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This document discusses using a mud balance to measure the density of drilling mud. It describes the components of the mud balance including a fixed volume cup and sliding weight rider. The procedure explains how to fill the cup, balance the arm, and read the density measurement. It discusses ensuring the equipment is clean before use to avoid errors. The document also describes an experiment where bentonite is mixed with water to make mud, barite is added to increase the density, and the recalculated densities are measured with the mud balance.

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This document discusses using a mud balance to measure the density of drilling mud. It describes the components of the mud balance including a fixed volume cup and sliding weight rider. The procedure explains how to fill the cup, balance the arm, and read the density measurement. It discusses ensuring the equipment is clean before use to avoid errors. The document also describes an experiment where bentonite is mixed with water to make mud, barite is added to increase the density, and the recalculated densities are measured with the mud balance.

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Introduction

Density or weight of a given volume of liquid is


determined by using a mud balance. The arm is
graduated and permits accurate measurements
to within + - 0.1 pounds per gallon or + - 0.01
specific gravity. The mud balance is constructed
so that the fixed volume cup at one end is
balanced by a fixed counterweight at the
opposite end, with a sliding weight rider free to
move along on the beam indicates when the
.system is in balance

Aim

.To know how to use mud balance apparatus-1


To know the change in density after adding barite by -2
.using water
3-To recalculate the density of the mud which is given.

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Test equipment

The instrument consists of a constant volume cup


with a lever arm and rider calibrated to read directly
the density of the fluid in PPG(water 8,33),pcf(water
62,4) ,specific gravity (water=1) and pressure
.gradient in psi

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Procedure

1-Remove the lid from the cup, and completely


fill the cup with the mud to be tested.
2-Replace the lid and rotate until firmly seated,
making sure some mud is expelled through the
hole in the cup.
Wash or wipe the mud from the outside of the -3
.cup
Place the balance arm on the base, with the -4
.knife-edge resting on the fulcrum
Move the rider until the graduated arm is level, -5
.as indicated by the level vial on the beam
At the left-hand edge of the rider, read the -6
density on either side of the lever in all desired
.units without disturbing the rider
Note down mud temperature corresponding to -7
.density

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Discussion

We must be clean all the device before our works


because if they are dirty ,they will be cause error in
our experiment. -If the water is not clean(dirty)to
prepare this mud we have some error to
equilibrium this balance, you must balanced this
mud balance with the water(standard solution)in
first stage and after that you balanced the
bentonite mud with respect to density of the water
and we put this mud (barite) to increase the density
of the mud (to controlled the formation). -In this
experiment we want to recalculate the density of
the mud,first we weight 17.041gm of the bentonite
in the weight balance and mixed it with 493.19cc of
water, then we put it in the mixture tool.in fact we
could not make the mud balance our bentonite in
the lab was bad ,so our result was mistaked. If the
mud was mixed didn't bad, we must find the mud
density by the mud balance. After the mixture We
must weight 25.8463gm of barite and put in to the
mixture of the bentonite and water(mud) in the
mixture tool, after this mixture we find its density
by the mud balance too. From that we know the
.difference between both density

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Calculation

Find the resistance value by:


1- Ohm’s law R
2- Ohmmeter
3- Color code

Table( 1 )

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Introduction 1

Aim 2

Conte
Test equipment 3

Procedure 4

Discussion 5

Conclusion 6
Name: Ahmed bahri omar
Date: 2021/11/24
Subject: drilling

Mud weight (mud density)

: Mr serkar mhedin

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