Copyright 2013, SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition This paper was prepared for presentation at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5-7 March 2013. This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE/IADC program committee following review of information contained in an abstract submitted by the author(s). Contents of the paper have not been reviewed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers or the International Association of Drilling Contractors and are subject to correction by the author(s). The material does not necessarily reflect any position of the Society of Petroleum Engineers or the International Association of Drilling Contractors, its officers, or members. Electronic reproduction, distribution, or storage of any part of this paper without the written consent of the Society of Petroleum Engineers or the International Association of Drilling Contractors is prohibited. Permission to reproduce in print is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words; illustrations may not be copied. The abstract must contain conspicuous acknowledgment of SPE/IADC copyright. Abstract Conventional well control procedures rely merely on the pit gain and variations in pump pressure as the primary indicators to detect and handle the influx. These indicators are rudimentary and unreliable for drilling costly offshore wells while advanced well control techniques demand more reliable indicators for early detection of gas kicks. Having access to continuous pressure data along the wellbore, offered by intelligent (wired) drillpipes, can be very helpful in detecting and handling gas kicks. This paper proposes a technique for early gas detection during conventional drilling by utilizing the intelligent drill pipe. For this purpose, different flow regions in the annulus are identified and modeled based on the conservation equations.