Prevention of hematite settling in water-based mud at high pressure and high temperature

A Ahmed, S Basfar, TI Solling, S Elkatatny - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hematite was recently introduced as a weighting agent in drilling fluids; however, its use has
some problems because of the settlement of solid particles (solid sagging). Particularly …

Investigation of magnetite-based invert emulsion mud at high pressure high temperature

W Almutawa, A Ahmed, S Basfar, S Elkatatny… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The weighting agents in drilling fluids are functioned to obtain the required density to control
the oil and gas wells throughout the drilling operations. The operational and technical …