Dynamic behavior and mitigation methods for drilling fluid loss in fractured formations
In view of the lost circulation in fractured formations, a two-dimensional transient model for describing a power-law drilling fluid loss in an arbitrarily-oriented, compressible, permeable, rough-walled fracture was introduced. In this model, the mechanical fracture aperture and fracture tortuosity were considered to investigate the effect of fracture roughness on fluid loss dynamics. The governing equation of power-law fluid loss model was given and solved to analyze the fluid loss dynamics in fractured formations. The results show that the shear thinning behavior of power-law drilling fl
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