Shale gas fracturing using foam-based fracturing fluid: a review

WAM Wanniarachchi, PG Ranjith… - Environmental Earth …, 2017 - Springer
World energy resources are depleting at an alarming rate, and natural gas has been
identified as an environmentally friendly energy resource, with shale gas being one option …

A comprehensive review of laboratory, field and modelling studies on drilling mud rheology in high temperature high pressure (HTHP) conditions

OE Agwu, JU Akpabio, ME Ekpenyong… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the demand for hydrocarbons increases, the search frontiers for petroleum and natural
gas deposits keep being pushed towards unconventional terrains. An example of an …

Development of environment-friendly oil-in-water emulsion based drilling fluid for shale gas formation using sunflower oil

BK Paswan, V Mahto - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Mineral oils are frequently used for the making of synthetic-based drilling fluids. However,
there are several downsides associated with these oils. These mineral oils are non …

A generalized model for apparent viscosity of oil-based muds

MF Fakoya, RM Ahmed - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Oil-based drilling fluid, typically called oil-based mud (OBM), is an invert emulsion that finds
application in drilling operations owing to its outstanding performance, especially in high …

Green corrosion inhibitors for drilling operation: New derivatives of fatty acid-based inhibitors in drilling fluids for 1018 carbon steel in CO2-saturated KCl environments

MJ Palimi, Y Tang, V Alvarez, E Kuru, DY Li - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Corrosion of the oilfield drilling equipment can considerably affect its drilling effectiveness,
service life, and operation safety as well as the surrounding environment. In this study …

Review of synthesis, characteristics and technical challenges of biodiesel based drilling fluids

AA Aboulrous, AS Haddad, R Rafati, NV Boyou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last decades, biodiesel-based drilling fluids have drawn attention of researchers
due to their biodegradability, low cost, high flash point compared to other synthetic-based …

A comprehensive empirical, analytical and tomographic investigation on rheology and formation damage behavior of a novel nano-modified invert emulsion drilling …

SH Hajiabadi, H Aghaei… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the rheological behaviors of one the most common
drilling fluids in oil and gas industry known as the invert oil emulsions (W/O), specially, in …

[PDF][PDF] A comprehensive review on the advancement of non-damaging drilling fluids

IM Alcheikh, B Ghosh - Int. J. Petrochem. Res, 2017 - academia.edu
The ever-increasing targets of drilling depth and reach, coupled with locational
disadvantages have driven the oilfield drilling operations into new technology frontiers …

A cost-effective application of new surfactant/oxidant system to enhance the removal efficiency of oil-based mud filter cake

J Zhou, HA Nasr-El-Din, D Socci… - SPE Western Regional …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Removing oil-based mud (OBM) filter cake is a difficult task. Low removal efficiency of filter
cake may result in pay zone damage, including drilling fluid filtrate incompatibilities with …

[PDF][PDF] An experimental study on the performance of calcium carbonate extracted from eggshells as weighting agent in drilling fluid

R Iqbal, M Zubair, F Pirzada, F Abro… - … & Applied Science …, 2019 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Drilling mud density is an important factor in drilling operations. The cost of the drilling mud
used for oil and gas well drilling can be 10%-15% of the total drilling cost, and the deeper …