Improving The Rheological Properties of Drilling Mud Using Local Based Materials

Journal Title: American journal of Engineering Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 9

Abstract

Locally sourced materials have been used in the past to produce drilling fluids but the major problem encountered is that the gel strength of the drilling fluids produced using local substitutes is too low and the fluid loss is too high and as a result, this is not suitable for drilling processes. The design and production of drilling fluids in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector over the years has been faced with the challenges of either importing the materials to produce and or in other cases importing already prepared drilling mud. This study formulates an alternative water base mud, made up of a mixture of Guar Gum and Ginger as locally made additives to serves as viscosifiers to increase drilling mud rheological parameters and its gel strength; whichcompete favorably with imported standard viscosifiers. The study result shows that the gel strength was largely improved and its rheological parameters when compared to that of the API specifics. The combination of Guar Gum and Ginger acts as a good viscosifier, hence it can be used as additives. Ginger acts as a good viscosifier primarily and acts as a densifier secondarily in the formulation of drilling fluids.

Authors and Affiliations

Akinwumi E. Akinade1 ,, Okologume C. Wilfred, A. M Akin- Taylor3

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Akinwumi E. Akinade1, , Okologume C. Wilfred, A. M Akin- Taylor3 (2018). Improving The Rheological Properties of Drilling Mud Using Local Based Materials. American journal of Engineering Research, 7(9), 58-63. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-398495