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Comprehensive Mud Program Guide

The document discusses the key factors considered in developing a mud program for drilling a well. It outlines the extensive data required, including lithology, well design, fluid properties, physical/chemical properties, and wellbore conditions. The mud program specifies the mud type, products, inventory, and best practices to optimize safety, environment, time, cost, and productivity based on the well design and formation conditions. Developing a customized mud program is an essential part of well planning.

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Comprehensive Mud Program Guide

The document discusses the key factors considered in developing a mud program for drilling a well. It outlines the extensive data required, including lithology, well design, fluid properties, physical/chemical properties, and wellbore conditions. The mud program specifies the mud type, products, inventory, and best practices to optimize safety, environment, time, cost, and productivity based on the well design and formation conditions. Developing a customized mud program is an essential part of well planning.

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Mud Program

Presented by
Samuel O. Osisanya, Ph.D.; P.E.
Associate Professor
The University of Oklahoma
Introduction
• The following factors are considered in the
preparation of a mud program
– Safety
– Environmental concerns
– Time
– Cost
– Productivity of the well (formation damage)
• A lot of data is required to build a mud program
Data Required
● Lithology:
 Lithology
 Geological correlations,
 Depth,
 Temperature and geothermal gradient,
 Reservoir pressures,
 Tectonic constraints (earth stresses)
Project Data
• Drill site
• Well numbers
• Location
• Period
• Rig number and type
• Total estimated project cost
Well Design Data
• Well Profiles (vertical, directional, or
horizontal)
• Casings program (hole sizes – bit
sizes), i.e. sections
• Bit type (roller cone bit or diamond bit
• Drilling technology (conventional, slim
hole, or horizontal)
Fluid Properties
● Density
● Inhibition power
● Temperature stability
● Lubricity
● Environmental concerns
● Solids control facilities
● Delay
● Cost
Physical Properties
• Density
• Rheology
• Thixotropy
• Filtration
• Lubricity
Chemical Properties
● Inhibition
● Salinity and chlorides
● Alkalinity
● Ions concentrations
– Sulfates, Carbonates
– Calcium, Magnesium
Wellbore Condition
• Filtration,
– Mud cake,
– Swelling,
– Stuck pipe,
– Caving
• Density,
– Influx ,
– Losses,
– Well bore instability
Wellbore Condition

● Alkalinity
 Swelling
 Acid gases
● Salinity
 Salt formation
 Osmotic pressure
Wellbore Condition
● Viscosity,
– Hole cleaning ,
– Consolidation ,
– Thixotropy (gels)
● Drilling parameters
– Velocities
– Pump rates
– Flows
The Final Program
● General data
– Phase section, Casing ,Top shoe
– Formation, Depth, Lithology
● Mud type
– Specifications
– Products used and Prices
● Safe Inventory
– Barite
– Lost circulating materials
Best Practices
● Drilling reservoirs
– Limit circulating time,
– Minimize drilling operations,
● Mud filtrate
– Use drill-in fluids
– Minimize cake and filtrate
● Solids control
– Optimize solids control equipment
Best Practices
• Hole cleaning
– Fann - 6 rpm
– Adapted flow rate
– YP/PV ratio
• Losses
– Optimize solids control
– Use lost circulation materials
• Hydrate prevention
– Use fluid treated with NaCl and Glycol
Typical Flow Path for Well Planning Showing the
Position of Mud Program

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