Preventing Mud Losses underbalanced drilling strenghtening wellbore stress cage theory depleted zones extended reach drilling lost circulation mixture of particulate materials to seal the micro-fractures increase fracture gradient both land offshore

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4. Application
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g%20milj%c3%b8rapport%20201
4(02).pdf
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WBM left in hole or lost (tons)

5. Application
Source:
http://www.norskoljeoggass.no/G
lobal/2014%20dokumenter/Noro
g%20milj%c3%b8rapport%20201
4(02).pdf
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OBM Consumption (tons) OBM Discharge (tons)
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OBM left in hole or lost (tons)

6. The LCM Generating Stabilizer

7. The
Result

8. The LCM shear stabilizer has
potential
to be run every where…………
Vegar Haraldsen
vegar@oilfieldinnovations.com
+47 944 26 896