Laboratory evaluation and analysis of physical shale inhibition of an innovative water-based drilling fluid with nanoparticles for drilling unconventional shales

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, APOGCE 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1146-1157

  Ji, Lujun ^a   Guo, Quanxin ^a   Friedheim, Jim ^a   Zhang, Rui ^b,c   Chenevert, Martin ^b   Sharma, Mukul ^b  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CORE SAMPLES; EMULSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GASES; INFILL DRILLING; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE GAS;

DRILLING FLUID SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; INHIBITION PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY EVALUATION; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84875786080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/158895-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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