Open AccessModification of rheological and filtration characteristics of water‐based mud for drilling oil and gas wells using green SiO 2 @ZnO@Xanthan nanocomposite
Author(s) -
Ali Jagar A.,
Kolo Kamal,
Sajadi S. Mohammad,
Hamad Karmand H.,
Salman Rida,
Wanli Mariam,
Manshad Abbas Khaksar,
Hamad Samir M.,
Raihana Buya,
Hama Sarkar Muheedin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iet nanobiotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.366
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1751-875X
pISSN - 1751-8741
DOI - 10.1049/iet-nbt.2018.5205
Subject(s) - drilling fluid , rheology , filtration (mathematics) , xanthan gum , materials science , filter cake , nanocomposite , scanning electron microscope , viscosity , chemical engineering , composite material , drilling , metallurgy , mathematics , statistics , engineering
In this study, a green, simple and economical approach was used to synthesise the SiO 2 @ZnO@Xanthan nanocomposite (NC) to modify the rheological and filtration characteristics of the water‐based drilling mud. The green synthesised NCs were identified using scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, elemental mapping, X‐ray diffraction and UV–Vis analytical techniques. Additionally, the effect of SiO 2 @ZnO@Xanthan NCs on the filtration and rheological properties of mud including apparent viscosity, plastic viscosity, yield point, gel strength, mud cake and fluid loss was investigated. The obtained results confirmed that the synthesised NCs effectively improved the rheological properties of drilling mud, and considerably decreased its fluid loss and filter cake by about 54 and 92.5%, respectively. The results highly recommend the SiO 2 @ZnO@Xanthan NC as an excellent additive to improve the rheological properties, and reduce the fluid loss and the filter cake of the drilling mud.