. Which one of the
following is a FALSE statement?
a. If you operate a function without the master valve that function will not work.
b. If the ram close light on the panel illuminates you know the ram is closing.
c. The master valve supplies air to the panel valves.
d. The master valve must be operated while all other functions are operated.

79. 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.

80. On a hydraulic BOP control system (non-MUX), the annular preventer is closed on the Driller’s
remote BOP panel. The open light goes out and the close light illuminates. What does this indicate?
a. A micro-switch in the back of the rig-floor mounted BOP panel has activated, indicating
that the Annular is in the closed position.
b. The annular preventer has closed.
c. A signal has been sent to the annular preventer regulating unit.
d. The annular 4-way, 3-position valve on the accumulator unit has functioned.

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81. If the air pressure gauge was reading zero. Which one of these statements is correct for an air
operated remote control panel?
a. Choke and kill lines can still be operated from the remote panel.
b. The annular preventer can still be operated from the remote panel.
c. No BOP functions can be operated from the remote panel.
d. All functions on the remote panel will operate normally.

82. If the manifold gauge on the remote BOP control panel reads zero and other gauges read normal
values, which of the following statements is true?
a. Everything is correct.
b. The annular preventer can still be operated from the remote panel.
c. No stack function can be operated from the remote panel.
d. All stack functions can be operated from the remote panel.

83. On the Driller’s air operated panel for a surface BOP, the ram is closed and the following was seen:
1. Open light went out.
2. Close light came on.
3. Annular pressure did not change.
4. Manifold pressure decreased and later returned to the original position.
5. Accumulator pressure decreased to 2500 psi and remained steady.
What is the most probable cause of the problem?
a. The selector valve (3 postion/4way valve) is stuck in the open position.
b. The pressure switch or the pumps on the BOP control unit did not work.
c. Electric position switches are malfunctioning.
d. There is a blockage in the hydraulic line connecting the BOP to the BOP control unit.

84. After you closed an annular preventer, the accumulator pressure dropped but did not return to the
normal operating pressure. The BOP has closed and you can see no leaks. What could be the
problem?
a. The 3-position annular valve has not moved.
b. The Annular regulator needs to be adjusted to bring accumulator pressure back up to
correct pressure.
c. The Annular regulator is leaking back to the reservoir tank.
d. The accumulator charge pump has not started up to return accumulator pressure to
correct pressure.

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85. You close a pipe ram. What has happened if the open light stays on, the close light does not
illuminate and the manifold pressures remains static?
a. The 3-position/4-way valve on the hydraulic BOP control unit failed to operate.
b. The hydraulic closing line to the BOP is plugged.
c. The light bulb has blown.
d. There is a leak in the hydraulic line to the BOP.

86. You close a ram preventer using the remote BOP panel. The ram open light goes out and the close
light illuminates but you notice that the accumulator pressure has remained static.
What has happened?
a. The 3-position Ram valve on the accumulator has not moved.
b. No air pressure at the panel.
c. Master valve not held down for 5 seconds.
d. Possible blockage in the line between the accumulator unit and BOP stack.

87. A ram preventer was operated from the remote panel. Both accumulator and manifold pressures
dropped and later returned to normal pressure. The open light went out but the close light did
not illuminate. What is the probable cause of the problem?
a. Close line is blocked.
b. Leak in the system.
c. Air pressure too low.
d. Fault in the close light electrical circuit.

88. You operate the annular preventer and the annular pressure gauge and accumulator gauges
both drop but do not return back to normal pressure. The charge pump is running continuously.
a. 3-position valve did not operate.
b. Close line is blocked.
c. Leak in the annular closing line.
d. Master valve was not operated.

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89. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2900 psi Constant 1500 psi Constant 1500 psi Constant

a. There is a leak in the hydraulic system.

b. Everything is OK.
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.

90. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2500 psi Decreasing 1500 psi Constant 1000 psi Constant

a. A malfunction in the manifold regulator.

b. A leak in the Annular Preventer hydraulic system.
c. Possible leak in the system and the pressure switch controlling the pump has not
operated.
d. Everything is OK.

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91. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2800 psi Decreasing 1500 psi Constant 700 psi Constant

a. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.

b. A malfunction in the manifold regulator.
c. Everything is OK.
d. Possible leak in the system.

92. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2800 psi Decreasing 1300 psi Decreasing 900 psi Constant

a. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.

b. Possible leak in manifold hydraulic system.
c. Everything is OK.
d. A malfunction in the manifold regulator.

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93. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2900 psi Decreasing 1500 psi Constant 700 psi Decreasing

a. A leak in the annular preventer hydraulic system.

b. Everything is OK.
c. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.
d. A malfunction in the manifold regulator

94. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

3000 psi Constant 1000 psi Decreasing 1500 psi Constant

a. Everything is OK.
b. A malfunction in the manifold regulator.
c. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.
d. A leak in the Annular Preventer hydraulic system.

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95. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

3000 psi Constant 1500 psi Constant 600 psi Decreasing

a. A malfunction in the Anullar regulator.

b. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.
c. Everything is OK.
d. A leak in the Annular Preventer hydraulic system

96. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2800 psi Decreasing 1700 psi Increasing 900 psi Constant

a. A malfunction in the manifold regulator.

b. The pressure switch controlling the pump is faulty.
c. Everything is OK.
d. A leak in the Annular Preventer hydraulic system.

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97. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2500 psi Constant 1500 psi Constant 1500 psi Constant

a. Problem with the annular hydraulic pressure regulating valve.

b. Everything is correct.
c. Leakage in the hydraulic circuit.
d. Problem with the automatic hydro-electric pressure switches or charging pumps.

98. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

3200 psi Increasing 1500 psi Constant 900 psi Constant

a. A malfunction in the annular regulator.

b. The pressure switch controlling the pump has not shut the pump down.
c. Annular pressure regulator is set too high.
d. Everything is OK.

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99. While doing your daily rounds during drilling operations you notice the gauges on the BOP
accumulator system show the following readings. What do you think?

Accumulator Manifold Annular

2850 psi Constant 2850 psi Constant 900 psi Constant

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

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Sec.1 Causes of Kicks

1 c 18 b - d - f 35 b
2 a 19 b 36 a
3 b 20 c 37 c
4 d 21 d 38 c
5 a 22 a 39 b
6 a 23 d 40 b
7 c 24 c 41 a-e
8 d 25 b 42 c
9 b 26 c 43 d
10 a 27 b 44 c
11 d 28 b - e 45 b
12 b 29 a 46 c
13 a 30 a 47 b - c
14 c 31 d 48 d
15 c 32 c 49 a
16 d 33 b 50 d
17 b - d - e 34 b 51 b

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Sec. 2 Kick Warning Signs and Kick Indications

1 d 17 c 33 a
2 b 18 b 34 c
3 a - d 19 d 35 c
4 b - c 20 c 36 d
5 a 21 d 37 a
6 d 22 b 38 b
7 b 23 d 39 a
8 a 24 a-d 40 b
9 d 25 d 41 b - d - f
10 b 26 c 42 b - e
11 c 27 a 43 c
12 d 28 b 44 b
13 b 29 c 45 a
14 c 30 d 46 d
15 a 31 b 47 c
16 c 32 c

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Sec. 3 Shut In Procedures

1 a 11 b 21 a
2 c-e-f 12 d 22 c
3 b 13 b 23 c
4 d 14 d 24 b
5 a - d - e 15 a 25 c
6 a 16 b 26 c
7 c 17 c 27 a
8 d 18 c 28 d
9 c 19 a 29 b
10 b 20 d

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Sec. 4 Shut In Pressure Observation

1 a 29 c 57 a
2 a 30 b 58 c
3 c 31 a 59 b
4 c 32 b - c - e 60 d
5 b - d 33 c - d - e 61 b
6 d 34 c 62 a
7 b 35 a - c - e 63 a
8 a - c - e 36 c 64 c
9 b 37 c-e 65 a
10 a 38 a - c - d - f 66 b
11 b 39 812 - 813 67 d
12 c 40 687 - 688 68 a
13 a 41 a 69 c
14 d 42 d 70 c
15 d 43 b - e 71 c- e
16 c 44 c 72 a
17 b 45 c 73 c
18 c 46 b 74 c
19 b 47 a 75 d
20 a 48 c 76 d
21 d 49 b - c - d 77 c
22 c 50 a - b - d 78 a
23 a 51 c 79 d
24 a - b - e 52 c 80 d
25 c 53 b 81 b
26 c 54 b 82 b
27 d 55 a
28 b 56 c

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Sec. 5 Leak-Off Test and MAASP

1 b - e 17 a 33 b
2 a - d - f 18 d 34 d
3 d - e - f 19 c 35 d
4 a - d - e 20 c 36 a-e
5 d 21 a 37 c
6 b 22 c 38 a
7 a - c - e 23 d 39 c
8 c 24 b 40 d
9 b 25 c 41 b
10 d 26 b 42 b
11 b-e 27 d 43 d
12 a 28 a-d-f 44 d-e
13 c 29 a 45 b
14 a 30 c 46 b
15 a 31 b-e 47 c
16 I,b - II,c - III,a 32 b 48 b

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Sec. 6 Kill Handling Methods

1 b 27 d 53 b
2 a 28 b 54 c
3 d 29 a 55 d
4 b 30 c 56 a
5 c 31 b 57 d
6 b 32 b 58 c
7 c 33 c 59 d
8 a 34 d 60 b
9 b 35 b 61 c
10 d 36 d 62 c
11 b 37 c 63 d
12 d 38 b 64 b
13 a 39 d 65 c
14 b 40 a 66 d
15 a 41 b 67 a
16 b 42 a 68 c
17 b 43 c 69 b
18 a 44 a 70 b
19 c 45 b 71 c
20 c 46 d 72 d
21 b 47 d 73 b
22 c 48 b 74 c
23 d 49 b 75 b
24 c 50 a 76 b
25 b 51 d 77 a
26 a 52 c 78 d

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Sec.7 Down Hole and Surface Problems

1 a 24 b 47 a
2 d 25 c 48 c
3 b 26 a 49 d
4 b 27 b 50 a
5 d 28 d 51 b
6 c 29 c 52 a
7 a 30 a 53 d
8 a 31 b 54 c
9 c 32 d 55 b
10 d 33 a 56 d
11 b 34 c 57 c
12 c 35 a 58 d
13 c 36 d-f 59 c
14 a 37 a 60 c
15 d 38 b 61 b
16 a 39 d 62 d
17 b 40 a 63 c
18 b 41 d 64 c
19 c 42 c 65 b
20 d 43 d 66 d
21 a 44 b 67 a
22 a 45 c
23 d 46 b

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Sec.8 Surface Kill Sheets

Kill Sheet 1 Kill Sheet 2

1 17.9 1 12.5
2 2013 2 1150
3 1886 - 1887 3 1749 - 1750
4 13.9 4 11
5 750 5 1275
6 566 - 567 6 764 - 765
7 1830 7 690
8 9 8 51

Kill Sheet 3 Kill Sheet 4

1 15.2 1 16.9
2 1612 2 1268
3 1374 - 1375 3 1048 - 1049
4 12.3 4 12.3
5 950 5 930
6 489 - 490 6 501 - 502
7 1198 7 956
8 46 8 40

Kill Sheet 5
1 15.1
2 887
3 1080 - 1081
4 13
5 700
6 379 - 380
7 601
8 32

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1 a 34 c - e 67 a - e
2 d 35 d 68 c
3 c 36 c 69 b
4 b - d 37 b 70 c
5 b 38 c 71 b
6 a - c - d 39 d 72 d
7 b 40 b 73 c
8 b - c 41 c 74 b
9 d 42 b 75 c
10 b 43 a 76 d
11 c 44 c-e-f 77 a
12 a 45 a-b-f 78 b
13 a 46 b 79 b
14 b 47 c 80 d
15 a 48 c 81 c
16 d 49 a 82 b
17 a 50 a 83 b
18 c 51 b 84 d
19 c 52 b 85 a
20 d 53 c 86 d
21 c-d-e-h 54 e 87 d
22 b 55 b 88 c
23 d 56 b 89 b
24 c 57 d 90 c
25 a - b 58 c 91 d
26 a 59 d 92 b
27 d 60 c 93 a
28 b 61 b 94 b
29 a 62 c 95 a
30 d 63 b 96 a
31 b-c-d 64 d 97 d
32 c 65 d 98 b
33 a 66 a - d 99 c

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