The quiz below is on drilling fluids and solid control. Through the petroleum extraction process, we have a lot of fluids that come out and so are the solid materials. Gauge your knowledge below. All the best.
Oil Based mud
Oil based machinery
A downhole tool
IBM’s evil brother
Add Bentonite
Add Barite
Heat it up
Shake it
Help with wellbore stability
Lubricate drill bit
Produce oil
Transport solids
4
19
26
42
Barite
Salts
Calcium Carbonate
Caustic Soda
Partial to no return at shakers
Drop in pit levels
Increased torque
Loss of pump pressure
Newtonian
Pascalian
Bingham Fluid
Power Law Fluid
Gumbo Shaker
Shale Shaker
Catwalk Machine
Hydrocyclones
We consider solids in the mud by size
We consider solids in the mud by weight
We consider solids in the mud by weather they are reactive or inert
We consider solids in the mud by color
Watt
Newton
Microns
Joule
1,2
2,2
3,2
4,2
Hydrocyclones
Shale Shakers
Centrifuges
Mud Pits
Topdrive
Crown Block
Surge Tanks
Screw Conveyor
Mud Pump
Centrifuge
Degasser
Shale shaker
0,8
1,5
2,6
4,2
True
False
Does not matter
Service Companies
Operators
Drilling Contractors
Other
True
False
Oil
Gas
Cuttings
Water
Water
Acids
Diesel
Rum
To increase temperature
To increase density
To increase velocity
To change color
Treated
Sent to shore
Pumped back into the well and mixed with mud
Bentonite
Lignite
CO2
Caustic Soda
In well
In pits
On land
In the BOP
Shale Shaker
CMC
Drillers Cabin
MWD
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