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This paper waa prepared for presentation at the 61at Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Pelroledm Engineers held in New
Orleane, LA October 5-8, 1986.
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ABSTRACT
The frequent use of clear brines as completion/
workover fluids has incre?sed the need for improved
methods of solids removal during these operations.
Studies in recent years, relating formation damage
size distribution in completion/
with pai-title
workover fluids, magnify the need to make the brines
as solids-free as possible (l-8). This fact has led
the industry to re-examine the filtration process on
completions.
Presently, there are no methods commonly used to
determine the particle size distribution in fluids
On-site measurements of solids
at the rig site.
generally involve centrifuging a sample of fluid to
determine the percent by volume of solids or
monitoring solids content by turbimetric methods.
The volume percent of solids is important; however,
knowledge of the particle size distribution and
population density is important in order to minimize
formation damage.
Tests can be run in the
laboratory on several types of instruments to
determine particle size distribution, but these
represent after the fact data.
In other industries, a small laser particle counter
is being used to determine size distribution and
actual particles per cubic centimeter in clear
fluids.
The instrument is interfaced with a PC
computer or hand-held calculator to compute the size
distribution and the population density of the
The instrument is portable, precise,
particles.
and practical for use in the oilfield.
It gives
field personnel an opportunity to check the solids
distribution of the fluid going into the well and
the efficiency of the filtration equipment on-site.
The data obtained using the laser particle counter
together with the reservoir data is a good means of
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ACKNOHLE06ENENTS
We thank ARCO Oil and Gas Company for the permission
to publish this paper. We also thank Mr. Gary White
for his invaluable assistance in interfacing the
instrumentation and preparing the software for the
system.
ON-SITE COMPLETION/klORKOVER FLUID ANALYSIS USING A poRTABLE LASER PARTICLE SIZE COUNTER
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Jordan, C. A. et al., The Bay Marchand Pressure
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