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    This document provides instructions for mixing and pumping various lost circulation material (LCM) pills for different well control situations, including: 1. A gunk plug LCM pill using diesel and bentonite for partial losses. 2. A polymer plug LCM pill using fresh water, caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate depending on the well zone. 3. Various LCM pills for partial and complete losses using hi-vis mud and mica or calcium carbonate tailored to specific loss rates and well zones. 4. Pills for stuck pipe including grease, EZ-Spot, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, pipe lax oil base,

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    This document provides instructions for mixing and pumping various lost circulation material (LCM) pills for different well control situations, including: 1. A gunk plug LCM pill using diesel and bentonite for partial losses. 2. A polymer plug LCM pill using fresh water, caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate depending on the well zone. 3. Various LCM pills for partial and complete losses using hi-vis mud and mica or calcium carbonate tailored to specific loss rates and well zones. 4. Pills for stuck pipe including grease, EZ-Spot, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, pipe lax oil base,

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    This document provides instructions for mixing and pumping various lost circulation material (LCM) pills for different well control situations, including: 1. A gunk plug LCM pill using diesel and bentonite for partial losses. 2. A polymer plug LCM pill using fresh water, caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate depending on the well zone. 3. Various LCM pills for partial and complete losses using hi-vis mud and mica or calcium carbonate tailored to specific loss rates and well zones. 4. Pills for stuck pipe including grease, EZ-Spot, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, pipe lax oil base,

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    This document provides instructions for mixing and pumping various lost circulation material (LCM) pills for different well control situations, including: 1. A gunk plug LCM pill using diesel and bentonite for partial losses. 2. A polymer plug LCM pill using fresh water, caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate depending on the well zone. 3. Various LCM pills for partial and complete losses using hi-vis mud and mica or calcium carbonate tailored to specific loss rates and well zones. 4. Pills for stuck pipe including grease, EZ-Spot, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, pipe lax oil base,

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    LCM Pills

    1- Gunk Plug:Add 100 % Diesel to be mixed with 30 ppb Bentonite


    Note:- No water contaminations with this pill & Use 30 bbl of Diesel
    as spacer before & after pump that pill.
    2- Polymer Plug:

    Fresh Water or Site Water (NaCl less than 7 ppb) to be mixed with:
    0.2- 0.5 ppb Caustic (pH 9)
    2 ppb XC- Polymer
    10 ppb Mica (fine, medium, coarse)
    OR 10 ppb CaCo3 (fine, medium, coarse)

    Depending on phase hole section (shallow section or pay zone section)


    3-4 ppb Diamond Seal.
    - Diamond Seal to be mixed before pumping pill.
    3- LCM Pills:a) For Partial Losses: - (1-5) bbl/hr
    -- Mix 100 bbls Hi- Vis mud + 10-20 ppb Mica (Fine, medium,
    coarse) for shallow zone.
    -- Mix 100 bbls Hi Vis mud + 10-20 ppb CaCo3 (fine, medium) for Pay
    Zone.
    b) For Partial Losses: - (5-20) bbl/hr
    -- Mix 100 bbls Hi- Vis mud + 20-50 ppb Mica (Fine, Medium) for
    shallow zone.
    -- Mix 100 bbls Hi Vis mud + 20-50 ppb CaCo3 (fine, medium) for Pay
    Zone.
    c) For Complete Losses: -- Mix 100 bbls Hi- Vis mud + 50-100 ppb Mica (Fine, Medium,
    Course) for shallow zone.
    -- Mix 100 bbls Hi Vis mud + 50-110 ppb CaCo3 (fine, medium) for Pay
    Zone

    PILLS FOR STUCK PIPE:1- Grease Pill (stuck pipe)


    For 1 bbl spotting fluid mix:0.5 0.6 bbl
    Oil
    3-4
    gpb Pipe lax
    0.3
    bbl Water
    25
    ppb Bentonite / VG-69
    30 70 ppb CaCO3 (fine) or Barite depends on weight
    1-2
    gpb Lubricant
    Dump the pill when it surfaces.
    2- Neat EZ-Spot pill
    Spot 20 bbls of EZ-SPOT pill (given below) in the annulus.
    9
    bbl
    Diesel
    6
    drums
    EZ Spot
    5
    bbl
    Water
    Weight up if there is any well pressure issue.
    Let it soak for at least 8 hrs.
    If it is as un-weighted pill to try to get a better performance, it is not
    recommended to leave anything inside the DP.
    3- HCL (15%) Pills (Acid Pill with out surfactant pill)
    1- Pump HVP before acid pill (HEC + 0.01 gpb Defoamer)
    2- HCL (15 %) ---- mix in water ( HCL(0.1- 0.2) gpb )
    3- After Acid Pill ( HEC + 0.01 Defoamer)
    Dump the pill when it surfaces.
    4- HCL (15%) Pill (Acid Pill with surfactant pill)
    1- Surfactant pill ( 10 bbl of NaCl 75 pcf Brine + 10% of Musol or SA64 + Lo surf 1 gal/1000 gal of Brine.

    (Pump the surfactant pill only in case of the grease pill was tried before.
    Because the object of this surfactant pill is to break the emulsion from
    previously pumped grease pill and water wet the stuck area. If no grease
    pill was tried before than use the hi-vis pill (35-40 lb/100 ft2) prepared
    from the mud system)
    2- HCL acid (15 %) to spot in the annulus---- The raw acid (32%) should
    be diluted in water or brine.
    3- Hi-Vis pill after Acid Pill ( This pill can be mud from the mud system
    with an adjusted YP to 35-40 lb/100 ft2)
    Soaking time: 2 hr maximum.
    Dump the pill when it surfaces.
    5- Slick Pill
    (HVP + Soltex( 2ppb) + Lubricant (2%) + BlackNite (1 %))
    6- Glycol Pill ( or LUBE 167)
    Mix amount required to cover the stuck zone (or maximum amount
    available) in slug pit
    Take required bbls of MUD
    Mix 10% of Glycol or LUBE-167
    Pump as following:
    20 bbl Viscous Water or brine
    XX bbl Glycol (or Lub-167) pill
    20 bbl Viscous Water or brine
    Pump as fast as possible, placing glycol around suspected stuck area. Work
    pipe while soaking glycol.
    7- Citric Acid Pill
    Mixing Procedure:
    100 bbls water
    10 ppb Citric Acid
    If pH is not 3-4, mix more citric acid

    Pumping procedure:
    Pump following pills around the hole as fast as possible

    20 bbls Brine or Water


    100 bbls Citric Acid Pill
    20 bbls Brine or Water
    Brine weight (NaCl or CaCl2, etc) can be adjusted to balance loss of
    hydrostatic pressure due to Citric Acid water Pill in the well
    Dump the pill when it surfaces.
    8- Pipe Lax Oil Base Pill

    (Adjust density as required for well control)

    - If available, mix and pump 30 bbls saturated Nacl Brine (75 pcf) at
    high pump rate followed by required amount of bbls to cover the stuck
    zone of the following oil base spotting fluid which will be spotted
    over the entire BHA
    - Spot xx bbls of OBM over the BHA, (Calculated volume to
    completely cover problem area) leave 15 20 bbls in the drill string
    and break circulation once per hour pumping 2 bbls of fluid.
    Formulation & Order of addition
    One bbl
    Diesel Oil
    EZ-Spot, Pipe Lax
    Water
    Barite

    bbl
    gal/bbl
    bbl
    lb/bbl

    0.63
    3.6
    0.3
    * add as needed for 64 pcf

    9-Glycol Cocktail Pill (Aramco): -----see the attached sheet.

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