Nanoparticle-stabilised invert emulsion drilling fluids for deep-hole drilling of oil and gas

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1641-1649

  Agarwal, Sushant ^a,b   Phuoc, Tran X ^a   Soong, Yee ^a   Martello, Donald ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

HTHP drilling; Invert emulsion drilling muds; Nanoparticles; Rheology; Temperature aging

Indexed keywords

DRILLING MUD; DRILLING OPERATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES; PICKERING EMULSIONS; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE AGING; ULTRA-DEEP DRILLING;

DRILLING FLUIDS; EMULSIFICATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PHASE SEPARATION; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 84883558363     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21768     Document Type: Article

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