Structural recovery behavior of barite-loaded bentonite drilling muds

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 552-558

  Yap, Jack ^a   Leong, Yee Kwong ^a   Liu, Jishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barite; Bentonite; Leong model; Thixotropy; Yield stress; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE SLURRY; BENTONITE SUSPENSIONS; DRILLING MUD; MASS RATIO; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN; SURFACE CHEMICALS; THIXOTROPY; TIME-SCALES; TRIPHOSPHATE;

BARITE; BENTONITE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FLOCCULATION; OIL WELL DRILLING; RECOVERY; YIELD STRESS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

BARITE; BENTONITE; DRILLING FLUID; MUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECOVERY METHOD; STRESS; THIXOTROPY;

EID: 80053576543     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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