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The selection of drill fluid system

2. According to the type of well to choose the drilling fluid system

Area exploration well and forecast well
Choose the well fluid system which doesn t influence the geological logging and is beneficial to find the production layer. It means the fluorometric degree and density of the well fluid should be low and avoid mixing oil.. Try to use the non-dispersed polymer to maintain a low density and solid phase.

Producing well
The requirement for drilling fluid is to protect the hydrocarbon reservoir and improve the drilling speed. The non-dispersed polymer is normally used in upper part, the completion fluid is used to oil layer to protect it when drilling processing reaching the target formation.

Adjustment well
The character of adjustment well is the high formation pressure. The density of drilling fluid is higher than 2.0 generally and even to 2.7. Usually choose the dispersed drilling fluid system, oil base drilling fluid if necessary.

Ultradeep well
Requirement for drilling fluid: heat resistance is good; the high temperature has few impacts on nature; under high pressure difference, mud cake has good coercibility. Use the treating chemical and drilling fluid with good heat resistance. Besides the oil based drilling fluid, dispersed triple sulphur drilling fluid system is the best water based drilling fluid to be used for ultradeep well. In recent years, it has developed into polymer sulphur well fluid system.

Direction well and horizontal well
High friction of drill string, easily drill pipe sticking, the unsteady drill wall is heavier than vertical well. Take more effective measure to caving protection, sticking protection and cutting carring. Use of cationic polymer drilling fluid and potassium lime deflocculate drilling fluid.
 

3. According to the characters of formation to choose the drilling fluid system
(1) Gypsum
(2) Cavy
(3) Leaky layer
(4) Formatin with drilling pipe sticking easily.
Drilling pipe sticking caused by pressure difference is more likely happened in the high permeability with thick mud cake,

such as ragstone formation
 

4. According to the character of reservoir property to choose the drilling fluid system