Drilling Fluid Analysis
Mud/Formation Interaction Studies
Drilling Fluids Services
Texas Experiment Lab provides a full range of drilling fluids testing including API/ASTM procedures and fluids/formation interactions evaluation studies. In addition, the lab can modify or tailor existing tests to provide information applicable to specific drilling problems
Drilling Mud Analysis
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Water Based Drilling Fluids Testing
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Oil Based Drilling Fluids Testing
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Emulsion Based Mud
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Routine lab tests include mud density, viscosity, gel strength, total hardness, pH, resistivity, mud samples conditioning, cation exchange capacity, and full chemical analysis.
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Rheology measurements
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HPHT Filter Press for fluid loss measurements
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Filtrate ion and solid analysis
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Filtercake characterization
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Shale/Mud interactions evaluation studies
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Return permeability testing
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Compatibility testing
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Lubricity coefficient of friction measurements
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Specific-tailored HPHT physical and chemical properties measurements
Drilling Fluids/Formation Interaction Evaluation Studies
Texas Experiment Lab drilling fluids specialists are available to evaluate and recommend solutions to our customers most difficult drilling fluids/formation interaction related issues through specialty testing. Specialty testing includes dynamic fluid-loss analysis, solids analysis, formation damage evaluation, shale-fluid interactions analysis, and gas hydrate/mud phase behavior. The lab can also provide tracer survey studies and core invasion studies to determine the amount of drilling fluid invasion in core samples, and amount of drilling fluid contamination in formation fluid samples.
