TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of nanoparticles on the modifications of drilling fluids properties
T2 - A review of recent advances
AU - Rafati, Roozbeh
AU - Smith, Sean Robert
AU - Sharifi Haddad, Amin
AU - Novara, Rizky
AU - Hamidi, Hossein
N1 - The authors would like to thank the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen for providing required facilities to support this study.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Production from unconventional hydrocarbon resources, such as shale gas, shale oil, deepwater and arctic reservoirs requires advanced drilling and extraction technologies. Furthermore, minimizing the environmental footprints associated with oil recovery processes are critical. Nanotechnology has been shown promising solutions to overcome such issues in oil and gas industry. Many studies have been conducted to analyse the enhancement of drilling fluids through the use of nanotechnology. In these studies modification of rheological, filtration, and heat transfer properties and friction reduction associated with drilling fluids have been investigated. They also showed that nanoparticles can improve fluid thermal stability, provide better lubricity, hole cleaning and wellbore stability, and mitigate hydrates formation within the fluid circulation system. This manuscript aims to analyse the outcomes of these studies and improvements that were observed for the application of nanoparticles in drilling fluids. This review provides the investigators with a detailed overview and comparison of the recent advancements in the field of drilling fluids and nanotechnology.
AB - Production from unconventional hydrocarbon resources, such as shale gas, shale oil, deepwater and arctic reservoirs requires advanced drilling and extraction technologies. Furthermore, minimizing the environmental footprints associated with oil recovery processes are critical. Nanotechnology has been shown promising solutions to overcome such issues in oil and gas industry. Many studies have been conducted to analyse the enhancement of drilling fluids through the use of nanotechnology. In these studies modification of rheological, filtration, and heat transfer properties and friction reduction associated with drilling fluids have been investigated. They also showed that nanoparticles can improve fluid thermal stability, provide better lubricity, hole cleaning and wellbore stability, and mitigate hydrates formation within the fluid circulation system. This manuscript aims to analyse the outcomes of these studies and improvements that were observed for the application of nanoparticles in drilling fluids. This review provides the investigators with a detailed overview and comparison of the recent advancements in the field of drilling fluids and nanotechnology.
KW - drilling fluids
KW - nanoparticles
KW - rheological properties
KW - filtration
KW - friction reduction
U2 - 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.11.067
DO - 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.11.067
M3 - Article
VL - 161
SP - 61
EP - 76
JO - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
JF - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
SN - 0920-4105
ER -