..., and lastly in Field M3. M1 consists of two (2) development wells, M2 five (5) development wells, and M3 three (3) development wells. The reservoir section of all wells was the same, GL Limestone. Figure 2 shows the drilling order of the three fields in the campaign. Table 3 shows the drilling fluid...

... and application of a relatively basic HPWBM for the first well. A separate, high temperature fluid was developed to address the requirement for drilling the high temperature and pressure sections. Fluid Design The process for designing drilling fluids for exploratory wells is well established. Given...

... /(%) MgO/(%) SiO 2 /(%) MnO/(%) CaO/(%) Al 2 O 3 /(%) 1 43.20 45.63 5.11 2.63 0.45 0.33 2.65 2 45.19 42.63 5.80 2.89 0.30 0.29 2.90 3 44.23 43.61 5.02 2.71 0.41 0.25 3.77 Ultra-High Density Oil-Based Drilling Fluids API barite, micronized barite, hematite...

... Abstract Drilling stable boreholes in shale formations can be a very challenging task when water-based drilling fluids are used. The interactions between water phase in drilling fluids with shale rocks cause different drilling problems such as shale swelling and dispersion. The extent to which...

... mechanisms, still preserve KCL\polymer mud as an efficient solution even in sensitive areas. Cost effective silica-alumina nano drilling fluids as KCL substitution, provides inhibition both mechanically and chemically which is not achievable by other inhibitors. The silica-alumina nano-drilling fluid system...

... for deepwater HTHP wells in Lingshui block of western South China Sea, it is suggested that the solution of drilling problems for deepwater HTHP wells should start from drilling fluid. Several major technical problems are required to be addressed by drilling fluid, such as co-exist of low temperature and high...

... inhibitive water-based drilling fluids were essential to improve the wellbore stability of the challenging sections. To understand the mechanisms of shale-drilling fluid interactions when exposed to water-based drilling fluids, the morphology and mineralogy of shale samples were characterized via scanning...

... Abstract When it comes to ultra-deep wells drilling, there are multiple difficulties to be considered: over-pull and blockage during tripping because of swelling of shale and clay, instability, and costly maintenance of traditional water-based drilling fluid in high temperature. In order...

... Abstract Shale-gas plays have gained significant importance in China. Sichuan Basin, industry's primary focus for shale gas, has finished hundreds of wells. The employed drilling fluids for drilling shale horizontal wells here are mostly oil-based muds (OBMs), due to its well-known excellent...

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... hydraulics calculations, by using PR equations of state (EOS) to predict the PVT behavior of the drilling fluid with dissolved gas. The validity of the model including liquid volume fraction and pressure drop have been both verified with large-scale flow loop experimental date at The University of Tulsa...

..., requiring high mud overbalance to maintain hole stability in wells with high inclinations, which resulted in recurrent differential sticking incidents. The use of formate based drilling fluids in this field, gained acceptance over time, primarily to minimize drilling problems. The downside of formate muds...

... conventionally in overbalance. The strategy adopted to mitigate the risk of massive fluid losses was to use a 12.7 ppg (statically and dynamically underbalanced) potassium / sodium formate drilling fluid in combination with MPD technology to control the level of overbalance through backpressure. The reservoir...

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... the formation with same bottomhole pressure even in time where the mud pump has to be turned off such as during making connection. Another benefit of CBHP is to enable the user to drill the formation in overbalance condition even with drilling fluid which has lighter density than the formation pressure...

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... permeability at near wellbore. The liquid invasion damage is mainly controlled by capillary pressure and relative permeability curves. Water blocking and phase trapping damage is one of the main concerns in use of water based drilling fluid in tight gas reservoirs, since due to high critical water saturation...

... wellbore geometry while drilling has been performed. A fully automated test robot has been designed and experiments were performed in different drilling fluids and wellbore geometries. That test robot allows emulating vertical as well as lateral movements of a sensor head in an artificial wellbore filled...

... ]. Thus, in this study the elastoplastic computations are carried out using a modified Cam Clay yield criterion including a chemical softening which can be expressed as: upstream oil & gas wellbore integrity drilling fluid international journal reservoir characterization pore pressure shale...

... in highly abrasive formation with long period. (2) Wellbore instability challenges effective application of drilling bit and performance maintenance of drilling fluid. In previous casing program, the intermediate casing is always designed to isolate cavy formations like Nenjiang Group and Qingshankou...