2. Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
Organization
Richard Williams
President
Dwight Strickland
Vice President, Technology
Bill Smith
Region Manager
North America
Alan Corbett
Region Manager
Asia, Caspian, Middle East (ACME)
Ray Herrero
Region Manager
Europe, Africa, Russia Fluids (EARF)
Open
Region Manager
Latin America
Gerald Smith
Director of Global Operations
Terri Hanna
V.P., Human Resources
Judy Purucker
Executive Assistant
Craig Muller
Vice President,Marketing
3. Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids
Markets
▪ Drilling and Completion Fluids
Effective, environmentally safe fluids to
optimize wellbore construction process and
maximize production.
▪ Fluids Environmental Services
Cost effective environmental compliance
through efficient handling and disposal of
waste.
▪ Industrial Products
Specialty products for mining, water well
and horizontal directional drilling (HDD)
applications.
4. BHDF Region Breakdown
*
Latin America Region (LAR) Asia, Caspian, Middle East Region (ACME)
North America Region (NAR) Europe, Africa, Russia Region (EARF)
5. Baker Hughes Global Presence and
Regional Fluids Laboratory Locations
Aberdeen
Kuala Lumpur
Houston
Maracaibo
7. Emulsion Systems
▪ Emulsion Systems
– Superior drilling performance
– Excellent borehole stability
– Environmentally acceptable
▪ Multiple oil and synthetic base fluids
– Enhanced mineral oils (CARBO-DRILL)
– Internal olefins (SYN-TEQ)
– Others (SYN-TEQ CF)
▪ Specialty applications
– Low influence on geochemical analysis
(GEO-TEQ)
– Ultra-low viscosity olefin for land
operations (SYNTERRA)
– HTHP ( MAGMA-TEQ)
– Low ECD/TTRD
8. Emulsion Systems: CARBO-DRILL
▪ Introduced 20 years ago
▪ Environmentally safer,
mineral-oil-base alternative
to diesel oil muds
▪ Primarily used on land and
in zero-discharge offshore
operations
9. Emulsion Systems: SYN-TEQ
▪ Superior drilling performance and
environmental acceptability in one
synthetic-base drilling fluid
▪ First system to employ low-viscosity,
olefin isomers
▪ Compliant with 2002 stock
limitations requirements
▪ Minimal rheological changes with
temperature fluctuations
– Retains optimum properties at
temperatures above 400°F (204°C)
▪ Cost-effective
10. Emulsion Systems: SYN-TEQ CF
▪ Optimized drilling performance
– Excellent filtration control
– Extremely low base fluid pour
point
(-39°F / -39°C)
▪ Compliant, non-aqueous drilling
fluid design
– Specifically formulated to meet
NPDES permit for Western GoM
▪ Simple, cost-effective
formulations
11. Emulsion Systems: MAGMA-TEQ
▪ Emulsion-based HTHP systems utilizing either:
– Synthetic base fluid
– Low aromatic mineral oil
▪ Superior drilling performance
– Rheological stability >400ºF (204ºC)
– Minimal density differentiation under
dynamic and static conditions
▪ Specificallydesigned to use commonly
available, aromatic-free base oils
▪ Minimal occupational hygiene exposure
▪ North Sea compliant
12. Product Launches: Water-Based Fluids
1990 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006
NEW- DRILL Cuttings Integrity
Pressure Transmission
PPT & Clay swelling
ROP Enhancement
HT Drilling Fluid
High Performance WBM
P M
E
R
F
O
R AX
H
i
g
h P
e
rfo
rm
a
nc
e W
B
M
P M
E
RF
O
R A
X
Pressure Trans., Cuttings Integrity, Clay Swelling,
ROP Enhancement
Clay Swelling
13. High-Performance Water-Base
Systems
▪ Designed to emulate the
invert-emulsion drilling
performance
▪ First service company to
introducehigh performance
water based water muds
– PYRO-DRILL HTHP fluid
(1980’s)
– AQUA-DRILL cloud-point
glycol system (early 1990’s)
– PERFORMAX new-generation
high-performance WBM
system (2004)
14. Water-Based Systems: PYRO-DRILL
▪ Advanced, proprietary WBM designed for
hostile downhole conditions
– Geothermal
– HTHP
▪ Superior drilling perfomance under
hostile conditions
– High temperature stability > 400° F (204° C)
– Reduced corrosion
– Excellent return permeability
▪ Environmentally safe
▪ Cost effective
16. Water-Based Systems: PERFORMAX
▪ High-performance WBM
▪ Emulate emulsion-based drilling
performance
– Superior shale inhibition
▪ Membrane effects
▪ Reverse osmosis (low activity)
▪ Reduced pore pressure
– Excellent clay stability
– Cuttings encapsulation
– High ROP
– Minimize bit balling & accretion
– Minimize differential sticking
– Torque & drag
High Performance WBM
P M
E
R
FO
R AX
H
i
g
h P
e
rfo
rm
a
nc
e W
B
M
P M
E
RF
O
R A
X
17. Hydrocarbon Recovery
1990 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003
BIO-LOSE 90
1992
BARACLEAN 5 & 6 Clean Up System
DISPLEX
PERFFLOW 100 / PERFFLOW HD
2004
CLEAR-DRILL DIF
19. Hydrocarbon Recovery Systems:
PERFFLOW DIF
▪ Unmatched DIF experience
– Introduced the first DIF (1994)
– Applied more DIF specialty fluids
more than any other company
▪ Custom-formulated PERFFLOW DIF
systems
– Addresses specific reservoir
conditions
– Maximizes hydrocarbon recovery
– Minimal pressure to initiate
production
– Simplified wellboreclean-up
– Applicable across a wide range of
formation permeabilities
20. Hydrocarbon Recovery:
Completion Brine Fluids
▪ Complete line of Completion Brine
Fluids (CBF)
▪ CBF Engineering and support services
– Certified engineers
– Specialty products
– Customized brine systems
– Advanced displacement software
(Displex)
– High flow rate filtration services
– Quality assurance
– Reporting software (Clear Advantage)
21. OMNIFLOW DIF
Kill/Choke
Lines
Push Pill
Clean Up
Spacers
Clear
Brine
Hydrocarbon Recovery:
Wellbore Displacement and Clean-Up
▪ Design and deploy spacers and
cleaners for smooth displacement
– Aqueous and non-aqueous spacers
– Lower pill volumes
– Optimal contact times
– Reduced disposal costs
▪ Additives (solvents and surfactants)
– FLOW-CLEAN / FLOW-CLEAN SS
– FLOW-SURF / FLOW-SURF PLUS
– MS-90
– CASING WASH 100 / CASING
WASH 200
– DOPE-FREE
22. Hydrocarbon Recovery:
Displex Displacement Hydraulics Software
Proprietary software to
model displacements
– 3-D fluid displacement flow
dynamics
– ECDs / pressures at various
depths vs. time
– Fluid displacement and flow
pattern simulation
– Required flow rate for
turbulence at different
geometries
23. Dynamic Kill Drilling
(DKDSM)
Batch Drill Surface Holes
& Mitigate Shallow
Hazards
Advantage System
Fluids Reporting &
Advanced Engineering
Tools At The Rig Site
RJF Viscometer
Barite Sag
Management
Engineering Technology
24. Dual Gradient / Riserless Drilling
▪ Control shallow hazards in
a riserless application
using a dual gradient
approach
▪ Push surface casing deeper
than with Seawater +
Sweeps
36" Pipe
Sea
Water
Whole
Mud
26. Fluids Environmental Services
▪ Provides unique, specialized
environmental services to the
drilling industry
▪ Reducing environmental
compliance costs through
efficient handling and waste
disposal
▪ Multiple systems/methods
– Cuttings re-injection (CRI)
– Bulk handling systems
– Cuttings dryers
– Cuttings collection systems
– Vacuum units
27. What is Fluids Environmental Service?
A seamless provision of solutions/ services delivering the well
– Safe handling
– Minimizing all types of waste from fluids operations
Recovered resources to minimize environmental impact
Fluids
Waste Treatment
Transport
Fluids
Transport
Fluids Transport
Waste
Treatment
Transport
Fluids
Resource Recovery
Treatment
Waste management
Fluids Transport
Resource Recovery
Treatment
Waste management
28. Centrifugal Cuttings Dryer: Typhoon
A vertical, centrifugal equipment
that reduces the liquid content of
drilling cuttings to lower the
toxicity of the waste and comply
with environmental regulations
▪ Reduces haul-off volumes
▪ Increased solids control efficiency
▪ Reduced waste disposal &
treatment costs
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
%
Retention
by
Weight
6.9% ROC - EPA
Regulation
Shaker Discharge, ROC
Dryer Discharge, ROC
Consistent performance
Averaging 81% reduction in ROC
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
%
Retention
by
Weight
6.9% ROC - EPA
Regulation
Shaker Discharge, ROC
Dryer Discharge, ROC
Consistent performance
Averaging 81% reduction in ROC
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
%
Retention
by
Weight
6.9% ROC - EPA
Regulation
Shaker Discharge, ROC
Dryer Discharge, ROC
Consistent performance
Averaging 81% reduction in ROC
29. An Integral Vision of Cuttings
Re-Injection
Logistics and
Storage
Surface
Equipment
Injection
Model
What is CRI?
In-situ disposal technology that safely collects, slurries and
injects drilling waste back into a formation, causing minimal effect
on the surface environment
30. Industrial Drilling Fluids
▪ Non-hydrocarbon drilling
applications
– Trenchless/HDD
– Water wells
– Mining/Minerals
industries
▪ Broad range of industrial
products
– Viscosifiers
– Filtration control agents
– Lost circulation materials
– Other specialty products
Industrial Products
