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Indonesian Petroleum Association

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15th Annual Convention Proceedings (Volume 2), 1986
Pages 327-334

Applications of Novel, High Temperature, Water-Based Drilling Fluids on Some of C.P.I.'s Offshore Sumatra Wildcats

S. C. Polnaszek

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The likelihood of very high geothermal gradients and the desire of exploration personnel to avoid oil-based drilling fluids on rank wildcats led PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia to the use of temperature-stabilized water-based drilling fluids for their PSC Langsa offshore block. The additional constraint of having to drill through highly reactive Baong Formation narrowed the choice to a system that could stabilize non-dispersed brine/polymer fluids at high temperatures. This paper describes the usage of a novel high temperature drilling fluid system by PT CPI on exploratory wells in the Straits of Malacca. PT CPI was the first operating company to apply this technology in Indonesia.


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