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Inge Manfred Carlsen

Jafar Abdollahi

A mud loss treatment drilling tool includes the tool having an upper tooljoint to a lower end of an above drill pipe string, one or more tanks with a through channel for a drilling fluid flow, a lower tooljoint connected to a BHA assembly at least comprising a drill bit; the tank arranged for holding a swellable sealant agent; the swellable sealant agent arranged for mixing with water to swell; the tank provided with an outlet to the through channel for the swellable sealant agent, so as for, when an undesired mud loss is detected, for flushing all or part of the swellable sealant agent into the through channel, so as for a mixture of the swellable agent and the water to start reacting to swell during the time it takes the mixture to reach a fracture extending from a well under drilling by said BHA, so as for continuing to swell and block the fracture to stop the undesired mud loss.

Tool for remedial of lost circulation while drilling

A while drilling mud loss treatment method includes providing a drilling tool main body with a through bore connected to an above arranged wired drill pipe string with a communication line to a topsides monitoring and control system, the drilling tool main body connected to a below arranged one or more drill collar sections with a lower of said drill collar sections connected to a drill bit, and drilling in a well. The main body is provided with an annular tank with a swellable sealant and the annular tank has a valve to an outlet to the through bore. A control system in the main body receives MWD sensor signals from an MWD sensor system and controls the valve having a valve actuator. The control system is, during drilling, running a monitoring and control algorithm using the signals as input for detecting an undesired mud loss state during drilling, and, if a mud loss state is detected, to command said valve actuator to open said valve upon detecting an undesired mud loss state, so as for ejecting said swellable sealant to said through bore.

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Ranheim, Norway

Inge Manfred Carlsen