Physical Properties of Cuttings, Drilling Fluid and Organic Phase Recovered in the Drying Operation in Oil and Gas Well Drilling

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Oil companies have increasingly invested in alternative technologies for cuttings treatment. The research for new operations or equipments leads to investigate the properties and characteristics of drilled cuttings and drilling fluids. This work presents the physical characterization of cuttings, drilling fluid and organic phase recoved after cuttings drying. It was carried out analysis of rheology for the drilling fluid and particle size and shape for the cuttings. Considering the microwave drying technology, which has been investigated for cuttings treatment, it was also determined the dielectric properties for the drilling fluid. The quality of the organic phase recovered in the microwave cuttings drying was also analysed.

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