Welcome to Dynamic Well Control

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Welcome to Dynamic Well Control

Drillbench is an advanced software suite for design and evaluation of all drilling operations. It is a result of more
than 15 years of drilling research and has unique features in dynamic simulation of the wellbore flow process.
As a software suite Drillbench is a compilation of several individual applications focusing on different challenges
encountered in a drilling operation. All the applications are based on the same design basis and they have a lot of
tools and features in common, but each application has a user interface that is tailored to the tasks the application
is designed for. The combination of a common look and feel and tailored interfaces ensures that it is very easy to
move from application to application for analyzing various phases of the drilling operation.
Dynamic Well Control is one of the applications in Drillbench. It is a unique software program for well control
engineering, training and decision making support. The program includes the results of activities like flow
modeling, laboratory and full-scale experiments and simulator development. The simulator uses advanced
mathematical models in order to produce realistic simulations. A great number of special and complex well
conditions can be handled. Dynamic Well Control is a result of extensive R&D within well control performed at
Scandpower Petroleum Technology and Rogaland Research during the last decades.
The prevention and control of kicks are of great concern to the petroleum industry. Most kicks are brought under
control, but the occasional blow-out may result in danger for rig crew and great losses of economic and
environmental character.
The tool can be used for:
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Pre-evaluation of potential well control problems

Post-evaluation of kick incidents

Evaluation of well control procedures

Evaluation of the effect of base oil type and mud composition on kick development

Evaluation of the effect of well geometry, pump rate, reservoir properties, mud density, etc.

Evaluation of pressure conditions in the well during the control phase

Evaluating the effect of horizontal wells

Evaluating the effect of deep water well; long choke/kill lines, narrow operating window with fracture
pressure gradient near formation pressure gradient

Evaluating handling of an underground flow situation

Evaluation of degasser (poorboy) capacity when circulating out a kick

The simulator can assist in the design of an optimum well program for a given geology, wellbore configuration and
surface equipment. It can help to determine optimum well-control procedures, and serve as a remedy for postanalyses of kick cases. The simulator is also a tool for training rig crew by simulating what if" scenarios before
drilling into new sections.

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