RHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF JATROPHA CURCAS OIL AS OBM IN DRILLING OPERATION AND FORMATION DAMAGE CONTROL.

Vevakanandan, Valsan (2011) RHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF JATROPHA CURCAS OIL AS OBM IN DRILLING OPERATION AND FORMATION DAMAGE CONTROL. [Final Year Project] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The drilling fluid industry has long been plagued with environmental issues, given that the
trend of drilling practices seem to be favoring Synthetic Based Mud, which uses mineral oil as
the base fluid. The side affects are obvious, given that the usage of non-biodegradable oil that
is pumped into the subsurface leads to a significant amount of fluid invasion into the
formation. The need therefore arises for a mud system that utilizes biodegradable oil, from
renewable sources that can match the rheological properties of the conventionally used mud
systems, whilst also leaving a minimal impact on the formation permeability (formation
damage).
The ester derived from Jatropha Oil was reported to have similar properties to diesel oil.
Hence, given that it is a source of biodiesel that can be renewed (derived from the Jatropha
Curcas Plant), the prospect of developing new systemts based on this oil is enticing especially
in environmentally protected areas. The idea of having drilling fluid that causes little or no
damage to the formation whilst being environmentally stable is one that this paper intends to
put forth. This research is focused on achieving industry acceptable rheological specifications
for the ester based mud system and comparing it to mineral based systems. Formation damage
properties were also measured to indicate the extent of its permeability affects.

Item Type: Final Year Project
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Departments / MOR / COE: Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering
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Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2013 17:16
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2017 09:42
URI: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/10585

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