Kick

Kick is a unique software program for well control engineering, training and decision making support. The software is based on the results of R&D activities of multi-phase flow modelling, laboratory and full-scale experiments and extensive verification. The simulator uses advanced mathematical models in order to simulate the real process in the well. It can handle various wells, including many special and complex conditions. Kick is the result of extensive R&D activities within well control, performed at Petec and Rogaland Research during the last decades.

Key features

• Evaluation of well control procedures
• Kick tolerance studies
• Evaluation of casing setting depths
• Casing design
• Design of surface equipment
• Evaluation of kick detection systems
• Post analysis of kick incidents
• Training of key personnel prior to difficult drilling operations

Making mistakes in a kick situation can be dangerous and result in huge costs additions to your total well project. Should things go terrible wrong, it might result in an uncontrolled blow-out situation. Even if a normal kick incident rarely leads to a full blow-out situation, it is expensive to handle the kick due to the costly rig time which is lost. A primary goal for drilling engineers is therefore to avoid any kick situation in well planning and design. Proper well design by using an accurate kick simulator is fairly critical when trying to reduce the frequency of kick incidence and to find the optimal method for handling a kick.

Furthermore, as the drilling targets are getting harder to reach, it may be necessary to evaluate safety margins in the well design. Trying to maintain an adequate safety level will require careful planning involving advanced software. Kick is a superior engineering tool used world-wide by drilling engineers for achieving best well control.