Impact of Nano-Bentonite in Water-Based Mud (WBM) on Reservoir Formation Damage

• Main Author: Chai Shing, Hing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10709/1/Dissertation_Hing%20Chai%20Shing.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10709/

Drilling operations often cause formation damage around the wellbore which leads to productivity impairment and high skin factor. The main factors of formation damage are mud filtrate loss and spurt loss due to poor quality mud cake. Interaction between mud filtrate and formation results in severe d...