Drilling Fluid from Natural Vegetable Gum

Li, F. X.; Jiang, Guancheng; Wang, Z. K.; Cui, Mao Rong

doi:10.1080/10916466.2011.605092

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“…Recent technological advancement has led to the development of novel environment-friendly drilling fluid solutions. The advancement in the direction of sustainable and economically viable drilling fluid systems has been constrained by factors such as complicated chemical synthesis technology, absence of crude material, and high cost (Li et al 2014). Synthetic and mineral oils are commonly used in oil-based drilling fluid systems.…”

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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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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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“…High gel strength and low-shear-rate viscosity due to rheology modifier are the key parameters to reduce the formation damage. A few vegetable-based gums gave desirable rheology even at high temperatures [8]. Montmorillonite stabilised by polymer showed excellent fluid retention capacity and stable rheology even at high temperature [9].…”

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Novel PAM Complex as Rheology Modifier and Fluid Loss Controller for Montmorillonite Fluid

Shettigar¹,

Misra²,

Patel³

2017

IJCEA

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“…Advances in recent technologies led to the development of novel environmentally friendly DF & M. Enamul Hossain menamul@kfupm.edu.sa systems (Kok and Alikaya 2003;Zhao et al 2009;Lan et al 2010). However, problems such as complicated treating chemical synthesis technology, the lack of raw material for treatment agents, and high initial cost have limited the development of the DF (Li et al 2014). The application of DF for environmental protection is limited in oil resources exploration as the treating chemicals from natural macromolecular materials are often of poor quality.…”

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The use of grass as an environmentally friendly additive in water-based drilling fluids

Hossain

Wajheeuddin

2016

Pet. Sci.

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Excellent drilling fluid techniques are one of the significant guaranteed measures to insure safety, quality, efficiency, and speediness of drilling operations. Drilling fluids are generally discarded after the completion of drilling operations and become waste, which can have a large negative impact on the environment. Drilling materials and additives together with drill cuttings, oil, and water constitute waste drilling fluids, which ultimately are dumped onto soil, surface water, groundwater, and air. Environmental pollution is found to be a serious threat while drilling complex wells or high-temperature deep wells as these types of wells involve the use of oil-based drilling fluid systems and high-performance water-based drilling fluid systems. The preservation of the environment on a global level is now important as various organizations have set up initiatives to drive the usage of toxic chemicals as drilling fluid additives. This paper presents an approach where grass is introduced as a sustainable drilling fluid additive with no environmental problems. Simple waterbased drilling fluids were formulated using bentonite, powdered grass, and water to analyze the rheological and filtration characteristics of the new drilling fluid. A particle size distribution test was conducted to determine the particle size of the grass sample by the sieve analysis method. Experiments were conducted on grass samples of 300, 90, and 35 lm to study the characteristics and behavior of the newly developed drilling fluid at room temperature. The results show that grass samples with varying particle sizes and concentrations may improve the viscosity, gel strength, and filtration of the bentonite drilling fluid. These observations recommend the use of grass as a rheological modifier, filtration control agent, and pH control agent to substitute toxic materials from drilling fluids.

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Drilling Fluid from Natural Vegetable Gum

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

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

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

Novel PAM Complex as Rheology Modifier and Fluid Loss Controller for Montmorillonite Fluid

The use of grass as an environmentally friendly additive in water-based drilling fluids

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