Kikar Gum in Water-Based Drilling Fluid: Rheology, Filtration, and Ranikot Shale Interaction
Water-based drilling fluids must provide enough rheological structure for solids transport while limiting filtrate invasion and interaction with reactive shale. This study evaluates locally sourced Kikar gum as a plant-derived additive in a barite-weighted water-based drilling fluid. Four Kikar-gum formulations (F1-F...