Effect of temperature and pressure on the density of drilling fluids

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5396464

McMordie, W C; Bland, R; Hauser, J M

Laboratory data are presented on the changes in the densities of 11-18 lb/gal oil and water base drilling fluids in the temperature and pressure ranges of 70/sup 0/-400/sup 0/F and 0-14,000 psig. Results indicate that the change in density of a given type of drilling fluid appear to be independent of the initial density of the fluid, and as oil base drilling fluids are subjected to high temperatures and pressures, they become more dense than water base drilling fluids. The test apparatus and calibration are also described.

• Research Organization: Hughes Drilling Fluids
• OSTI ID: 5396464
• Report Number(s): CONF-820927-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE11114; Conference: 57. AIME Society of Petroleum Engineers annual technical conference and exhibition, New Orleans, LA, USA, 26 Sep 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
DENSITY
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
DRILLING FLUIDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
NATURAL GAS WELLS
WELL DRILLING
OIL WELLS
BASES
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
DATA ANALYSIS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PETROLEUM
WELL PRESSURE
WELL TEMPERATURE
DATA
DRILLING
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
WELLS
020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
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Production
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