SOLUBLE-SILICATE MUD ADDITIVES INHIBIT UNSTABLE CLAYS

Water-based drilling fluids with soluble-silicate particles can help stabilize a well bore by inhibiting the clay from hydration, mainly by physically blocking cracks in the clay.

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• Corporate Authors:

  PennWell Publishing Company

  1421 South Sheridan, P.O. Box 1260
  Tulsa, OK  United States  74101
• Authors:
  • Rui, D
  • Zhengsong, Q
  • Jianying, L
• Publication Date: 1996-4-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 66-68
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 94
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Clay; Cracking; Hydration; Silicates
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721192
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1996 12:00AM