Polymeric and low molecular weight shale inhibitors: A review

HM Ahmed, MS Kamal, M Al-Harthi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs) are widely used for drilling oil and gas wells. Water-
based drilling fluids are considered economical and environmentally friendly compared to …

Nanomaterial-based drilling fluids for exploitation of unconventional reservoirs: a review

M Ali, HH Jarni, A Aftab, AR Ismail, NMC Saady… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

A comprehensive review on critical affecting parameters on foam stability and recent advancements for foam-based EOR scenario

HR Afifi, S Mohammadi, AM Derazi, S Moradi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Foam injection process is a promising new technique of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), which
tackles the issues induced by gas-based EOR scenarios such as viscous fingering and …

High molecular weight copolymers as rheology modifier and fluid loss additive for water-based drilling fluids

HM Ahmad, MS Kamal, MA Al-Harthi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the impact of molecular structure such as the degree of hydrolysis (DOH) and
nature of comonomers in acrylamide-based copolymers on the rheological and filtration …

Numerical investigation of magnetohydrodynamics Williamson nanofluid flow over an exponentially stretching surface

K Ahmed, T Akbar - Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This research work describes the investigation of a magnetohydrodynamic flow of
Williamson nanofluid over an exponentially porous stretching surface considering two cases …

A review on the effect of nanoparticle in drilling fluid on filtration and formation damage

MA Ibrahim, MZ Jaafar, MAM Yusof, AK Idris - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Formation damage can cause disappointing production or injection of oil and gas well.
Although formation damage can occur at any time, drilling-induced formation damage often …

Recent advances of modified polyacrylamide in drilling technology

JK Koh, CW Lai, MR Johan, SS Gan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several factors shall be considered in the drilling, such as constituent selection, pile
selection, cost, environment, and safety considerations. In conventional water-based drilling …

Review of biodegradable synthetic-based drilling fluid: Progression, performance and future prospect

SZ Razali, R Yunus, SA Rashid, HN Lim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review on ester based drilling fluid (EBDF). It is no
secret that esters with biodegradability and bioaccumulation attributes are among the …

Synthesis and characterization of high-temperature self-crosslinking polymer latexes and their application in water-based drilling fluid

M Lei, W Huang, J Sun, Z Shao, Z Chen, W Chen - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-crosslinking soap-free latexes (PMS) were synthesized by semi-continuous
polymerization from methyl methacrylate and styrene with N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide …

Rheological and filtration properties of clay-polymer systems: Impact of polymer structure

HM Ahmad, MS Kamal, MA Al-Harthi - Applied Clay Science, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of polymer structure, the degree of hydrolysis, chemical structure of
monomer in the backbone, and charge distribution of monomer groups on rheological and …