An ecological water-based drilling mud (WBM) with low cost: substitution of polymers by wood wastes

Haider, Soumia; Messaoud-Boureghda, Mohamed-Zine; Aknouche, Hamid; Akkouche, Ali; Hammadi, Larbi; Safi, Brahim

doi:10.1007/s13202-018-0469-9

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“…The base muds were prepared by adding each of the biopolymers to pre-hydrated bentonite-water system. The concentrations of components in the tested muds were similar to those commonly used in oil well drilling sites and also similar to previous research works [18][19][20][21]. The details of the mud mixtures are given in Tab.…”

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Rheological behavior of polymer-based drilling fluids: experimental study of temperature effects

Safi¹,

Aboutaleb²,

Haider³

2023

International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering

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Drilling fluids most commonly used are generally based on polymers. Polymers such as methylcellulose carboxylate (CMC), polyanionic cellulose (PAC) and xanthan (Xn) have a very important role in the success of drilling operations. Indeed, they are also used to improve certain properties, in particular rheological. However, these polymers can lose their characteristics under the influence of increasing temperature at the bottom of oil wells, thus affecting the ability of the mud to perform its useful role in the drilling operation, namely to raise the cuttings from the bottom of the well to the surface. The present work aims to study the effect of temperature on the main rheological properties (shear stress and plastic viscosity) as well as on the rheological behavior of water-based drilling muds (WBM). WBM_CMC and WBM_PAC (at Xn content fixed) were selected to evaluate the temperature effect (20°C; 40°C; 60°C and 80°C) on the rheological parameters and the rheological behavior. The results revealed that the shear stress and the plastic viscosity of the studied muds were considerably affected by an increase in temperature. A significant decrease in these drilling mud parameters as a function of temperature up to 80°C. A reduction of 58.8% in shear stress and 78.5% in plastic viscosity was observed. The results show that regardless of the test temperature, the shear thinning behavior of the WBM_CMC and WBM_PAC drilling muds is the same as the Herschel-Bulkley model.

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confidence: 84%

Rheological behavior of polymer-based drilling fluids: experimental study of temperature effects

Safi¹,

Aboutaleb²,

Haider³

2023

International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering

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“…The comparative cost analysis for industrial-grade conventional and proposed drilling fluid additives is carried out to understand the economic probabilities based on the published literature and our research work. To prepare a cost-effective drilling fluid, it is prerequisite that the base material should be easily available as per the industrial requirement at economic cost (Amanullah and Yu 2005;Haider et al 2019). To validate this hypothesis, we have chosen the groundnut husk for the generation of cellulose as an eco-friendly additive, which is easily available in most parts of the world, inexpensive and the waste product of the food industries.…”

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Formulation of cellulose using groundnut husk as an environment-friendly fluid loss retarder additive and rheological modifier comparable to PAC for WBM

Patidar

Sharma

Joshi

2020

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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The hydrocarbon extraction and exploitation using state-of-the-art modern drilling technologies urge the use of biodegradable, environment-friendly drilling fluid and drilling fluid additives to protect the environment and humanity. As more environmental laws are enacted and new safety rules implemented to oust the usage of toxic chemicals as fluid additives, it becomes inevitable that we re-evaluate our choice of drilling fluid additives. Drilling fluids and its additives play a crucial role in drilling operations as well as project costing; hence, it is needed that we develop cost-effective environment-friendly drilling fluid additives that meet the requirements for smooth functioning in geologically complex scenarios as well as have a minimal ecological impact. The current research work demonstrates key outcomes of investigations carried out on the formulation of a sustainable drilling fluid system, where groundnut husk is used as a fluid loss additive and a rheological modifier having no toxicity and high biodegradability. Cellulose was generated from groundnut husk at two varying particle sizes using mesh analysis, which was then compared with the commercially available PAC at different concentrations to validate its properties as a comparable fluid loss retarder additive as well as a rheological modifier. In the present work, various controlling characteristics of proposed groundnut husk additive are discussed, where comparison at different concentrations with a commercially available additive, PAC, is also validated. The API filtration losses demonstrated by the (63–74) µm and the (250–297) µm proposed additive showed a decrease of 91.88% and 82.31%, respectively, from the base mud at 4% concentration. The proposed husk additives acted as a filtrate retarder additive without much deviation from base rheology and with considerably higher pH than the base mud. This investigation indicates that the proposed fluid loss additive and rheological modifier can minimize the environmental hazards and have proved to be a cost-effective eco-friendly alternative in this challenging phase of the hydrocarbon exploration industry.

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“…There is a need to find and create new environmentally friendly additives that will contribute to the control of the drilling fluid properties in the same way, but with minimal impact on the environment [18,19]. Therefore, many studies have been and are still being conducted on using food waste [20] and other biodegradable materials as additives.…”

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Waste Mandarin Peel as an Eco-Friendly Water-Based Drilling Fluid Additive

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Drilling fluid represents the most important fluid that must fulfill numerous important assignments during drilling operations. Many commercially available additives for water-based drilling fluid fall into the category of non-degradable and environmentally hazardous materials. Significant development in this area can be made by using biodegradable materials as additives in drilling fluids. The objective of this study was to determine whether mandarin peel powder particle size affects the properties of the drilling fluid. In this paper, mandarin peel was used in the form of a dry powder divided into particle sizes smaller than 0.1 mm, and between 0.1 mm and 0.16 mm. Mandarin peel powder was added to a water-based drilling fluid in four different concentrations (0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2% by volume of water). By increasing the mandarin peel powder concentration, the API filtration reduced up to 42%, PPT filtration significantly decreased up to 61.54%, while the rheological parameters generally increased but remained within acceptable limits. It is determined that the optimal concentration of mandarin peel powder is up to 1.5% by volume of water.

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An ecological water-based drilling mud (WBM) with low cost: substitution of polymers by wood wastes

Cited by 14 publications

References 24 publications

Rheological behavior of polymer-based drilling fluids: experimental study of temperature effects

Rheological behavior of polymer-based drilling fluids: experimental study of temperature effects

Formulation of cellulose using groundnut husk as an environment-friendly fluid loss retarder additive and rheological modifier comparable to PAC for WBM

Waste Mandarin Peel as an Eco-Friendly Water-Based Drilling Fluid Additive

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