Drilling Fluid Laboratory

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. appreciate the functions of drilling fluids and how their rheological properties are affected by physical and chemical additives; 2. understand laboratory measurement of drilling fluid properties; and 3. understand why we have damaging and non-damaging drilling fluids.

Functions and composition of drilling fluids. Laboratory determination of rheological properties of drilling fluids. Damaging and Non-Damaging drilling and Completion Fluids. Drill cutting evaluation. Drilling mud calculation, control of mud properties. Drilling mud performance evaluation. Well completion fluid.