Solids Control and Waste Management
Objectives:
To provide a solid engineering grounding in solids control and waste management
Content:
Economics of Dilution
- Effect of Solids On Drilling Performance
- General Definitions
- How To Make Hole
- Effect of Solids on Drilling Rate
- Calculations of Dilution Requirements
- Class Problems
Solids Content Determinations
- Low And High Gravity Solids Determinations
- Quality of Solids
- Effect of Salt And Oil on Solids Determination
Cuttings Transport/Hole Cleaning
- Field Diagnosis of Hole Cleaning Problems
- Transport Ratio
- Effect of Cuttings Concentration on Bottom Hole Pressure
- Hopkins Correlation
- Sifferman Correlation
How To Generate a Weighted Mud System
- Limited Surface Volume
- No Limit on Surface Volume
- Material Balance Calculations
- Dump And Dilution Error Analysis
- Class Problems
Shakers
- Screen Design
- How To Select A Screen
- Efficiency Checks
- Effect of PV On Shakers Performance
- Operating Guidelines
- API Guidelines
Cyclones
- Design Principles
- Factors Affecting Performance
- Efficiency Checks
- Fluids Routing
- Operating Guidelines
- API Guidelines
- Economics of Cyclones Versus Dump And Dilution
- Field Adjustments
Degassers
- Design Principles
- Factors Affecting Performance
- Gas Cuttings in Water Base Fluids
- Gas Cuttings in Oil Base Fluids
- Bottom Hole Pressure Calculations With Gas Cuttings Fluids
- Top Hole Special Problems (Surface Gas And Solids)
- Degassers Operating Guidelines
Pumps
- Design And Definitions
- Factors Affecting Performance
- Operation Guidelines
- Class Problems
Mud Cleaners
- Applications
- Barite Loss Calculations
- Class Problems
Centrifuge
- Factors Affecting Performance
- Fluid Routing
- Operation
- Mathematical Modeling of Performance
Total System Mass Balance
- Solids Removal Efficiency
- Mud Usage
- Relationship Between Efficiency And Mud Usage
- SPE 19957 Review
- Class Problems
- Solids Control System Sequence
Cuttings Injection
- Economics of Cuttings Injection
- Advantages of Cuttings Injections
- Slurry Volume Generation
- Fracturing Concepts
- Surface Equipment
- Erosion Calculations
- Well Abandonment
- Fracturing Calculations
- In-Situ Pressure Calculations
- Fracturing Pressure Interpretation
