Case History: An Enhanced Solids Control Strategy Selective Flocculation Process Allows for Reduced Dilution Rates and Costs in Water-based Drilling Fluids in Auca Field, Ecuador

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Costa ◽  
Klever Maiquiza ◽  
Mario Serrano ◽  
Alejandro Bastidas ◽  
Jose Enriquez
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Case History ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Selective Flocculation ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Flocculation Process

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

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4171
Author(s):  
Rabia Ikram ◽  
Badrul Mohamed Jan ◽  
Akhmal Sidek ◽  
George Kenanakis
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Drill Cuttings ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Filtration Properties

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.

scholarly journals Wet Drilled Cuttings Bed Rheology

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1644
Author(s):  
Camilo Pedrosa ◽  
Arild Saasen ◽  
Bjørnar Lund ◽  
Jan David Ytrehus
Keyword(s):  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Parallel Plates ◽  
Single Particles ◽  
Cuttings Transport ◽  
Transport Studies ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Cuttings Bed

The cuttings transport efficiency of various drilling fluids has been studied in several approaches. This is an important aspect, since hole cleaning is often a bottleneck in well construction. The studies so far have targeted the drilling fluid cuttings’ transport capability through experiments, simulations or field data. Observed differences in the efficiency due to changes in the drilling fluid properties and compositions have been reported but not always fully understood. In this study, the cuttings bed, wetted with a single drilling fluid, was evaluated. The experiments were performed with parallel plates in an Anton Paar Physica 301 rheometer. The results showed systematic differences in the internal friction behaviors between tests of beds with oil-based and beds with water-based fluids. The observations indicated that cutting beds wetted with a polymeric water-based fluid released clusters of particles when external forces overcame the bonding forces and the beds started to break up. Similarly, it was observed that an oil-based fluid wetted bed allowed particles to break free as single particles. These findings may explain the observed differences in previous cutting transport studies.

Eggbeater PDC Drillbit Design Eliminates Balling in Water-Based Drilling Fluids

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 246-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H. Zijsling ◽  
Roland Illerhaus
Keyword(s):  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Water Based

Development of Water-Based Drilling Fluids Customized for Shale Reservoirs

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (04) ◽  
pp. 484-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay P. Deville ◽  
Brady Fritz ◽  
Michael Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Shale Reservoirs

scholarly journals Investigation of regulating rheological properties of water-based drilling fluids by ultrasound

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-An Huang ◽  
Jing-Wen Wang ◽  
Ming Lei ◽  
Gong-Rang Li ◽  
Zhi-Feng Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Properties ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Water Based

Influence of an ionic liquid on rheological and filtration properties of water-based drilling fluids at high temperatures

2017 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 96-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihua Luo ◽  
Jingjing Pei ◽  
Longxiang Wang ◽  
Peizhi Yu ◽  
Zhangxin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Filtration Properties
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