Fluid-Loss Control
Fluid-Loss Control : (n). Drilling Fluids. The act or means of controlling (usually lowering) the volume of filtrate that passes through a filter medium. Control of fluid loss for a mud is achieved by several means, one of which is by addition of fluid-loss-control materials to the mud system. Another is to change the mud chemistry to make the materials already present work better. Adding a clay deflocculant to freshwater mud typically improves fluid-loss control. See: Carboxymethyl Starch, Carboxymethylcellulose, Filter Medium, Filtrate Volume, Fluid-Loss-Control Material, Gilsonite, Gyp Mud, High-Pressure, High-Temperature Filtration Test, Low-Pressure, Low-Temperature Filtration Test, Plugging Material, Saltwater Mud, Spurt Loss, Static Filtration
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