Evaluation of Sugarcane Bagasse as Lost Circulation Materials

Sincere goes to Mr. Jasmi Abd Talib UTP supervisor that have encourage, support and have spent time to discussing some matters regarding to my final year project. He also supported me and encouraged me to complete this task so that I will not procrastinate in doing it.
As my project all about the drilling fluids which evaluates the greenery material as drilling fluid additives in water based system. Lost circulation is defined as the total loss of drilling fluid into the formation. This project is mainly focus on how to prevent unwanted issues by evaluating the lost circulation materials (LCM) in water based mud system which based on green LCM - environmental friendly and has a lower cost than contemporary LCM. Contemporary LCM made from, mica, raw cotton, nut shell, wood fibre, corn cobs and etc. Several of this material can be toxic to environment or take long time to dispose if the drilling company decides to dumb the mud into the sea or the mud lost in to formation.
The project involves several experiments such as rheology, permeability plugging test and fluid loss to determine the properties and performance of green LCM. The experiments require several lab equipment such as Fann 35 viscometer, API Filtration Loss, and etc. Hopefully, the green LCM which based on sugarcane can achieve the target successfully.