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2018 , Vol. 45 >Issue 6: 1082 - 1091

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11698/PED.2018.06.17

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Bridging performance of new eco-friendly lost circulation materials

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  • 1. Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran 14857-33111, Iran;
    2. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran;
    3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115-111, Iran;
    4. School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia;
    5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran

Received date: 2018-03-26

  Revised date: 2018-08-09

  Online published: 2018-09-10

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Abstract

Lost circulation is one of the most important concerns of the drilling industry, causing excessive expenditure and increasing the non-productive drilling time. In this study, various lost circulation materials (LCMs) were used to control the lost circulation of two types of drilling fluids, bentonite mud and a new eco-friendly mud, named RIA-X, which has a remarkable effect on decreasing the amount of lost circulation in fractured and highly permeable reservoirs. The Bridging Material Test (BMT) apparatus was used to investigate the effectiveness of various LCMs in fractures of various sizes and to select the LCM and combination with the best performance. The use of three-dimensional fractures is one of the most notable points of this work, which makes the experimental conditions similar to those of real wells. The lost control performance of the new eco-friendly LCMs in RIA-X mud was tested in field. The outcomes show that the designed LCMs are able to control severe lost circulation that regular processes such as cementing or drilling with foam cannot deal with.

Key words： eco-friendly; lost circulation material; drilling mud; bridging material test; lost circulation

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NASIRI Alireza, GHAFFARKHAH Ahmadreza, DIJVEJIN Zahra Azimi, MOSTOFI Masood, MORAVEJI Mostafa Keshavarz . Bridging performance of new eco-friendly lost circulation materials[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2018 , 45(6) : 1082 -1091 . DOI: 10.11698/PED.2018.06.17

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