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  Development of Inhibitive Water-based Drilling Fluid System for Shale Formation

  By Rajat Jain, Tinku Saikia, Vikas Mahto

  Abstract: The drilling of troublesome shale formations leads to severe wellbore instability problems due to swelling and dispersion of the shale cuttings in the welllbore. Hence, the formulation of inhibitive water-based drilling fluid system with enhanced rheological properties and filtration characteristics is a critical issue for these complex shale formations. This research article consists of a favourable drilling fluid system developed using potassium chloride (KCL), partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA), ethylene glycol …

  Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 41–45 Read article →