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Lab 1 Geology

This document describes experiments to determine the density of water-based and oil-based drilling muds. It lists the materials used as water-based and oil-based drilling muds, a mud balance apparatus, and a hydrometer. It then outlines procedures to measure mud density using a mud balance and hydrometer. Mud is filled in the balance and hydrometer readings are taken and averaged over three trials for each type of mud.

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Lab 1 Geology

This document describes experiments to determine the density of water-based and oil-based drilling muds. It lists the materials used as water-based and oil-based drilling muds, a mud balance apparatus, and a hydrometer. It then outlines procedures to measure mud density using a mud balance and hydrometer. Mud is filled in the balance and hydrometer readings are taken and averaged over three trials for each type of mud.

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0 Material and Apparatus


Material that used:

Water-based drilling mud


Oil-based drilling mud

Apparatus that used:

Mud balance apparatus


Hydrometer

Figure Mud Balance

Figure2: Hydrometer

6.0 Procedure
Experiment 1: Determination of drilling mud density using mud balance
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Drilling mud (water based mud) is been mixed using mixer for about 5 min.
Mud balances cup is poured with drilling mud until it is full.
The cup been closed with lid and excess mud is been wiped with lab tissues.
The filled balance then is been balanced on base.

Rider is adjusted and level bubble been observed until it is perfectly fit in the middle

scale.
Reading in front of rider is been recorded which were in unit of pound per gallon

(ppg) and specific gravity (SG).


Three reading is noted and average number of density in pound per gallon and specific

gravity are being calculated.


The whole procedure was repeated using another drilling mud (oil based mud).

Experiment 2: determination of drilling mud density using hydrometer.


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Drilling mud (water based mud) is been mixed using mixer for about 5 min.
The said mud is poured into 500 ml measuring cylinder.
Hydrometer is being submerged into drilling mud and reading of hydrometer is noted.
Used hydrometer is taken out and been wiped with lab tissues.
Step 3 and 4 is repeated three times and the specific gravity (SG) of the drilling mud

is been averaged.
The whole experiment is been repeated with another drilling mud (oil based mud).

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