Advancements in dynamic kill calculations for blowout wells

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · SPE Drilling Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/22559-PA· OSTI ID:6121897

Kouba, G E ^[1]; MacDougall, G R ^[2]; Schumacher, B W ^[3]

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1. Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., La Habra, CA (United States). Production Fluids Div.
2. Chevron Canada Resources Ltd., Slave Lake, (Canada)
3. Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., Houston, TX (United States). Information Technology Dept.

This paper addresses the development, interpretation, and use of dynamic kill equations. To this end, three simple calculation techniques are developed for determining the minimum dynamic kill rate. Two techniques contain only single-phase calculations and are independent of reservoir inflow performance. Despite these limitations, these two methods are useful for bracketing the minimum flow rates necessary to kill a blowing well. For the third technique, a simplified mechanistic multiphase-flow model is used to determine a most-probable minimum kill rate.

• OSTI ID: 6121897
• Journal Information: SPE Drilling Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (United States), Vol. 8:3; ISSN 0885-9744
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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