Conventional drilling fluid density design based on the onset of yielding may not adequately balance wellbore stability against the available mud-weight window in deepwater sandstone–mudstone interbeds, where collapse and lost-circulation risks coexist. Using three-pressure profiles, actual mud weights, and operational...
Conventional solid-weighted drilling fluids suffer from particle settling under high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) conditions and easily induce irreversible reservoir pore damage, limiting safe drilling in deep HTHP reservoirs. To address these drawbacks, two solids-free water-in-oil emulsion drill-in fluid syst...
P. Xiao, Yu-Long He, Jiu-Yong Wei et al.· Processes· 0 citations
To mitigate weighting-agent settlement, reservoir pore-throat plugging, and water-sensitivity damage during deep high-temperature drilling, a solids-free high-density oil-based drill-in fluid was developed using synthetic base oil as the continuous phase and potassium formate brine as the dispersed phase. Within the fo...