Fluid Blog

Last week, the rig crew encountered a procedural challenge while preparing to circulate and monitor mud properties on the return side. Due to restricted access to the shaker room, the team discussed how to continue monitoring mud weight during spacer returns. Operations Excellence Engineer Fawzi Chamssine and Automation Manager Pierina Fonseca proposed a practical solution, using the IMS RheoSense unit for real-time density monitoring. The system, commissioned just 12 hours e

In the ever-evolving world of oil and gas drilling, efficiency and precision are key factors in ensuring the success of any operation. At IMS, with the RheoSense system, we take great pride in providing cutting-edge technology to our clients, and it's always heartening to receive positive feedback from the field. Recently, we had the privilege of installing our RheoSense unit in West Africa, and the results have been nothing short of remarkable.  The unit has been used to tr

Technical Experiences, Benefits and Challenges of a Real-time Drilling Fluids Monitoring System when Integrated into a Drilling Campaign OMV Austria trialed a proof-of-concept pilot project with Intelligent Mud Solutions’ RheoSense unit, hereafter unit or Real Time (RT) fluid unit, to achieve consistent high-resolution real-time drilling fluids properties data to benefit well operations. The Operator used the RT fluid unit on an 8 well cluster infill development campaign in A

On a typical drilling operation, mud rheology is measured four times per day, and it is generally assumed that the rheology behaves in an almost linear manner in the six-hour period between two measurements. Is this really true? Experience from the use of Intelligent Mud Solutions’ RheoSense system indicates that there can be a lot of variances in the properties of the mud that is pumped down the hole that is not accounted for when relying on manual spot checks measurements.

Equinor using real-time autonomous fluid analysis system from Intelligent Mud Solutions in world record. Intelligent Mud Solutions AS based in Stavanger, Norway is proud of their contribution to the success of the Equinor Troll Field record breaking well S-23. The well had a vertical depth of approximately 2000 meters and horizontal length of over 8000 meters totaling 10042 meters MD. RheoSense - Onsite Analysis Tools offers autonomous fluid analysis in real time. Our design