DRILLING ENGINEERING AND WELL COMPLETION

ASSIGNMENT 1
NAME: DIVYESH SAGAR
COURSE: B.TECH APPLIED PETROLEUM ENGINEERING WITH SPECIALIZATION IN GAS STREAM
(BATCH 2)
SEMESTER: 4
ROLL NO: R820215045
SAP ID: 500045471
ANS 1
Fann viscometer also known as direct-indicating viscometer or V-G meter, an instrument used to
measure viscosity and gel strength of drilling mud. The direct-indicating viscometer is a rotational cylinder and
bob instrument. It is called "direct-indicating" because at a given speed, the dial reading is a
true centipoise viscosity. Viscometers only measure under one flow condition.
In general, either the fluid remains stationary and an object moves through it, or the object is stationary and
the fluid moves past it. The drag caused by relative motion of the fluid and a surface is a measure of the
viscosity. The flow conditions must have a sufficiently small value of Reynolds number for there to be laminar
flow. Rotational viscometers use the idea that the torque required to turn an object in a fluid is a function of
the viscosity of that fluid. They measure the torque required to rotate a disk or bob in a fluid at a known
speed. 'Cup and bob' viscometers work by defining the exact volume of a sample which is to be sheared
within a test cell; the torque required to achieve a certain rotational speed is measured and plotted.

SNO RPM SHEAR STRESS () SHEAR STRAIN () APPARENT

THETA( Q) VISCOSITY(AV)
(lb/100ft2 ) ( lb100ft )
2
(sec 1)
(Centipoise)

1 600 21 22 227 94

2 300 13 14 113 116

3 200 10 11 75 134

4 100 6 6 38 160

5 6 2 2 2 890

6 3 1 1 1 890

PLASTIC VISCOSITY(PV) YIELD POINT (YP) GEL 0 GEL 10

8 cp 5 lb100ft 2 2 lb100ft 2 6 lb100ft 2

 Shear stress, (lb100ft 2 ) = 1.0678,

600 = 1.0678*21= 22.44 lb100ft 2 = 22 lb100ft 2

300 = 1.0678 13 = 13.88 lb100ft 2 = 14 lb100ft 2
200 = 1.0678*10 = 10.67 lb100ft 2 = 11 lb100ft 2
100 = 1.0678*6 = 6.40 lb100ft 2 = 6 lb100ft 2
6 = 1.0678*2 = 2.13 lb100ft 2 = 2 lb100ft 2
3 = 1.0678*1 = 1.06 lb100ft 2 = 1 lb100ft 2

Shear Strain, (sec 1) = 0.377* RPM,

600 =0.377*600 = 227 s 1

300 =0.377*300 =113 s 1
200 =0.377*200 = 75 s 1
100 =0.377*100 = 38 s 1
6 =0.377*6 = 2 s1
3 =0.377*3 = 1 s1

Apparent viscosity, a

a = K * F * RPM

K= 2670 ; F = 1
21
a = 2670* 600 = 94 cp
13
a = 2670* 300 = 116 cp
10
a = 2670* = 134 cp
200
6
a = 2670* 100 = 160 cp
2
a =2670* 6 = 890 cp
1
a = 2670* 3 = 890 cp
 Plastic viscosity (PV),

PV = 600 300
PV = 21 - 13 = 8 cp

Yield point (YP)

YP = 300 PV
YP = 13 8 = 5 lb100ft 2

GEL 0 AND GEL 10 are the value of deflection in the viscometer after 10 sec and 10 min respectively.
So GEL 0 = 2 lb100ft 2
GEL 10 = 6 lb100ft 2

CURVE FITTING :

FOR A 3RD ORDER POLYNOMIAL

y = p1*x^3 + p2*x^2 +p3*x + p4

Coefficients:
p1 = 3.9323e-007
p2 = -0.00033717
p3 = 0.14777
p4 = 1.2208

Norm of residuals = 0.85062

FOR A 4TH ORDER POLYNOMIAL

y = p1*x^4 + p2*x^3 +p3*x^2 + p4*x +p5

Coefficients:
p1 = 4.8029e-008
p2 = -1.8331e-005
p3 = 0.0017282
p4 = 0.081395
p5 = 1.3612
Norm of residuals = 0.64831
THE FLUID MODEL IS PSEUDOPLASTIC IN NATURE.