Wellbore stability in shale is a recurring crisis during oil and gas well drilling. The adsorption
of water and ions from drilling fluid by shale, which causes clay swelling, is the primary …

Indubitably, drilling fluid is the most crucial component of drilling operations. With the current
exploration of hydrocarbons in deep water horizons, unconventional formations, and …

With the increased attention toward nanotechnology and their innovative use for different
industries including but not limited to food, biomedical, electronics, materials, etc, the …

Nanomaterials are engineered materials with at least one dimension in the range of 1–100
nm. Nanofluids—nanoscale colloidal suspensions containing various nanomaterials—have …

The poor proppant-carrying capacity of SC-CO 2 fracturing (SCF) negates its potential
advantages for the exploitation of deep unconventional gas reservoirs over traditional water …

Nanofluids show potential use in applications related to upstream oil and gas industry to
improve the performance of several processes such as exploration, drilling and completion …

Demand of the oil and gas energy is increasing very drastically. Conventional hydrocarbon
reservoirs contain below the sealing cap rock (shale) and easily move towards wellbore are …

The application of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry is on the rise as evidenced by
the number of researches undertaken in the past few years. The quest to develop more …

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

This research aims to develop low cost, sustainable, environmentally friendly, and high
performance water-based drilling fluids (WDFs) using bentonite (BT), polyanionic cellulose …