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AREA

 LAST
COUNT
DATE

COUNT 

CHANGE FROM
PRIOR COUNT
 

DATE OF
PRIOR COUNT 

 CHANGE FROM 
LAST YEAR

DATE
OF LAST
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UNITED STATES 

5/17/13 

1769
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5/10/13

-217

5/18/12

CANADA 

5/17/13
118
+5

5/10/13

0

5/18/12 

USA OFFSHORE 

5/17/13 

 52
+2
5/10/13

 +5

5/18/12 

INTERNATIONAL 

04/2013 

1301

 +33

3/2013 

 +123

4/2012 



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December 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Newtonian Fluid Model

Newtonian fluid model is the simplest rheological model. Let’s describe in the mathematical way, a relationship between shear stress (lb/100 ft2) and shear rate (1/sec), named a consistency curve, is a straight line which passes through the original (see the figure below).…

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Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 20, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

Gel Strength

The gel strength is the shear stress of drilling mud that is measured at low shear rate after the drilling mud is static for a certain period of time. The gel strength is one of the important drilling fluid properties because it demonstrates the ability of the drilling mud to suspend drill solids and weighting material when circulation is ceased.

How can we get…

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Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 12, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Yield Point (YP)

Yield Point (YP) is resistance of initial flow of fluid or the stress required in order to move the fluid. You can simply say that the Yield Point (YP) is the attractive force among colloidal particles in drilling mud.

 

 

 

Practically, you can calculate the YP by this following formula.…

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Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 10, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Plastic Viscosity (PV)

Plastic Viscosity (PV) is the resistance of fluid to flow. In the field, we can get the PV from a viscometer. Typically, the viscometer is utilized to measure shear rates at 600, 300, 200, 100, 6, and 3 revolutions per minute…

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Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 9, 2010 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

Funnel Viscosity

T he funnel viscosity is time in second of drilling mud flowing through the Marsh Funnel Viscosity. The Marsh funnel is dimensioned so that the outflow time of one quart of freshwater (956 cc) at a temperature of 70 F +/- 5 F (21 C +/- 3 C) in 26 +/- 0.5 seconds.





For all drilling mud, especially oil base mud,… Continue

Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 7, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mud Weight or Mud Density

Mud weight or mud density is one of the important drilling fluid properties because it balances and controls formation pressure. Moreover, it also helps wellbore stability. Mud weight is measured and reported in pounds per gallon (PPG), pound per cubic feet… Continue

Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on December 7, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

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