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Title: Making a flow check to verify a kick can cause extra risks

Abstract

In most cases, the driller should shut in the well immediately following the first indication of a kick rather than taking extra time to make a flow check. This extra time spent verifying a kick with a flow check can allow a larger influx into the well, making the kick harder to kill and increasing the load on the casing shoe. The risk of formation fracture increases tremendously if too much time is taken to shut in the well. For a kick to be killed successfully and quickly, it is of prime importance to detect the kick quickly and shut the well in at the earliest moment to minimize the possible quantity of formation fluid entering the well. A quick shut in is even more important for gas kicks than for saltwater or oil kicks because larger volumes of gas eventually exert higher pressure at the casing shoe as the gas expands up the hole. An example using a gas well illustrates these conclusions.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd., Dehradun (India)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
131804
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 47; Other Information: PBD: 20 Nov 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; 02 PETROLEUM; WELLS; BLOWOUTS; PROCESS CONTROL; DETECTION; WELL DRILLING; FORMATION DAMAGE; GAS FLOW; SEAWATER; LIQUID FLOW; RESERVOIR FLUIDS; WELL CASINGS; STRESSES; FLOWMETERS; TIME DEPENDENCE

Citation Formats

Tiwari, S. Making a flow check to verify a kick can cause extra risks. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Tiwari, S. Making a flow check to verify a kick can cause extra risks. United States.
Tiwari, S. 1995. "Making a flow check to verify a kick can cause extra risks". United States.
@article{osti_131804,
title = {Making a flow check to verify a kick can cause extra risks},
author = {Tiwari, S},
abstractNote = {In most cases, the driller should shut in the well immediately following the first indication of a kick rather than taking extra time to make a flow check. This extra time spent verifying a kick with a flow check can allow a larger influx into the well, making the kick harder to kill and increasing the load on the casing shoe. The risk of formation fracture increases tremendously if too much time is taken to shut in the well. For a kick to be killed successfully and quickly, it is of prime importance to detect the kick quickly and shut the well in at the earliest moment to minimize the possible quantity of formation fluid entering the well. A quick shut in is even more important for gas kicks than for saltwater or oil kicks because larger volumes of gas eventually exert higher pressure at the casing shoe as the gas expands up the hole. An example using a gas well illustrates these conclusions.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/131804}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal},
number = 47,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}