A mud design to improve water-based drilling in clay rich formation

This research was initiated to design a water based mud that can keep its functionality in deep intervals or shaly formations where conventional additives lose their functionality. In this study a WBM designed using two green surfactants that not only provide good rheology and filtration control un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fakhari, Nikoo
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92323