SAUDI ARAMCO WORKOVER MANUAL Drilling & Workover Engineering Department May 1999 CHAPTER 3 WORKOVER FLUIDS Px] Seed Atomic 4.1. Solids -Free High Density Fluids Solids-free brines can have densities ranging from 62.4 to 143.6 pof. ‘Saturated Brine Density pef Nact 75 kel 2B Nabr 8 Nac / NaBr, 98 Nacl/ Gach, 83 Gach °7 Gases 108 Cacl:/ CaBr, 413 GaGi/ GaBrs/ ZnBr2 1a Cabre /ZnBr: 181 151} Taal 118 08 35] 98 7 =|" . s 72 ala 4 33 3 2 3\s Zlalalelalalals elg[3|$la|a/3/ 3/818 Comparative Densities of Solids-Free Completion & Workover brines in Pounds Per ft? Brines used in completion and workover applications may be a_single-salt brine, two-salt brine, or a brine blend containing three different salt ‘compounds. Single Salt Brines are those made with clean fresh water and one water soluble salt such as potassium chloride, sodium chloride and Saicium chloride. | They ‘are the. simpiont brings used. in compleiion Gnd workover fluids. Because they contain only one salt, thelr iitial composition is easily understood. Their density is adjusted by adding Three salt blends are made with a combination of three salts in fresh water ‘They require a specialist to blend. in the field due to. the Compiex nature of the blends and several tests required during the proparntion of these Blends CaCi2 / Cabr2 / 2nGr2 are example Of those blends | Those blends are not used in Saudi Aramce wells aNd Will not be discuased in this presentation.