Gunk Plug for Adhi-14

There are three technique to cure losses

• LCM pill
• If LCM pill is not worthwhile then Cement slurry.
• If cement slurry is not curing the losses then Gunk slurry can be
effective.

As we have severe losses and a state of no returns on Adhi-14 Gunk slurry

can be effective but the following things should be kept in mind according to
the present and previous Bore hole conditions.
We possibly have a severe loss zone at 2650m and an inflow zone at 2570m.
Advantages
• As soon as the gunk slurry will come in contact with water it will swell
and plug the thief zones.
• As we cannot squeeze gunk slurry because of low level of mud in
annulus, gunk slurry will follow the path of thief zones and will plug the thief
zones.
• In case gunk slurry will remain in the annulus, pipes will not stuck as
bentonite has no yield, compressive and tensile strength.
Disadvantages
• Gunk slurry requires a proper squeeze job that can be possible only
when the annulus is full otherwise it will rise up the annulus.
• As we have inflow zone at 2570m, the flow may push some volume of
slurry upwards immediately blocking the annulus after swelling of bentonite.
• We may face some difficulties while circulating out the gunk slurry in
the annulus.
• If gunk slurry in the annulus is not circulated out then cleaning with bit
is required.

BHI Mud Engineers

Syed Altaf Hussain/Kamran Khan
 Gunk Plug#1 of 50 bbls at Adhi-14

 RIH with 5” OEDP to 2604m.

 R/Up Halliburton lines and test at 5000psi and flush lines with HSD.
 Prepare 50bbls of Gunk slurry in Halliburton Bubble mixer with 11100lbs(111 Sxs) of Mil-Gel in
37bbls of HSD.
 Pump 10bbls of HSD as pre-flush from the Halliburton tank.
 Pump 50bbls of Gunk slurry @ 4BPM.
 Pump 5bbls of HSD as post flush from Halliburton tank.
 Pump 94bbls of 1.95 S.G mud and close the pipe rams.
 Squeeze 25bbls Gunk slurry @4BPM down the drill pipe and 2BPM down the annulus simultaneously.
 Squeeze 13bbls Gunk slurry @2BPM down the drill pipe and 1BPM down the annulus simultaneously.
 Squeeze the remaining 12bbls Gunk slurry(by a hesitation squeeze) @1BPM down the drill pipe and
0.5BPM down the annulus simultaneously to obtain a pressure build up.
 The ratio of pumping fluid through drill string and annulus should be 2:1.
 Squeeze pressure should not exceed 500psi at any stage.
 Reciprocate the string during pumping and if there is any drag indication then break connection and pull
back to the point where drill string is free.
 The gunk slurry has no pumping time limitations inside the drill pipe.
 If a pressure build up is achieved, open the pipe rams and circulate out any gunk that might have moved
up the annulus above the OEDP. Do not reverse out gunk.
 The squeezed job is optimum only when the annulus is full of mud column. Therefore annulus should
be filled before pumping gunk slurry.
 After squeeze job, pull back string to shoe and wait for 8 hours.

BHI Mud Engineers.

Syed Altaf Hussain/Kamran Khan

Specific Gravity of Bentonite is = 2.39

1 ton of bentonite will give u = 2.63bbls
Recipe for gunk slurry is
1 part Diesel and 3 parts Bentonite
i.e. 0.65 bbl diesel and 3 sacks(100lbs) of bentonite

To prepare slurry of 400lbs/bbls

34bbls diesel and 136 sacks(13600lbs) of Gel is required

To prepare slurry of 200lbs/bbls

40bbls diesel and 83 sacks(8365lbs) of Gel is Required.

Diesel Compatibility Test

Take Diesel in Sand measuring cylinder up to 20% level.
Take water up to mud level sign.
Shake vigorously for 3-5 minutes.
Leave it for 10-15 minutes.
Diesel should be on top and water on bottom w/out any emulsion b/w.
If this happens diesel is suitable for use in mixing gunk slurry.