Evaluation of the Performance of Conventional Water-Based Mud Characteristics by Applying Zinc Oxide and Silica Dioxide Nanoparticle Materials for a Selected Well in the Kurdistan/Iraq Oil Field

Nanomaterials have gained a wide interest in the oil and gas industry due to their immense applicability. Nanomaterials are being used to formulate a new generation of drilling mud known as Nanomud or Smart mud, where it has the ability to improve mud properties and eliminate borehole problems. Usin...

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Main Authors: Ahmed R. AlBajalan, Hunar K. Haias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4376366