Mud By Any Other Name
“Homegrown research on nanoparticles for oil and gas could change the future of drilling fluids. In western Canada’s oil patch, when people hear the term “advanced technology,” they often think of downhole telemetry, wireless communications, engineering instruments or global positioning systems.”
Pushing The Frontier Through Wellbore Strengthening
“New and/or improved drilling fluid technologies are promising to deliver wellbore strengthening by using small concentrations of nano materials and other advanced chemicals.”
Cutting-edge Fluid Additives for the Oil and Gas Industry
“Drilling fluid is an important part of an oil and gas drilling operation – its many uses include cooling the drill bit, removing cuttings, lubricating the well bore and providing hydrostatic pressure to balance the pressure from the reservoir.”
Holding One’s Own
“A new fluid additive used to retain drilling mud could have significant cumulative benefits.”
After Years of Development, Nanoparticle Drilling Fluid Ready
“Calgary-based nFluids believes it is among the first to answer that call. The 4-year-old firm is now in the early stages of commercializing its nanoparticle additive that it says is compatible with all types of drilling fluids.”
Cutting-edge Fluid Additives
“Drilling fluids have many jobs from cooling and lubricating the drill bit to removing of cuttings, sealing and strengthening the wellbore whilst maintaining hydrostatic pressure to prevent kicks or blowouts, to name just a few.”
Small Solutions, Big Impact
“Drilling fluids provide many benefits such as cooling and lubricating the drill bit, removing of cuttings, sealing and strengthening the well-bore whilst maintaining hydrostatic pressure to prevent kicks or blowouts. In the competitive fluids market, new technologies have to outperform conventional technologies and more importantly, do so cost-effectively.”
Innovative Nanoparticle Drilling Fluid and Its Benefits to Horizontal or Extended Reach Drilling
“In horizontal or extended reach wells drilling, one key factor of limiting the well length is the drag between wellbore and drillstring, which restricts the whole efficiency of draining oil reservoir.”
Wellbore Strengthening- Nano-Particle Drilling Fluid Experimental Design Using Hydraulic Fracture Apparatus
“Optimum combinations of standard LCM (graphite) and in-house prepared nanoparticles (NPs) (iron (III) hydroxide and calcium carbonate) have been established by running hydraulic fracture experiments on Roubidoux sandstone and impermeable concrete cores. Different blended fluids were used to prop open and seal fractures.”
Application of In-House Prepared Nanoparticles as Filtration Control Additive to Reduce Formation Damage
“NP1 gave higher reduction especially at low concentrations under HPHT conditions, while NP2 yielded significant reduction at high concentration under HPHT. These trends were observed to reverse under LPLT, giving a new insight on NPs performance under different pressure and temperature conditions.”