… This formation represents the most challenging case study with significant amount of clays
… a clay stabilization additive that adheres to the clay surface and provides clay swelling and …

… As listed in Table 1 and mentioned above, clay swelling … WBDFs and shale has been a
challenge due to the complexity of … Marun oilfield's formation water is a potential clay swelling …

… shale with 55% clay lost about 80% conductivity due to clay swelling and fines mobilization
… sandstone core obtained from San Joaquin Valley Oilfield, California, attributing to the much …

… imply that clay swelling needs to be controlled for effective shale drilling operations. Despite
all its concerns, controlling clay swelling continues to pose significant challenges for drilling …

… develop new technology frontiers in oilfield operations. The … swelling and inhibition studies
of clay minerals. Shale stability (primarily affected by shale swelling) is but the main challenge …

… the clay to swell. Oil-based solutions were created to cope with a variety of drilling issues.
Shale inhibition is one of the most difficult challenges … Oilfield emulsions typically have droplet …

… oil fields and 80 of which is currently under development. The majority of those oil fields are
sandstone reservoirs with a clay … Thus, the petroleum energy sector is under challenge to …

… This manuscript is an extension and update from Oil Field Chemicals, which appeared in
2003. The text focuses mainly on the organic chemistry of oil field chemicals. As indicated by …

… during the development of these oil fields may occur due to well … of formation damage
challenge associated with clay minerals in … mechanisms such as clay swelling, clay deflocculation, …

… If swelling occurs at … swelling of clay in hydraulic fracturing treatment. Several coreflooding
tests were run using sandstone cores containing a significant proportion of the swelling clays. …