Strengthening shale wellbore with silica nanoparticles drilling fluid

Kang, Yili; She, Jiping; Zhang, Hao; You, Lijun; Song, Minggu

doi:10.1016/j.petlm.2016.03.005

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“…Nanoparticles concentration growth in its turn resulted in boosting fluid losses and cake thickness for both types of particles. Water-based drilling fluids containing silicon oxide nanoparticles at the size of 10-20 nm were considered (Kang et al, 2016). In accordance with the results nanoparticles lead to filtration reduction and the higher their concentration is, the stronger the effect is.…”

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Systematic experimental investigation of filtration losses of drilling fluids containing silicon oxide nanoparticles

Минаков

Mikhienkova

Voronenkova

et al. 2019

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

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This paper presents the results of silicon oxide nanoparticles-incorporated drilling fluid filtration through a porous medium with different permeability. A water-based clay suspension was used as a basic model for creating investigated fluid samples. AlN (aluminium nitride) particles were used as a dispersed phase. The concentration of microparticles varied from 0.5 to 4.00 wt%, while the microparticles size varied from 1 to 10 μm. The concentration of SiO 2 nanoparticles was changed within the range of 0.25 and 4.00 wt%, while the nanoparticles size varied from 5 to 100 nm. It was shown that filtration of drilling fluids with nanoparticles inclusions depends on their concentration, size and material, the concentration and size of microparticles and the pore sizes of ceramic filters.The addition of the nanoparticles leads to a significant reduction in filtration of a microsuspension and affects the structure and thickness of a cake formed on the surface of a filter. The main novelty of this work lies in the fact that the effect of the addition of nanoparticles on filtration losses depends on the ratio between nano and microparticles.It was shown that the positive effect of nanoparticle additives on filtration losses is determined not only by the properties of nanoparticles (size and concentration), but also by the properties of microparticles contained in the drilling fluid, as well as the characteristics of the rock (pore size).

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Systematic experimental investigation of filtration losses of drilling fluids containing silicon oxide nanoparticles

Минаков

Mikhienkova

Voronenkova

et al. 2019

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

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“…Kang et al [57] developed and evaluated water and oil-based drilling fluids containing silica nanoparticles by running tests such as spontaneous imbibition, swelling rate and acoustic transit time. Results showed that, for the water-based drilling fluids, nanoparticles resulted in higher plastic viscosity (PV) and yield point (YP), and lower API-filtration.…”

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Nano-Based Drilling Fluids: A Review

2017

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Nanomaterials are engineered materials with at least one dimension in the range of 1-100 nm. Nanofluids-nanoscale colloidal suspensions containing various nanomaterials-have distinctive properties and offer unprecedented potential for various sectors such as the energy, cosmetic, aerospace and biomedical industries. Due to their unique physico-chemical properties, nanoparticles are considered as very good candidates for smart drilling fluid formulation, i.e., fluids with tailor-made rheological and filtration properties. However, due to the great risk of adapting new technologies, their application in oil and gas industry is not, to date, fully implemented. Over the last few years, several researchers have examined the use of various nanoparticles, from commercial to custom made particles, to formulate drilling fluids with enhanced properties that can withstand extreme downhole environments, particularly at high pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) conditions. This article summarizes the recent progress made on the use of nanoparticles as additives in drilling fluids in order to give such fluids optimal rheological and filtration characteristics, increase shale stability and achieve wellbore strengthening. Type, size and shape of nanoparticles, volumetric concentration, addition of different surfactants and application of an external magnetic field are factors that are critically evaluated and are discussed in this article. The results obtained from various studies show that nanoparticles have a great potential to be used as drilling fluid additives in order to overcome stern drilling problems. However, there are still challenges that should be addressed in order to take full advantage of the capabilities of such particles. Finally the paper identifies and discusses opportunities for future research.

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“…It is extremely important to ensure the deposition of a thin mudcake and proper hole cleaning especially in deviated and horizontal sections. It has been reported that adding 3% silicon nanoparticles to drilling fluid will cause a 34% reduction in mudcake thickness in addition to the improvement of the mud filtrate filtration due to the formation of thin and good quality and low permeable mudcake on the borehole wall [29]. The application of carbon nanotubes in drilling fluids has also been studied and it is demonstrated that the formation of very uniform and extremely thin mudcake could be achieved by using carbon nanotubes in the mud system [19].…”

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Potential Application of Nanomaterials in Oil and Gas Field Drilling Tools and Fluids Design

Amanullah¹,

Ramasamy²

2018

JCCE

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The emerging nanoscience, nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be used for various industrial applications to enhance reliability, performance, stability and functional capability. Their application in the design and development of tools and materials used in oil and gas industry for extreme drilling conditions could overcome the current limitations of conventional tools and the various fluid systems used by the industry. The functional limitations such as poor physio-chemical stability in acid gas environment, frequent mechanical failure and malfunctioning in complex geological environment, thermal degradation in high temperature environment, etc. of currently used conventional tools and fluid systems are associated with extreme operating conditions due to a shift of the drilling operation from low risk to high risk geological environments, onshore to offshore locations, shallow water to deep water environment, etc. The progressive shift to increasingly higher risk operating environments is unavoidable as the energy demand of global community has increased manifold and is expected to increase further in future. Moreover, the probability and likelihood of finding easy oils and gas resources in low risk areas are diminishing quickly. That is why the oil and gas companies are constantly shifting to extremely challenging environments to meet the global energy demand. This is reflected by the expansion of drilling activities in complex geological areas, deep water environments, extreme-HPHT environments, etc. As the current tools and equipment and also the additives and chemicals often fail and/or lose their functional ability due to the detrimental effect of exposure of extremely harsh conditions, the industry needs tools and equipment, chemicals fluid additives that are highly reliable, chemically resistive, thermally and mechanically stable to ensure safe and trouble free drilling operations. It has been demonstrated in several fields of study that nanostructured materials and additives exhibit improved mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical and tribological properties that can significantly increase the stability and durability of the tools and equipment along with the chemical and thermal stability of additives required for high performance fluid design. This review article captures the recent developments about the application of nanomaterials in the design and development of tools, equipment, additives, chemicals and smart materials to overcome current and future technical challenges of the oil and gas industry. Finally, the conventional of rule of mixtures of composite materials design and the current nanotechnology-based research conducted by various researchers have been highlighted to demonstrate potential of nanotechnology to enhance the physical, mechanical, chemical and thermal property of tools, equipment and various fluid systems used by the oil and gas industry.

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Strengthening shale wellbore with silica nanoparticles drilling fluid

Cited by 105 publications

References 12 publications

Systematic experimental investigation of filtration losses of drilling fluids containing silicon oxide nanoparticles

Systematic experimental investigation of filtration losses of drilling fluids containing silicon oxide nanoparticles

Nano-Based Drilling Fluids: A Review

Potential Application of Nanomaterials in Oil and Gas Field Drilling Tools and Fluids Design

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