Improving the rheology, lubricity, and differential sticking properties of water-based drilling muds at high temperatures using hydrophilic Gilsonite nanoparticles

Pakdaman, Ehsan; Osfouri, Shahriar; Azin, Reza; Niknam, Khodabakhsh; Roohi, Abbas

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123930

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“…One of the significant characteristics of drilling fluids is lubricity. Lubricity is required in order to reduce the friction due to the continuous contact between the wellbore and drilling string in the horizontal and directional wells [ 139 ]. There are two main aspects concerning lubricity of drilling fluids, which are referred to as torque and drag.…”

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Utilization of Eco-Friendly Waste Generated Nanomaterials in Water-Based Drilling Fluids; State of the Art Review

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An important aspect of hydrocarbon drilling is the usage of drilling fluids, which remove drill cuttings and stabilize the wellbore to provide better filtration. To stabilize these properties, several additives are used in drilling fluids that provide satisfactory rheological and filtration properties. However, commonly used additives are environmentally hazardous; when drilling fluids are disposed after drilling operations, they are discarded with the drill cuttings and additives into water sources and causes unwanted pollution. Therefore, these additives should be substituted with additives that are environmental friendly and provide superior performance. In this regard, biodegradable additives are required for future research. This review investigates the role of various bio-wastes as potential additives to be used in water-based drilling fluids. Furthermore, utilization of these waste-derived nanomaterials is summarized for rheology and lubricity tests. Finally, sufficient rheological and filtration examinations were carried out on water-based drilling fluids to evaluate the effect of wastes as additives on the performance of drilling fluids.

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Utilization of Eco-Friendly Waste Generated Nanomaterials in Water-Based Drilling Fluids; State of the Art Review

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“…The degradation of the polymer was also caused by oxidation. Upon heating, the solution polymer broke apart and reduced molecular weight [125,127].The plastic viscosity and yield point of hydrophilic gilsonite nanoparticle (HGN) based drilling fluid were measured and it was observed that long chains of HGN increased the viscosity of drilling fluid [128]. Moreover, better dispersion of HGN increased the mechanical friction between the particles holding electric charges where there was an increase in the plastic viscosity of the drilling fluid system as displayed in Table 2.…”

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“…Plastic viscosity and yield point of hydrophilic gilsonite nanoparticles (HGN) before and after hot rolling at 422 K[128].…”

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Nanomaterial-Based Drilling Fluids for Exploitation of Unconventional Reservoirs: A Review

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The world’s energy demand is steadily increasing where it has now become difficult for conventional hydrocarbon reservoir to meet levels of demand. Therefore, oil and gas companies are seeking novel ways to exploit and unlock the potential of unconventional resources. These resources include tight gas reservoirs, tight sandstone oil, oil and gas shales reservoirs, and high pressure high temperature (HPHT) wells. Drilling of HPHT wells and shale reservoirs has become more widespread in the global petroleum and natural gas industry. There is a current need to extend robust techniques beyond costly drilling and completion jobs, with the potential for exponential expansion. Drilling fluids and their additives are being customized in order to cater for HPHT well drilling issues. Certain conventional additives, e.g., filtrate loss additives, viscosifier additives, shale inhibitor, and shale stabilizer additives are not suitable in the HPHT environment, where they are consequently inappropriate for shale drilling. A better understanding of the selection of drilling fluids and additives for hydrocarbon water-sensitive reservoirs within HPHT environments can be achieved by identifying the challenges in conventional drilling fluids technology and their replacement with eco-friendly, cheaper, and multi-functional valuable products. In this regard, several laboratory-scale literatures have reported that nanomaterial has improved the properties of drilling fluids in the HPHT environment. This review critically evaluates nanomaterial utilization for improvement of rheological properties, filtrate loss, viscosity, and clay- and shale-inhibition at increasing temperature and pressures during the exploitation of hydrocarbons. The performance and potential of nanomaterials, which influence the nature of drilling fluid and its multi-benefits, is rarely reviewed in technical literature of water-based drilling fluid systems. Moreover, this review presented case studies of two HPHT fields and one HPHT basin, and compared their drilling fluid program for optimum selection of drilling fluid in HPHT environment.

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“…Some studies with WBM nanofluids indicated plastic viscosity (PV) and yield point (YP) were improved and filtration loss, friction torque and lubrication were reduced (Pakdaman et al 2019). Parizad et al (2018) and Ponmani et al (2016) studied different nanoparticles at low concentrations WBM nanofluids on thermal, electrical and filtration loss.…”

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Simulation of Wellbore Drilling Energy Saving of Nanofluids Using an Experimental Taylor–Couette Flow System

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et al. 2021

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Power consumption of wellbore drilling in oil and gas exploitations count for 40% of total costs, hence power saving of WBM (water-based mud) by adding different concentrations of Al2O3, TiO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles is investigated here. A high-speed Taylor–Couette system (TCS) was devised to operate at speeds 0–1600 RPM to simulate power consumption of wellbore drilling using nanofluids in laminar to turbulent flow conditions. The TCS control unit uses several sensors to record current, voltage and rotational speed and Arduino microprocessors to process outputs including rheological properties and power consumption. Total power consumption of the TCS was correlated with a second-order polynomial function of rotational speed for different nanofluids, and the correlated parameters were found using an optimization technique. For the first time, energy saving of three nanofluids at four low volume concentrations 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1% is investigated in the TCS simulating wellbore drilling operation. It is interesting to observe that the lower concentration nanofluids (0.05%) have better power savings. In average, for the lower concentration nanofluids (0.05%), power was saved by 39%, 30% and 26% for TiO2, Al2O3 and SiO2 WBM nanofluids, respectively. TiO2 nanofluids have better power saving at lower concentrations of 0.05 and 0.1%, while Al2O3 nanofluids have saved more power at higher concentrations of 0.5 and 1.0% compared with their counterpart nanofluids.

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Improving the rheology, lubricity, and differential sticking properties of water-based drilling muds at high temperatures using hydrophilic Gilsonite nanoparticles

Cited by 48 publications

References 30 publications

Utilization of Eco-Friendly Waste Generated Nanomaterials in Water-Based Drilling Fluids; State of the Art Review

Utilization of Eco-Friendly Waste Generated Nanomaterials in Water-Based Drilling Fluids; State of the Art Review

Nanomaterial-Based Drilling Fluids for Exploitation of Unconventional Reservoirs: A Review

Simulation of Wellbore Drilling Energy Saving of Nanofluids Using an Experimental Taylor–Couette Flow System

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