BAKER HUGHES - Drilling Fluids Reference Manual

MECHANICAL SOLIDS CONTROL
• Saltwater fluid
S
a
=
[ 0.12( D )] − [( V )( S )]
m
V
sc
wc
w
V
= 1. 0 −
sc
V wc
Volume of saltwater corrected (V wc ) and specific gravity of the water (S w ) are obtained from the
appropriate salt table in Chapter 6, Reservoir Application Fluids.
2. Volume fraction solids in freshwater fluid containing all low-gravity solids (2.6 S.G.)
( )
V s
= 0.075
Dm
−8.33
3. Volume fraction of barite (4.2 S.G.) and low-gravity solids
b
( S 6)( V )
V 0.
625 − 2.
=
a
sc
V
lg
= V sc
−V b
4 Volume fraction of hematite (5.0 S.G.) and low-gravity solids
h
( S 2. )( V )
V = 0.417
− 6
a
sc
V
lg
= V sc
−V h
BAKER HUGHES DRILLING FLUIDS
REVISION 2006 10-23
REFERENCE MANUAL