Effects of imidazolium- and ammonium-based ionic liquids on clay swelling: experimental and simulation approach

• Main Authors: Rahman, M.T., Negash, B.M., Danso, D.K., Idris, A., Elryes, A.A., Umar, I.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2021
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121454746&doi=10.1007%2fs13202-021-01410-z&partnerID=40&md5=a47579b9985719baed20e10545628c8a; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/29339/

Water-based fracturing fluids without an inhibitor promote clay swelling, which eventually creates wellbore instability. Several ionic liquids (ILs) have been studied as swelling inhibitors in recent years. The cations of the ILs are crucial to the inhibitory mechanisms that take place during hydra...