Wellbore stability in unconventional shale -The design of a nano-particle fluid

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition 2012, OGIC - Further, Deeper, Tougher: The Quest Continues...

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 416-423

  Riley, Meghan ^a   Stamatakis, Emanuel ^a   Young, Steve ^a   Hoelsher, Katerine Price ^a   De Stefano, Guido ^a   Ji, Lou ^a   Guo, Quan ^a   Friedheim, Jim ^a  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; FLUID LOSS; LABORATORY METHODS; NANO-SCALE PORES; PLUGGING EFFECT; REACTIVE SPECIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHALE FORMATION; SHALE MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; WATER-BASE DRILLING FLUID; WELLBORE STABILITY;

CHARACTERIZATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; EXHIBITIONS; LABORATORIES; NANOPARTICLES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PHOTOELECTRONS; RESOURCE VALUATION; RHEOLOGY; SILICA; STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SHALE;

EID: 84865034939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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3. Sensoy, T, Chenevert, M. E. and Sharma, M. "Minimizing Water Invasion in Shales Using Nanoparticles." paper SPE 124429 presented at the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 4-7 October 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.