Experimental Investigation of the Filtration Properties of Drilling Muds Formulated with Magnetic Water

One of the most common problems in drilling industry is the uncontrolled filtration of drilling mud into the formation that forms a thick filter cake on the wellbore wall. Drill pipe sticking, formation damage and production reduction are major consequences of this thick filter cake. As a result, researchers always search for drilling muds with the most suitable filtration properties to reduce these negative impacts. In this study a drilling mud has been prepared using magnetic water technology to determine its filtration properties. Magnetic water technology is a relatively new and challenging technology in which physical properties of water are modified by exposing it to a magnetic field. Drilling muds formulated with magnetic water instead of normal water proved to have better filtration properties and reduced filtrate volume.