Lost circulation technology development status
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OSTI ID:5213782
Lost circulation is the loss of drilling fluid from the wellbore to fractures or pores in the rock formation. In geothermal drilling, lost circulation is often a serious problem that contributes greatly to the cost of the average geothermal well. The Lost Circulation Technology Development Program is sponsored at Sandia National Laboratories by the US Department of Energy. The goal of the program is to reduce lost circulation costs by 30--50% through the development of mitigation and characterization technology. This paper describes the technical progress made in this program during the period April 1991--March 1992. 8 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5213782
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-92-0674C; CONF-920378-6; ON: DE92016090
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Geothermal energy program review: geothermal energy and the utility market--the opportunities and challenges for expanding geothermal energy in a competitive supply market, San Francisco, CA (United States), 24-26 Mar 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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