Comments on: Advances in high-performance drilling fluids enhance wellbore strength, help curb loss

By: Dr. Milap

Dr. Milap — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:43:39 +0000

The issue of imparting hydrate suppression to Water based mud still needs more attention than what it is attracting today. With increased use of LDHIs the mud formulations need to exhibit tendency to resist the formation of hydrates at mud weights as low as 8.7. This is one of the biggest challenge industry is facing today in order to achieve the breakthrough and provide additional option to operators to use WBM over SOBM

By: maboshi11

maboshi11 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:50:01 +0000

we use water and clay and HPAM only to drill shale formation and 400meters a day. very reliablly

By: Drilling Fluids

Drilling Fluids — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:08:48 +0000

The main sources of drilling fluids into water environment are accidental spillage, standing of tankers and also drill cutting processes. 3-4 million tonnes of oil gets wasted in the sea through human activities and tanker accidents.

By: Drilling Fluids

Drilling Fluids — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:28:30 +0000

drilling fluid teams throughout the industry have developed high-performance drilling fluids to meet environmental regulations while utilizing wellbore-strengthening techniques to preserve the well.“Reliability is a key factor for the operators. They want a fluid that is reliable, and the more reliable fluids are oil-based or synthetic-based muds,”

By: Ryen Caenn

Ryen Caenn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:11:45 +0000

Excellent review of current muds, but there are mud companies other than the big three who are very successful at wellbore stability/strengthening. In particular you should interview Newpark and Scomi drilling fluids.