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concentration of nanoparticles increased the viscosity, sometimes it leads to agglomeration which reduces the performance of drilling mud. Thus tuning the appropriate
concentration of nanoparticles in a drilling fluid is an important step to remember.
Further with the addition of nanoparticles, the nano-enhanced drilling mud exhibited
continuous gel strength while maintaining the yield stress value. The enhancement
in the drilling fluid properties by the addition of nanoparticles completely depends
on the particle shape, size and concentration. The shale permeability of the formation can also be reduced by physical plugging of pores by nanoparticles. The filtrate
cake which has been produced by the nanoparticles is of very minimum in thickness
compared to conventional drilling mud. The API tests proved that nano-enhanced
mud can reduce the filtrate volume up to 60%. Since nanoparticles are oxide in
nature, addition of nanoparticles to the drilling mud increased the thermal conductivity, which allowed the mud to cool in a faster. Thus addition of nanoparticles to the
drilling mud could be a better solution for drilling complex, depleted and deviated
reservoir and HTHP environment.
References
Abdo J, Haneef MD (2013) Clay nanoparticles modified drilling fluids for drilling of deep
hydrocarbon wells. Appl Clay Sci 86:76–82
Abdo J, Zaier R, Hassan E, AL-Sharji H, Al-Shabibi A (2014) ZnO–clay nanocomposites for
enhance drilling at HTHP conditions. Surf Interface Anal 46:970–974
Abdo J, AL-Sharji H, Hassan E (2016) Effects of nano-sepiolite on rheological properties and
filtration loss of water-based drilling fluids. Surf Interface Anal 48:522–526
Aftab A, Ismail AR, Khokhar S, Ibupoto ZH (2016) Novel zinc oxide nanoparticles deposited acrylamide composite used for enhancing the performance of water-based drilling fluids at elevated
temperature conditions. J Petrol Sci Eng 146:1142–1157
Agarwal S, Tran P, Soong Y, Martello D, Gupta RK (2011) Flow behavior of nanoparticle stabilized
drilling fluids and effect of high temperature aging. In: Presented in AADE national technical
conference and exhibition, Houston, 12–14 April 2011, pp 12–14
Akhtarmanesh S, Shahrabi MA, Atashnezhad A (2013) Improvement of wellbore stability in shale
using nanoparticles. J Petrol Sci Eng 112:290–295
Anoop K, Sadr R, Al-Jubouri M, Amani M (2014) Rheology of mineral oil-SiO2 nanofluids at high
pressure and high temperatures. Int J Therm Sci 77:108–115
Barry MM, Jung Y, Lee JK, Phuoc TX, Chyu MK (2015) Fluid filtration and rheological properties
of nanoparticle additive and intercalated clay hybrid bentonite drilling fluids. J Pet Sci Eng
127:338–346
Borisov AS, Husein M, Hareland G (2015) A field application of nanoparticle-based invert emulsion
drilling fluids. J Nanoparticle Res 17:340
Boyou NV, Ismail I, Sulaiman WRW, Haddad AS, Husein N, Hui HT, Nadaraja K (2019) Experimental investigation of hole cleaning in directional drilling by using nano-enhanced water-based
drilling fluids. J Petrol Sci Eng 176:220–231
Cheraghian G, Wu Q, Mostofi M, Li MC, Afrand M, Sangwai JS (2018) Effect of a novel
clay/silica nanocomposite on water-based drilling fluids: Improvements in rheological and
filtration properties. Colloids Surf A: Physicochem Eng Asp 555:339–350
Contreras O, Hareland G, Husein M, Nygaard R, Al-Saba M (2014) Application of in-house prepared
nanoparticles as filtration control additive to reduce formation damage. In: Presented in SPE
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concentration of nanoparticles increased the viscosity, sometimes it leads to agglomeration which reduces the performance of drilling mud. Thus tuning the appropriate
concentration of nanoparticles in a drilling fluid is an important step to remember.
Further with the addition of nanoparticles, the nano-enhanced drilling mud exhibited
continuous gel strength while maintaining the yield stress value. The enhancement
in the drilling fluid properties by the addition of nanoparticles completely depends
on the particle shape, size and concentration. The shale permeability of the formation can also be reduced by physical plugging of pores by nanoparticles. The filtrate
cake which has been produced by the nanoparticles is of very minimum in thickness
compared to conventional drilling mud. The API tests proved that nano-enhanced
mud can reduce the filtrate volume up to 60%. Since nanoparticles are oxide in
nature, addition of nanoparticles to the drilling mud increased the thermal conductivity, which allowed the mud to cool in a faster. Thus addition of nanoparticles to the
drilling mud could be a better solution for drilling complex, depleted and deviated
reservoir and HTHP environment.
References
Abdo J, Haneef MD (2013) Clay nanoparticles modified drilling fluids for drilling of deep
hydrocarbon wells. Appl Clay Sci 86:76–82
Abdo J, Zaier R, Hassan E, AL-Sharji H, Al-Shabibi A (2014) ZnO–clay nanocomposites for
enhance drilling at HTHP conditions. Surf Interface Anal 46:970–974
Abdo J, AL-Sharji H, Hassan E (2016) Effects of nano-sepiolite on rheological properties and
filtration loss of water-based drilling fluids. Surf Interface Anal 48:522–526
Aftab A, Ismail AR, Khokhar S, Ibupoto ZH (2016) Novel zinc oxide nanoparticles deposited acrylamide composite used for enhancing the performance of water-based drilling fluids at elevated
temperature conditions. J Petrol Sci Eng 146:1142–1157
Agarwal S, Tran P, Soong Y, Martello D, Gupta RK (2011) Flow behavior of nanoparticle stabilized
drilling fluids and effect of high temperature aging. In: Presented in AADE national technical
conference and exhibition, Houston, 12–14 April 2011, pp 12–14
Akhtarmanesh S, Shahrabi MA, Atashnezhad A (2013) Improvement of wellbore stability in shale
using nanoparticles. J Petrol Sci Eng 112:290–295
Anoop K, Sadr R, Al-Jubouri M, Amani M (2014) Rheology of mineral oil-SiO2 nanofluids at high
pressure and high temperatures. Int J Therm Sci 77:108–115
Barry MM, Jung Y, Lee JK, Phuoc TX, Chyu MK (2015) Fluid filtration and rheological properties
of nanoparticle additive and intercalated clay hybrid bentonite drilling fluids. J Pet Sci Eng
127:338–346
Borisov AS, Husein M, Hareland G (2015) A field application of nanoparticle-based invert emulsion
drilling fluids. J Nanoparticle Res 17:340
Boyou NV, Ismail I, Sulaiman WRW, Haddad AS, Husein N, Hui HT, Nadaraja K (2019) Experimental investigation of hole cleaning in directional drilling by using nano-enhanced water-based
drilling fluids. J Petrol Sci Eng 176:220–231
Cheraghian G, Wu Q, Mostofi M, Li MC, Afrand M, Sangwai JS (2018) Effect of a novel
clay/silica nanocomposite on water-based drilling fluids: Improvements in rheological and
filtration properties. Colloids Surf A: Physicochem Eng Asp 555:339–350
Contreras O, Hareland G, Husein M, Nygaard R, Al-Saba M (2014) Application of in-house prepared
nanoparticles as filtration control additive to reduce formation damage. In: Presented in SPE