An ecological water-based drilling mud (WBM) with low cost: substitution of polymers by wood wastes

Abstract An ecologically friendly water-based drilling mud (WBM) was designed by using wood wastes (WP: wood powder) in order to substitute the organic polymers which are very expensive and often make the higher cost of the oil well drilling. This present work is dedicated on studying the rheologica...

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Main Authors: Soumia Haider, Mohamed-Zine Messaoud-Boureghda, Hamid Aknouche, Ali Akkouche, Larbi Hammadi, Brahim Safi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-018-0469-9