Modified nanoclays: An approach to stabilizing drilling fluids rheology at high temperature

J. Abdo*, M. Danish Haneef, Mohanad Al-Swalhi

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نتاج البحث: Conference contribution

2 اقتباسات (Scopus)

ملخص

Keeping in view the decisiveness of drilling fluids impact on drilling efficiency, this work presents an approach to stabilize the drilling fluid rheology in high temperature and pressure conditions by making use of modified nano-clays. An abundantly available clay in Oman, attapulgite was tested in purified nano-form (0.3 nm diameter) for its effectiveness to tailor the rheology of drilling fluids swiftly, that are able to retain their properties over a wide range of operating temperatures, thus ensuring efficient operation in versatile formations. Sufficient experiments were performed to compare the rheology of drilling fluids containing Bentonite only, which is a common drilling fluid additive, with drilling fluids containing bentonite in presence of small quantities of attapulgite nanoparticles. After successive experiments an absolute proportion of water, bentonite and attapulgite nanoparticles was found out that gives consistent results at various temperatures i.e. stable drilling fluid rheology. The best recorded results are reported in this paper and me properties focused here are me plastic viscosity, gel strength, yield point and density.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
عنوان منشور المضيفTechnical Proceedings of the 2012 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2012
الصفحات757-760
عدد الصفحات4
حالة النشرPublished - 2012
الحدثNanotechnology 2012: Bio Sensors, Instruments, Medical, Environment and Energy - 2012 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2012 - Santa Clara, CA, United States
المدة: يونيو ١٨ ٢٠١٢يونيو ٢١ ٢٠١٢

سلسلة المنشورات

الاسمTechnical Proceedings of the 2012 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2012

Other

OtherNanotechnology 2012: Bio Sensors, Instruments, Medical, Environment and Energy - 2012 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2012
الدولة/الإقليمUnited States
المدينةSanta Clara, CA
المدة٦/١٨/١٢٦/٢١/١٢

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