Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Size and Concentration of Nanoparticles on Shale Stability

• Main Author: Mohd Azman, Nur Fathin Munirah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13902/1/FINALDRAFT13317.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13902/

This paper presents the experimental investigation of the effects of size and concentration of nanoparticles on shale instability. Nanoparticles are added to conventional water-based drilling fluid and are tested on shale to test for its stability. Stability here means the shale will not disintegrat...