Evaluating the effectiveness of Driller’s and Wait & Weight methods in well killing operations

  • Nguyen Huu Truong Petrovietnam University
Keywords: Well kill, Driller’s method, W&W method

Abstract

The article presents the Driller’s method and Wait and Weight (W&W) method which are widely used to kill wells when there is inflow of formation fluid into the well. In particular, it focuses on analysing the effectiveness of these two methods on the basis of comparing drill pipe pressure, surface pressure at choke.

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Published
2022-03-21
How to Cite
Huu Truong. (2022). Evaluating the effectiveness of Driller’s and Wait & Weight methods in well killing operations. Petrovietnam Journal, 2, 39 - 49. https://doi.org/10.47800/PVJ.2022.02-06
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