The world's energy demand is steadily increasing where it has now become difficult for
conventional hydrocarbon reservoir to meet levels of demand. Therefore, oil and gas …

The energy industry is exploring sustainable chemistry and engineering solutions for
exploitation of shale reservoirs. Smectite-rich shale is challenging to drill with traditional …

The field of nanotechnology has shown promise in addressing major problems and
improving drilling effectiveness. An overview of the difficulties encountered during oil and …

Chelating agents show very effective performance in different applications in the upstream
oil and gas industry. This study presents a critical review of the application of chelating …

In deep-formation drilling, effective filter loss control in ultrahigh-temperature conditions and
high-salt conditions faces challenges. Comb polymer/LDH composites (P-LDH) with partially …

With increasingly stringent environmental regulations, an environmentally friendly and high
performance filtration loss reducer for water-based drilling fluid is essential. This study aims …

Weighting agents such as barite, micromax, ilmenite, and hematite are commonly added to
drilling fluids to produce high-density fluids that could be used to drill deep oil and gas wells …

Drilling fluid represents the most important fluid that must fulfill numerous important
assignments during drilling operations. Many commercially available additives for water …

During high temperature and high pressure well drilling, effective filtration loss control is a
great challenge for a water-based drilling fluid. In this study, environmentally benign carbon …

The inhibition attributes of drilling formulations typically rely on the type of additives,
concentration, and reactivity with shale formations. In this work, the impact of ZnO and …