Performance of rubber seed oil as an alternative to diesel in oilbased drilling mud formulation

The formulation of an oil-based mud was made possible with the oil extracted from rubber seeds using famous soxhlet extraction method. formulated API standard 25 g bentonite to 350 mL base fluid. choice Rubber comes as a result its flash point and aniline which lies in range oils used for formulation. rheological properties OBM were beyond scope viscometer hence thinner added reduce viscosity suitability compete favorably diesel checked. 10-sec 10-min gel strength recorded 68 lb/100 ft2 69 respectively while that Diesel 65 67 LB/100 . plastic 12 cp 17 cp. They both exhibited Bingham Plastic behavior similar yield 146 samples subjected temperatures 60 oC 75 it discovered likely retain property than OBM. Comparison other showed could be alternatively drilling operations.