Lost circulation management is a critical component in drilling operations, addressing the challenge of drilling fluid loss into formation fractures. This phenomenon not only increases operational ...

Vision Analytical recently took the Raptor dynamic imaging system for a spin, analyzing dry powder samples in the lab. Supplied by Peter Osborne of OHS Resources, the LCM samples offered a great test ...

A University of Oklahoma research team is developing smart lost circulation materials that use shape memory polymers activated by geothermal temperatures to prevent the loss of fluid in fractured ...

Matador Operating Corp. combated lost-circulation problems in Monument field, Hobbs, NM, by combining tubing release procedures with a specialized cement-plug setting technique. Key to the new ...

These materials vastly differ in shape and size. It is well understood that irregularly shaped particles offer better strengthening and thickening than spherical ones. As a result, it is not optimal ...

Expandable-profile liners have stabilized problem wellbores throughout Russia, solving lost circulation and wellbore stability problems, regardless of severity or the size of wellbore washouts. Oil ...