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The system's reliability and robustness
have been demonstrated through successful
testing with different weighted and unweighted mud systems. Standard API
rheological parameters are determined
from the differential pressure data for
laminar flow.
Automated, real-time viscometer measurement using the pipe viscometer approach represents a step-change improvement in mud monitoring and maintenance,
while also improving rig safety and efficiency. The technology can significantly
improve the ability to feed accurate rheological information in real time into sophisticated hydraulics models used to
manage equivalent circulating densities,
and may enable technologies such as
managed pressure and dual-gradient
drilling.
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RYEN
CAENN

Ryen Caenn is principal of TekRite
Communications, which has consulted
oil companies, fluid service companies
and chemical manufacturers in the U.S.
and international drilling and production
fluids industries since 1981, specializing
in drilling and completion fluid technology transfer. He is also founder of
drillcompfluids.com, a wikibase website
that provides the fluids industry with a
repository and database to facilitate
technology transfer, including new product development and applications. Caenn
has five decades of experience in the
drilling and completion fluids industry,
beginning his career as a mud engineer
at Baroid Drilling Fluids. He has been
a member of the API drilling fluids
standards committee since 1974. Caenn
teaches schools and courses on drilling
and completion fluids. He holds a B.A.
in chemistry from Oklahoma State University.

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