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ABSTRACT the geologists and the drilling industry to look for ways
and means to enhance existing technologies for improved
General solution to overcome stern and frequently oil recovery from existing resources by deep drilling and
occurring drilling problems lies in controlling the rheology develop new technologies like coiled tubing drilling for
of drilling fluids. Pipe sticking, lost circulation, erosion, economically viable drilling from small reservoirs.
formation damage, thermal instability, poor hole cleaning, Consequently, the only way to maintain future competence
high torque and drag are few problems that incurs in oil and gas extraction is understood to be by following
enormous costs on overall drilling operations in form of means:
expensive drilling fluids, breakdowns, fluid loss, high
power requirement, and mainly limited functionality. The Access deep lying and complex reservoirs which are
nanotechnological research leading to create tailored made not accessible due to technological limitations.
nanoparticles is a promising step change research for smart
fluids development. The nano particles based drilling mud Develop technologies such as Coiled tubing drilling
enables the design and development of new drilling muds (CTD) which are cost efficient in order to make the
for efficient drilling operations at significantly low cost. extraction from small reservoirs economically feasible.
Use of nano based drilling muds has long been in
discussion and some researchers have tested in laboratory The Hindrances offered in achieving aforementioned
but no mathematical and analytical model reported. Based targets are the drilling problems encountered that limits the
on initial studies and easy availability we selected capabilities of the overall drilling program and hence add
Attapulgite and after milling, characterization, surface to the overall drilling costs. Therefore it is an unstated fact
treatment, and adding into drilling muds showed useful that resolving drilling problems can enable to push the
results. We initiated developing a scheme, starting from limits of the existing drilling technology and can endow
synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, with economically and technically viable drilling
measurement and optimization of properties by response operations. One of the key to resolve frequently occurring
surface technique, establishing correlation between and harsh drilling problems is controlling the rheology of
rheological properties, ultimately leading to performance the drilling fluids.
tests at well simulators. Preliminary results of Attapulgite
crop up hopes of testing more nanomaterials for further 2 ROLE OF DRILLING FLUIDS
improvement.
Drilling fluids, commonly referred to as the drilling
Keywords: Drilling fluids, nanoparticles, drilling problems muds, are a vital part and the life blood of a successful
lost circulation, pipe sticking drilling operation. The cost of the fluid system often
represents one of the single peak capital expenditure in
1 BACKGROUND drilling a new well. Fluid costs can shoot up swiftly when
drilling deep holes, complex formations or in remote
The worldwide energy demand is anticipated to go up locations. To minimize the cost of drilling fluids and
almost 60% over the next 30 years, a challenging trend that ensure an efficient drilling program, fluid properties must
may be met only by radical breach in energy science and be maintained incessantly during drilling operations. These
technology. The industry needs stunning discoveries in fluids must be engineered to perform well as conditions
underlying core science and engineering. Even though change during the drilling process. The drilling fluid is
advancements in alternative energy sources is much under expected to perform multiple tasks concurrently, like
consideration but it is well implicit that these alternative cooling the drill bit, lubricate the rotating drill pipe (or
will not be sufficient to meet the rapidly escalating demand sliding tube in coiled tubing drilling), and effective hole
and hence hydrocarbon fuels are expected to remain the cleaning, but if the fluid lacks in any of the functional
dominant energy source in future. The stimulation to requirements could lead to severe drilling problems like,
maintain the future adequacy of oil reserves has mobilized
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