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Drilling Fluid Composition
Drilling Fluid Composition
Composition:
Phases
Soluble chemicals
Composition:
Water phase
Disadvantages:
Formation clays hydrate more, which
Slightly salty
30,000 mg/l
Calcium in Gulf of Mexico 400 ± mg/l
mg/l
Hardness in North Sea much higher
Composition:
Saturated salt water
M-I GEL
Attapulgite
SALT GEL
Composition:
Reactive solids
clays)
Composition:
Inert solids
Commercial
Barite (barium sulfate)
(M-I BAR)
maximum of 22 ppg±
Composition:
Inert solids
Fer-Ox
maximum of 25 ppg ±
Composition:
Inert solids
Calcium Carbonate
S.G. = 2.8, Density = 23.34 ppg
Acid soluble
Lo-Wate
Mica
Formation solids
S.G. = 2.6 ±, Density = 21.67 ppg ±
Sand
Limestone
Dolomite
Composition:
Soluble chemicals