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Drilling Fluids
Functions of a Drilling Fluid
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspend Solids
Environment
Corrosion
Support Part of DS
Cost
Introduction to Drilling Fluids
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspend Solids
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspend Solids
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspend Solids
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspension of Solids
Conglomeration of loose
material around pore throat
Wettability change
Emulsion formation
Fluid saturation change/fluid blocking
Water coning
Gas breakout
Condensate banking
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspension of Solids
The filter cake reduces the flow of fluid into the formation.
Special additives are added to improve the cake quality:
Bridging material
Plate like material
Plugging material
Hole Cleaning
Pressure Control
Suspension of Solids
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Other Functions
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Environmental Impact - Offshore
Man
Sheen Discharge
Mussel
(Mytilus sp.) Bioaccumulation
Zooplankton
Algae
(Acartia sp.) Taint
(Skeletonema sp.)
Fish
Shrimp (Scophthalamus sp.)
(Mysidopsis sp.)
Sediment Reworker
Biodegradation (Corophium sp.)
Environmental Impact - Land
Discharge
- Chlorides
- Heavy metals
- pH Liquid Drilled
- TDS Waste Cuttings
- BOD, COD
- Clarity
Disposal
- Toxicity
- Chlorides
Treat - Heavy metals
- Oil content
- Solids content
Recycle
- Solids content
Other Considerations
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Secure Maximum Hole Information
Analyses of gases
The gases should separate easily from the mud
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Control Corrosion
The fluid should be non corrosive to the:
Drill string
Casing
Surface equipment Corrosion leads to loss of
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Support Part of the Tubular
Weight
Environment
Corrosion
Cost
Maximize Penetration Rates
The fluid properties greatly influence penetration rates by:
Removing cuttings from below the bit and wellbore
Reducing the cushioning effect of solids between the bit
teeth and the formation
Reducing the hydrostatic differential
Increasing the jet velocity
Bits
Rig days,
Bits,
Rig days
Ft/Bit.
Ft/Bit
5 10
Solids Content (%volume)
Well Cost
Maintain
borehole stability
Minimise
loss of fluid Suspend barite
to the formation under static and
dynamic conditions
Control
formation Remove
pressure drilling cuttings
from the hole
Slightly salty