PEAK PE RFORMANC E ADDITIVES

High-Fluid Loss/High-Solids Slurry Lost Circulation Plug

Product Description
Physical Appearance: gray coarse powder Specic Gravity: 2-2.5 Contains natural bers, minerals and polysaccharides Packaged in 40 lb. bags Environmentally acceptable

Function
To squeeze out uid phase and solid plug, bridging inside and across loss circulation zones, i.e. vugular, fractures, perforations or casing leaks

Benets
Quick acting loss circulation plug Single sack mix Extremely easy to mix through standard rig hopper in both water, brine or base oil/synthetic No spacer is required; contaminant friendly to both water base or non aqueous base uids Unique ow properties allow mixing even up to 18.0 ppg slurries Can be used in whole circulation system up to 10 lb/bbl for seepage loss No risk of side tracking hole (as with cement) Temperature stable up to 450 F

Actual Product

Slurry Mixing Recommendations

The recommended concentration of slurry is 80 lb/bbl (28 kg/ m3) in either water or base oil/synthetic. If required, weight up to desired density with barite or calcium carbonate. Simply add two sacks of per bbl of uid (Do not mix less than 50 bbl slurry). Do not use whole mud (It has low uid loss). Mix pill in this order: Prepare calculated volume of uid in a clean mixing tank, add 2/3 of the sacks and then add the required barite to desired density. Then add the remaining 1/3 quantity of ; mix for 15-20 minutes. Pump and

Available in 40 lb. bags 50 bags / pallet

HOUSTON, TX 713-688-9144

BELLE CHASSE, LA 504-394-5870

PEAK PE RFORMANC E ADDITIVES

High-Fluid Loss/High-Solids Slurry Lost Circulation Plug

Squeeze Procedure
Determine as closely as possible location of loss zone. Calculate volume of the slurry to cover at least 50% excess the loss zone. (50 bbl Minimum) Place bottom of drill pipe or bit at depth that will allow an equivalent open hole volume to remain across the loss zone. Spot the pill and pull up slowly 90-ft above the pill or into the last casing. Close the annular preventer and apply gentle squeeze 100-300 psi to maximum of anticipated mud weight required for the interval, holding the pressure for 10-20 minutes. Break circulation slowly with slow pump rates washing to bottom. Then resume drilling operations.
LC Plug Compressibility Comparison
Each product, 80 ppb in water (Each sample dewatered within 90 seconds)

Note: More compacted

Product A

LC Plug / 17.5 ppg

Product B

A mixture of 80 ppb was mixed in water and blended for 10 minutes in a Hamilton Beach Mixer, weighted up with barite to 17.5 ppg and an API test (100 psi at room temperature) was run using screen only -250 micron size as the lter medium. Fluid phase was squeezed out leaving the resulting LC plug cake shown above.

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