Engineered LCM design to manage subterranean formation stresses for arresting drilling fluid losses

摘要

Methods for designing lost circulation materials for use in drilling wellbores penetrating subterranean formations may involve inputting a plurality of first inputs into a numerical method, the plurality of first inputs comprising a lost circulation material property input of a first LCM; calculating a plurality of first outputs from the numerical method; inputting a plurality of second inputs into the numerical method, the plurality of second inputs comprising the lost circulation material property input of a second lost circulation material; calculating a plurality of second outputs from the numerical method; comparing the first outputs to the second outputs; and developing a drilling fluid comprising a third lost circulation material based on the comparison of outputs.