Sodium dodecyl sulphate-treated nanohydroxyapatite as an efficient shale stabilizer for water-based drilling fluids

• Main Authors: Oseh, Jeffrey O., Norddin, M. N. A. M., Ismail, Issham, Duru, Ugochukwu I., Ngouangna, Eugene N., Gbadamosi, Afeez O., Agi, Augustine Aja, Yahya, Muftahu N., Abdillahi, Abdirahim O., Oguamah, Ifeanyi A., Omar, Shaziera B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2024
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42994/1/Sodium%20dodecyl%20sulphate-treated%20nanohydroxyapatite.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42994/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2024.105760; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2024.105760

Drilling water-sensitive shale formations often leads to wellbore instability, resulting in drilling problems because of the clay's high-water affinity. To solve this problem, different nanoparticles (NPs), such as nanosilica, have been used to formulate water-based muds with potassium chloride...