Summary This paper presents a mechanism for filter-cake deposition by drilling fluids in laminar flow. The mechanism evolved from analysis of filtration-data plots obtained from two linear equations derived from filtration theory. With these plots, various fluid-loss additives were evaluated on their ability to form a low-permeability filter cake that can be eroded by a fluid in laminar flow. The mechanism was tested on two wells with high torque and drag, and the static API high-temperature/high-pressure (HTHP) values were minimized.
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