MAX-LOCK Lost Circulation Material
A total solution for severe downhole losses
The MAX-LOCK™ lost circulation
material (LCM) from Baker Hughes, a
GE company (BHGE), is a magnesia-based
material designed to mitigate severe or
total loss of circulation. It is especially
effective in vugular or cavernous
formations, plug and abandonment
operations, and in establishing sustained
casing pressure.
Lost circulation is one of the major
contributors to drilling nonproductive
time nonproductive time (NPT).
Conventional bridging materials are
designed to cure seepage and partial
losses, but these systems are often not
enough to counteract severe or totally
lost circulation incidents. Increased
concentrations of conventional bridging
Applications
•• Operations with a potential for
severe or total loss of circulation
•• Applications where acid
solubility is critical
•• Areas where gas migration
is a concern
•• Plug and abandonment operations
•• Zonal isolation, casing repair, or
other environmentally-sensitive
operations
Features and benefits
•• Thixotropic shear thinning gels
−− Easy to pump through bit
−− Prevents gas migration
−− Resists flow through loss
zones before setting
•• Strengthens loss zones
−− Enables drilling to section
target depth
•• Can function as an isolation plug
−− High acid solubility, 90%
or greater
−− Safe to use in production zone
•• Rapid deployment
−− Can be pumped from slug tank
−− Eliminates unnecessary trips
−− Reduces NPT
•• Customizable setting time
−− Avoid pumping more
than necessary
−− Minimizes risk associated
with flash setting
−− Increases chances of bridging
across loss zone
•• High tolerance to contamination
−− Allows variation with mix water
−− Negligible deviation with
setting time and strength
with contamination
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Measurement Specifications
been a challenge, because the pressure of the MAX-LOCK LCM in a generic #7
requirements to pump could actually cause mud system. It also passes static sheen Appearance White liquid
losses to increase. Combating severe or and oil and grease standards for offshore
Maximum BHT 250°F (121°C)
total losses by using cement plugs, while Gulf of Mexico use. For additional
common, has also has caused problems information concerning environmental Density range Up to 16.0 ppg
such as increased NPT, difficulty obtaining regulations applicable to BHGE drilling
the desired thixotropic fluids behavior, and fluids' products, contact the Health, Acid solubility > 90%
poor cement bond. Safety, and Environmental Department.
MAX-LOCK LCM can set in and seal
flowpaths that are many times larger than
Safe handling
what conventional LCMs are capable of. recommendations
This prevents the downtime that cement Use normal precautions for employee
jobs would require, and its thixotropic protection when handling products. Read
properties enable it to seal loss zones safety data sheet prior to use.
that cement cannot reach
Packaging
Environmental information The MAX-LOCK LCM includes up to seven
The MAX-LOCK LCM has been evaluated in components, packaged in 25-lbm or 50-lbm
the BHGE drilling fluids' bioassay program. sacks or in 55-gal drums.
The US EPA Drilling Fluids Toxicity Test

MAX-LOCK lost circulation material is shear thinning, does not settle after mixing, becomes cross-linked with
temperature, and sets to a solid plug after 2 hours of curing.

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