Nanomaterials are engineered materials with at least one dimension in the range of 1–100
nm. Nanofluids—nanoscale colloidal suspensions containing various nanomaterials—have …

Nanotechnology has been successfully implemented in many applications, such as
nanoelectronics, nanobiomedicine, and nanodevices. However, this technology has rarely …

Borehole stability is one of the crucial success elements of the drilling operation, which is
partially dependent upon the chemistry of the drilling fluid. Nanoparticles are emerging as …

The oil-based drilling fluids are widely used in well drilling. An experimental study on the
effect of the addition of silicon oxide nanoparticles of various concentrations on the oil-based …

Formation damage has the potential to impair and weaken reservoir productivity and
injectivity, causing substantial economic losses. Oil and gas wells can be damaged by …

The maturity of shallow depth and conventional petroleum reserves together with growing
demand for energy have forced the oil industry to drill harsh and deep reserves …

There is a direct link between the extent of formation damage and the filtration volume of the
drilling fluids in hydrocarbon reservoirs. The filtration volume could be diminished by adding …

Maturity of conventional and shallow reserves and demand of energy force the drilling
industry to drill deeper and more complicated wells. The nanoparticles initiated revolution in …

In this work, an effective shale inhibitor, superhydrophobic SiO 2 (SH-SiO 2) nanomaterial,
was easily synthesized using five different silane-coupling agents through sol-gel method …

Wellbore instability, especially drilling with water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs) in complex
shale formations, is a critical challenge for oil and gas development. The purpose of this …