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Round Trip Ton-Miles Calculation Guide

This document discusses how to calculate different types of ton-miles from rotary drilling, including round trip ton-miles. It provides the formula for calculating round trip ton-miles, which considers the buoyed weight of drill pipe and bottom hole assembly in mud, hole depth, drill pipe joint length, and weights of the travelling block and bottom hole assembly. The document also includes an example calculation of round trip ton-miles for a given drilling scenario, walking through determining individual weights and plugging them into the provided formula.

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Round Trip Ton-Miles Calculation Guide

This document discusses how to calculate different types of ton-miles from rotary drilling, including round trip ton-miles. It provides the formula for calculating round trip ton-miles, which considers the buoyed weight of drill pipe and bottom hole assembly in mud, hole depth, drill pipe joint length, and weights of the travelling block and bottom hole assembly. The document also includes an example calculation of round trip ton-miles for a given drilling scenario, walking through determining individual weights and plugging them into the provided formula.

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All types of ton-mile service should be calculated and recorded in order to obtain a true picture of the

total service received from the rotary drilling line. There are several types of ton miles as follows;
1. Round trip ton-miles
2. Drilling or connection ton-miles
3. Coring ton-miles
4. Ton-miles setting casing
5. Short-trip ton-miles
For this time, I will show how to calculate round trip ton-mile.
Round Trip Ton-Miles Calculation

The formula for round trip ton-miles is listed below;


RTTM = (Wp x D x (Lp + D) + (2 x D) x (2 x Wb + Wc)) (5280 x 2000)
where
RTTM = Round Trip Ton-Miles
Wp = buoyed weight of drill pipe in lb/ft
D = hole measured depth in ft
Lp = Average length per stand of drill pipe in ft
Wb = weight of travelling block in lb
Wc = buoyed weight of BHA (drill collar + heavy weight drill pipe + BHA) in mud minus the buoyed
weight of the same length of drill pipe in lb
** If you have BHA (mud motor, MWD, etc) and HWDP, you must add those weight into calculation
as well not just only drill collar weight. **
2000 = number of pounds in one ton
5280 = number of feet in one mile
Note: One ton-mile equals 10,560,000 foot- pounds, and is equivalent to lifting 2,000 pounds a
distance of 5,280 feet
Example: Round trip ton-miles

Mud weight = 10.0 ppg


Average length per stand = 94 ft
Drill pipe weight = 13.3 lb/ft
Hole measure depth = 5500 ft
Drill collar length = 120 ft
Drill collar weight = 85 lb/ft
HWDP length = 49 lb/ft
HWDP weight = 450 ft
BHA weight from directional driller = 8,300 lb
BHA length = 94 ft
Travelling block assembly = 95,000 lb
Solution:
a) Buoyancy factor:
BF = (65.5 10.0) 65.5
BF = 0.847
b) Buoyed weight of drill pipe in mud, lb/ft (Wp):
Wp = 13.3 lb/ft x 0.847
Wp = 11.27 lb/ft
c) buoyed weight of BHA (drill collar + heavy weight drill pipe + BHA) in mud minus the
buoyed weight of the same length of drill pipe in lb (Wc):
Wc = {[(12085) + (49450) + (8300)] x 0.847} [(120+450+94) x13.3x 0.847]
Wc = 26,866 lb
Round trip ton-miles = [(11.27 x 5500 x (94+ 5500)) + (2 x 5500) x (2 x 95000 + 26,866)] (5280 x
2000)
RTTM = 258.75 ton-mile

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