ENHANCING WATER AND OIL

BASED DRILLING MUD BY

NANO TECHNOLOGY
Aya Aws
Sania Rizgar
Supervised by Ahmed Salih
 WATER BASED DRILLING MUD
 WBD uses water as a continuous phase
Additives are used to change density, viscosity, and to control filtrate losses
WBD is beneficial for lubrication, fluid loss control, wellbore stability, and
removal of cuttings.
 OIL BASED DRILLING MUD
 uses oil as a continuous phase
Used in long wells where friction is a critical parameter
The oil base can be diesel, kerosene, fuel oil, selected crude oil or mineral oil.
 Polymer
Muds Modified by
Water- Nano-
Based Muds particles
Drilling Clay Muds
Muds
Oil-Based All- Oil
Muds muds
Modified by
Nano-
Invert
particles
Emulsion
 Rheological
Properties

Plastic viscosity : Resistance

of fluid to flow

Yield point : Resistance of

initial flow of fluid to move
the fluid.

Gel strength: Shear stress at which fluid

movement begins.

Apparent viscosity: Is the shear

stress applied to a fluid divided
by the shear rate
 CONCLUSION

• The addition of different Nano particles enhances the rheological properties

of drilling muds ( water and oil based muds ). When adding Nano material in
both oil and water based drilling mud, apparent viscosity, plastic viscosity,
yield point, and gel strength increased. This is due to the properties of Nano
particles. The obtained graphs exhibited optimal rheological properties,
reveals great potential for better cutting suspension properties as well as
better cutting lifting capacity of drilling fluids. Nano particles have the
capability to decrease shale permeability by plugging the pores.