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BY . ASIF ZAMIR
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BY . ASIF ZAMIR
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BY . ASIF ZAMIR
PCB
4223 DRILLING HYDRAULICS
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BY . ASIF ZAMIR
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BY . ASIF ZAMIR
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-1: How can filter lose be optimized in the planning phase?
Q-2: How is filter loss treated if it shows an increasing tendency during
drilling?
Q-3: The water phase of a specific drilling fluid has the identical water
activity as the pore water of the sediments, and will penetrate into the
shale in accordance with Darcy's law, although in very small quantities. Is
it possible to reduce the flow of water without changing its salt content?
Q-4: Does particle size in mud has any importance during the drilling
process?
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-5: You have two sandstone formations of nearly equal pore pressure.
Will filtrate invasion be greater in sand with a permeability of 100 mD
and 20% porosity than the formation having permeability of 5 mD and
5% porosity? The final filter cake permeability in both the sands is
assumed to end at around 10-3 mD.
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-1: How can filter lose be optimized in the planning phase?
Answer:
Filtrate loss can be optimized in three ways
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-2: How is filter loss treated if it shows an increasing tendency during
drilling?
Answer
Increased filter loss is detected through the filter press test. Depending
on its rheology and other tests you normally find out which of the 3
qualities in question-1 is the problem.
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-3: The water phase of a specific drilling fluid has the identical water
activity as the pore water of the sediments, and will penetrate into the
shale in accordance with Darcy's law, although in very small quantities. Is
it possible to reduce the flow of water without changing its salt content?
Answer
Yes, it can be reduced by creating a filter in the shale. This can be done by
adding particles to the water phase where the average particle size
distribution is in the range of 1/3 of the average pore throat size
distribution. Small sized polymers (low molecular weight) will work.
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-4: Does particle size in mud has any importance during the drilling
process?
Answer:
Correct particle size distribution leads to an optimal filtrate loss (1/7 to
1/3 of pore throat opening).
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Fluid Properties
Filtrate Loss Control
Q-5: You have two sandstone formations of nearly equal pore pressure.
Will filtrate invasion be greater in sand with a permeability of 100 mD
and 20% porosity than the formation having permeability of 5 mD and
5% porosity? The final filter cake permeability in both the sands is
assumed to end at around 10-3 mD.
Answer:
Filtrate will lead to approximately the same invasion depth. Particles will
theoretically invade both sandstone formations approximately equal depth,
assuming the particle size distribution of the added or the existing particles in
the mud covres at least the range of 1/7th to 1/3rd of the pore size distribution.
This assumption is normally fulfilled through the presence of Bentonite /
Polymers+Barite+cuttings (disintegrated).
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Fluid Properties
Mud Rheology Control
Q-1: Will YP, PV and Effective Viscosity be influenced by Barite addition?
Q-2: Why is NaOH added to the drilling fluid?
Q-3: why does viscosity of water increases when bentonite is added?
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Fluid Properties
Mud Rheology Control
Q-4: In the upper wellbore section sea water is often used as a drilling fluid.
If the viscosifying effect of clay drilled through does not produce the proper
viscosity, addition of bentonite to the water has to be considered. Use figure
below and assume the quality of the drilled out clay corresponds to
premium drilling clay. Assume that ROP is 10 m/hr when using a 26 bit. The
pump rate is 3000 L/min. The densities of bentonite and water are 2.4 kg/L
and 1.0 kg/L respectively. The required mud viscosity must be above 15 cP.
Will the formation provides the required viscosity?
What is the maximum increase of water density (originally 1.0 kg/L) by
Bentonite addition, when an effective viscosity of 50 cP is the upper
boundary? (Density of Bentonite = 2.5 kg/L)
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Fluid Properties
Mud Rheology Control
Q-1: Will YP, PV and Effective Viscosity be influenced by Barite addition?
Answer:
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Q-2: Why is NaOH added to the drilling fluid?
Answer:
In order to
Suppress Ca++ from dissolving in mud
Keep anionic colloidal particles dispersed
Suppress corrosion and H2S and CO2 attack
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Mud Rheology Control
Q-3: why does viscosity of water increases when bentonite is added?
Answer:
Clay particles have a static, negative charge localized in the edges of the
colloidal particles, but with weak positively spots on the surface of the
platelets.
This triggers water! When studying the repulsive-attractive forces, it is
experienced that at low salt concentration or high colloidal
concentration, a very slow flocculation will take place, edges come closer
to the surfaces of other Montmorilonite particles.
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Mud Rheology Control
Q-4: Question given above
Answer:
(a)
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This shows that mud density can be increased to 1064 kg/m3 by the addition
of bentonite.
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Fluid Additives
Define the following additives and explain their relevance for drilling fluids
Anhydrite
Defloculants
Sodium Sulphate
Bentonite
Lignite / Lignosulfonate
Starch
Caustic soda
NaoH
Xanthan
CEC
MBT
Ligno-sulphonates
Chalk
PAC
CMC
Pre Hydrated
Colloid
PHPA
Dispergator
SAPP
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Define the following additives and explain their relevance for drilling fluids
0.002
mm
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Define the following additives and explain their relevance for drilling fluids
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Q: How does drilling fluids achieves the following functions:
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Q: How does drilling fluids achieves the following functions:
Lift cutting from the bottom to the surface
The must have sufficient viscosity & velocity to exceed the settling velocity
of the cuttings
Release cuttings at surface
The mud be thixotropic, i.e. it gels or sets when stationary or in low laminar
flow, but becomes less viscous during circulation and rigorously shaken by
the shale shaker
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Cools and lubricates drill bit and drill stem
A large proportion of the mechanical energy in the form of WOB, rotation
and hydraulic energy is dissipated as heat. Mud has a high heat capacity, is
voluminous (typically 100 m3) and absorbs the heat and allow the drill bit
and the rest of the drill string not to be heated
Prevent Blowouts
The drilling fluid achieves this by providing a hydrostatic pressure at least
greater than the formation pressure.
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