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    Section 11 - Drilling Mud Manual

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    The document provides instructions for mixing an inverted emulsion drilling fluid (OBM) with the following key steps: 1. Fill a tank with 75% safra oil and 25% brine water by volume. Add emulsifiers like lime, Invermul, and EZ Mul to the oil. 2. Transfer the pre-mixed brine to the oil tank and mix for 30 minutes. 3. Add fluid loss control agents like Duratone and viscosifiers like Geltone to further mix the fluid. 4. Add weighting agents like marble fine and medium to reach the desired mud weight before adding barite if needed. The document also provides guidelines for tank management and alternative

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    The document provides instructions for mixing an inverted emulsion drilling fluid (OBM) with the following key steps: 1. Fill a tank with 75% safra oil and 25% brine water by volume. Add emulsifiers like lime, Invermul, and EZ Mul to the oil. 2. Transfer the pre-mixed brine to the oil tank and mix for 30 minutes. 3. Add fluid loss control agents like Duratone and viscosifiers like Geltone to further mix the fluid. 4. Add weighting agents like marble fine and medium to reach the desired mud weight before adding barite if needed. The document also provides guidelines for tank management and alternative

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    The document provides instructions for mixing an inverted emulsion drilling fluid (OBM) with the following key steps: 1. Fill a tank with 75% safra oil and 25% brine water by volume. Add emulsifiers like lime, Invermul, and EZ Mul to the oil. 2. Transfer the pre-mixed brine to the oil tank and mix for 30 minutes. 3. Add fluid loss control agents like Duratone and viscosifiers like Geltone to further mix the fluid. 4. Add weighting agents like marble fine and medium to reach the desired mud weight before adding barite if needed. The document also provides guidelines for tank management and alternative

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    The document provides instructions for mixing an inverted emulsion drilling fluid (OBM) with the following key steps: 1. Fill a tank with 75% safra oil and 25% brine water by volume. Add emulsifiers like lime, Invermul, and EZ Mul to the oil. 2. Transfer the pre-mixed brine to the oil tank and mix for 30 minutes. 3. Add fluid loss control agents like Duratone and viscosifiers like Geltone to further mix the fluid. 4. Add weighting agents like marble fine and medium to reach the desired mud weight before adding barite if needed. The document also provides guidelines for tank management and alternative

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    Section 11

    OBM Mixing and Lab Tests


    274 SECTION 11 – OBM MIXING AND LAB TESTS
    OBM
    Mixing Procedures
    You have to mix the following in order to achieve a good Inverted emulsion fluid with the
    desired parameters:
    Note: The following procedure is to have an Oil/Water of 75/25
    1- Fill tank with Safra Oil Volume is to be calculated by the Oil/Water Ratio ( Oil
    water ratio determines the percent of oil to water in Mud ) for example if you
    have to mix a 500 bbls tank with an Oil / Water ration of 75/25 so you have to
    add 300 bbls Safra Oil + 100 bbls Brine water
    When you add the rest of the chemical including weighting material the
    volume increase will give a result of 500 bbls OBM
    2- Add To Safra Oil the following in order :
    a- 6.5 LBS/BBL Lime ( 55 lbs Sacks )
    b- 1.5 Gal/BBL Invermul ( 55 Gal Drums ) Primary Emulsifier
    c- 1.5 Gal/BBL EZ Mul NT ( 55 Gal Drums ) Secondary Emulsifier

    Now The Safra Oil is ready to receive the Brine water to create the
    emulsion phase

    Note: Brine is mixed in a separate tank by adding CaCl2 to water as per


    program mostly its 40-50 LBS/BBL.

    3- Transfer the brine to the safra oil tank and leave to mix for 30 minutes while
    running agitation and Circulation on the same tank with mix pump
    4- Add 7 LBS/BBL Duratone (Fluid loss control (55 LBS Sacks ))
    5- Add 9 LBS/BBL Geltone ( Viscosifier ( 55 LBS Sacks ))
    Note: For the Best result small water stream have to be applied on hopper
    while mixing Viscosifier)

    Now your Mud is ready to be weighted with waiting material


    6- Add 15 LBS/BBL Marble Fine and 15 LBS/BBL Marble Medium ( Bridging and
    weighting material)
    7- Add Barite to reach the weight as per program

    OES Recommendation:
    1- For tank management leave always a clean tank for brine mixing
    2- Leave an empty tank after mixing all your volume for Emergency situation
    3- Safra Oil External tanks have to be always full especially in Loss Circulation
    Zones.
    4- Dilution to active system have to be with fresh mud. Avoid Safra Oil or
    brine alone.

    SECTION 11 – OBM MIXING AND LAB TESTS 275


    5- After adding CaCl2 to water leave to mix for an hour before adding to
    safra oil.

    OBM lab Test

    Add 1 ml OBM (Use Syringe)


    Add 25 ml Isopropyl Alcohol
    Add 25 ml Xylene
    Mix for 30 seconds
    Add Water to reach 100 ml
    Note: You will see that Oil and water are separated
    Add 10 Drops of Phenolphthalein (Pink Color will appear)
    Titrate with N10 H2SO4 Till Color disappears
    No of H2SO4 ml = PM (Mud Alkalinity)
    Excess Lime = PM * 1.295 (Standard Value is 4.5-7)
    To Same Sample add
    10 Drop potassium Chromate Kmno4 (Yellow color will appear)
    Titrate with silver Nitrate 10000 ppm. Till brake Brown color appears

    (*)From Titration: ml of Silver Nitrate * 10000 = Whole Chloride Mud (mg/l)

    (*)To Calculate CaCl2 Mud = Whole Chloride Mud *1.565

    (*) To Calculate CL% / WT =


    (15.65*ml of Silver Nitrate *100)
    ((15.65*ml of Silver Nitrate)+(Water factor*1000))

    From CaCl2 Table using CL% WT we can get Water Phase Salinity (W.P.S
    mg/l)

    Alternative Additives Trade Name

    Duratone / Carbotrol / M-I-LLC (Filtration Control)


    Geltone / VG-69
    EZ-Mul / Versa Coat
    Invermul / Versa Mul
    Marble Fine Or Medium / CaCo3 Fine or Medium

    276 SECTION 11 – OBM MIXING AND LAB TESTS

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