Investigating the suitability of North Dakota fly ash as fluid loss reducing additive in densified water-based drilling fluid

O Oni, AS Fadairo, W Gosnold, S Egenhoff… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid loss circulation control during drilling operations is becoming more challenging as
exploration moves from conventional to unconventional energy resources. The process of …

Recent advances in application of nanomaterials as additives for drilling fluids

R Gautam, M Sahai, S Kumar - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The exponentially growing energy demand and draining of conventional reservoirs is putting
tremendous pressure on the industry to explore the feasibility of producing crude from deep …

A Review of Drag-Reducing Agents (DRAs) in Petroleum Industry

A AL-Dogail, R Gajbhiye, S Patil - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Increasing the flow capacity and pumping rates is challenging in petroleum production
systems due to drag or frictional losses. Drag-reducing agents (DRAs) are usually added to …

[HTML][HTML] Study the suitability of neem seed oil for formulation of eco-friendly oil based drilling fluid

A Fadairo, G Adeyemi, T Ogunkunle, K Ling… - Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work intended to develop an invert emulsion drilling mud from biodegradable
neem seed oil as an alternative to conventional diesel-based drilling mud. This would …

Improved water based mud using solanum tuberosum formulated biopolymer and application of artificial neural network in predicting mud rheological properties

O Tomiwa, R Oluwatosin, O Temiloluwa… - SPE Nigeria Annual …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Drilling fluids are the most important materials in drilling operations, therefore improving the
properties of these fluids are very essential in order to meet up with the increase in demands …

Optimization of glycol–water-based drilling fluid for drilling slim-hole wells in one of Iranian central oil fields

I Jafarifar, S Norouzi-Apourvari, M Schaffie… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Slim-hole drilling has been widely developed in oil and gas industry. Frequent kicks,
circulation loss, borehole wall destabilization, difficulty in cutting carrying, and stuck pipes …

Ecological remediation of heavy metals in crude oil polluted waters using duckweed

AO Ekperusi, FD Sikoki, EO Nwachukwu - SPE Nigeria Annual …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Heavy metals are present in crude oil produced worldwide in varying concentration as
impurities. Such metals are also exposed to the environment when oil spill occur. In this …

Evaluating the Performance of Natural Organic Sorbent for Produced Water Treatment

G Adeyemi, A Fadairo, K Ling, V Rasouli… - SPE Nigeria Annual …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Research has shown that the most generated waste in the oil and gas industry today during
exploration is the produced water (PW). Considering the volume produced, this waste …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Some Plant Extracts as Surface-Active Agents in Drilling Mud Formulations

TC Biwott, JC Achora, A Mwije - 2020 - repository.ruforum.org
Vernonia amygdalina-BL, Terminalia mantaly-TL and Moringa oleifera–ML; establishing
rheological properties of the drilling mud formulated with the plant leaves; evaluating …

[PDF][PDF] Petroleum Research

A Fadairo, G Adeyemi, T Ogunkunle, K Ling, V Rasouli… - 2021 - researchgate.net
abstract Flow assurance has been a major challenge in petroleum production systems
especially in offshore operations where severe slugging is a dominant aching issue. This is …