Evaluation on the Presence of Nano Silver Particle in Improving a Conventional Water-based Drilling Fluid

• Main Authors: Ahmad, N. (Author), Chyuan, O.H (Author), Husin, H. (Author), Jamil, N. (Author), Roslan, A. (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Drilling fluids; Drilling operation; Energy resources; Energy utilization; Gas industry; Hydrodynamic properties; Infill drilling; Interaction potentials; Offshore gas fields; Oil and gas companies; Oil and gas fields; Problems and challenges; Public utilities; Rheological property; Silver; Sustainable development; Water based drilling fluids; Water filtration
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 Worldwide demand in oil and gas energy consumption has been driving many of oil and gas companies to explore new oil and gas resource field in an ultra-deep water environment. As deeper well is drilled, more problems and challenges are expected. The successful of drilling operation is highly dependent on properties of drilling fluids. As a way to operate drilling in challenging and extreme surroundings, nanotechnology with their unique properties is employed. Due to unique physicochemical, electrical, thermal, hydrodynamic properties and exceptional interaction potential of nanomaterials, nanoparticles are considered to be the most promising material of choice for smart fluid design for oil and gas field application. Throughout this paper, the effect of nano silver particle in improving a conventional water based drilling fluid was evaluated. Results showed that nano silver gave a significant improvement to the conventional water based drilling fluid in terms of its rheological properties and filtration test performance. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.