Oil and gas operators worldwide are expecting service companies to deliver integrated
techniques to minimize, if not prevent, drilling problems. Drilling fluids perform vital functions …

A novel apparatus is used to quantify the filtration characteristics of water-based drilling
fluids and rupture behaviour of external filter cake. Under static filtration, the filtration …

Experiments on shale specimens targeted creep deformation in order to investigate whether
this mechanism could be relied upon to close fractures and stop leakage near injection …

Oil and gas wells are generally drilled with the intention of forming a filter cake on the
wellbore walls to primarily reduce the large losses of drilling fluid into the surrounding …

Flow of suspensions through the complex porous network is typically characterized by the
initial spurt and then the formation of internal/external filter cake which impedes the flow …

This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part describes the role of natural polymers in
the nonrenewable energy industry (drilling fluids) and this includes the definition, function …

The strength of drilling mud filter cakes is a parameter of practical relevance during well
construction. This work simulates a 'hole punch test'experiment to determine filter cake yield …

Abstract Open Hole Gravel Pack (OHGP) completions have been the primary completion
type for production wells in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in Azerbaijan for 20 years …

Drilling fluids consist of colloidal suspensions that are made up of solid particles suspended
in liquid. The aqueous component of the drilling mud invades a permeable formation due to …

Drilling fluids exhibits non‐Newtonian behavior that is generally described in the literature
by two rheological models: Power Law and Herschel–Bulkley models. We have used …