HP 48 GX or G+ Calculator Entries
Hole Volumes
INPUT
Change Hole Data Scroll to and choose either Yes or No
If yes, then
(All entries must be from top to bottom)
Hole Lengths – Feet HL LEN FT (Casings, Liners, Open Holes)
L1 L2
L3 L4
L5
Hole Diameters – Inches HL DIAM INS (Casings, Liners, Open Holes)
D1 D2
D3 D4
D5
Pipe Lengths – Feet PIPE LEN FT (Drill string)
1 2
3 4
5
Pipe ID’s – Inches PIPE ID’S INS (Drill string)
1 2
3 4
5
Pipe OD’s – Inches PIPE OD’S INS (Drill string)
1 2
3 4
5
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OUTPUT
Section #
Ann Wid: ins (Hydraulic diameter)
Ann Len: ft
Ann Vol: bbls
Ann Vol: bbls (Cumulative annular volume)
This is repeated for each hydraulic diameter
HL Vol: bbls (Volume with no drill string)
DrStr Vol: bbls (Drill string volume)
Hl w/Pipe bbls (Volume with drill string in hole)
INPUT
Pit Vol…bbls
Pump GPM
OUTPUT
Tot Vol: bbls (Total active volume)
Btms Up: min (Bottoms up in minutes)
Tot Circ: min (Total hole and active system circulation time – minutes)
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Solids
INPUT for Water-based muds
Water-based weighted muds
Water-based Scroll to and choose Yes
Mud Weight, ppg MUD WT..PPG
Drill Solids S.G. DRLG. SOLS…SP.GR
Weighted Scroll to and choose Yes
Weight Material S.G. WT.MAT SPGR
Oil Volume % OIL VOL %
Oil, ppg OIL PPG
Water Volume % WATER VOL %
Mud MBT ppb MUD MBT..PPB
Chlorides mg/L CHLORIDES MG/L
Salt type SALT TYPE
Choose 1 for NaCl, 2 for CaCl2, 3 for KCl
Shale CEC meg/100g SHALE CEC MEG/100G
Gel CEC meg/100g GEL CEC MEG/100G
OUTPUT
Brine sp. gr Brine sp.gr
Brine Volume % Brine vol%
Corrected solids % Corr. Slds. vol%
Average SG of Solids Avg Sols. sp.gr
High gravity solids % HGS vol%
High gravity solids ppb HGS ppb
Low gravity solids % LGS vol%
Low gravity solids ppb LGS ppb
Gel volume % Gel vol%
Gel ppb Gel ppb
Drilled solids % Drl Slds vol%
Drilled solids ppb Drl Slds ppb
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Water-based unweighted muds
Waterbased Scroll to and choose Yes
Mud Weight, ppg MUD WT..PPG
Drill Solids S.G. DRLG. SOLS…SP.GR
Weighted Scroll to and choose No
Oil Volume % OIL VOL %
Water Volume % WATER VOL %
Oil, ppg OIL PPG
Mud MBT ppb MUD MBT..PPB
Chlorides mg/L CHLORIDES MG/L
Salt type SALT TYPE
Choose 1 for NaCl, 2 for CaCl2, 3 for KCl
Shale CEC meg/100g SHALE CEC MEG/100G
Gel CEC meg/100g GEL CEC MEG/100G
OUTPUT
Brine sp. gr Brine sp.gr
Brine Volume % Brine vol%
Corrected solids % Corr. Slds. vol%
Average SG of Solids Avg Sols. sp.gr
Low gravity solids % LGS vol%
Low gravity solids ppb LGS ppb
Gel volume % Gel vol%
Gel ppb Gel ppb
Drilled solids % Drl Slds vol%
Drilled solids ppb Drl Slds ppb
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INPUT for Oil-Based Muds
Oil- based weighted muds
Waterbased Scroll to and choose No
Mud Weight, ppg MUD WT..PPG
Drill Solids S.G. DRLG. SOLS…SP.GR
Weighted Scroll to and choose Yes
Weight Material S.G. WT.MAT SPGR
Oil Volume % OIL VOL %
Oil, ppg OIL PPG
Water Volume % WATER VOL %
3
Silver Nitrate cm AGNO3 CM3
Sulfuric acid cm3 H2SO4 CM3
Salt type SALT TYPE
Choose 1 for CaCl2, 2 for NaCl, 3 for Both
If 3 is chosen, you will get following input request
Standard Vers cm3 EDTA CM3
Titrating Volume 1-2 TITR VOL 1-2CM^3
OUTPUT
Lime: ppb Lime:
If Salt type was CaCl2
CaCl2 ppb CaCl2 ppb
CaCl2 wt% CaCl2 wt%
CaCl2 ppm CaCl2 ppm
If Salt type was NaCl, you would get same with NaCl noted instead of CaCl2
If Salt type was both, you would also get the following:
NaCl ppb NaCl ppb
NaCl wt% NaCl wt%
NaCl ppm NaCl ppm
Brine S. G. Brine sp.gr
Brine volume % Brine vol%
Corrected Solids % Corr. Slds. vol%
Oil/water ratio OWR
Oil/brine ratio OBR
Average solids SG Avg Sols. sp.gr
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High gravity solids % HGS vol%
High gravity solids ppb HGS ppb
Low gravity solids % LGS vol%
Low gravity solids ppb LGS ppb
INPUT for Oil-Based Muds
Oil- based unweighted muds
Waterbased Scroll to and choose No
Mud Weight, ppg MUD WT..PPG
Drill Solids S.G. DRLG. SOLS…SP.GR
Weighted Scroll to and No
Oil Volume % OIL VOL %
Oil, ppg OIL PPG
Water Volume % WATER VOL %
3
Silver Nitrate cm AGNO3 CM3
Sulfuric acid cm3 H2SO4 CM3
Salt type SALT TYPE
Choose 1 for CaCl2, 2 for NaCl, 3 for Both
If 3 is chosen, you will get following input request
Standard Vers cm3 EDTA CM3
Titrating Volume 1-2 TITR VOL 1-2CM^3
OUTPUT
Lime: ppb Lime:
If Salt type was CaCl2
CaCl2 ppb CaCl2 ppb
CaCl2 wt% CaCl2 wt%
CaCl2 ppm CaCl2 ppm
If Salt type was NaCl, you would get same with NaCl noted instead of CaCl2
If Salt type was both, you would also get the following:
NaCl ppb NaCl ppb
NaCl wt% NaCl wt%
NaCl ppm NaCl ppm
Brine S. G. Brine sp.gr
Brine volume % Brine vol%
Corrected Solids % Corr. Slds. vol%
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Oil/water ratio OWR
Oil/brine ratio OBR
Average solids SG Avg Sols. sp.gr
Low gravity solids % LGS vol%
Low gravity solids ppb LGS ppb
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