TETRA Engineered Solutions Guide
TETRA Technologies, Inc. was a pioneer in the use of clear brine fluids for well completions, workovers, and drilling operations, and the Company has continued to be an innovator in the industry. For more than two decades, TETRA has worked to develop new and more technically advanced products to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers. All segments of our fluids operation from manufacturing the base products to technical planning and support work in concert to provide an integrated solution for our energy industry customers.
2. Fluid Planning - Selection
This chapter and Chapter 3 is designed to take you through the decision making process and assist with the planning and development of a well completion project. It discusses safety and the environment, the planning process, fluid categories, fluid density, crystallization temperature, temperature and pressure effects, estimating fluid volume, and fluid compatibility.
3. Fluid Planning - Processes & Systems
At this point, you have chosen a clear brine fluid and made adjustments for temperature, pressure, and PCT. The volume of fluid required for the job has also been estimated.
4. Field Applications and Brine Maintenance
The information in this chapter addresses needs and decisions that often arise in the field after the completion fluid has been transported to the location.
5. Product Quick Reference
6. Tables, Formulas, and Planning Support
7. U.S. Safety and Environmental Information
8. Special Topics
9. References
10. Useful Lists
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Our 26,000-square-foot technology center has state-of-the-art research and testing equipment and is manned by technologists and Ph.D. chemists who have developed and supported many new innovations in oilfield well completions. Focused on solving industry-related issues, TETRA keeps abreast of oilfield trends and strives to design products and techniques aimed at solving emerging problems such as environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) of chrome production tubing in high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) wells. Extensive and innovative research in this area, as well as that related to other production challenges such as fluid loss and production impairment, is ongoing.
In addition to innovative product development, the technology center personnel support our field engineers and provide quality assurance control and best practices guidance to our domestic and international operations.
Why We Wrote this Guide
The Engineered Solutions Guide for Clear Brine Fluids and Filtration has been developed by TETRA in an effort to assist our customers in planning for and engineering well completions designed to maximize well performance and profitability. We hope that this publication provides useful information and tools that facilitate the application of products and technologies designed to enhance our customers' producing formations.
We have provided useful lists and a comprehensive index to help you access information that is of interest to you.
Use of Icons
There are several icons used throughout the guide to provide the reader with visual clues. A brief explanation of each follows.
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This icon appears next to product names in Chapter 5, "Product Quick Reference," to indicate that a product contains at least one ingredient with an established EPA Reportable Quantity (RQ). |
