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    The document provides instructions for creating different types of lost circulation material (LCM) pills and pills for stuck pipe remediation. It describes gunk plugs made with diesel and bentonite, polymer plugs with caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate, and LCM pills for partial and complete losses using mica or calcium carbonate in drilling mud. It also outlines grease, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, and pipe lax oil base pills for removing stuck pipe using various mixtures of oils, acids, lubricants, and weighting agents.

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    The document provides instructions for creating different types of lost circulation material (LCM) pills and pills for stuck pipe remediation. It describes gunk plugs made with diesel and bentonite, polymer plugs with caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate, and LCM pills for partial and complete losses using mica or calcium carbonate in drilling mud. It also outlines grease, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, and pipe lax oil base pills for removing stuck pipe using various mixtures of oils, acids, lubricants, and weighting agents.

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    The document provides instructions for creating different types of lost circulation material (LCM) pills and pills for stuck pipe remediation. It describes gunk plugs made with diesel and bentonite, polymer plugs with caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate, and LCM pills for partial and complete losses using mica or calcium carbonate in drilling mud. It also outlines grease, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, and pipe lax oil base pills for removing stuck pipe using various mixtures of oils, acids, lubricants, and weighting agents.

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    Pills

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    AhmedMohsen
    The document provides instructions for creating different types of lost circulation material (LCM) pills and pills for stuck pipe remediation. It describes gunk plugs made with diesel and bentonite, polymer plugs with caustic, polymer, and mica or calcium carbonate, and LCM pills for partial and complete losses using mica or calcium carbonate in drilling mud. It also outlines grease, HCl, slick, glycol, citric acid, and pipe lax oil base pills for removing stuck pipe using various mixtures of oils, acids, lubricants, and weighting agents.

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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- HCL (15%) Pills (Acid 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.

    3- Slick Pill

    (HVP + Soltex( 2ppb) + Lubricant (2%) + BlackNite (1 %))

    4- 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 LUB-167

    Pump as following:
     20 bbl Water
     XX bbl Glycol (or Lub-167)
     20 bbl Water
    Pump as fast as possible, placing glycol around suspected stuck area. Work
    pipe while soaking glycol.
    5- 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.

    6- 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 bbl 0.63


    EZ-Spot, Pipe Lax gal/bbl 3.6
    Water bbl 0.3
    Barite lb/bbl * add as needed for 64 pcf

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