Laboratory Evaluation of Sealing Wide Fractures using Conventional Lost Circulation Materials

• Published in: All Days
• Main Authors: Al-Saba, Mortadha, Nygaard, Runar, Saasen, Arild, Nes, Olav Magnar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars' Mine 2014
• Subjects: Efficiency; Laboratories; Oil Well Drilling; Particle Size Analysis; Pelletizing; Petroleum Engineering; Breakdown Pressure; Constant Pressures; Design Treatments; Different Particle Sizes; Experimental Evaluation; Laboratory Evaluation; Laboratory Procedures; Lost Circulation Materials; Fracture; Geology; Barents Sea; Psi
• Online Access: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/geosci_geo_peteng_facwork/1145; https://doi.org/10.2118/170576-MS

Preventing or mitigating fluid losses caused by the presence of natural fractures is a major challenge faced by operators when drilling exploratory wells in the Barents Sea. Natural fractures widths vary significantly which makes it difficult to design treatments using conventional lost circulation...