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Thermochemical Upgrading of Calcium Bentonite for Drilling Fluid Applications
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
, 2019 , Article)
The rheological properties of bentonite suspensions depend on the chemical composition and the contained dominant element, such as calcium (Ca), potassium (K), and sodium (Na). Na-bentonite type is the one used in drilling ...
Impact of Surfactant on the Retention of CO2 and Methane in Carbonate Reservoirs
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American Chemical Society
, 2018 , Article)
Enhanced gas recovery methods such as foamed CO2 are recommended for depleted gas reservoirs. Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) is a form of a surfactant used for forming CO2 foam. In this study, the impact of VES on CH4 and ...
Clay minerals damage quantification in sandstone rocks using core flooding and NMR
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Sandstone oil reservoirs consist of different clay minerals such as kaolinite, illite, and chlorite. These clay minerals highly affect the formation damage during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and well stimulation operations ...
Screening of surfactants and polymers for high temperature high salinity carbonate reservoirs
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Carbonate reservoirs typically exhibit significant heterogeneity, high temperature and high salinit ies. Surfactant and polymer selection for such reservoirs is a challenging process where extensive laboratory investigations ...
Effect of strain on gas adsorption in tight gas carbonates: A DFT study
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
The geometrical properties of the reservoir rocks are usually affected by natural thermodynamics or environmental changes. These factors may modify the distribution and the amount of gas in place in the reservoir. To address ...
Development of a polyacrylamide-based mud formulation for loss circulation treatments
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
, 2021 , Article)
Loss circulation materials in the last two decades have witnessed a lot of developments and implementations. New technologies and materials are introduced to treat various types of loss zones. However, the success rate is ...
Gelation kinetics of PAM/PEI based drilling mud for lost circulation applications
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
The problem of lost circulation is a direct consequence of the presence of fractures or high permeability. Lost circulation material (LCM) is used to treat the loss that occurs or proactively strengthen the wellbore of the ...
Mechanistic modeling of wellbore cleanout in horizontal and inclined wells
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The accumulation of rock cuttings, proppant, and other solid debris in the wellbore due to inadequatecleanout remarkably impedes field operations. This article presents a new hole cleaning model, whichcalculates the Critical ...
A theoretical study of gas adsorption on calcite for CO2 enhanced natural gas recovery
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European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The adsorption of gas molecules (CO2, CH4, H2O, H2S and N2) on calcite (104) has been studied by means of Density Functional Theory, in order to investigate the molecular characterization of Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) ...
Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
Density functional theory is used to study the adsorption of natural gas components in calcite (10.4) cylindrical nanopores with 1–4 nm diameters. The change of adsorption energy with the diameter of the nanopores is studied ...