AES Drilling Fluids
by AES Drilling Fluids
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Episode 357 | Plastic Viscosity and Circulating Pressure
Episode 357 | Plastic Viscosity and Circulating Pressure
About this podcast
Better Fluids Equal Better Wells.
Episodes
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- Episode 357 | Plastic Viscosity and Circulating Pressure · 28 minWe just want the plastic viscosity to be as low as possible, right? Well, there's more to it. Justin and Matt discuss.
- Episode 356 | Wellbore Quality and Well Life · 28 minWhat are the implications for well life when we rush to get a well to TD? Justin and Matt discuss factors where a poor installation leads to issues with well life later.
- Episode 355 | Ocean Freight · 39 minThe oilfield uses a lot of globally sourced materials, and that requires moving them around. Justin and Matt talk ocean freight and the factors tied to rising costs.
- Episode 354 | Rail Freight · 28 minWhat is driving rail costs? How does it impact product logistics? Justin and Matt run through some of the latest figures and factors.
- Episode 353 | Trucking · 28 minTrucking rates continue to rise. Fuel is part of it, but Justin and Matt break down several other factors that make getting materials to the rig more challenging.
- Episode 352 | Weight Material · 37 minWhat are the common characteristics of weight material? Justin and Matt talk barite and a few other materials.
- Episode 351 | Performance Benchmarks · 40 minHow do you rate performance? By well? By pad? By area? Justin and Matt discuss the application and limitation of drilling fluid performance benchmarks.
- Episode 350 | Wellbore Stability Model Terminology · 32 minGet ready for a word salad! Justin and Matt run through wellbore stability terms and break down why it's so challenging to develop accurate models.
- Episode 349 | Why are you using your base oil? · 43 minThere are a lot of purported reasons to use a base oil, but how do those claims stack up? Justin and Matt try to break down how base oils are chosen.
- Episode 348 | Oil Water Ratio · 22 minHow much oil? How much water? What do they have to do with solids and flow properties? Justin and Matt break it down.
- Episode 347 | Hole Cleaning in Unstable or Reactive Environments · 25 minJustin and Matt run through some things to think for hole cleaning about when the hole starts giving you trouble.
- Episode 345 | Foolish Things Directional Companies Say · 40 minDirectional companies: let's talk more. Absurd third-party lab reports and bizarre claims about fluid aren't helping our customers.
- Episode 344 | Excess Oil-based Mud Volume · 26 minExcess oil-based mud volume can impact both drilling efficiency and costs. Tune into this episode of The #Flowline as Justin and Matt discuss what causes excess volume and how…
- Episode 343 | Managed Pressured Drilling in Long Laterals · 24 minTune into this episode of The #Flowline as Justin and Matt discuss the role of Managed Pressure Drilling in long laterals and the benefits it brings to today's complex drilling…
- Episode 342 | Filter cake Quality · 21 minWhen it comes to fluid loss control, what is the nature of a quality filter cake. Justin and Matt discuss filtercake formation and fluid loss relationships.
- Episode 341 | Quality Control · 27 minHow do you know a product is what you say it is? Justin and Matt talk about the established practices to ensure quality products make it to the rig.
- Episode 340 | The Purpose of MBT and CEC · 26 minJustin and Matt break down the MBT test and talk about cation exchange capacity in clays
- Episode 339 | Latest in the Oilfield with Josh Young · 44 minDrill baby drill! Special guest Josh Young shares his perspective on the latest in the oilfield. Spoiler alert: he thinks we need more rigs!
- Episode 338 | Geopolitics and Supply Chain Disruptions · 37 minGeopolitics impacts everything. Justin and Matt run through general supply chain disruptions as they start to appear.
