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1. The benefit of this feature is that user can retrieve any survey information no matter how the data columns are separated with various delimiters 20 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 111 2 3 Import from PDF file If the survey information is contained in a PDF file TADPRO provides a easy way to extract survey information from it Taule velo earls Ti ann eT a saan enne e e ron cae som oon oma vem ec as EekeEbeERHEHEH Sometimes PDF file contains multiple pages of information TADPRO is smart enough to select data blocks from each page and highlight them The highlighted rows are listed at the text box at the bottom and user can change them M oo Pegasus Vertex TADPRO User can have 3 ways to obtain the survey data from PDF file The 1 one is to automatically open the PDF file and let the program talk with PDF Reader The 2 way is to manually select the file and open it Then after selecting all the contents in PDF file copy them and close the PDF file The contents will be pasted into the table However these 2 methods have some limitations because communicating from TADPRO with PDF Reader is not always smooth due to various factors such as different versions of PDF Readers So TADPRO has another way of obtaining the data That is called Paste and select This requires the user to open a desired PDF file and select all th2. Itis called TADPRO and it contains TADPRO executable file Please go to the C Program Files TADPRO folder and double click hdd32 EXE to install the drivers for the dongle You need to plug in the USB dongle to run the TADPRO Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 3 Licensing the Software for users with no USB dongle Select TADPRO under the TADPRO folder from the Program menu This will launch the software The default mode of software is the demo mode User can register the software with Pegasus Vertex or use the software till it expires At this time the licensed user should click Register Now button and obtain the User Code 1 and Code 2 in the following dialog box Rogistration with Pagast Then user should send the information to the following address by phone e mail fax or mail Pegasus Vertex Inc 6100 Corporate Dr Suite 448 Houston TX 77036 713 981 5558 Fax 713 981 5556 E mail sales pvicom com Upon receiving the User Code 1 and User Code 2 Pegasus Vertex will provide the licensed user with register Key 1 and Key 2 User then can enter the register keys to activate the program Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Install 1 Insert the TADPRO CD into CD drive The installation will start automatically Quick Tour Run 2 Double click the TADPRO icon on the desktop to lunch the program Input 3 Choose Open rom the File menu and select Case 1 driling TD4 4 Review the
3. This feature facilitates running casing in highly deviated wells and in many cases permits successful casing runs that would otherwise be extremely difficult if not impossible The key to this technique lies in selecting the correct proportions of air and mud flled sections and predicting the hook load during the tripping operations TADPRO can be used to design and optimize these parameters 13 Engineering Features N VEAN EEE E 3D wellbore 3D well path visualization Latest casing bending models 20 sections of pipes and 20 wellbore intervals Torque and drag Hook load surface torque calculations for a Slack off pick up b with or without rotation c Drilling rotation off bottom Buckling criteria including a Sinusoidal b helical Multiple friction factors for different wellbore intervals Casing flotation Optimal air section length Tripping animation with force torque profiles Extensive tubular database included Lateral forces Automatically export results into MS Word Allows oil field SI and customized units Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 4 Copyright and Disclaimer TADPRO software and user s manual are copyrighted 2007 by Pegasus Vertex Incorporated All efforts were made to assure proper operation and calculation of the TADPRO program However due to the inherent complexity of the analysis Pegasus Vertex Incorporated makes no warranties or representations eilher expressed or implied about the suitabil
4. Vertex TADPRO amip cipium EXE NA A Te B TH eee p a Jd cem Ex Tes r saevus aa gt E ca gn vic 2 z x etenim TOME a E Below the wellbore interval table is the pipe list table The first row in the table is the top section of all pipe components User inputs other sections of pipe from top down For example when running liner using a dril pipe the top row will be for drill pipe and the bottom row wili be for liner itself as shown in above picture TADPRO can handle up to 50 different pipe components User can specify the pipe properties for that particular pipe component the one with black rectangular box in the pipe list table In the pipe list table user needs to give a description and the section length of each pipe component Program requires that the total length of pipes equals to wellbore TD i e the measured depth of the last wellbore interval in Wellbore Window To assist the user to calculate the corresponding section length TADPRO has a button Adj current pipe len If user clicks this button the program will modify the section length of the current pipe component so that the total length of all pipes equals to the well TD The traveling block weight is the weight that is subtracted from hook load to derive actual string weight Pipe dimensions can be entered directly into the pipe property table or util
5. condition This shows the overall drilibility of the well 4 Tension vs hook load for backreaming This table shows the relationship of hook load and tension at bottom and at particular point on the pipe This assumes that the pipe is stuck at the bottom and you start to pull the pipe at the surface Pegasus Vertex TADPRO All tables can be selected and copied To copy the entire or certain portion of the table highlight the corresponding table and click the right mouse button The pop up menu item called Copy selection in the table wil show up Clicking it will copy the highlighted portion of table to clipboard User then can paste it to such applications like MS Word etc Tie rr Vale Cur Uh Ls 20 OUR NET a Tats Wootten Suscete Sto Tome poe 22st Hit Petes vta enne cing Tonsoni bech srk p TADPRO can generate MS Word report automatically From File menu user can select Generate MS Word Report to export all tables and graphs to an editable Word document The size of generated Word document is about 400K User can easily modify and e mail it to clients graphs to an editable Word document Tobe Hook kad Socios Ste WOE v haok ood 40 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1V 2 Engineering charts In the Output window there are 8 engineering graphs including 2 sensitivity analysis graphs if itis selected Hook load vs string depth Note that this is a surface hook load history vs st
6. E The Table menu is used to perform editing functions for various tables in the program 35 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Language Menu Fle Cds Unes Taie Lanes ep The language menu includes 1 English sets all captions in English 2 Chinese sets all captions in Chinese under development 3 Spanish sets all captions in Spanish under development Help Menu TADPRO Input Window Fi Cade Uer Table Lese Heb The Help menu provides on line assistance for running the software 1 About opens the About window which displays the version number and other information of TADPRO along with your computer hardware information anero uci a ce Meu CAPA e Sn em Pei a Fapa re ano a iate rs Ta namn cam mn ere 36 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 2 Disclaimer displays the program disclaimer 37 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO IV Output Windows IV t Reports 1 Report History The history report displays the hook load and surface torque at different string depths for slack off rotation off bottom ROB or static and pick up operations 2 Report Profiles In the next tab under Tables user can view the force and torque profile along the pipe at various string depths by moving the sliding bar 38 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 3 WOB vs hook load for drilling This table shows the relationship of hook load and WOB for a particular drilling
7. TADPRO Torque and drag model Version 4 User s Manual Pegasus Vertex Inc 6100 Corporate Dr Suite 448 Houston TX 77036 Tel 713 981 5558 Fax 713 981 5556 E mail sales pvicom com Web www pvicom com Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Table of Contents I Introduction 1 1 Background 3 1 2 Theory and Glossary 3 13 Engineering Features 4 1 4 Copyright and Disclaimer 5 5 Technical Support 5 I Getting Started Il 4 Hardware and System Requirements 6 112 Installing the Software 6 11 Licensing the Software 7 11 4 Quick Tour 8 Input Windows II General Information 12 1 2 Survey 14 1ll 2 1 Copy from Excel Spreadsheet 15 112 2 Import from text file 20 112 3 Import from PDF file 2 112 4 Survey tortuosity 25 1 3 Wellbore 26 1 4 Operation 30 IIL Fraction Factor FF Calibration 32 IL 6 Wellbore Schematic 33 1 7 Menu 34 W Output Windows IVA Reports 38 IV 2 Engineering charts a IV 3 MS Word Reports 47 IV 4 Sensitivity analysis 48 IV 5 Casing flotation 50 IV 6 Tripping animation 51 IV 7 3D animation drilling 54 V Other Windows VAI Units 55 Vi References 56 Vll About Pegasus Vertex Inc 57 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO L Introduction 1 1 Background Torque and drag problems are very common during driling completion and workover operations Excessive torque and drag in the borehole will result buckling failure of pipe or operations Pegasus Vertex has developed TADPRO to aid in the
8. bbreviation under Help menu ue a nm mm m m m ae SSE EE SE EE EE 30 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO The pipe end drag and torque are the operational parameters and loads at the bottom of the pipes These values are primarily associated with stabilizers or logging tools They are used as the bottom boundary conditions from which the torque and drag are calculated upward along the drill string in sections To simulate drilling operations specify the weight on bit and torque on bit the casing flotation is used the user can click the Consider casing flotation check box and input the desired air section length Maxi air section length is used to obtain the sensitivity of hook load to various air section lengths If there are brushes attached on pipe TADPRO calculates the brush pushing force and rotating torque associated with these tools User needs to input the necessary lab testing parameters SA Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Under the Calculate menu there is a menu item called Friction factor FF calibration Clicking it wll open the above window Friction factor FF calibration methods 1 From hook load of drilling without rotation 2 From hook load of backreaming without rotation 3 From surface torque of rotation on bottom 4 From surface torque of rotation off bottom User can pick up a string depth and use one of the ab
9. calculation of torque and drag along drill strings or casings for various operations 12 Theory and Glossary 11 Torque and drag Torque amp drag management for on a drill casing liner string is one of the key issues related to drilling and tripping operations Incorporated into TADPRO is a soft string torque and drag model which calculates torque and drag hook load surface torque for the following operations a Drilling b Back reaming c Slide drilling d Rotation on bottom e Rotation off bottom 0 Tripping in 9 Tripping out For the analysis of the buckling phenomena TADPRO calculates the onset of following buckling status a Sinusoidal buckling b Helical buckling Output Window has 3 types of load plots a History graphs hook load or surface torque at various string depths b Snap shots loads axial drag torque lateral force vs measured depth along the pipe at a specified string depth c Sensitivity analysis history graphs for various friction factors 2 Casing floatation In Extended Reach Drilling ERD wells the weight of the casing string may not be sufficient to push the string to the well TD Casing floatation is one of the solutions to this problem Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Floating the bottom porlion of the casing reduces the drag against the wellbore while filing the upper portion with drilling fluid adds weight to the casing string to push it into the hole
10. e contents and copy them Then close the PDF Reader and come to TADPRO and click the Paste and select button The program is smart enough to study the data pasted and highlight all the data block related to survey information TADPRO is equipped with a feature of 3D well path visualization After the survey data is in place user can click the Calculate button to obtain the well path Then click the 3D path view button to open a separate window with 3D Well path visualization See the picture below User can click the Setup button on the toolbar to change the way the 3D well path is presented Gees even one owe 22 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO us 23 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO a 78 TREE ye a T 5 4 els These toolbar functions are 1 Exit the 3D well path visualization 2 Rotate the 3D graph 3 Move the 3D graph 4 Zoom in and out on 3D graph 5 Capture the current screen to paste to MS Offices 6 Start to rotating the 3D well path click the same button to stop 7 Show the 3D well path at the default angle 8 Help on key stroke 9 Change the representative diameter of the path 10 Select the action performed by pressing the right mouse button 24 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 111 2 4 Survey tortuosity For a post analysis the survey data from field measurement
11. e vertical well in the field Even with the field measured survey data sometime the points above the kick off point are not included in the survey data It is necessary to introduce the tortuosity for diferent well path sections 25 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 3 Wellbore This window asks the user to input wellbore intervals pipe configuration There are 2 ways of defining friction factors with wellbore intervals or with each pipe section ria If the user chooses to specify the friction factor for wellbore intervals he needs to input these values together with interval description ID and bottom measured depth Up to 20 different wellbore intervals can be specified If casing ID is unknown click the Database button beside the table to open the Tubular database window Note that the wellbore intervals are input from top down User can also choose to input the friction factor for each string This is to consider the situation when special drag or torque reduction tools with low FF are installed on certain pipe components In this case program needs to know the FFs for cased and open hole section for that pipe Program will keep tracking of the locations of each pipe and calculate the torque and drag accordingly because the pipe with tool is moving along the well and it is necessary to know how long the pipe is in cased hole and how long is in open hole intervals 26 Pegasus
12. erwriting the existing file 4 Save As saves the current input data under a different file name A dialog box is opened to let the user specify the drive directory and name of the input data file Program supports long file name 5 Print Preview shows the preview of the printout of the input data 6 Print prints the current input data file on the default printer To select another printer choose from Print Setup dialog box 7 Menu items below Print represents recently used files which you have most recently opened in this program Click to quickly reopen one of these files 8 Exit closes this program after prompting you to save any unsaved files 94 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Calculate Menu E Camera The Calculate menu is used to launch TADPRO calculations or perform friction factor calibration Click Start calculation after all input data are entered Utilities Menu mE EET Incem Lem sna po tga The Utilities menu includes 1 Unit setting opens the Unit Setting window for selecting standard English or metric units or a combination of English and metric units 2 Unit conversion belween different unit opens the Unit Conversion window for converting 3 Logo setting opens logo selection window 4 Calculator launches Windows standard calculator application 5 Notepad launches Windows standard Notepad application Table Menu E
13. g Buckling Implication in Drilling and Completing Horizontal Wells SPE DC March 1995 Vol 10 No 1 Page 16 21 5 Bourgoyne A T Jr et al 1986 Applied Drilling Engineering Society of Petroleum Engineers Richardson Texas 56 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO VII About Pegasus Vertex Inc Fel Pegasus Vertex Inc PVI is an engineering consulting and software company specializing in computer modeling of drilling and completion operations for petroleum industry Our software products are born from the marriage of cutting edge petroleum innovations and state of the art computer technologies Together with our software products a big portion of our business is software customization for our clients Equipped with software development strength and sound petroleum engineering skills we are confident to provide our customers with not only what we have but also what they want For more information on PV s software services and capabilities visit us on the Internet at http jwww pvicom com or contact us in Houston Texas by Pegasus Vertex Inc 6100 Corporate Dr Suite 448 Houston TX 77036 Tel 719 981 5558 Fax 713 981 5556 E mail sales pvicom com 57
14. input data by clicking the buttons on the left of Input Window and review each window content in turn General Survey Wellbore Operation Also click the Wellbore Schematic button on toolbar to view the wellbore structure for this example Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 5 Click the gt icon on toolbar to perform the calculation one 6 After calculation the Output window is loaded as shown in the following pictures Click different tabs to view reports and graphs Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 7 From File menu select Generate MS Word Report to export all tables and graphs to an editable Word document Tees Hook end Surace true Side NE s ook ed 8 On the toolbar there is a button called Animation Clicking it will open Tripping animation window Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 9 Finally go back to the Input Window and select Exil from the File to close the program Pegasus Vertex TADPRO lll Input Windows Il 4 General Information This window provides specific information about the job to identify the operator well name location date and miscellaneous comments These items are not required and may be left blank if desired However they will appear in all printout for reference purpose only User should also select the desired system of units The default system of units is English al
15. int on the pipe This assumes that the pipe is stuck at the bottom and you start to pull the pipe at the surface Pegasus Vertex TADPRO It Packer setting analysis in Wellbore page of Input Window is selected then the program will also display the drag and torque at specified place on the pipe There are one table and 2 graphs for this analysis Pegasus Vertex TADPRO User can customize the graph setting and items to be included in MS Word report by clicking the Graph setting button on the toolbar D The user can customize all attributes of graph including titles and layouts by right clicking on the graph of interest to open the Graph Control window SS pid PRI mm Pegasus Vertex TADPRO IV 3 MS Word reports TADPRO can generate 2 types of MS Word report 1 2 page summary or 2 detailed report een etn WOB v red ar 1 i The 1 button on the toolbar is to generate 2 page summary while the 2 button is to generate full detailed report 1 2 page summary 2 Full report 47 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO IV 4 Sensitivity analysis It Include friction factor sensitivity analysis in Wellbore page of Input Window is selected user can view more detailed graphs of sensitivity analysis by clicking the sensitivity analysis button on the toolbar This will open up the Sensitivity Analysis Window Te wine Nab
16. is normally known However at design stage the survey data are only those points from a planned well path which is smooth and the dogleg severities are only from the build and tum rates To make the ideal well path smooth more realistic rough methods have been developed to apply artificial roughness tortuosity to smooth well path One of the tortuosity methods is adding a sinusoidal variation to both inclination and azimuth of a planned path with certain amplitude and period The following graph illustrates the original and tortured survey for the vertical section Well path tortuosity and friction factor affect the torque and drag analysis differently While friction factor is some time used as an all encompassing fudge factor to take into account all unknown conditions it has its limitations IL is necessary to use both to achieve more logic and realistic prediction Generally speaking the higher friction factor will yield higher torque and drag However in a vertical section the calculated normal force will be zero At this condition there won t be any drag or torque variation even we increase friction factor At this condition friction factor wil fail to act as fudge factor to calibrate the field measurement For this and more logic consideration itis desired to torture the well path to reflect the actual driling condition The mathematically smooth well path is not realistic because there is no absolut
17. ity of the software including the validity merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of any results obtained from the TADPRO program Pegasus Vertex Incorporated shall not be liable for any damages suffered by licensee as a result of using modifying or distributing this software or its derivatives 15 Technical Support For any questions comments or suggestions on TADPRO please contact Pegasus Vertex Inc 6100 Corporate Dr Suite 448 Houston TX 77036 Tel 719 981 5558 Fax 713 981 5556 E mail sales pvicom com Web www pvicom com Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Il Getting Started 11 1 Hardware and System Requirements In general any IBM compatible computers using a Pentium processor with Microsoft Windows 98 Windows NT 2000 and XP will be capable of running the software Additional resources such as additional RAM or a faster processor will greatly improve the performance of the software The minimum hardware and system Requirements are listed here Computer PC with Pentium Il 400MHz or faster Win T 2000 and XF 1024 by 768 pixels or higher with small font Installing the Software TADPRO is shipped on a CD containing necessary files to install the software Insert the TADPRO CD into CD ROM drive The installation program will automatically start the setup process Follow the on screen instructions After setup there will be a new program folder in Programs of Windows Start menu
18. izing the database Database button clicking which will open an extensive on line database of dril string casing and tubing 27 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Choose the desired one and click Accept to place dimensions in Input Window Once user finishes the wellbore and pipe input he could click the Wellbore schematic button on toolbar to view the wellbore schematic See Wellbore Schematic in Input Windows for details At various places in Input Window there are small buttons with caption f These are quick fil buttons which allows the user to quickly fill certain cells with default values User can click the button above the wellbore interval table to get the suggestions on friction factor selection 28 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO pen hoe stering Hendin ser then NE Eune Lo open fob Deen hole sing rtava indes 2 gt net tin lacis sory rase Fics tar tango x open rl datis lama This ia root tat hal lev Honan act ae Hass eis acon oa This window also asks for open hole starting interval index This input serves 3 purposes 1 Friction factor FF sensitivity analysis Normally FF for cased hole can be estimated but the FFs for open hole intervals are more difficulty to determine To perform sensitivity analysis for FF program needs to know the interval to vary the FF This index is used for this purpose 2 Friction factor FF Calibra
19. of TADPRO Right mouse click and select Clear table to clear the survey table 6 In the blank table click the top left cell in the table Then right click the mouse and select the Paste to paste the data into the survey It the original survey data have blank rows after using the above method to paste data into TADPRO the user can simply click Remove empty lines button on the right of the table to remove all the empty rows Please see the next 2 pictures for illustration 146 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Now that the data are pasted into TADPRO user can save the input data file The survey data are part of the input data file After the survey input the user can click Calculate button on the right of the survey table and view graphs on the wellbore trajectory These graphs include 1 Plane view 2 section view 3 3D view and 4 Dogleg as shown in the following graphs ES TADPRO Pegasus Vertex 48 TADPRO User can also preview and print out wellbore trajectory data table and graphs by clicking the Print survey file button in the toolbar immediately above the survey table to preview the printouts See the picture below 19 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 11H22 Import from text file If the survey information is contained in a text file TADPRO provides a easy way to extract survey information from it H t E pure eene
20. ors copy r amp b i ae amp 0 eu mjaeca Beas d This window allows the user to view the load profiles along the pipe when the string depth is varying from surface to TD Note that these profiles are dynamically changing when the string is moving along the wellbore Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1V 5 Casing flotation It Consider casing flotation check box in the Operation page of Input Window box is selected user can view impacts of air section length on hook load by clicking the casing flotation button on the toolbar This will open up the Casing Flotation Window LII X TR Wis abe cy eb ESTER aas saeua Hook load slack off vs string depth for various air section length 50 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1V 6 Tripping animation 51 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO In the 1 tab user can click the Deviated wellbore preview button within the plotting area a wellbore schematic with the summary data at that string deplh will be displayed as shown below m T i H iiri User can also view the load profile for each string depth by clicking the Report button
21. ove methods to determine the friction factor in a particular wellbore interval normally being the open hole section 32 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 6 Wellbore Schematic Once user finishes the wellbore and pipe input he can click the Wellbore schematic button on toolbar to view the wellbore schematic Wellbore Schematic allows the user to view the input data graphically User can zoom in the picture and copy or print it 33 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 7 Menu You can use menus and toolbars to give TADPRO instructions about what you want to do AA menu displays a list of commands Menus are located on the menu bar at the top of the window The menu system in TADPRO is typical of Windows applications Most functions are self explanatory as shown in the following picture There are 5 menus available in Input Window File Menu ri G nie Unter T Deae He ES p E E reba ato crass hos nate canara te be The File menu contains commands for creating retrieving saving and printing input data and quick retrieval of previously opened files The functions of the individual menu items are New clears all input entries for creating a new data fle 2 Open opens a dialog box for exploring the file system for TADPRO input data files with the extension CP2 3 Save replaces the existing input data fle with the current input data as shown on the screen No prompt is given before ov
22. ring depth for various operations Note that this is a surface torque history vs string depth for various operations He Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Side forse crea EU This is string reaches the TD Torque profile lt A ER u in snap shot of the lateral force distribution along the pipe when the This is snap shot of the torque distribution along the pipe when the string reaches the TD 42 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO Axial drag profiles and buckling limits IEEE p e This is snap shot of the axial drag distribution along the pipe for slack off drilling operations when the string reaches the TD Note that the program also calculates the buckling criteria including 1 sinusoidal buckling 2 helical buckling Axial force profile pick up ni This is snap shot of the axial drag distribution along the pipe for pick up operation when the string reaches the TD Note that the program also displays the tension limit Pegasus Vertex TADPRO WOB vs hook load for drilling C This graph shows the relationship of hook load and WOB for a particular drilling condition the overall drilibility of the well Tension vs hook load for backreaming Irt This graph shows the relationship of hook load and tension at bottom and at particular po
23. rmation The user may input up to 1000 survey stations The survey depth in row 1 should be 0 feet or 0 meters Survey depths must be in ascending order Wellbore survey data measured depth inclination angle and azimuth angle are entered into the first three columns of the table The values in other columns are calculated quantities The yellow background on these columns denotes they cannot be entered or edited by the user The survey data is very important in determining the wellbore trajectory and doglegs TADPRO not only uses the inclination angle changes but also consider the azimuth angle change to calculate the total dogleg The survey data directly affect the lateral load standoff calculation 14 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 102 1 Copy from Excel Spreadsheet If the user has survey data in certain electronic format he or she can easily copy the survey data from other applications such as MS Excel or Notepad into TADPRO by following these steps 1 Open the survey data file We are using MS Excel for example RIZ use W en on TRDI a IEE E Ernte cz e E 2 Highlight the data block containing measured depth inclination angle and azimuth angle 3 Click the right mouse button while the mouse pointer is inside the highlighted area ESSI 4 ene e Dessay FAN BERN WEE 45 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 4 Switch back to the Survey window
24. so called US Oil field Once the user selects the system of units program will keep the unit setting in the system so next time the user open the program it will have the same unit setting as in the previous session The default logo image as shown in the low left corner is that of Pegasus Vertex Inc Licensed user can put his or her own logo image into the program Simply create your own logo file with bitmap format and save it to TADPRO folder with name userlogo bmp Next time you run TADPRO your logo will appear in Input Windows and printouts User also can choose user logo and client s logo by clicking the Logo settings button on this window 12 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO E Friden ii rus NOCALO copie pele care 3 User logo represents the software licensee company It is normally displayed in the upper left corner of most printout This logo is a bitmap file named userlogo bmp stored with the executable file This window allows the user to browse the folders and find right graph for the user logo file Client logo represents the client company of software licensee It is normally displayed in the upper right comer of most printout This logo is a bitmap file named clientlogo bmp stored with the executable file This window allows the user to browse the folders and find right graph for the client logo file 18 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO This window provides wellbore trajectory info
25. tion This feature is illustrated in ILS Fraction Factor FF Calibration To perform FF Calibration program needs to know the interval to vary the FF This index is used for this purpose 8 Define FF for each string TADPRO allows the user to either input the FF for wellbore intervals or for each string For the 2 option TADPRO will ask the user to input the 2 FFs for each string one for cased hole one for open hole This index is used to let the program know the starting intervals of open hole intervals Note that friction factor is the representation of the friction between the wellbore casing and the drill string It is dependent on 1 mud type 2 contact surfaces formation type or tool joint material 3 cutting concentration and other conditions 29 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1 4 Operation ENTE RESTI This window allows the user to define the fluids in the wellbore system and operation parameters Mud weights affect buoyancy of the drill string and hook load at surface User can change the colors of fluids inside and outside of pipes These colors will be used in the pipe tripping animation TADPRO simulates the following 7 operations 1 Driling 2 Back reaming 8 Slide drilling 4 4 rotation on bottom 5 rotation off bottom 6 Tripping in 7 Tripping out The explanations of these operations and some abbreviations can be found in A
26. within the plotting area giask 53 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO 1V 7 3D animation drilling TADPRO is equipped with a more advanced visualization tool called 3D tripping animation User can click the button on the toolbar to open this window The 3D tripping animation not only shows the pipe wellbore configuration at different string depth but also shows the buckling status of pipe B4 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO V Other Windows V 1 Units Select Customized to make changes to any of the units Pulling down the drop down box attached to each quantity accesses allowable options for each quantity ITIUEPERPUS cs coo wa emkDmee A f Cc few e A A The Convert button will convert between different units Sc nmm Permet TOM EUM fa fw T orae fo n Cartons carton e B5 Pegasus Vertex TADPRO VI References 1 C A Johancsik et al Torque and Drag in Directional Wells Prediction and Measurement SPE Reprint Series No 30 Directional Drilling 1990 Edition Page 130 2 Dawson Rapier and Paslay P R Drilpipe Buckling in Inclined Holes SPE Reprint Series No 30 Directional Driling 1990 Edition Page 148 3 Jiang Wu and H C Juvkam Wold Drilling and Completing Horizontal Wells with Coiled Tubing SPE 26336 October 1993 4 Jiang Wu and H C Juvkam Wold Coiled Tubin
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