Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid
Circulation losses have always been a serious and expensive problem to the drilling industry. Even with the best drilling practices circulation losses do occur. In order to reduce such losses to acceptable level fluid Loss Control Material (LCM) is used. In this work, three natural water-insoluble c...
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| author | Ahmed Mohamed Alsabagh Mahmoud Ibrahim Abdou Hany El-sayed Ahmed Ahmed Abdel-salam Khalil Amany Ayman Aboulrous |
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| description | Circulation losses have always been a serious and expensive problem to the drilling industry. Even with the best drilling practices circulation losses do occur. In order to reduce such losses to acceptable level fluid Loss Control Material (LCM) is used.
In this work, three natural water-insoluble cellulosic materials; peanut hulls, bagasse and sawdust were investigated as lost circulation control materials. One hundred and eight different LCM samples made of various materials were tested with mud. The experiments were conducted in a permeability plugging apparatus (PPA) at a differential pressure of 100 psi and 300 psi, using 10, 60 and 90 ceramic discs. The performance of each LCM sample was determined based on the amount of spurt loss and total fluid loss of the mud according to the American Petroleum Institute (API) standard. The obtained results showed that, the amount of the fluid loss depends on the LCM material, concentration and size distribution, testing results show that, the peanut gives the best results among the bagasse and sawdust, especially fine size which exhibited better results in the filtration characteristics due to the better filling properties of this size. Peanut hulls, bagasse and sawdust show a slight effect on the rheological properties of the mud. The results were discussed on light of particle size distribution. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf1849dc66df4718b242cc2bac7ae6162025-08-20T02:04:13ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212015-12-0124446146810.1016/j.ejpe.2015.06.004Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluidAhmed Mohamed Alsabagh0Mahmoud Ibrahim Abdou1Hany El-sayed Ahmed2Ahmed Abdel-salam Khalil3Amany Ayman Aboulrous4Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Science, Banha University, EgyptEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptCirculation losses have always been a serious and expensive problem to the drilling industry. Even with the best drilling practices circulation losses do occur. In order to reduce such losses to acceptable level fluid Loss Control Material (LCM) is used. In this work, three natural water-insoluble cellulosic materials; peanut hulls, bagasse and sawdust were investigated as lost circulation control materials. One hundred and eight different LCM samples made of various materials were tested with mud. The experiments were conducted in a permeability plugging apparatus (PPA) at a differential pressure of 100 psi and 300 psi, using 10, 60 and 90 ceramic discs. The performance of each LCM sample was determined based on the amount of spurt loss and total fluid loss of the mud according to the American Petroleum Institute (API) standard. The obtained results showed that, the amount of the fluid loss depends on the LCM material, concentration and size distribution, testing results show that, the peanut gives the best results among the bagasse and sawdust, especially fine size which exhibited better results in the filtration characteristics due to the better filling properties of this size. Peanut hulls, bagasse and sawdust show a slight effect on the rheological properties of the mud. The results were discussed on light of particle size distribution.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115000872Natural cellulosic materialsSpurt lossPermeability plugging apparatusRheological properties |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Mohamed Alsabagh Mahmoud Ibrahim Abdou Hany El-sayed Ahmed Ahmed Abdel-salam Khalil Amany Ayman Aboulrous Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Natural cellulosic materials Spurt loss Permeability plugging apparatus Rheological properties |
| title | Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid |
| title_full | Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid |
| title_short | Evaluation of some natural water-insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water-based drilling fluid |
| title_sort | evaluation of some natural water insoluble cellulosic material as lost circulation control additives in water based drilling fluid |
| topic | Natural cellulosic materials Spurt loss Permeability plugging apparatus Rheological properties |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115000872 |
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