Research Article

Study on Method of Determining the Safe Operation Window of Drilling Fluid Density with Credibility in Deep Igneous Rock Strata

Table 1

Pressure constraint criteria of drilling engineering risks.

Risk typeSafe density window boundary conditions (g/cm3)

Lower limit of kick
Lower limit of wellbore collapse
Upper limit of wellbore collapse
Upper limit of differential pressure sticking
Upper limit of lost circulation
Upper limit of lost circulation during well killing