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2.5. Pressures

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2.5.5. Equivalent Mud Weight

Task is used to compute an equivalent mud weight that would increase hydrostatic pressure to be equal the sum of the shut in pressure and the hydrostatic pressure of mud in the hole.

Input Values
	Mud Weight	Density of the mud inside well
	TVD	True vertical depth of interest
	Shut In Pressure	The difference between the formation pressure and that of the hydrostatic head of the drilling fluid in the hole
Results
	Equivalent Mud Weight	The mud weight that would exert a hydrostatic pressure equal to the sum of the shut in pressure and the hydrostatic pressure of mud in the well