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Mudlogging Operations PDF
Mudlogging Operations PDF
Mohamed Bekhit
14 February 2010
Mud Logging: An Overview
Wiper Trip
• To prevent cuttings build up, esp. in deviated wells
• POOH to last casing shoe or to pull out a few stands
(10-30 stands)
Back-reaming
• Continuous rotation of the Drillstring as it is being
pulled out of the hole in order to keep the hole clean
and maintain the wellbore in gauge
1. Suction Pit
2. Mud Pump
3. Standpipe
4. Swivel
5. Kelly
6. Drillstring and Bit
7. Annulus
8. Return Flowline /
Shakers
9. Suction Pit
Shale shaker
Possum belly
Flowline
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Lag Time Determination
Annulus
• It is the space around a pipe in the wellbore, the outer
wall being the wall of either the hole or casing
• Sometimes called annular space
• Depth: 7750 ft
• Hole size: 8.5”
• Pump Output: 425 gpm at 100 spm
• Casing:
– shoe at 6000 ft
– 9 5/8” OD; 9” ID
• DP:
– 6350 ft.
– 5” OD; 4.276” ID
• DC:
– 1400 ft.
– 7” OD; 3.5” ID
• Example:
– Actual strokes from carbide = 5128 strokes
• Calculations:
– Down strokes are 1278 strokes.
– Lag strokes are 3697 strokes
– Pump output is 0.1012 bbls/stroke
• Paleontological Analysis
• Geochemical Analysis
• Oil Company Partners
• Governmental Requirements
• Future Reference / Library Samples
• Unwashed Samples
• Washed and Dried Samples
• Geochemical Samples
• Paleontological Samples
• Metal Shavings
• Mud Samples
• Objective:
– To depict changes of lithology and appearance of
new formations
• Cavings
• Recycled Cuttings
• Mud Chemicals
• Cement
• Metal
• Unrepresentative Samples
< 15 Brown
15 - 25 Orange
25 - 35 Yellow to Green
35 - 45 White