NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATION IN DRILLING FLUID FOR

MANAGEMENT OF DOWNHOLE PROBLEMS (FILTRATE

LOSS)

BY
AJAGUN SAMUEL
ENG1303705

SUPRVISED BY

DR K.O BELLO
 OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
• AIM
• OBJECTIVES
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• SAMPLES WORKED UPON
• RESULT
• CONCLUSION
• RECOMMENDATION
• REFERENCE LIST
 INTRODUCTION
• WHAT IS DRILLING FLUID?
• WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
• WHAT ARE DOWNHOLE PROBLEMS?
 AIM
• Nanotechnology application in drilling fluid for
management of downhole problems (filtrate
loss)
 OBJECTIVES
• Establishing the mud density of drilling fluids.
• Establishing the rheologic properties of drilling
fluids.
• Establishing the filtration properties of drilling
fluid.
 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

PREPARATION OF LOCAL CLAY

FORMULATION OF DRILLING MUD

DETERMINATION OF DRILLING MUD DENSITY

DETERMINATION OF RHEOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF MUD

DETERMINATION OF FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF DRILLING MUD

 SAMPLES WORKED UPON
• SAMPLE A (local mud)
• SAMPLE B (local mud + barite)
• SAMPLE C (local mud + barite + nanoparticles)
• SAMPLE D (bentonite)
• SAMPLE E (bentonite + barite)
• SMAPLE F (bentonite + barite + nanoparticles)
 RESULTS
VISCOMETER READINGS
RPM SAMPLE A SAMPLE B SAMPLE C SAMPLE D SAMPLE E SAMPLE F
100 2 1 2 8 10 11
200 3 2 2.5 10 12 13
300 3.5 3 3 12 14 15
600 5 5 4 15 18 20

MUD DENSITY READING

Mud density Sample A Sample B Sample C Sample D Sample E Sample F

8.5 8.34 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.7

In lbs/gal
In lbs/in2/1000 445 433 439 453 455 455
RPM @ 600 SAMPLE A SAMPLE B SAMPLE C SAMPLE D SAMPLE E SAMPLE F

FOR 10 SECS 4 4 3 8 9 10
FOR 10
MINUTES 4 4.5 3.5 10 12 13

Column1 SAMPLE A SAMPLE B SAMPLE C SAMPLE D SAMPLE E SAMPLE F

PLASTIC
VISCOSITY 1.5 2 1 3 4 5

YIELD POINT 2 1 2 11 10 10

APPARENT
VISCOSITY 2.5 2.5 1 7.5 9 10
 FILTRATE VOLUME
TIME SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE
(MINUTES) A B C D E F
5 40 25 55 8 7 7.5
10 65 45 80 12.5 10 11
15 75 60 98 14.5 12 14
20 85 70 114 16.5 13.5 16
25 95 75 129 19 15 18.5
30 105 85 142 21 16 20
 PHYSICAL
PROPERTIES SAMPLE A SAMPLE B SAMPLE C SAMPLE D SAMPLE E SAMPLE F

VERY VERY VERY

MUD TEXTURE SMOOTH SMOOTH SMOOTH SMOOTH SMOOTH SMOOTH

VERY VERY VERY

FLEXIBILITY FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBLE
THICKNESS OF
MUD 8/32 7/32 6/32 4/32 3/32 3/32
MURD VERY VERY VERY
HARDNESS SOFT SOFT SOFT SOFT SOFT SOFT
 CONCLUSION
• Silicon oxide nanoparticles does not enhance the rheologic
properties of the local mud (Sample C) but enhances that of the
bentonite (Sample F).
• Silicon oxide nanoparticles does not reduce the filtrate loss of the
local mud (Sample C) but enhances that of the bentonite (Sample
F).
• Silicon oxide nanoparticles positively affected both samples (C &
F) in terms of thickness of mud filtrate by reducing it.
• Local bentonite would not easily replace the imported bentonite
except the physical, rheological and chemical properties are
enhanced.
 RECOMMENDATION
• Test on liquid and solid content.
• Test on sand content.
• pH determination.
• alkalinity determination.
• Test on cation exchange capacity.
• Test on the chemistry of the locally sourced clay
should be carried out to determine the type of
bentonite.
• Other types of nanoparticles should be
experimented on the drilling fluid to specific area
of impact on the drilling fluid.
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