Insights into the application of surfactants and nanomaterials as shale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluid: A review

NS Muhammed, T Olayiwola, S Elkatatny, B Haq… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs), a more environment-friendly candidate than oil-based
are widely used for drilling oil and gas wells. However, wellbore instability due to active clay …

A perspective on the potential application of bio-inhibitors for shale stabilization during drilling and hydraulic fracturing processes

AK Quainoo, BM Negash, CB Bavoh, TO Ganat… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents a comprehensive review on the use of bio-inhibitors for stabilizing gas/oil
shales during drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The swelling and dispersion inhibiting …

Cellulose nanocrystals and polyanionic cellulose as additives in bentonite water-based drilling fluids: rheological modeling and filtration mechanisms

MC Li, Q Wu, K Song, CF De Hoop, S Lee… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This research aims to develop low cost, sustainable, environmentally friendly, and high
performance water-based drilling fluids (WDFs) using bentonite (BT), polyanionic cellulose …

Effects of konjac glucomannan on the rheological, microstructure and digestibility properties of debranched corn starch

Y Ning, B Cui, C Yuan, Y Zou, W Liu, Y Pan - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
The physicochemical properties and structure of starch can be influenced by non-starch
polysaccharides. The effect of Konjac glucomannan (KGM) on retrogradation and …

Rheological behavior and filtration of water-based drilling fluids containing graphene oxide: experimental measurement, mechanistic understanding, and modeling

A Rafieefar, F Sharif, A Hashemi, AM Bazargan - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Any improvement in drilling technology is critical for develo** the oil and gas industry. The
success of drilling operations largely depends on drilling fluid characteristics. Drilling fluids …

Toward mechanistic understanding of natural surfactant flooding in enhanced oil recovery processes: the role of salinity, surfactant concentration and rock type

SJD Sofla, M Sharifi, AH Sarapardeh - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016 - Elsevier
Surfactant flooding has emerged as an interesting enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process
due to wettability alteration and reduction of oil-water interfacial tension (IFT). Environmental …

A novel amphoteric polymer as a rheology enhancer and fluid-loss control agent for water-based drilling muds at elevated temperatures

BA Hamad, M He, M Xu, W Liu, M Mpelwa, S Tang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exploring deep and ultradeep wells has rapidly become more significant to meet the global
demand for oil and gas. The study of rheological and filtration-loss properties is essential to …

A high-temperature resistant colloid gas aphron drilling fluid system prepared by using a novel graft copolymer xanthan gum-AA/AM/AMPS

W Zhu, X Zheng, J Shi, Y Wang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Colloidal gas aphrons (CGA) drilling fluid has been worldwide used in drilling depleted
reservoirs and other under-pressured zones for its special plugging mechanism and …

A comparative analysis of alpha olefin sulfonate and dodecyl sulfate in aphronic fluid containing xanthan gum in a wide range of temperatures

M Riazi, A Hemmati-Sarapardeh, M Schaffie… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Geothermal energy, oil industry, and underground gas storage technology require deep
drilling. Although oil-based drilling fluids have been widely used, they cause environmental …

Functional characterization on colloidal suspensions containing xanthan gum (XGD) and polyanionic cellulose (PAC) used in drilling fluids for a shale formation

Y Villada, F Gallardo, E Erdmann, N Casis… - Applied Clay …, 2017 - Elsevier
Drilling fluids are employed in the operation of hydrocarbon exploitation. Two kinds of
drilling fluids are commonly used: water based muds and oil based muds. The oil based …