Drilling fluids are an essential component of the rotary drilling process used to drill for oil and gas on land and offshore environments. The injection of this nano particle into drilling fluid increases the viscosity levels fluids. In these experiments, the rheological properties of the fluid including apparent viscosity (AV), plastic viscosity (PV), yielding point (YP), mud c...

An experimental investigation of the cake filtration behaviour of 125-180 pm polyethylene particles, suspended in a neutrally buoyant Newtonian fluid, has been carried out. Static cake filtration measurements of both filtrate volume out-flow and cake thickness kinetics show the familiar t”” time dependence. In addition, the hydraulic resistance of the cake was found to be pressure independent, ...

Blast furnace slag (BFS) was added into drilling fluid as a mud cake modifier (MCM) for the reuse of BFS. The effects of MCM on drilling fluid rheology and shear strength of cementformation interface (SSCFI) were evaluated. The experimental results showed that the optimized formula of the drilling fluid has 1.0 wt% MCM. The simulation results showed that SSCFI increased significantly with the a...

To satisfy the requirement on solid-liquid separation in high-density waste drilling mud, prepare the nano-modified polyacrylamide (PAM) flocculant for high density waste drilling mud by in-situ dispersion method, direct dispersion method and simultaneous formation method. The result showed the flocculent effect of nano-modified polyacrylamide prepared by simultaneous formation method was the b...

A cost-effective and environmentally friendly biodegradable locally sourced alternative will be sought to reduce drilling fluid cost operations. Moringa oleifera seed is a cheap, obtainable, additive. This study aims determine the effect suitability of processed powder (MSP) as an additive improve performance water-based mud. The seeds were collected, prepared, pulverized particle size 75 micro...

It is estimated that the total number of submarine mud volcanoes is between 1000 and 100 000. Because many are associated with greenhouse gases, such as methane, it is argued that the global flux of these gases to the atmosphere from the world’s terrestrial and submarine mud volcanoes is highly significant. Clues to the processes forming submarine mud volcanoes can be found in variations to the...

A series of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filtration experiments was performed systematically in order to investigate the effects of various hydrodynamic and physicochemical operational parameters on a cake layer formation in colloidal and particulate suspensions. Bench-scale fouling experiments with a thin-film composite RO membrane were performed at various combinations of trans-membrane pres...

The main objective of this work is to propose a mathematical model for the differential sticking coefficient of clayey drilling fluids with a lubricant as an additive and evaluate the influence of differential pressure and lubricant content on filter cake thickness and permeability. Tests were carried out on fluids composed of water and 4.86% of active bentonite clay prepared in Hamilton Beach ...

INTRODUCTION In many chemical and pharmaceutical processes, solid-liquid separation, cake washing and drying steps directly impact the effectiveness of the production operation. Process engineers devote much of their time to analyzing these steps. The solid-liquid separation step can be by pressure, vacuum or centrifugation as well as in a batch or continuous mode. In this separation step, ther...

SIMULATION OF DUST CAKE BUILD-UP ON THE FILTER MEDIUM This section describes a physical model for cake and pressure build-up on candle filters. The model was aimed at investigating filtration operation and reverse pulse cleaning of the filter. It is useful to calculate the filter cake thickness and pressure drop along the filter candle. Figure 1 shows the schematic diagram of filter cake build-...