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Development of water based drilling fluid using tamarind seed powder
- Source :
- Materials Today: Proceedings. 46:10950-10953
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- While drilling a well, drilling fluids incurs 15–18 per cent of the overall cost. While preparing a drilling fluid, there are three fundamental considerations. It should be simple to use, not too expensive, and it should be environmentally sustainable. The formulation of a mud system begins with the selection of a mud family that, according to the rock formations and drilling fluid properties, will be sufficient for drilling a well. In order to develop a drilling fluid, we experimented and used tamarind seed powder with bentonite and barite. With approximately 8 to 10 seeds in each pod, tamarind seeds contained in kernels or pods are around 3 to 6 in. long. The average weight of pod is around 0.064 g. In general, a complete grown tamarind tree produces around 175 to 250 kg of seed/kernel. The density of different samples with a mixture of bentonite, barite and tamarind seed powder ranging from 5 to 20 g was found using mud balance. Results show that average mud density received after five test runs of the experiment was 8.662 ppg which is good to be considered as a good drilling fluid.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Petroleum engineering
Drilling
02 engineering and technology
Tamarind seed
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Body weight
01 natural sciences
Water based
Drilling fluid
0103 physical sciences
Bentonite
Environmental science
0210 nano-technology
Water well
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22147853
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Materials Today: Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........99d1d8ba22b39338100a8fbb30d6be3f