Waste Mandarin Peel as an Eco-Friendly Water-Based Drilling Fluid Additive

Drilling fluid represents the most important that must fulfill numerous assignments during drilling operations. Many commercially available additives for water-based fall into category of non-degradable and environmentally hazardous materials. Significant development in this area can be made by using biodegradable materials as fluids. The objective study was to determine whether mandarin peel powder particle size affects properties fluid. In paper, used form a dry divided sizes smaller than 0.1 mm, between mm 0.16 mm. Mandarin added four different concentrations (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2% volume water). By increasing concentration, API filtration reduced up 42%, PPT significantly decreased 61.54%, while rheological parameters generally increased but remained within acceptable limits. It is determined optimal concentration 1.5% water.