Essay Example on PETROLEUM ENGINEERING LABORATORY GROUP D EXPERIMENT ON DENSITY

Make sure some of the test fluid is expelled from the little hole on top of the lid this shows that the cup is full and it will also free any trapped air or gas 4 Cover the hole on top of the lid and wipe the lid and the body of the cup with a dry cloth 5 Then place the mud balance on the knife edge and move the rider along the scale until the bubble indicates that the system is balanced 6 Obtain the mud weight by reading the value on the scale RESULTS Density ppg Lbs ft3 Specific gravity s g Psi 1000ft SAMPLE 1 8 70 65 1 1 09 450 SAMPLE 2 8 90 66 6 1 11 460 DISCUSSIONS Sample 1 is a water based mud consisting of Water and Bentonite Sample 2 is a water based mud consisting of Water Bentonite and Barite From the results above it is shown that the density of sample 2 is greater than the density of sample 1 Barite is a weighting material used in the field to increase mud density and from this experiment it can be observed that the sample with barite has a greater mud weight than the mud samples with only water and Bentonite The Barite increased the mud weight of sample 2