CALCULATION Oil-based mud Using mud balance, Mud weight = 12.505 ppg Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 7.

.48 lb/ft3 12.505 ppg = 93.537 lb/ft3

Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.12 SG 1.505 SG = 12.542 ppg Unit conversion: 1 lb/ft3 = 6.94 psi/1000 ft 93.537 lb/ft3 = 649.15 psi/1000 ft

Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.052 psi/ft 649.15 psi/1000 ft = 12.484 ppg

Using hydrometer, Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.12 SG 1.543 SG = 12.858 ppg

water-based mud Using mud balance, Mud weight = 9.3 ppg Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 7.48 lb/ft3 9.3 ppg = 69.564 lb/ft3

Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.12 SG 1.21 SG = 10.08 ppg Unit conversion: 1 lb/ft3 = 6.94 psi/1000 ft

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69.564 lb/ft3

= 482.77 psi/1000 ft

Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.052 psi/ft 482.77 psi/1000 ft = 9.28 ppg

Using hydrometer, Unit conversion: 1 ppg = 0.12 SG 1.163 SG = 9.69 ppg

Calculation of percentage errors There is difference between reading taken using mud balance and hydrometer. For oil based mud:Using mud weight: 1.505 SG Using hydrometer: 1.543 Difference: 0.038 SG

Water based mud:Using mud weight: 1.12 SG Using hydrometer: 1.163 SG Difference: 0.043 SG

By referring to M-I SWACO (2001), Standard oil based mud densities: 1.019 to 1.917 SG Density using mud weight: 1.505 SG Percentage error, % = =
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= 21.5% to 47.7% Standard water based mud densities: 1.054 to 1.618 SG Density using mud weight: 1.12 SG Percentage error, % = = 100 to 100% 100

= 6% to 30.8%.

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