Chao Ma This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1,2, Chao Zhou1,2, Chao Su1,2, Alain P. Tchameni1,2 and Leiming Pan1,2
1Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, Hubei, P.R. China 2State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdou 610065, Sichuan, P.R. China
Received: August 15, 2018 Accepted: June 11, 2019 Publication Date: September 1, 2019
The southern margin of the Junggar Basin is composed of four strata known as Taxihe (N1t), Shawan (EN1s), Anjihaihe (E2–3a) and Zibiqunzi (E1-2Z) formation which are complex crushing zones and also vectors of drilling accidents such as reduction of drilling rate, differential pipe sticking and well leakage. Based on the core mineral composition, potassium calcium-based organic salt drilling mud (PCS), potassium calcium-based polysulfonate drilling mud (PCP), and organic-salt polyalcohol drilling mud (OSP) were the mud systems selected for the drilling process and their performance were compared. The four strata exhibited a clay mineral content of 29.9% with an Illite/Smectite mixed layer content above 75% as well as an inter-layer average ratio of 45%. Moreover, the drilled cuttings satisfactory dispersed and expanded in the mud systems. Furthermore, among the three drilling mud systems,OSPdemonstratedfavorabletoleranceto calciumelectrolytescontaminationwithaappreciable drilled cuttings tolerance as wellas a remarkablesealing performance. Hence, translating itssuitability to be used to drill the mudstone formation in the southern margin of the Junggar Basin.
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