What does a fluid-loss additive do in drilling fluid?
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“As the fluid presses against a permeable formation, water tends to filter into the rock and leave the solids behind as a cake on the wellbore wall. A fluid-loss additive builds a thin, low-permeability filter cake so that very little water passes through.”
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