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Status of lost circulation research

Glowka, D.A.; Schafer, D.M.; Wright, E.K.; Whitlow, G.L.; Bates, C.W.

This paper describes progress made in the Lost Circulation Technology Development Program over the period March, 1992--April, 1993. The program is sponsored at Sandia National Laboratories by the US Department of Energy, Geothermal division. The goal of the program is to develop technology to reduce lost circulation costs associated with geothermal drilling by 30--50%.