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Full Description
This recommended practice provides standard procedures for determining the following characteristics of oil-based drilling fluids:
a) drilling fluid density (mud weight);
b) viscosity and gel strength;
c) filtration;
d) oil, water, and solids concentrations;
e) alkalinity, chloride concentration, and calcium concentration;
f) electrical stability;
g) lime and calcium concentrations, calcium chloride, and sodium chloride concentrations;
h) low-gravity solids and weighting material concentrations.
The annexes provide additional test methods or examples that can optionally be used for the determination of:
- shear strength (Annex A);
- oil and water concentrations from cuttings (Annex B);
- drilling fluid activity (Annex C);
- aniline point (Annex D);
- lime, salinity, and solids concentration (Annex E);
- sampling, inspection and rejection (Annex F);
- rig-site sampling (Annex G);
- cuttings activity (Annex H);
- active sulfide (Annex I);
- calibration and verification of glassware, thermometers, viscometers, retort kit cups, and drilling fluid balances (Annex J);
- high-temperature/high-pressure filtration using the permeability-plugging apparatus (PPA) (Annex K);
- elastomer compatibility (Annex L);
- sand content of oil-based fluid (Annex M);
- identification and monitoring of weight-material sag (Annex N);
- oil-based drilling fluid test report form (Annex O).
Document History
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API RP 13B-2
Field Testing Nonaqueous-based Drilling Fluids, Sixth Edition- Most Recent
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API RP 13B-2
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Recommended Practice for Field Testing Oil-based Drilling Fluids, Fifth Edition, Includes Errata 1 (2014), Errata 2 (2018), and Addendum 1 (2019)- Historical Version
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API RP 13B-2 (R2010)
Recommended Practice 13B-2, Recommended Practice for Field Testing of Oil-based Drilling Fluids, Fourth Edition- Historical Version
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API RP 13B2
Recommended Practice Standard Procedure for Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids- Historical Version
Amendments, rulings, supplements, and errata
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API RP 13B-2 Addendum
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Addendum to Recommended Practice for Field Testing of Oil-based Drilling Fluids, Fifth Edition -
API RP 13B-2 Errata 2
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Errata 2 to Recommended Practice for Field Testing of Oil-based Drilling Fluids, Fifth Edition -
API RP 13B-2 Errata
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Errata to Recommended Practice for Field Testing of Oil-based Drilling Fluids, Fifth Edition