KSQR- Scenarios Flashcards
During a frac job you arrive on location to find that the company man has switched the wellhead on you and you will now have to frac down through the annulus rather than down the tubing. This won’t be an issue for you as you brought enough equipment to do this, but now you are unsure if the treating pressures will be the same (as you haven’t re-run the designs). To matters worse the client wants you to start the job as soon as possible as he has to return home in 2 hours and said if you don’t start now he will find another company. Are you KSQR compliant?
Answer: NO! “Pump the job as designed. ANY deviation from the original job procedure requires agreement with client representatives, JS and LM.” In this case you will have to basically conduct a management of change as since you will see different pressures, have different equipment to rig up to and have not an agreed upon design you will have to manage this properly
During your rig-up, you notice that one of the eight-foot joints doesn’t have a stainless steel band on it from the last iron inspection, but you’re pretty sure it must have gotten inspected, because your truck was in the shop for a day and a half. Also, there’s a strip on the iron where the paint seems to be scratched where the band should go.
What should you do?
Answer: DON’T USE IT! Red tag or separate it from the rest and have it removed from the truck when you return back to the base for re-inspection.
Your truck was left in a “staging area” you’ve got out in the field after your last job and you all rode back in the Supervisor’s truck. The next evening, you roll back out for the next job for the same client. It’s another simple stage on a well you frac’d yesterday, just like you always do with this client.
What do you have to check on your truck?
Answer: STEM I, all pre trip.
You’re going to be pumping a job at 45 BPM and expect about 4800 psi treating pressure. You’ll be using the PCM and POD II that you always use, and will have 5 pumpers on location, each pumping about 9 BPM. You always rig up your low pressure side with 4” hoses.
How many 4” hoses do you need from the frac tanks to the PCM?
How many 4” hoses do you need from the PCM to the POD?
How many 4” hoses do you need from the POD to the each pumper?
Frac tanks to PCM 6 hoses
PCM to POD 6 hoses,
POD to Missile Discharge 5 hoses
The weather stinks, and the location roads are muddy. You get both the PCM and one of your pickups stuck on the way in. You end up getting to location about an hour and a half late. Things keep going slow, and by the time you’re ready to pump, you’re running way behind. The company man is a good guy, and says he’s helped you out to get going quicker – he checked the water level in the tanks for you, and they’re all completely full.
Answer: Tell him you appreciate the help. Have a spare person strap the tanks while you are rigging up. If after everything is rigged up, politely explain to him that you must finish re-checking the tanks prior to starting. Blame it on your FSM if you need to (haha, just kidding)
