University Project – I Seminar on

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ECO-FRIENDLY LOST

CIRCULATION MATERIALS IN WATER BASED MUD

Seminar - I presented to the Presidency University, Bengaluru in

partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of BACHELOR OF
TECHNOLOGY in PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

By
1. AJAY GURUNG ID No.: 20171PET0004
2. BHAVANA N ID No : 20171PET0021
3. KORNIPALLI SAI PAVAN ID No : 20171PET0039
4. POTLA RAJESH ID No : 20171PET0069
5. TANTUSREE BERA ID No : 20171PET0098

Under the supervision of

Mr. ANKUR NEOG

Assistant Professor
Department of Petroleum Engineering
November, 2019
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Content

1. Introduction
- Literature Survey
- Objectives
2. Methodology
3.Works to be done
4. Equipment used
5.Chemical and materials used
6. References
7. Acknowledgement

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Introduction
Lost circulation is the partial or complete loss of drilling fluid or cement
slurry to the formation during drilling or cementing operation.

Causes of Lost Circulation:

• Due to the formation types.
• When Hydrostatic Head is greater than the Formation Pressure.

Effects of Lost Circulation:

• Loss of Drilling time.
• Loss of Drilling mud and it’s effective constituents.
• Increase in rig cost per day.

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Introduction

Lost circulation materials and its uses:

Lost circulation materials are used to prevent fluid losses into the
formation by bridging and cementing the fracture ,voids or crack.
Examples: Baker’s Squeeze, Cotton Seeds Hulls and Calcium Carbonate.

Properties of Lost Circulation Materials:

• Fibrous
• To withstand high temperature
• Sweallable
• Extrudable
• Quick seal

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Literature Survey
1. The squeezed juice of this mustard seeds has a viscoelastic feature
and can be used as a gelling or thickening agent, Urtica Cannabina
plant is used for the bridging and cementation of the voids. Alireza,
Ghaffar Khan Ahmadreza, Zahra Azimi, Masood, Mostafa
Keshavarz, Research Institute Of Petroleum Industry ,Volume
45, December 2018, 45(6): 1154–1165. .
2. Sugar cane can be used in well working composition for filtration
control, thus as an environmentally friendly drilling fluid. Sugar cane
bagasse is a fibrous residue remaining after sugar cane stalk has
crushed and the juice removed. Zakuan A, 2006,The Investigation
of Corn Cobs and Sugar Cane Waste as a Drilling Fluid
Additive.
3. BAKER-SQUEEZ plug develops compressive strength, un-weighted
dewatered plug has a compressive strength of > 952 psi and a
weighted plug greater than 12.0 ppg has a compressive strength of >
1350 psi. Easy mixing and pumping. No spacer required. No setting
time required. BAKER HUGES

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Objectives
1. Selection of eco-friendly lost circulation material.
2. To find the effect of eco-friendly lost circulation materials in the mud
rheology.
3. To test the lost circulation material in Low Pressure Low Temperature
and High Pressure High Temperature conditions.
4. To compare the eco-friendly lost circulation material with the
commercially available lost circulation material.

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Methodology

Selection
Processing Testing in
of eco- Rheology
the LPLT filter
friendly test
materials press
materials

• Linen
• Mustard seeds Testing in
Comparative
and urtica HPHT
study
cannabina filter press
• sugar cane waste.

Abbreviations
LPLT = low pressure low temperature
HPHT = high pressure high temperature
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Works to be done

1. Processing of Natural Lost circulation materials.

2. To test rheological properties of mud (native mud + LCM) and
compare it with rheological properties of commercially available (
Baker's squeeze) with native mud
3. To check mud cake thickness and filtrate loss using LPLT filter press.
4. To check mud cake thickness and filtrate loss using HPHT filter press.
5. To do a comparative study between eco-friendly LCM and
commercially available LCM

Abbreviations
LPLT = low pressure low temperature
HPHT = high pressure high temperature
LCM = lost circulation materials 8
Equipments used

Fig. 1 Hamilton Beach Fig. 2

3 6 Speed Fig. 3 LPLT Filter
Mixer Viscometer Press

Fig. 6 Mud Balance

Fig. 4 pH Meter Fig. 5 HPHT filter press
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Chemical and materials used

•Bentonite
•Polymers
•Urtica cannabinna and Mustard seeds
•Sugar bagasse
•Linen
•Baker’s squeeze

Fig. 2 urtica Fig. 3 sugarcane

Fig. 1 mustard seeds
cannabina bagasse

Fig. 4 linen fibre

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Reference
1. Alireza, Ghaffar Khan Ahmadreza, Zahra Azimi , Masood, Mostafa
Keshavarz, “Bridging performance of new eco-friendly lost circulation
materials “, PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT Volume
45, Issue 6, December 2018
2. Harrison Tetteh-Fiagbor” Practical Approaches For Solving Lost
Circulation Problems While Drilling ”, December, 2011
3. Zakuan, A (2006). “The Investigation of Corn Cobs and Sugar Cane
Waste as a Drilling Fluid Additive”, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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Acknowledgement
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the supervisor, Mr. ANKUR
NEOG, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering for his
morale boosting, meticulous guidance, co-operation and supervision
throughout this project work.

We would like to owe our heartiest gratitude to Dr. SUMAN PAUL,

Associate professor, HOD of Petroleum Engineering.

We would like to thank Mr. Ravichandra, Drilling Fluid Lab instructor, for
his guidance.

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Thank You !!!

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