Experimental study of clay properties and behavior during oil and gas wells drilling


Abstract in English

In this research, we focus on the swelling properties of clay, the cation exchange capacity and the efficacy content of clay in mud, to deal ideally the drilling problems attached to clay formations in Syrian oil and gas fields.

References used

BARBOUR SL, 2004 - Mechanisms of osmotic flow and volume change in clay
Cours of Drilling Fluids, 2002. Heriot Watt Petroleum engineering Institute
C.L.Z hang, K. Wieczorek, M. L. Xie, 2009 - Swelling experiments on mudstones, Germany

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