To mitigate weighting-agent settlement, reservoir pore-throat plugging, and water-sensitivity damage during deep high-temperature drilling, a solids-free high-density oil-based drill-in fluid was developed using synthetic base oil as the continuous phase and potassium formate brine as the dispersed phase. Within the fo...
Global oil and gas exploration is increasingly moving towards deeper formations. However, under the complex and harsh conditions of ultra-high temperature, high pressure, and salt-gypsum layers, the performance of conventional water-based drilling fluids deteriorates significantly, leading to frequent drilling incide...
Yuan-Wei Sun, Jin-Sheng Sun, Kai-He Lv et al.· SPE Asia Pacific Oil & G...· 0 citations
Reliance on imported bentonite for water-based drilling fluid formulation poses economic and supply-chain challenges in many developing oil-producing regions. This study experimentally screens the performance of beneficiated Nteje clay (NC3) as a partial replacement for foreign bentonite (FB) in water-based drilling fl...
L. I. Igbonekwu, J. Nwabanne, M. N. Abonyi et al.· Discover Geoscience· 0 citations
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...
Mohib Khan, Saad Shahzad, S. M. Lalji et al.· ADIPEC· 0 citations
This study performs a laboratory investigation of the technical feasibility and formulation optimization of surfactant–polymer (SP) flooding in high-temperature, anhydrite-rich dolomite reservoirs containing high-sulfate formation brines. The objective is to develop thermally stable, scale-compatible chemical formula...
R. Barati, J. Tsau, H. Hagar et al.· SPE Annual Technical Confere...· 0 citations
Guar-based gel fluids are widely used in hydraulic-fracturing, because of salt resistance and high viscosity performance. To save freshwater usage, high salinity water was used as base brine for guar gel formulation. Different guar gum and guar derivatives including HPG and CMHPG were evaluated, in terms of molecular...
Zi-Yuan Qi, R. Kalgaonkar, Q. Sahu· SPE Asia Pacific Oil & G...· 0 citations
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