HOMEWORK #10

Course: Drilling II (PETR 4307)

Fall 2017

Student: Victor Pugliese R#: 11492336

Victor.pugliese@ttu.edu
Content
1 Problem ............................................................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Solution ........................................................................................................................................ 3

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1 Problem
Do drill string design for the following vertical wellbore which we are expecting to deal with normal
drilling condition.

Hole size: 12.25”

TD = 11,000 ft
Next casing: 9 5/8”, N-80, 47 lbf/ft
Max. WOB: 35,000 lbf
DF: 1.2
Max. MW: 11 ppg
MOP: 100,000 lbf
𝐿𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 = 180 ft

Length of each joint of DC: 30 ft

SF for DP’s: 1.2
Max. Torque: 25,000 lbf-ft
We have only the following pipes on the drilling rig.
All DP’s are brand new.
Note: Only take axial and torsional loads into account while doing DP design.
Note: You need to reason why you choose each pipe.

Pipe Type OD, in ID, in Nominal Wt., lbf/ft

DC 9 2.5 199.3
DC 8 2.5 153.9
HWDP 5.5 3.5 57.0
DP, Grade E 5 4 25.6
DP, Grade E 5 4.276 19.5

a. Calculate the critical force for the first and second order sinusoidal buckling for all types
of pipes (DC, HWDP, and DP).
b. Calculate the helical buckling force for all the pipes.
c. Draw the schematic of the drill string.

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 1.1 Solution
a. First and second order buckling
A theoretical analysis performed by Lubinski revealed that for a frictionless system, the critical
values of WOB 𝑊𝑐𝑟 that cause first- and second-order buckling can be calculated from the
following expressions:
𝑊𝑐𝑟,𝐼 = 1.94𝑤𝑏𝑝 𝑚
𝑊𝑐𝑟,𝐼𝐼 = 3.75𝑤𝑏𝑝 𝑚

𝑙𝑏
3 𝐸[ ] 𝐼[𝑓𝑡 4 ]
𝑓𝑡 2
𝑚[𝑓𝑡] = √
𝑙𝑏
𝑤𝑏𝑝 [ ]
𝑓𝑡

Where 𝑚 is a scaling factor which relates actual to dimensionless length, ft; 𝐸𝐼 is the bending
stiffness of the drill collars, and 𝑤𝑏𝑝 is the unit weight of the drill collars in the drilling fluid.
The first step is to calculate the moment of inertia
𝜋
𝐼[𝑓𝑡 4 ] = [𝑂𝐷4 − 𝐼𝐷4 ]
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The unit weight in the drilling fluid is
𝛾𝑚
𝑤𝑏𝑝 = 𝑤𝑡 (1 − )
𝛾𝑠𝑡
For each pipe:
Unit weight
Nominal I, Moment Scaling
Pipe Type OD, in ID, in in fluid,
Wt., lbf/ft of Inertia ft4 factor, m
lbf/ft
DC 9 2.5 199.3 0.01543908 165.8 73.8 23,747 45,903
DC 8 2.5 153.9 0.0096038 128.1 68.7 17,062 32,981
HWDP 5.5 3.5 57 0.00181095 47.4 54.8 5,046 9,754
DP, Grade
5 4 25.6
E 0.00087352 21.3 56.2 2,321 4,486
DP, Grade
5 4.276 19.5
E 0.00068813 16.2 56.8 1,788 3,456

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b. Helical buckling
The critical value of WOB W_cr that causes helical buckling can be calculated from the following
expression:
𝑊𝑐𝑟,𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 = 5.55𝑤𝑏𝑝 𝑚
For each pipe:
Nominal
Pipe Type OD, in ID, in
Wt., lbf/ft
𝑊𝑐𝑟,𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙
DC 9 2.5 199.3 67,936
DC 8 2.5 153.9 48,813

HWDP 5.5 3.5 57 14,436

DP, Grade 6,640
5 4 25.6
E
DP, Grade 5,115
5 4.276 19.5
E

c. Drill string design

If a near-bit stabilizer is not used, to prevent rapid changes in hole deviation, the required OD of
the drill collar can be calculated as follows:
𝐷𝑜𝑑𝑐 = 2𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑐 − 𝐷𝑏
Where 𝐷𝑜𝑑𝑐 is outside diameter of drill collar, 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑐 is outside diameter of casing coupling, and 𝐷𝑏
is bit diameter.
𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑐 = 10.625𝑖𝑛 → 𝐷𝑜𝑑𝑐 = 9𝑖𝑛
Assuming that drill collar and High Weight Drill Pipe will be used to crate bit loading, the required
drill collar length is:
(𝐷𝐹)𝑊𝑂𝐵 1
𝐿𝑑𝑐 = [ − 𝐿𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 𝑤𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 ]
𝐵𝐹 cos 𝜑 𝑤𝑑𝑐
𝐷𝐹 = 1.2
𝛾𝑚 11𝑝𝑝𝑔
𝐵𝐹 = 1 − =1− = 0.832
𝛾𝑠𝑡 65.5𝑝𝑝𝑔
(1.2)35,000𝑙𝑏 𝑙𝑏 1
𝐿𝑑𝑐 = [ − 180𝑓𝑡 ∗ 57 ] = 202 𝑓𝑡
0.832 cos 0° 𝑓𝑡 199.3 𝑙𝑏
𝑓𝑡

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Taking account that the length of each joint of DC is 30 ft, we need 7 drill collar strings.
𝐿𝐷𝐶 = 7 ∗ 30𝑓𝑡 = 210𝑓𝑡

The size and length of the heavy drill pipe is already known.
𝐿𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 = 180𝑓𝑡
Now we need to calculated the length of the lighter drill pipe that we can use.

If we only take axial and torsional loads into account while doing DP design, the tension-load
capacity of the drill pipe is:
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𝑇[𝑙𝑏 ∙ 𝑖𝑛]
𝐹[𝑙𝑏] = 𝐴[𝑖𝑛]√𝑌𝑆[𝑝𝑠𝑖]2 − 3( )
𝑧[𝑖𝑛3 ]

Where,
𝜋 𝜋
𝐴= (𝑂𝐷2 − 𝐼𝐷2 ) = ((5𝑖𝑛)2 − (4.276𝑖𝑛)2 ) = 5.27𝑖𝑛2
4 4
4 4)
𝜋(𝑂𝐷 − 𝐼𝐷 𝜋((5𝑖𝑛)4 − (4.276𝑖𝑛)4 )
𝑧= = = 11.4 𝑖𝑛3
16𝑂𝐷 16 ∗ 5𝑖𝑛
𝑌𝑆𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝐸 = 75,000 𝑝𝑠𝑖
𝑇 = 25,000 𝑙𝑏 ∙ 𝑓𝑡 = 300,000 𝑙𝑏 ∙ 𝑖𝑛

2 √(75,000𝑝𝑠𝑖)2
300,000𝑙𝑏 ∙ 𝑖𝑛 2
𝐹[𝑙𝑏] = 5.27𝑖𝑛 − 3( ) = 314,404𝑙𝑏
11.4 𝑖𝑛3
The length of the drill pipe is:
𝐹
− 𝑀𝑂𝑃 1
𝐿𝑑𝑝 =(𝑆𝐹 − 𝐿𝐷𝐶 𝑤𝐷𝐶 − 𝐿𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 𝑤𝐻𝑊𝐷𝑃 )
𝐵𝐹 𝑤𝑑𝑝

314,404𝑙𝑏
− 100,000𝑙𝑏 𝑙𝑏 𝑙𝑏 1
𝐿𝑑𝑝 =( 1.2 − 210𝑓𝑡 ∗ 199.3 − 180𝑓𝑡 ∗ 57 ) = 7,312 𝑓𝑡
0.832 𝑓𝑡 𝑓𝑡 19.5 𝑙𝑏
𝑓𝑡

Taking account that the length of each joint of DP is 30 ft, we need 244 drill pipe strings.

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 𝐿𝐷𝑃 = 244 ∗ 30𝑓𝑡 = 7,320𝑓𝑡
For the rest of the drill string, we need to use the heavier drill pipe until the top. We can use at
least 5,910 ft of this drill pipe.