The industry needs products designed to help cure severe and/or minor seepage losses during drilling operations. Such products need to be conveniently packaged for ease of handling and storage, and pelletized for rapid mixing.
Solution
Baroid Drilling Fluids has developed STOP-FRAC additives for this purpose. STOP-FRAC S LCM is designed to help control severe losses while STOP-FRAC D LCM is designed to help control seepage loss in depleted zones and micro-fractured formations. The STOP-FRAC S pelletized blend of coarse lost circulation materials helps control severe mud losses. The STOP-FRAC D pelletized blend of fine lost circulation materials with an average particle size of 80 microns, helps control seepage losses during drilling operations.
Application
Both STOP-FRAC S and STOP-FRAC D additives are compatible with all types of conventional drilling fluids. STOP-FRAC S additive is designed to seal large fractures and pores while STOP-FRAC D additive is designed to help form bridges across pore throat openings and micro-fractures in potential loss zones.
