2021-2022

Regional Government of Kurdistan

University of Zakho

Department of Engineering

Petroleum Engineering

Prepared by: Mohammed Khalid

Stage: Third stage, Sixths semester
Lecturer: Sarkar Hama
Lecturer Assistant:

DelalPC
[Type the company name]
2021-2022
Preface

The purpose of this manual is twofold: first to acquaint the Drilling

Engineering students with the basic techniques of formulating, testing
and analyzing the properties of drilling fluid and oil well cement, and
second, to familiarize him with practical drilling and well control
operations by means of a simulator.

To achieve this objective, the manual is divided into two parts.

The first part consists of seven experiments for measuring the physical
properties of drilling fluid such as mud weight (density), rheology
(viscosity, gel strength, yield point) sand content, wall building and
filtration characteristics (the previous experiments that we took).

In the second part, there are five laboratory sessions that involve
simulated drilling and well control exercises. They involve the use of the
DS-100 Derrick Floor Simulator, a full replica of an actual drilling rig
with fully operations controls, which allow the student to become
completely absorbed in the exercises as he would in an actual drilling
operation. The simulator has realistic drilling rig responses that are
synchronized to specific events, like rate of penetration, rotary table
motion, and actual rig sounds such as accumulator recharge, break
draw works, etc. It is hoped that the material in this manual will
effectively supplement the theory aspect presented in the main course.
Well that all if we were really taking the labs practically not theoretically!

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................ 3
Theory ..................................................................................................... 4
Test Equipment ....................................................................................... 4
Procedure ............................................................................................... 5
Conclusion .............................................................................................. 5
References .............................................................................................. 6

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Introduction

The resistivity of water muds is

measured and controlled,
whenever desired to permit
better evaluation of formation
properties from electrical logs.
Measurements of the resistivity
of water muds, filtrates and filter
cakes are routinely applied in
electrical logging. Resistivity
measurement provides a rapid
means of detecting soluble salts
in barite and in waters, such as
makeup or produced waters.
The resistivity meter (Baroid) is a
portable measuring device designed to give an accurate measurement
of the resistivity of a small sample expressed in ohm-meters. The ohm-
meter reading may be converted into parts per million (ppm) using the
nomograph provided.
Conductivity is the reciprocal of resistivity. The chlorides concentration
is what is being used to know the amount of the salt that will give the
desired resistivity of the drilling mud.

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Theory

The resistivity (Wm) of a drilling mud is influenced by the dissolved salts

(ppm) or (gpg, grain per gallon) in the water portion and the insoluble
solid material contained in the water portion. The greater the
concentration of dissolved salts, the lower resistivity of the solution.
Unlike metals, the resistivity of a solution decreases as temperature
increases. It is necessary to measure resistivity because the mud, mud
cake, mud filtrate resistivity exert a strong effect on the electric logs
taken in that mud. The mud resistivity varies greatly from the actual
resistivity values due to the various factors encountered in the actual
operation.

Test Equipment
Equipment used is the Baroid Resistivity Meter (Fig.1 and 2).

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Procedure

1. Remove excess water from filter cake.

2. Fill the slot on top of the cell with mud cake.
3. Press black button and adjust for full scale.
4. While keeping the black button depressed, press red button.
5. Reading on the meter is the resistivity of mud cake.

Conclusion

The resistivity is a very important property to consider in a drilling fluid. The

measurement of resistivity gives us adequate information to know on the
concentration of soluble salts. Resistivity is measured by placing the sample in
a resistive container having two electrodes spaced so that electrical current
can flow through the sample. The main aim of this experiment is to
determine the resistivity of the mud sample, the effect of the additives on the
mud and then take the measurement using the Analog Resistivity meter. The
results were observed and recorded.

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References

 http://oilproduction.net/files/Drilling_engineering.pdf

 https://www.rigworker.com/engineering-3/v-jt.html

 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijo/2017/4750290/#conclusion

 https://www.ipl.org/essay/Resistivity-Of-Mud-Essay-FCZ8BLSY26

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilling_fluid