STEELSEAL®
Engineered, Specialty Lost Circulation Material
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customer
CHALLENGE
Curing Lost Circulation
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Why Baroid?
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1925
Filed patent for first barite-based
drilling fluid
1930
First mud school
1932
First mud-testing procedures and kit
1939
First mud-logging service
1940s
Pioneers service by air and sea
1950s
Invents foam drilling technology
1960s
Invents oil-based fluid, Invermul® system
1970s
Develops new fluids for hostile geology
1980s
Develops mud loop testing, improves
waste management
1990s
Pioneers biodegradable invert
drilling fluids
2000s
Rolls out first families of clay-free synthetic
and high performance water-based fluids
2010s
Introduces automated mud monitoring
equipment to industry
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CONSISTENT QUALITY
Our Technical and Operational Process
Identify the
Challenge
Solution
Creation
Operations
Program
Operations
Execution
Critical
First Well
Execution
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Knowledge
Capture
Problem
Resolution
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Present the
Value
BAROID Laboratory Support
Baroid scientists and engineers work with state of the art
equipment and an extensive global database in order to perform
comprehensive testing analysis on a global scale.
Baroid’s Laboratory Services include:
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Analytical technical support
Bioassay technical support
Reservoir fluids technical services
Drilling fluids technical services
Industrial drilling products lab
Quality assurance
Research and development
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customer
CHALLENGE
While an effective wellbore strengthening program is your best
defense against lost circulation, complete prevention is not
always possible. The lack a well thought-out remediation plan for
lost circulation could cause:
 Increased Non-Productive Time
 Decreased Wellbore Value
 Heath and Safety Issues
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customer
CHALLENGE
Curing lost circulation becomes more difficult based on
formation type and rate of fluid loss
 Classifications of Fluid Loss*
 Seepage: <10 bbl/hr
 Partial: 10-50 bbl/hr
 Severe: 50-100 bbl/hr
 Total: >100 bbl/hr – no returns
*The range for each classification
vary between operators
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customer
CHALLENGE
The risk of lost circulation become more prevalent when drilling
formations with:
 High Permeability
 Natural Fractures
 Low ECD Margins (Induced Fractures)
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Baroid’s
SOLUTION
STEELSEAL® Lost Circulation Material
Highly resilient, dual composition carbon-based material
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Background or Pill treatments
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Deforms to stress in a multitude of fracture sizes
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Increased material resiliency
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Baroid’s
SOLUTION
STEELSEAL® lost circulation material
has a resiliency which allows it to “mold”
itself to all stress regimes within any
fracture, promoting fracturing plugging,
and providing superior sealing
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Resiliency up to 120%
 Similar materials show resiliency of <40%
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Highly effective in HP/HT environments
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Constant and effective fracture sealing in
turbulent down hole conditions
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key
FEATURES
 Resiliency up to 120%
Typical Graphite
 Compatible in oil-, water-, and
synthetic based fluids
STEELSEAL®
 High concentrations used with no
adverse effects to drilling
performance
 Increased lubricity in WBM
 Non-magnetic material
 Will not effect downhole
logging tools
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customer
BENEFITS
 Cost Effective
– Reduce fluid loss and NPT with improved fracture sealing
– Can be used as pre-treatment to prevent seepage
– Increased ROP
 Increased Drilling Performance
– Improved fracture plugging, effective in HP/HT wells
– Increase lubricity in water-based fluids, reduced torque and drag
– No adverse effects to drilling equipment or rheological properties
 Versatile
– Deform to stress in multitude of fracture sizes
– Effective in HP/HT wells
– Specifically designed particle size distribution
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value
PROPOSITION
STEELSEAL® Engineered,
Specialty Lost Circulation
Material
A highly resilient lost
circulation material that gives
operators a technically
superior solution to mitigate
seepage, partial or severe fluid
loss rates, preventing nonproductive time and saving
money.
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CASE STUDY: STEELSEAL® LCM and BARACARB® bridging
agent help Apache improve wellbore stability and cut costs by 50%
Location: Neuquén, Argentina
CHALLENGE
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At 1,800 m measured depth (MD), a short trip was initiated to the conductor shoe at 400 m. After the trip,
wellbore instability and excessive cuttings prevented a return to bottom.
Significant non-productive time (NPT) and costs were associated with stuck pipe, casing issues and additional
trips to condition the wellbore.
SOLUTION
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Baroid personnel recommended an engineered WBM formulation
To address wellbore instability issues, the system was further customized with STEELSEAL® Lost Circulation
Material and BARACARB® Bridging Agent additions to seal microfractures and strengthen the formation during
drilling operations.
RESULTS
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Based on total rig costs, the Apache Corporation was able to save USD $1.15 million on the well drilled with
the engineered fluid recommended by Baroid
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The actual mud costs for the Baroid fluid were also 9% lower than planned.
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CASE STUDY: STEELSEAL® LCM sweeps help avoid downhole
losses while drilling depleted zone in surface interval
Location: Texularia Sand/Muscar Field, Venezuela
CHALLENGE
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PDVSA planned to drill through the Textularia sand in the La Pica formation, a severely depleted zone in the
surface interval of the MUC-123 well
Previous offset wells in the Muscar field encountered severe lost returns and stuck pipe while drilling the 17-1/2”
surface section
The challenge was to provide an engineered fluid solution that would permit the operator to drill the 17-1/2” hole
in a safe and timely manner and set surface casing to total depth without further occurrences of lost circulation
SOLUTION
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Baroid engineers recommended implementing an LCM sweep program when approaching the depleted sand to seal
off the sand and prevent or minimize losses
The unique STEELSEAL® lost circulation was used because of its ability to expand or contract without being dislodged
by changes in differential pressure
RESULTS
 The successful application of the STEELSEAL® LCM sweep pills combination allowed PDVSA to avoid costly
remedial operations and eliminate non-productive time (NPT)
 The offset wells was drilled with zero NPT, saving $160,000 in fluid costs compared to the previous
Muscar wells
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related
DOCUMENTS
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Website
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BAROID
DRILLING FLUID SOLUTIONS
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Water Based Fluids
Invert Emulsion Systems
Wellbore Stability
Lost Circulation Materials
Wellbore Clean-Up and
Displacement Packages
 Breaker Systems for
Polymer and Solids Removal
 Lost Circulation in Pay
Zones Solutions
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